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Application Performance Management Tuesday, May 19 — 10:15–11:15 AM
Management used to be focused primarily on the availability of network devices, such as switches and routers. During the last few years, the focus of management has evolved to where it typically now includes the performance of both networks and applications. In this session, the panelists will describe the technologies and processes that IT organizations should implement to become more efficient at managing the infrastructure, while simultaneously becoming better at managing the performance of key applications.
Management used to be focused primarily on the availability of network devices, such as switches and routers. During the last few years, the focus of management has evolved to where it typically now includes the performance of both networks and applications. In this session, the panelists will describe the technologies and processes that IT organizations should implement to become more efficient at managing the infrastructure, while simultaneously becoming better at managing the performance of key applications.
Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm.
Speaker - Doug Roberts, Business Development Director, Fluke Networks
Doug Roberts is the Director of Business Development for Fluke Networks Performance Management Business. Doug has been a part of Fluke Networks since the company's founding, where he has shown a unique ability to communicate the complexities of IT infrastructure to all levels of an organization. Doug has worked as an IT professional for over 12 years. Most recently Doug has been instrumental in helping to build Fluke Networks Performance Management Business specific to next generation application performance. Doug holds a B.S. degree from Georgia College, and is presently pursuing an EMBA from Mercer University. In addition to his formal education Doug also holds a myriad of both technical and industry certifications, including: Cisco CCNP, PMG NetAnalyst, CNE, SCE, and Six Sigma.
Speaker - Matt Sherrod, Vice President, Product Management, NetQoS Inc
Matt Sherrod is the Vice President of Product Management for NetQoS where he defines product direction and strategy for the company's innovative networking solutions. With more than 20 years of IT and networking experience, Matt has in-depth knowledge of his customers' experiences and needs. Over the last six years he has held a number of field and management positions at NetQoS. Prior to joining NetQoS, Matt worked as a Director of Communications for a Fortune 100 global enterprise, applying leading edge technologies to improve application delivery. Matt holds a B.S. degree in Applied Math, Computer Science and Statistics, and a M.S. degree in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University.
Speaker - Paul Ellis, Senior Product Marketing Manger, Wily Technology Division, CA
Paul Ellis, CA Wily Senior Marketing Manager for CA Wily Application Performance Management (APM) and SOA initiatives, has over 30 years of IT experience spanning a wide range of disciplines including world-wide marketing, product management, strategy and sales-related responsibility at companies like IBM, Amdahl / Fujitsu Software Group and Memorex. His background includes significant experience in infrastructure management software and on-demand applications, in addition to storage and communications hardware platforms. He has written articles and delivered presentations at industry conferences in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia Pacific linking business needs with technology solutions.
A Comparison of WAN Optimization Controllers Tuesday, May 19 — 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
The vast majority of workers currently reside in branch offices and access applications over relatively low-speed and high-latency WAN. This use of the WAN causes many applications to perform badly. To mitigate the impact of the WAN on application performance, many vendors have developed a solution referred to as a WAN Optimization Controller (WOC). In this PowerPoint-free session, leading WOC vendors will be asked questions to identify the similarities and differences between their products.
The vast majority of workers currently reside in branch offices and access applications over relatively low-speed and high-latency WAN. This use of the WAN causes many applications to perform badly. To mitigate the impact of the WAN on application performance, many vendors have developed a solution referred to as a WAN Optimization Controller (WOC). In this PowerPoint-free session, leading WOC vendors will be asked questions to identify the similarities and differences between their products.
Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm.
Speaker - Apurva Dave, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Riverbed
Apurva Davé is the Senior Director of Product Marketing for Riverbed Technology. As part of the pioneering team in the WAN optimization, Apurva works closely with direct response marketing and creative services to deliver more effective, targeted lead generation through compelling content and efficient, scalable Marketing IT automation. Previously, he served as Director of Product Marketing for Fast Forward Networks and Inktomi. Areas of technology expertise include Wide-area Data Services, WAN optimization, application acceleration, content delivery, caching and streaming media. Apurva holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and an AB in Computer Science from Brown University.
Speaker - Kenneth Salchow, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, F5
Ken Salchow has been employed by F5 for the past nine years where he has served in several capacities, from field engineering, to security architect overlay, to technical marketing and evangelist. Ken has helped design and implement some of the most cutting-edge uses of F5 technology, written numerous articles and whitepapers and traveled the world in an effort to help F5 customers achieve their business goals through the use of F5 technology. Prior to F5, Ken was a principal member of the Best Buy, Inc. Internet Services Group which was responsible for the development of the retailing giant's eCommerce presence taking what was a single machine to one of the largest and most successful "clicks and mortar" implementations in the industry. In addition, he has owned and operated several small businesses including a consultancy, a boutique computer forensics shop and, with his wife, a burger and malt shop. Ken is, or has been a CNE, MSCE, CCNP, C|EH, CISSP, Network+, CCNP, holds a BS in Information Technology from the MN School of Business and is currently completing his MBA with a focus on IT management. He lives with his wife and children in Twin Cities Metro area of Minnesota.
Speaker - Mark Urban, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Blue Coat
Mark Urban is the senior director of product marketing for Blue Coat's Application Delivery Network Infrastructure business. He has more than ten years of experience working with Fortune Global 500 enterprises and carriers to successfully navigate and implement advanced networking solutions for secure, high performance application delivery. Prior to joining Blue Coat, Urban was director of product marketing at Packeteer. Earlier, he worked in the enterprise networking group at FORE Systems/Marconi. Urban began his career at M&I Capital as an investment analyst. Later, he transitioned to the role of IT manager and moved the company to a networked infrastructure. Urban holds a B.S. in finance, investments and banking from the University of Wisconsin.
Speaker - Mark Weiner, Director, Data Center Solutions, Cisco
Mark Weiner is Director of Market Management for Data Center Solutions at Cisco Systems, focusing on Cisco application delivery technologies. Previously, Weiner was Vice President of Marketing at NetDevices, a startup focused on next generation branch networking products, and Vice President of Marketing at NetScaler, a pioneer in application delivery products that was acquired by Citrix Systems. Earlier in his career, Weiner spent several years in the telecommunications sector, serving as Vice President of Marketing at Redback Networks and Director of Marketing at Juniper Networks. Weiner began his career in the networking market with management roles at early industry leaders Bay Networks and Ungermann-Bass. Mr. Weiner has a Masters in Business Administration Degree from Santa Clara University, where he is an advisory board member, and a Bachelors of Science Degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
Speaker - Peter Schmidt, CTO for North America, Ipanema
Speaker - Satya Vardharajan, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Access and Acceleration Group, Citrix Systems, Inc
CTO Roundtable Tuesday, May 19 — 2:45–3:45 PM
Today's environment is characterized by an explosive growth in the development of new technologies. Some of these technologies will gain broad marketplace acceptance, while many others will not. Companies that invest in emerging technologies early in their development cycle typically gain a competitive advantage if these technologies become mainstream technologies. In this session, the chief technical officers (CTOs) of industry-leading companies will present their insight into which technologies will cross the chasm, and which ones will not.
Today's environment is characterized by an explosive growth in the development of new technologies. Some of these technologies will gain broad marketplace acceptance, while many others will not. Companies that invest in emerging technologies early in their development cycle typically gain a competitive advantage if these technologies become mainstream technologies. In this session, the chief technical officers (CTOs) of industry-leading companies will present their insight into which technologies will cross the chasm, and which ones will not.
Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm.
Speaker - Evan Jafa, SVP and CTO, The First American Corporation
Evan Jafa is Senior Vice President and Corporate Chief Technology Officer for The First American Corporation. In this role, Jafa oversees the Corporate Information Technology Group, which was formed to support the ongoing development of First American's technology infrastructure and world-class technology centers. Prior to assuming this position in 2005, Jafa served as Chief Technology Officer of First American's Property Information Group. For the past six years, Jafa oversaw technology strategies for multiple business units within the division. In this capacity, he aligned IT strategies with rapidly changing needs of the fast-growing businesses due to acquisitions and organic growth. The First American Corporation is the nation's leading provider of business information. Tracing its history to 1889, First American continues its commitment to service by providing the information resources businesses need to make timely and accurate decisions. Backed by industry-leading technology systems, First American delivers efficiency to support its customers' business information needs. Under Jafa's leadership, the Corporate Information Technology and Group has executed consolidation of First American's technology infrastructures, provide the most cost-effective solutions for the specific needs of the Corporation and lead the Corporation's vision of technology. Jafa holds a master's degree in engineering with an emphasis in advanced systems from the University of California, Irvine.
Speaker - Jerome Oglesby, Chief Technology Officer, Deloitte Services LP
Jerome Oglesby is Chief Technology Officer for Deloitte LLP, the U.S. member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, one of the world's leading professional services organizations, providing audit, risk management, tax, consulting and financial advisory services to selected clients. As Chief Technology Officer of the 1,100 person Information Technology Service organization, he is responsible for the technology strategy and transformation of the technology platforms for Deloitte's operations in the U.S. He is also responsible for the Service-Line Technology Centers of Innovation and Incubation that deliver technology solutions which support client-services engagements Jerome's background spans 27 years in information technology across several different industries, including; airlines, travel reservations, retail software distribution, telecommunications, and professional services. He holds an MBA and BS in Information Systems. He is a member of the Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF) and the Nashville Technology Council - T3 Initiative, "Turning the Tide of Technology" to promote student & academic interest in technology.
Speaker - Nathan Look, CTO, LA World Airports
The Impact of IT Virtualization on Applications and Networks Tuesday, May 19 — 4:00–5:00 PM
Virtualization is not new. However, what is new and evolving is the great interest in deploying server, storage and desktop virtualization. While each of these forms of virtualization can provide significant business value, each have the potential to significantly complicate the task of ensuring acceptable application performance. In this session, vendors from different areas of IT will identify network technologies, designs and best practices that enable IT organizations to enjoy the benefits of virtualization without enduring the potential pitfalls.
Virtualization is not new. However, what is new and evolving is the great interest in deploying server, storage and desktop virtualization. While each of these forms of virtualization can provide significant business value, each have the potential to significantly complicate the task of ensuring acceptable application performance. In this session, vendors from different areas of IT will identify network technologies, designs and best practices that enable IT organizations to enjoy the benefits of virtualization without enduring the potential pitfalls.
Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm.
Speaker - Kenneth Salchow, Senior Technical Marketing Manager, F5
Ken Salchow has been employed by F5 for the past nine years where he has served in several capacities, from field engineering, to security architect overlay, to technical marketing and evangelist. Ken has helped design and implement some of the most cutting-edge uses of F5 technology, written numerous articles and whitepapers and traveled the world in an effort to help F5 customers achieve their business goals through the use of F5 technology. Prior to F5, Ken was a principal member of the Best Buy, Inc. Internet Services Group which was responsible for the development of the retailing giant's eCommerce presence taking what was a single machine to one of the largest and most successful "clicks and mortar" implementations in the industry. In addition, he has owned and operated several small businesses including a consultancy, a boutique computer forensics shop and, with his wife, a burger and malt shop. Ken is, or has been a CNE, MSCE, CCNP, C|EH, CISSP, Network+, CCNP, holds a BS in Information Technology from the MN School of Business and is currently completing his MBA with a focus on IT management. He lives with his wife and children in Twin Cities Metro area of Minnesota.
Speaker - Liad Ofek, Manager, Technical Marketing, Application Delivery Business Unit, Cisco
Liad Ofek holds the technical marketing responsibilities for Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) product line. Mr. Ofek leads a team of product Marketing experts and responsible for system level solution definition and outbound technical marketing efforts. Prior to joining Cisco, Mr. Ofek was the VP of Technical Services for Expand Networks where he established the Pre/Post sale support team; Liad was personally involved with the creation and evolution of the WAN Optimization market. Prior to Expand Networks, Liad worked for Netcom, a leading networking and IT service provider in Israel. At Netcom, Liad managed the technical support team and was responsible for deploying and supporting leading edge networking technology from Cisco and other vendors. Mr. Ofek has over 12 years of experience with customer support and training and has real-world understanding of WAN optimization and deep networking knowledge (CCIE). Liad earned a B.Sc. in Communications Engineering from Holon Institute of Technology
Speaker - Stephen Elliot, Vice President of Strategy , CA
Stephen Elliot is Vice President of Business Unit (BU) Strategy for CA in the Infrastructure Management BU, focused currently on virtualization and data center automation. Previously, Mr. Elliot was a noted software industry analyst at IDC, Hurwitz Group, Gartner, Instat, and Forrester. Mr. Elliot also was a Product Marketing Manager at Inteq, a venture-backed start-up. Additionally, Mr. Elliot holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Southern California with graduate work at American University. He has also completed Harvard Business School's Executive Education course on Strategic Financial Analysis for Business Valuation.
How Networks Can Assist Application Delivery Wednesday, May 20 — 10:15–11:15 AM
Historically, the way networks once assisted applications was by providing sufficient bandwidth. Recently, vendors have started to integrate functionality such as secure sockets layer (SSL) processing and WAN optimization into network devices. Now we are beginning to see a movement to provide application programming interfaces (APIs) directly to the switches' and routers' operating systems, and to also run portions of an application directly on switches and routers. The panelists at this session will discuss the spectrum of functionality that is being integrated into network devices, as well as the pros and cons of doing so.
Historically, the way networks once assisted applications was by providing sufficient bandwidth. Recently, vendors have started to integrate functionality such as secure sockets layer (SSL) processing and WAN optimization into network devices. Now we are beginning to see a movement to provide application programming interfaces (APIs) directly to the switches' and routers' operating systems, and to also run portions of an application directly on switches and routers. The panelists at this session will discuss the spectrum of functionality that is being integrated into network devices, as well as the pros and cons of doing so.
Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm.
Speaker - Gary Hemminger, Director of Product Management, Brocade
Gary Hemminger is Director of Product Management for the Application Delivery Controller products at Brocade. Gary has over 20 years of network experience, with development, systems engineering, product management, and marketing roles in the switching and routing, network management, application delivery, supercomputing & clustering space. Gary attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he graduated with distinction in general scholarship, with a BA in Computer Science. Gary also attended Stanford University, where he received an MS in Computer Science.
Speaker - Greg Smith, Senior Director Product Marketing, NetScaler Product Group, Citrix Systems, Inc
Speaker - Mark Leary, Senior Strategist , Cisco
At Cisco Systems, Mark Leary formulates and executes market and business development activities as they relate to Cisco's Network Systems and Security solutions, including Cisco routers, switches, IOS software, security products, and network management systems. He also serves on Cisco's internal Green Team, where he works to solidify Cisco network systems solutions aimed at driving sustainable technology deployments and business practices. His responsibilities include driving the adoption and advancement of Cisco Network Systems technologies and products; providing business and technology guidance to Cisco customers and partners; and ensuring that Cisco Network Systems strategies, technologies, and products map to both existing and developing industry requirements. Prior to joining Cisco, Mr. Leary worked at ArrowPoint Communications where he established technology and marketing partnerships; provided guidance for company/product directions and marketing activities; and advised customers on the proper application of content-aware Web Switching. Before ArrowPoint, Mr. Leary spent 13 years with International Data Corporation (IDC) and held numerous positions, lastly, Vice President, Networking Industry Research & Consulting Practice. At IDC, he consulted with Fortune 500 companies; networking, computing system, and software suppliers; service providers, and the investment community. Mr. Leary received a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science, as well as an MBA in business strategy & planning from Boston College.
Speaker - Tim Richards, Director of Product Management and Technical Marketing for WAN Acceleration, Juniper Networks
Tim Richards is the Director of Product Management and Technical Marketing for WAN Acceleration products at Juniper Networks, where he defines product features, direction and strategy for the company's application acceleration product portfolio. With more than 15 years of people management, product management and field experience in the networking industry, Richards brings a practical understanding of how technology can solve business problems. Richards joined Juniper Networks as part of the acquisition of Peribit Networks in 2005, where he held a key technical role in the EMEA Sales Operation. Prior to Peribit Networks, Richards held various managerial and senior technical roles at Lucent Technologies, IBM and 3Com. Richards earned a Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Computer Science from the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom.
What's Wrong with the WAN Firewall?Wednesday, May 20 — 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
The traditional wide-area network (WAN) firewall makes two flawed assumptions. One assumption is that the information contained in the first packet in a connection is sufficient to identify the application. The second assumption is that the transmission control protocol (TCP) and user datagram protocol (UDP) well-known port numbers are always used as intended. These are just two of the issues that suggest that the traditional WAN firewall cannot effectively support the current environment. In this session, the panelists will describe the limitations of the traditional WAN firewall, and identify what functionality firewalls need to implement to overcome these limitations.
The traditional wide-area network (WAN) firewall makes two flawed assumptions. One assumption is that the information contained in the first packet in a connection is sufficient to identify the application. The second assumption is that the transmission control protocol (TCP) and user datagram protocol (UDP) well-known port numbers are always used as intended. These are just two of the issues that suggest that the traditional WAN firewall cannot effectively support the current environment. In this session, the panelists will describe the limitations of the traditional WAN firewall, and identify what functionality firewalls need to implement to overcome these limitations.
Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm.
Speaker - Anthony James, VP Products, FORTINET
Anthony James has 16+ years of networking and high-tech product experience. As Fortinet's vice president of products, he is responsible for product direction, definition and marketing. His objective is to help ensure Fortinet's continued market leadership and technology innovation, and to proliferate the value of ASIC-accelerated, consolidated security as the core function in protecting the world's enterprises. Anthony's previous experience includes leadership roles in engineering support organizations, technical instruction and network/security consulting. Anthony has an intimate understanding of networking technologies, and throughout his career has driven many products introductions with companies including Network Associates, Foundry Networks and NetScaler.
Speaker - Brain Lazear, ---, Chandler Paris, Inc.
Brian Lazear is the Director of Product Management at Juniper Networks, where he leads the High-End Security Systems product team. Brian has over 14 years of experience, including product management at VeriSign, 3Com and start-up companies. He now manages Juniper Network's market-leading integrated firewall solutions for the data center, enterprise central site and service provider networks. Prior to Juniper, he worked on PKI and security authentication services as well as home/SMB gateway products with integrated networking and security services. Brian holds an MS in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri, a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts from Wheaton College.
Speaker - Lee Klarich, VP Product Manager, Palo Alto Networks
Network Requirements for Supporting Enterprise Video ConferencingWednesday, May 20 — 2:00–3:00 PM
Video conferencing places significant demands on the enterprise network—both in terms of how the traffic needs to be treated (priority and quality of service) and in the bandwidth needed to support good video. Designing the right network solution to support an enterprise video conferencing deployment is critical to getting early positive feedback on using a video capability which will affect its uptake as a business tool. This session will look at the technical details of designing, testing and managing an enterprise network to support high-quality video conferencing and telepresence communications.
Video conferencing places significant demands on the enterprise network—both in terms of how the traffic needs to be treated (priority and quality of service) and in the bandwidth needed to support good video. Designing the right network solution to support an enterprise video conferencing deployment is critical to getting early positive feedback on using a video capability which will affect its uptake as a business tool. This session will look at the technical details of designing, testing and managing an enterprise network to support high-quality video conferencing and telepresence communications.
Moderator - John Bartlett, Voice, Video and Data Application Performance, NetForecast, Inc.
John Bartlett is a leading authority on real-time traffic, application performance and Quality of Service (QoS) techniques. He specializes in helping enterprises manage voice, video and data application performance. Recent work has focused on designing global networks to best support video conferencing and telepresence systems. John has engaged with over 50 enterprises and over 20 network vendors to analyze network performance problems, design network solutions, and support network deployments. John has 30 years of experience in the semiconductor, computer and communications fields in marketing, sales, engineering, manufacturing and consulting roles. He has contributed to microprocessor, computer and network equipment design for over 40 products. He has been consulting since 1996. Prior to working as a consultant, John was a founder and VP of Engineering and Manufacturing at Agile Networks, now part of Lucent Technologies. Under his leadership, the company designed and built a high performance Ethernet switch implementing VLANs, and one of the first commercial ATM switches. Both products were successfully introduced to the market and the firm became profitable before it was acquired. Mr. Bartlett also served on the IEEE 802.1 committee during this period, and contributed to the development of the IEEE 802.1P and IEEE 802.1Q standards (priority and VLANs.) John is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering, where he received the Dartmouth Society of Engineers Annual Prize for the quality of his thesis presentation. John is co-owner of a patent in shared memory multiprocessor design.
Speaker - Chris Carr, Director, Video Markets, Masergy
Chris Carr serves as Director Video Markets at Masergy Communications, Inc. He is responsible for MASERGY's strategic direction and partnerships in the Videoconferencing, Telepresence, and Broadcast Media Markets. Prior to his employment at MASERGY, he was on the global sales teams at Zephion Networks and UUNET Technologies where he was heavily involved in video over IP initiatives. His career in private enterprise was preceded by 11 years of service as an Infantry Officer with the United States Marine Corps in a variety of command and staff assignments. He is an industry recognized thought leader on IP video transport and speaks frequently at numerous industry events.
Speaker - Kumar Srikantan, VP, Product Management, Cisco
Kumar Srikantan is Vice President of Product Management for the Cisco Catalyst 6500, Catalyst 4500 Series of Ethernet Switching Platforms at Cisco. In this role, Kumar is responsible for setting the strategic vision, long term product strategy and day-to-day operations for Cisco's premier Catalyst switching product lines. The Catalyst 6500 and 4500 platforms are at the core of Cisco's "Network As a Platform" vision through integration of key network based services that span Security, Unified Communications, Video and Virtualization technologies. These capabilities are enabled across the wide spectrum of Catalyst 6500 and 4500 deployments that span Datacenters, Campus, Branch/WAN and Service Provider Carrier Ethernet deployments. Kumar's work experience is wide reaching that spans both the computing and communications industries - including parallel computing architectures, high performance computing, routing and Ethernet Switching systems. Prior to Cisco, Kumar worked at StratumOne Communications, Silicon Graphics Computer Systems and Sun Microsystems in senior marketing and engineering positions. Kumar holds a master's in Computer Science from Rice University and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.
Speaker - Lou Chiorazzi, Vice President, Engineering, Glowpoint
Lou Chiorazzi is a seasoned business executive with more than 17 years of experience in Engineering, Operations, Sales, and Consulting services. In 2001, Lou joined Glowpoint, a leading provider of advanced video communications managed services, during its initial founding and was instrumental in building the world's first video-centric IP network. Lou currently serves as Glowpoint's VP of Engineering focused on Research & Development, Software Development, Pre-Sales Solutions, Post-Sale Complex Engineering, Sustaining Engineering and Corporate IT efforts. Lou leads a team of more than 20 technology professionals, who have played key roles in achieving strategic high profile sales, significant cost reductions, and build and maintaining an award winning, scalable technology platforms and solutions in the video communications marketplace. Prior to his term with Glowpoint, Lou developed a strong reputation in the IT industry of bringing forth a broad perspective of IT solutions for financial market data operations, IT consulting, pre-sales engineering and engineering management. Prior to joining Glowpoint, Lou was most recently with Cisco, proving expertise for Content Delivery Network Solutions. Before Cisco, Lou provided consulting services for high level clients for Lucent/INS and the Johns Brook Company. Mr. Chiorazzi began his career with Knight Ridder Financial/Bridge as a Senior Engineer in their core NOC in New York City. Lou completed his undergraduate studies in Electronics Engineering from DeVry University and currently lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children.
How to Integrate Wired and Wireless LANsWednesday, May 20 — 2:00–3:00 PM
The first wireless LANs were deployed as an overlay to the existing wired LAN infrastructure. That approach is fine, as long as the wireless LAN deployment is limited. However, as the use of wireless LANs grows, IT organizations need to move away from an overlay model and toward a model that integrates both wired and wireless LANs from both a physical, as well as from a management perspective. In this session, the approach that leading vendors take to integrating wired and wireless LAN will be identified so that you can choose which approach makes the most sense for you.
The first wireless LANs were deployed as an overlay to the existing wired LAN infrastructure. That approach is fine, as long as the wireless LAN deployment is limited. However, as the use of wireless LANs grows, IT organizations need to move away from an overlay model and toward a model that integrates both wired and wireless LANs from both a physical, as well as from a management perspective. In this session, the approach that leading vendors take to integrating wired and wireless LAN will be identified so that you can choose which approach makes the most sense for you.
Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm.
Speaker - Bob Zemke, Solutions Architect, Managed Services, Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc.
Bob Zemke is a Solutions Architect in the Managed Services organization at Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc. An IT professional with a broad span of experience, Bob has expertise in next generation wireless solutions as well as unified communications (UC) network design, deployment and management. Experienced in working with healthcare, education and private sector customers, Bob designed the WLAN solution for Siemens' largest HiPath Wireless deployment globally which was featured in Mobile Wireless Magazine and earned the 2008 Mobilizer Award from Mobile Enterprise Magazine. Bob also managed the design and implementation of a HIPAA compliant mobile messaging solutions for Blackberry, Palm and Microsoft mobile devices. He is regarded as a subject matter expert of advanced wireless technologies, solutions and deployments. Bob has been featured in HealthCare Design Magazine, Most Wired Magazine, Mobile Wireless Magazine, and Xchange Magazine. He has also participated in several industry-specific webinars and presentations. Bob received a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Management from Western Michigan University and a Master's degree in telecommunications and network management from Syracuse University.
Speaker - Roger Sands, HP ProCurve Worldwide Director of Mobility Solutions, HP ProCurve Networking
Roger Sands is the HP ProCurve Worldwide Director of Mobility Solutions. He is responsible for product requirements, profit and loss, go-to-market roadmap and strategic partnerships for HP ProCurve's mobility business. Sands brings more than 20 years of engineering and executive management experience to HP ProCurve. He was formerly Executive Vice President of Technical Operations for Colubris Networks, responsible for the company's research and development, pre- and post-sales support and technical training. Prior to his time at Colubris, Sands served as General Manager of the enterprise WLAN business unit of Accton Technologies. At Accton, he built and led the unit from formation through product release and high-volume delivery. Previously, Sands spent time as General Manager of 3Com's Business Access Solutions division. He has also held senior engineering positions at US Robotics (acquired by 3Com), Bytex and Digital Equipment Corporation (acquired by Compaq/HP). Sands holds Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering from Northeastern University.
Speaker - Scott Lindsay, Senior Director, Mobility Products, 3Com
What SOA and Web 2.0 Means to the NetworkWednesday, May 20 — 3:15–4:15 PM
In the past couple of years, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and web services have been overhyped. Currently, Web 2.0 is beginning to suffer the same fate. Because of the hype, it is easy to dismiss these application development architectures as irrelevant. Both of these architectures are only in the early stages of influencing how applications are developed and applications build using either architecture are likely to run poorly and be difficult to manage. The panelists at this session will detail the management and performance issues associated with SOA and Web 2.0, and give their insight into what you can do to avoid them
In the past couple of years, service-oriented architecture (SOA) and web services have been overhyped. Currently, Web 2.0 is beginning to suffer the same fate. Because of the hype, it is easy to dismiss these application development architectures as irrelevant. Both of these architectures are only in the early stages of influencing how applications are developed and applications build using either architecture are likely to run poorly and be difficult to manage. The panelists at this session will detail the management and performance issues associated with SOA and Web 2.0, and give their insight into what you can do to avoid them
Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm.
Speaker - Hooman Beheshti, Vice President of Products, Strangeloop
With over 15 years of experience working in the networking technology realm, Hooman leads the product efforts at Strangeloop and is well versed in load balancing, application acceleration, and content delivery networks. Before joining Strangeloop, he served as the VP of Technology for Crescendo networks and the CTO for Radware Inc., where his insights and technical expertise helped bring innovative, award winning networking products to market. A pioneer in the application acceleration space, he helped design one of the original load balancers while at Radware. Hooman's experience ranges from defining and driving the development for load balancing, web acceleration, and application delivery products, to leading the technical evangelism initiatives behind them. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California Irvine.
Speaker - Jean Critcher, Solution Director, Orange Business Services
Jean Critcher has been working in the telecommunications and IT consulting industries for 13 years developing and delivering services and solutions for multi-national customers in all global markets and sectors. In the 1990s, she exercised her entrepreneurial skills having either led or co-partnered in several IT startups that specialized in cutting-edge technologies and standards for network services including IPv6 and Voice over IP. She has been with the France Telecom Group since 2000 in several roles ranging from network engineering to product management to consulting. She spent 5 years in France for Orange Business Services leading major application performance management service development projects based on the latest vendor technologies and developing the most effective consulting methodologies that provide deliverables which correspond to the IT and business alignment needs of the customer. She is the Solution Director of Business Acceleration, one of Orange Business Services' key strategic propositions. Business Acceleration is comprised of a suite of services that improves visibility, management and performance of applications through an optimized communications infrastructure. She currently resides in the United States where outside of work enjoys music, film, sports, speaking french and food and wine from all cultures. She holds degrees in Computer Science and Vocal Music Performance and a masters certificate in IT Technology Management.
Speaker - Paul Leinsenberg, Enterprise Architecture and Technology Manager, Cisco
Paul Liesenberg is an Enterprise Architecture and Technology Manager for Cisco. In this role, Paul is responsible for developing methodologies that optimally align next-generation infrastructures and overarching business processes. Prior to Cisco, Paul spent five years as VP of Strategic Marketing for ZettaCom and Bivio Networks, orchestrating product and partnership strategies. Previously, through the acquisition of StrataCom, Paul was with Cisco Systems for eight years in product marketing, business development, and sales and technical marketing positions. Prior to Cisco and StrataCom, Paul worked in Nortel's Data Networks Division as manager for network consulting, and earlier worked for Siemens' Public Networks' R&D division. Paul holds two patents in the area of VoIP, and is a frequent speaker at industry events. Paul holds a M.Sc. from TUM (Technische Universitaet Muenchen).
Is There a Need for a Next-Generation LAN Switch? Thursday, May 21 — 9:00–10:00 AM
As recently as a decade ago, the majority of local area networks (LANs) were based on shared media. Today, they are based on switching and are designed for two key parameters: speed and availability. However, there is a growing interest in implementing services, such as security in LAN switches. This session will help IT organizations determine what functionality belongs in each class of LAN switch. To achieve that goal, this session will look at how the functionality that gets deployed in LAN switches that either enables or inhibits IT organizations from being able to easily support enterprise applications, as well as key initiatives such as mobility and unified communications.
As recently as a decade ago, the majority of local area networks (LANs) were based on shared media. Today, they are based on switching and are designed for two key parameters: speed and availability. However, there is a growing interest in implementing services, such as security in LAN switches. This session will help IT organizations determine what functionality belongs in each class of LAN switch. To achieve that goal, this session will look at how the functionality that gets deployed in LAN switches that either enables or inhibits IT organizations from being able to easily support enterprise applications, as well as key initiatives such as mobility and unified communications.
Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm.
Speaker - Barry Cioe, Vice President of Product Management , Enterasys
As vice president of product management for Enterasys, Barry Cioe is responsible for the definition and delivery of service-oriented, convergence-optimized switching, routing and security products and solutions. Mr. Cioe works closely with customers to understand their networking and security needs in order to develop cost-effective products and solutions that helps ensure their success. Prior to joining Enterasys, Mr. Cioe led several product development and network and security services teams for Symantec, AXENT Technologies and GTE. Together they designed, developed and deployed large-scale networks and multi-million dollar software systems with both commercial and government application. In total, Mr. Cioe has over 20 years of experience working in the Internet security and network infrastructure markets. He has also managed the deployment or integration of various technologies, including enterprise switching and routing, Unified Threat Management systems, security gateways, firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems, Network Access Control solutions and more. Mr. Cioe earned his BS in Computer Electrical Engineering from the University of Rhode Island and his MBA from Northeastern University.
Speaker - Jeff Prince, Chairman and CTO, Consentry
Jeff has more than 20 years of experience developing networking and ASIC technologies. Prior to becoming Chairman and CTO of ConSentry Networks, Jeff was a founder of Foundry Networks (FDRY), where he led Foundry's hardware engineering group. Prior to Foundry, Jeff was a founder of Centillion Networks, which was acquired by Bay Networks in 1995 and became a billion dollar product line for Bay. Prior to Centillion, Jeff was a hardware engineering manager at Network Equipment Technologies. Jeff holds eight patents related to networking technologies, and he has a BS in Computer Engineering from California State University Chico. Jeff is also a managing partner at Prince Ventures, LP.
Speaker - Kumar Srikantan, VP, Product Management, Cisco
Kumar Srikantan is Vice President of Product Management for the Cisco Catalyst 6500, Catalyst 4500 Series of Ethernet Switching Platforms at Cisco. In this role, Kumar is responsible for setting the strategic vision, long term product strategy and day-to-day operations for Cisco's premier Catalyst switching product lines. The Catalyst 6500 and 4500 platforms are at the core of Cisco's "Network As a Platform" vision through integration of key network based services that span Security, Unified Communications, Video and Virtualization technologies. These capabilities are enabled across the wide spectrum of Catalyst 6500 and 4500 deployments that span Datacenters, Campus, Branch/WAN and Service Provider Carrier Ethernet deployments. Kumar's work experience is wide reaching that spans both the computing and communications industries - including parallel computing architectures, high performance computing, routing and Ethernet Switching systems. Prior to Cisco, Kumar worked at StratumOne Communications, Silicon Graphics Computer Systems and Sun Microsystems in senior marketing and engineering positions. Kumar holds a master's in Computer Science from Rice University and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.
Speaker - Manfred Arndt, Convergence Solutions Architect, Distinguished Technologist, HP ProCurve
Manfred Arndt is the Convergence Solutions Architect and Distinguished Technologist for HP ProCurve. He is responsible for specifying and architecting IP telephony and multimedia capabilities in ProCurve's network equipment and network management applications. He also participates within the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), helping defining networking and telecommunications standards and is a co-author of the ANSI/TIA-1057 (LLDP-MED) standard. Arndt has 20 years of experience as System Architect, Technologist, Software Engineer and R&D Software Development Manager in several networking startups and the technology industry. Before joining ProCurve, he led the development of a broadband wireless access system, which included advanced QoS and scheduling algorithms to support business grade VoIP and video conferencing.
Is Routing Undergoing a Mid-Life Crisis?Thursday, May 21 — 10:15–11:15 AM
According to industry pundits, there is a need for a next generation of routing. The pundits state that business initiatives are driving the need for much higher levels of performance, security and availability. They also claim that routers must become more energy efficient and provide functionality, such as multicast and deep packet inspection. In this session, leading routing vendors will be asked to identify which business initiatives are driving the need for enhanced routing functionality and to explain exactly how routers provide that functionality.
According to industry pundits, there is a need for a next generation of routing. The pundits state that business initiatives are driving the need for much higher levels of performance, security and availability. They also claim that routers must become more energy efficient and provide functionality, such as multicast and deep packet inspection. In this session, leading routing vendors will be asked to identify which business initiatives are driving the need for enhanced routing functionality and to explain exactly how routers provide that functionality.
Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm.
Speaker - Amir Khan, Senior Director Product Line Management, Juniper
Speaker - Dave Roberts, Vice President Strategy and Marketing, Vyatta
Dave Roberts has two decades of experience in networking, computer engineering and strategic product development. Prior to his current role as vice president of strategy and marketing at Vyatta, Dave was the co-founder, CTO, and vice president of strategy at Inkra networks where he provided the product and strategy direction that captured a tier-one customer base including IBM, EDS, AT&T, and NEC. Prior to Inkra, Dave was vice president of product management for Nortel Networks, responsible for product strategy and definition related to the company's line of Layer 2 and Layer 3 Ethernet switches and campus ATM switches. Additionally, Dave forged key strategic alliances and OEM relationships. Dave has also held management positions at Bay Networks, Rapid City Communications, Cabletron Systems, ZeitNet, and AMD, where he spearheaded Gigabit Ethernet, ATM, and WiFi product lines and strategic marketing initiatives. Dave began his career with engineering positions at Hewlett-Packard. Experienced in numerous networking and software technologies, Dave holds ten patents, and is the author of three books. Dave holds a B.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Speaker - Jonathan Davidson, Director of Marketing, Edge Routing Business Unit, Cisco
Jonathan Davidson, CCIE Number 2560, is the Director of Marketing for the Edge Routing Business Unit. He currently leads the Enterprise Routing organization and the Cross-Segment Layer 4 through Layer 7 Services organization. Previously Jonathan led the Service Provider Solutions Engineering organization which developed end to end solutions for Service Providers worldwide. He has co-authored the bestselling book Voice over IP Fundamentals and Deploying Cisco Voice over IP. He has been with Cisco for over 10 years in post sales support, marketing and engineering divisions.
The Future of Application DeliveryThursday, May 21 — 11:30 AM–12:30 PM
A couple of years ago, it was common to equate application delivery to network and application optimization. However, ensuring successful application delivery requires that IT organizations do more than just implement optimization techniques. It also involves planning, management and control that extends to a wide range of IT disciplines, not just networks. As a result, most of the application delivery vendors have begun to develop expertise in other areas including security, storage and management. In this session, leading vendors will outline their divergent views on the future of application delivery.
A couple of years ago, it was common to equate application delivery to network and application optimization. However, ensuring successful application delivery requires that IT organizations do more than just implement optimization techniques. It also involves planning, management and control that extends to a wide range of IT disciplines, not just networks. As a result, most of the application delivery vendors have begun to develop expertise in other areas including security, storage and management. In this session, leading vendors will outline their divergent views on the future of application delivery.
Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton, Metzler & Associates
Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm.
Speaker - Alan Saldich, VP of Product Marketing and Alliances, Riverbed Technology, Inc.
Alan Saldich joined Riverbed Technology in September 2002 and serves as its VP of Product Marketing and Alliances. Prior to joining Riverbed, he was director of enterprise solutions for Inktomi Corporation, where he began working following its acquisition of FastForward Networks in the fall of 2000. Prior to the acquisition, Mr. Saldich served as FastForward Networks' director of business development. In addition, since 1988 Mr. Saldich has held senior positions in sales, marketing, business development and corporate finance at several high technology companies, including RasterOps (IPO, 1990) and Metricom. Mr. Saldich holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from U.C. Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Speaker - Jeff Barker, Vice President of Solutions and Technical Marketing, Blue Coat
Speaker - Neil Cohen, Director of Product Marketing, Akamai
Neil Cohen is the Director of Product Marketing for Akamai's Application Performance Services, an evolving line of Web and IP-based application delivery services. In his role, he sets the go-to-market strategy for positioning this line of managed services towards strategic IT initiatives within the enterprise such as web-enabled business processes, software-as-a-service, cloud computing, virtualization and service oriented architectures. Prior to joining Akamai, Neil worked at Mindspeed Technologies where he was the Director of Marketing specializing in internet infrastructure chipsets and software. Neil has also held a variety of senior marketing and engineering positions at Conexant Systems, Compaq Computer and Digital Equipment Corporation. He holds an M.B.A. from Boston University and Bachelor and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering from Lehigh University.
Speaker - Steven Shalita, Vice President, Marketing, NetScout Systems
Steven Shalita is Vice President, Marketing at NetScout Systems, the market leader for network and application performance management and service assurance solutions. He has over 20 years of technology marketing, product development and strategy experience in the voice, video and data networking and telecommunications industries. He has strong market and technology experience in many aspects of the Enterprise and service provider networking segments covering LAN, WAN and metro networking technologies. Mr. Shalita returned to NetScout in July of 2008, and was previously Director, Product Marketing at NetScout from 1997 through 1999. During his time away, he held senior marketing leadership positions at Alcatel-Lucent, Redback Networks, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems.
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Networking Workshops
Developing an Enterprise Network ArchitectureSunday, May 17 — 8:30 AM–4:30 PM
Establishing an architectural framework that enables an organization to adapt its IT infrastructure and services in the context of enterprise strategies has never been more critical. This Workshop teaches the skills IT managers need to develop an enterprise network architecture using a decision-making framework and methodology for technology selection based on proven architectural principals, technical positions and template frameworks.
Course Outline
Network architecture value and benefits Network architecture development methodology Network architecture framework Architectural principles Technical positions: network protocols, IP addressing, routing protocols, QoS, IP multicast, switching and routing, local area Networking, WAN/MAN services, wireless LANs, remote access, resiliency, IP Telephony, Internet access, storage area Networking, and WAN performance optimization Architectural templates: large/medium/small sites, campus, WAN/MAN, Internet access Creation of Gap analysis and migration plans Architecture implementation and review process
Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed specifically for enterprise network architects and technologists involved with network planning, network designers and consultants, and integrators and VARs.
You Will Learn
Attendees will learn valuable technical information and understand how to create network plans that support business initiatives.
Establishing an architectural framework that enables an organization to adapt its IT infrastructure and services in the context of enterprise strategies has never been more critical. This Workshop teaches the skills IT managers need to develop an enterprise network architecture using a decision-making framework and methodology for technology selection based on proven architectural principals, technical positions and template frameworks.
Course Outline
Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed specifically for enterprise network architects and technologists involved with network planning, network designers and consultants, and integrators and VARs.
You Will Learn
Attendees will learn valuable technical information and understand how to create network plans that support business initiatives.
Instructor - Jack Stackhouse, Director Burton Group Consulting, Burton Group
Jack Stackhouse has over 20 years of experience in systems engineering, engineering management, and consulting for large multinational organizations, city, and state governments on network architecture, wireless technology and RFP development for WAN, voice technology and IT outsourcing. As a director of Burton Group Consulting, Jack provides Burton Group's Fortune 500 and Global 2,000 clients strategic advice on network architecture, data center architecture, remote access, wireless technologies, voice services, and WAN Services.
Troubleshooting Ethernet and Switched NetworksWednesday, May 20 — 8:30 AM–4:30 PM
Getting blamed for performance problems? Don't let the foundation of your network be the bottleneck! This workshop covers how to troubleshoot Ethernet and switched networks. In most cases, networks are designed and installed, but never thoroughly tested to make sure they are performing as they were designed. The instructor will review the operation of Ethernet and the types of errors that typically occur. Ethernet topics include Ethernet Signaling, Fast Link Pulse, CRC/Alignment Errors, Collisions and Fragments. The switching portion of the course examines the basics of switch and spanning tree operation. This overview provides the basis for covering troubleshooting techniques in the switched environment. Plan to leave this course with the skills necessary to successfully test and troubleshoot the physical and data link layers of today's Ethernet networks.
Course Outline
Overview of Ethernet operation Impact of Ethernet Errors Measuring network performance Troubleshooting Ethernet networks Overview of Switching technologies Packet capture and analysis in switched environments Troubleshooting tool matrix, what to use and when
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for network administrators, designers, and analysts that are responsible for Ethernet networks.
You Will Learn
Students will be prepared to test existing Ethernet networks to determine if they are operating properly and how to quickly isolate and resolve problems - should they exist.
Getting blamed for performance problems? Don't let the foundation of your network be the bottleneck! This workshop covers how to troubleshoot Ethernet and switched networks. In most cases, networks are designed and installed, but never thoroughly tested to make sure they are performing as they were designed. The instructor will review the operation of Ethernet and the types of errors that typically occur. Ethernet topics include Ethernet Signaling, Fast Link Pulse, CRC/Alignment Errors, Collisions and Fragments. The switching portion of the course examines the basics of switch and spanning tree operation. This overview provides the basis for covering troubleshooting techniques in the switched environment. Plan to leave this course with the skills necessary to successfully test and troubleshoot the physical and data link layers of today's Ethernet networks.
Course Outline
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for network administrators, designers, and analysts that are responsible for Ethernet networks.
You Will Learn
Students will be prepared to test existing Ethernet networks to determine if they are operating properly and how to quickly isolate and resolve problems - should they exist.
Instructor - Chris Greer, Senior Network Analyst, Network Protocol Specialists
Chris Greer is a Senior Network Analyst for Network Protocol Specialists, a Seattle based Network Consulting company. Chris has 10 years of experience in analyzing and troubleshooting networks. He regularly assists companies in tracking down the source of network and application performance problems using a variety of protocol analysis and monitoring tools including Wireshark. When he isn't hunting down problems at the packet level, he can be found teaching various analysis workshops at Interop and other industry trade shows. Chris has also served as the Troubleshooting and Analysis Team Lead for the Interop event network for 5 years.
Instructor - Mike Pennacchi, Owner, Network Protocol Specialists
Mike Pennacchi is owner of Network Protocol Specialists, a network analysis and training company based in Seattle, Washington. His company specializes in analyzing network performance problems for companies throughout the United States. He has taught at Interop since 1997 and has received the event's Instructor Award as highest ranking instructor three of those years. Pennacchi brings his experience as a network analyst into the classroom and assists students in understanding how to fix problems in their own networks.
Network Troubleshooting Using Open Source ToolsThursday, May 21 — 8:30 AM–4:30 PM
Packet capture and analysis, network utilization and error monitoring, throughput measurement - these can all be done using free Open Source tools available today on the Internet! This workshop focuses on a handful of tools that can be used for troubleshooting a wide variety of network and application problems.
The instructors will take attendees through a series of trace files from real networks to show how protocols should and should not work. How and where to capture packets will be covered.
Filter examples for Wireshark and configuration examples for MRTG will be provided as part of this course. The attendees will leave the class with the tools and skills necessary to begin troubleshooting problems upon returning to work. A CD containing each of the tools will be provided, along with same trace files.
Course Outline
Open Source Troubleshooting Tools, Best of the Best Packet Capture and Analysis using Wireshark The Basics of Protocol Analysis Measuring Network Throughput with Iperf Monitoring SNMP devices using MRTG
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for network administrators, designers and analysts that are responsible for determining why network and applications are not running as fast as they should.
You Will Learn
Attendees will learn how to capture and analyze packets, measure network throughput and monitor network utilization all using Open Source tools.
Packet capture and analysis, network utilization and error monitoring, throughput measurement - these can all be done using free Open Source tools available today on the Internet! This workshop focuses on a handful of tools that can be used for troubleshooting a wide variety of network and application problems.
The instructors will take attendees through a series of trace files from real networks to show how protocols should and should not work. How and where to capture packets will be covered.
Filter examples for Wireshark and configuration examples for MRTG will be provided as part of this course. The attendees will leave the class with the tools and skills necessary to begin troubleshooting problems upon returning to work. A CD containing each of the tools will be provided, along with same trace files.
Course Outline
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for network administrators, designers and analysts that are responsible for determining why network and applications are not running as fast as they should.
You Will Learn
Attendees will learn how to capture and analyze packets, measure network throughput and monitor network utilization all using Open Source tools.
Instructor - Chris Greer, Senior Network Analyst, Network Protocol Specialists
Chris Greer is a Senior Network Analyst for Network Protocol Specialists, a Seattle based Network Consulting company. Chris has 10 years of experience in analyzing and troubleshooting networks. He regularly assists companies in tracking down the source of network and application performance problems using a variety of protocol analysis and monitoring tools including Wireshark. When he isn't hunting down problems at the packet level, he can be found teaching various analysis workshops at Interop and other industry trade shows. Chris has also served as the Troubleshooting and Analysis Team Lead for the Interop event network for 5 years.
Instructor - Mike Pennacchi, Owner, Network Protocol Specialists
Mike Pennacchi is owner of Network Protocol Specialists, a network analysis and training company based in Seattle, Washington. His company specializes in analyzing network performance problems for companies throughout the United States. He has taught at Interop since 1997 and has received the event's Instructor Award as highest ranking instructor three of those years. Pennacchi brings his experience as a network analyst into the classroom and assists students in understanding how to fix problems in their own networks.
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Networking Free Sessions
Tuesday Morning KeynotesTuesday, May 19 — 8:30–10:00 AM
Hear about the future of technology from visionary leaders.
Hear about the future of technology from visionary leaders.
Speaker - Marius Haas, Senior Vice President and General Manager, HP ProCurve Networking, Hewlett-Packard Company
Marius Haas is senior vice president and general manager of the ProCurve Networking business. He oversees the group's worldwide operations, with a focus on expanding its position as a leading networking supplier in the market. Previously, Haas served as senior vice president of strategy and corporate development for HP. In that role, he led initiatives that focused on improving efficiency and driving growth, including the execution and integration of all acquisitions since 2004. He also oversaw the company's strategic planning process, new business incubation and strategic alliances. Haas joined Compaq in 1995 from Intel Corporation and has held a wide range of senior operations roles. His teams have developed and deployed enterprise software solutions, Internet and e-commerce capabilities, content management applications, IT services offerings, marketing programs and complex cross-company strategic programs. Haas is a member of the McKinsey & Co. Chief Strategy Officer Council, the Ernst and Young Corporate Development Leadership Network, and a Board Member of the ASAP organization. He has been active on several advisory boards including the Texas eCommerce Group, the eBusiness Research Center at Penn State University and Suffield Academy in Connecticut. Haas received a BSBA from Georgetown University and an MBA in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) in Glendale, Ariz.
Speaker - Stephen Herrod, CTO, VMware
Dr. Stephen Herrod, Chief Technology Officer Stephen Herrod is responsible for VMware's new technologies and technology collaborations with customers, partners and standards groups. He has led the VMware ESX group through numerous successful releases. Prior to joining VMware, Stephen was Senior Director of Software at Transmeta Corporation co-leading development of their "Code Morphing" technology. Stephen holds a Ph.D. and a Masters degree in Computer Science from Stanford University where he worked with VMware's founders on the SimOS machine simulation project.
The Next Evolutionary Step In WAN Optimization - Sponsored by Expand NetworksTuesday, May 19 — 10:15–11:00 AM
In this session, Efi Gatmor will announce the next evolutionary step in WAN Optimization and how the latest technology innovations will radically advance the mobility, scalability, affordability and unique collaborative benefit of WAN Optimization technology, making clear for the first time how organizations can make consolidation and mobility work in tandem to deliver business efficiency and add to the bottom line.
In this session, Efi Gatmor will announce the next evolutionary step in WAN Optimization and how the latest technology innovations will radically advance the mobility, scalability, affordability and unique collaborative benefit of WAN Optimization technology, making clear for the first time how organizations can make consolidation and mobility work in tandem to deliver business efficiency and add to the bottom line.
Speaker - Efi Gatmor, Chief Technology Officer, Expand Networks
Efi Gatmor is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and VP of product management of Expand Networks and is responsible for leading the Company's technology strategy, system architecture, roadmap and design. Mr. Gatmor has more than 20 years of experience in the field. His areas of expertise include Object Oriented and IP networking and Multi Platform development. Before joining Expand, Mr. Gatmor worked for New Dimension Software which was acquired by BMC in 1999; there he led a group that was responsible for the definition, design and implementation of the company's new communication and database infrastructure. Mr. Gatmor graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tel-Aviv University, where he earned a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Mathematics.
Clouds, SOA, Virtualization and Green IT - How Can the Network Help? - Sponsored by Force10 NetworksTuesday, May 19 — 11:15 AM–12:00 PM
Ensuring that you have all of the pieces in place for a future-proofed data center that can support new and emerging applications will be highlighted. We will explore how key data center technologies such as virtualization, advanced power management and 10 Gigabit Ethernet impact power and cooling demands as well as lay a foundation for future initiatives.
Ensuring that you have all of the pieces in place for a future-proofed data center that can support new and emerging applications will be highlighted. We will explore how key data center technologies such as virtualization, advanced power management and 10 Gigabit Ethernet impact power and cooling demands as well as lay a foundation for future initiatives.
Speaker - Stephen Garrison, Vice President of Marketing, Force10 Networks
Stephen Garrison has more than 19 years of experience designing strategic marketing programs for the telecommunications and networking industries. Prior to becoming vice president of marketing, Garrison directed the company's corporate marketing and customer activities. Prior to joining Force10 Networks, Garrison was the senior director of marketing at Riverstone Networks, where he was responsible for building customer programs. Earlier, he served as the director of marketing at Cabletron Systems. Garrison received a B.S. in ceramic science from Alfred University and an M.S. in materials science and engineering from MIT. He also holds four patents and sits on the board of directors for the Ethernet Alliance.
The Challenges of Next Generation IP Address Management - Sponsored by Alcatel-LucentTuesday, May 19 — 3:00–3:45 PM
The introduction of new IP based technologies into network environments as well as growth in existing IP based infrastructure presents significant challenges for even the most experienced professionals and groups to manage. Attend this session to discover how to ease IP address management for today's network while keeping your existing infrastructure and network growing smoothly for tomorrow.
The introduction of new IP based technologies into network environments as well as growth in existing IP based infrastructure presents significant challenges for even the most experienced professionals and groups to manage. Attend this session to discover how to ease IP address management for today's network while keeping your existing infrastructure and network growing smoothly for tomorrow.
Speaker - Maria Fire, Director VitalQIP Product Management, Alcatel-Lucent
Ensure Cost-Effective Application Delivery - Today and in the Future - Sponsored by RadwareTuesday, May 19 — 3:15–4:00 PM
In recessionary times, balancing increasing application infrastructure needs against the opposing demand for cost reduction presents a difficult IT challenge. In this session, you'll learn how to reduce CAPEX and OPEX associated with data center initiatives (consolidation, virtualization, SOA, business continuity, etc.) via a "scale-as-you-grow" approach to application delivery.
In recessionary times, balancing increasing application infrastructure needs against the opposing demand for cost reduction presents a difficult IT challenge. In this session, you'll learn how to reduce CAPEX and OPEX associated with data center initiatives (consolidation, virtualization, SOA, business continuity, etc.) via a "scale-as-you-grow" approach to application delivery.
Speaker - Nir Ilani, Director, Product Marketing, Radware
Nir Ilani is Director, Product Marketing at Radware where he leads the planning, positioning and go-to-market strategy of Radware's innovative Application Delivery solutions. Mr. Ilani has diverse technological, product management and marketing experience including definition and launching of large-scale Application Infrastructure and Networking solutions. He has a solid background in working closely with US, European & Asian customers in both the Enterprise and Carrier/Telecommunication markets. His expertise extends to Networking, Enterprise software, Internet technologies, Application Performance Management and Open-source software. Prior to his tenure at Radware, he held various managerial positions at leading Hi-Tech companies including Mercury (acquired by HP), Zend and Exent. Mr. Ilani holds a B.A. in Computer Science, a B.A. in Business Administration and an MBA with a specialization in Marketing Management - all from Tel-Aviv University.
Consolidating Server Connectivity Using FCoE and CEE - Sponsored by BrocadeTuesday, May 19 — 3:15–4:00 PM
Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) are new protocols that enable consolidation of server I/O in the data center. Learn about this "new" type of Ethernet and why, when, and how to deploy it effectively to reduce cabling, switching components, and energy costs.
Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) are new protocols that enable consolidation of server I/O in the data center. Learn about this "new" type of Ethernet and why, when, and how to deploy it effectively to reduce cabling, switching components, and energy costs.
Speaker - Martin Skagen, Sr. Director and Chief Architect, Brocade
Martin Skagen joined the Brocade Competitive Analysis team in 2002, helping to ensure the competitiveness of a wide range of Brocade products and strategies. Since 2004, he runs the technology, standards and strategy team and is responsible for Brocade's Data Center product lines. Skagen has more than 19 years of IT experience, including more than a decade spent at Hewlett Packard, where he held various positions such as managing support/services teams for mission-critical customers. He has a BS in Computer Science from Niels Brock University in Copenhagen Denmark.
Open Initiatives: New Ways to Transform Business/IT Experience Through Better Network and Application Integration - Sponsored by CiscoTuesday, May 19 — 4:15–5:00 PM
Historically, network and application architectures have been overseen by different groups resulting in lower quality of application experience. WAN Optimization, Application Intelligence, Services consistency, Mobility, Unified Communications are all derivative results. Network and IT architects as well as application developers are encouraged to attend this session.
Historically, network and application architectures have been overseen by different groups resulting in lower quality of application experience. WAN Optimization, Application Intelligence, Services consistency, Mobility, Unified Communications are all derivative results. Network and IT architects as well as application developers are encouraged to attend this session.
Speaker - Rob Sloan, Marketing Manager, Cisco
Wednesday Morning KeynotesWednesday, May 20 — 8:30–10:00 AM
Hear about the future of technology from visionary leaders.
Hear about the future of technology from visionary leaders.
Moderator - Art Wittman, Director of InformationWeek Analytics, InformationWeek Analytics
Art Wittmann is the Managing Director of InformationWeek Analytics, where he is responsible for the business operations and content strategy of InformationWeek's analyst group. He is also an editor of InformationWeek, and the content director for the Techweb Digital Library, where is responsible for driving content and product strategy. Prior to joining the InformationWeek team, Art was Editor-in-Chief of Network Computing, and IT Architect. Art holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from the University of Wisconsin.
Speaker - Dave Stevens, CTO, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Dave Stevens brings more than 20 years of experience in the enterprise networking, security, compute, and data storage industries to his current role as Chief Technology Officer for Brocade Communications Systems. In this position, Mr. Stevens is instrumental in driving Brocade's company-wide technology strategy as the company expands its role in the evolving enterprise network market. Before joining Brocade in 2008, Mr. Stevens was founder and CEO of Palo Alto Networks, a developer of next-generation firewall products. Previously he was a partner at Foundation Capital, and held senior management positions at Atmosphere Networks, Nortel and Microdyne. Mr. Stevens had also worked with Brocade previously, serving as Vice President and CTO of Brocade Transport Systems from 2003 to 2004. He joined Brocade through its acquisition of Rhapsody Networks, where he was Vice President of Business Development. Dave Stevens holds bachelor of science and a master of science degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia.
Speaker - David Yen, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center Business Group, Juniper
David Yen, Ph.D., serves as the Executive Vice President of the Data Center Business Group (DCBG), for Juniper Networks. Dr. Yen came to Juniper from Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he served in a broad range of executive assignments during his nearly 20-year tenure. In the '90s, his team developed Sun's first- and second-generation multi-CPU SMP servers, which transformed Sun from a workstation company to a leading enterprise server company. After Dr. Yen took over Sun's Microelectronics group in 2001, he turned around Sun's declining SPARC business by focusing on execution and innovation. His group introduced the industry's first 8-core, 32-thread general-purpose processor in 2005 and developed it into a multi-billion dollar business. He also managed Sun's storage business for one year. Prior to joining Sun Microsystems in 1988, Dr. Yen was a cofounder of Cydrome, Inc., a mini-supercomputer start-up. He also served in engineering roles at IBM Research and TRW, Inc. Dr. Yen earned a bachelor's in electrical engineering from the National Taiwan University in 1973, and received an MS and Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1980. He also completed a General Management Program at Stanford Business School in 1993. Dr. Yen holds three U.S. patents.
Speaker - John McAdam, President and Chief Executive Officer, F5
John McAdam has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of F5 Networks, as well as on the board of directors, since July 2000. Just after his arrival at F5, McAdam successfully navigated the company through the turbulent post-dot-com era, bringing F5 to profitability and positioning it for further growth. During his tenure at F5, McAdam has grown the company's annual revenue from $108.6 million to over $650 million. He has overseen numerous successful acquisitions, guiding F5 into new and adjacent markets that build on the company's Application Delivery Networking solution offerings. Under his leadership, F5 has been named the ?Best Company to Work for in Seattle' and identified by Forbes Magazine as one of the top 25 hottest tech stocks. Prior to joining F5, McAdam served as General Manager of the Web server sales business at IBM. From January 1995 until August 1999, he was President and Chief Operating Officer of Sequent Computer Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of high-end open systems, which was sold to IBM in September 1999. McAdam holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
Speaker - Mark Day, Chief Scientist, Riverbed Technology
Mark Day, PhD. came to Riverbed from Cisco Systems, where he was technical lead for content networking product management. Dr. Day was previously Senior Scientist at Sight Path, which was acquired by Cisco in 2000. Earlier, he was a Research Scientist and assistant to the CTO at Lotus/IBM, where his work contributed to the creation of Lotus Sametime (now called Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing). Dr. Day has chaired Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) working groups on Instant Messaging and Presence Protocol (IMPP) and Content Internetworking (CDI). He has three issued patents and multiple pending patents relating to presence, streaming media, content networking, mobile communications, and telephony. His other notable work includes contributions to the programming languages Argus and Theta, and to the distributed object database Thor. Dr. Day has held an adjunct appointment at Harvard University teaching graduate computer science, and received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1995.
Speaker - Paul McNab, Vice President Enterprise & Mid Market Solutions Marketing , Cisco
Paul McNab is responsible for developing and executing Cisco System's global Enterprise and Mid-Market Solutions and Technology Marketing strategy. This strategy focuses on providing global marketing programs, messages and content that support Cisco's broad portfolio of Foundation, Advanced and Emerging products and technologies in the Enterprise and Mid-Market segments. Such products and technologies include Routing, Switching, Unified Communications, Security, Mobility, Video and Storage across Campus, Branch, Wide Area and Data Center architectures. Paul is also responsible for delivering both horizontal reference architectures as well as scalable industry based solutions in support of Cisco's customer's business strategies. Previously, Paul was Vice President of Cisco's Integrated Network Systems Engineering group, providing verified reference network designs for Enterprise, Service Provider, and Commercial markets. He devloped Cisco's Service Provider Solutions Engineering and Enterprise Solutions Engineering and Commercial Solutions Engineering teams to design, test, and market total customer solutions. Paul joined Cisco in 1996 through the acquisition of StrataCom. Previously, he held management and engineering positions with Cray Communications and Dowty Communications in Watford, England. A hardware and software engineer for the first half of his 25 years in the industry, Paul brings to his role a balanced mix of both Marketing and Engineering skills. Paul has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from North West University in Manchester, England, and holds an international patent for distribution switch matrices.
Next Generation Ethernet: Challenges and Opportunities Deploying 10G Ethernet - Sponsored by SolarflareWednesday, May 20 — 9:00–9:45 AM
As data centers and enterprise networks continue to deploy advanced applications such as virtualization, cloud computing and SAN/LAN convergence, it becomes necessary to look at upgrading the existing infrastructure to 10G Ethernet. This panel of industry experts will present an overview of the technologies available and the deployment challenges in rolling out 10G Ethernet networks. Gain the latest information about these technologies and decision criteria to guide deployments. Topics include: virtualization, cloud networking, protocols (iSCSI, FCoE, PCIe 3.0), media choices, and SAN/LAN convergence.
As data centers and enterprise networks continue to deploy advanced applications such as virtualization, cloud computing and SAN/LAN convergence, it becomes necessary to look at upgrading the existing infrastructure to 10G Ethernet. This panel of industry experts will present an overview of the technologies available and the deployment challenges in rolling out 10G Ethernet networks. Gain the latest information about these technologies and decision criteria to guide deployments. Topics include: virtualization, cloud networking, protocols (iSCSI, FCoE, PCIe 3.0), media choices, and SAN/LAN convergence.
Moderator - Bruce Tolley, VP of Marketing, Solarflare
Bruce Tolley is responsible for all marketing activities at Solarflare Communications. Previously, he was Director of Marketing at Solarflare. Prior to joining Solarflare, Bruce was a Senior Product Line Manager at Cisco Systems where he managed the Ethernet transceiver business. While at Cisco he managed product life cycles and launched Metro Ethernet, 10 Gigabit, and 1000BASE-T switch solutions. Formerly Study Group Chair of the IEEE 802.3aq 10GBASE-LRM standards project, Bruce is a frequent contributor to the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards projects and served as an officer of the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance and the Gigabit Ethernet Alliance. Prior to Cisco, he served in various marketing management roles at 3Com Corporation, where among other accomplishments, he launched 3Com's first Gigabit Ethernet products. Bruce attended Tuebingen University, Germany and holds a BA from UC Santa Cruz, an MA from Stanford University, MBA from Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley and a PhD from Stanford University.
Speaker - Andreas Bechtolsheim, Founder, Chief Development Officer and Chairman, Arista Networks
Speaker - Doug Gourlay, Vice President, Marketing, Cisco
Speaker - Jeff Paliga, Director, Global Solutions, Panduit Corporation
Speaker - Russell Stern, President and CEO, Solarflare Communications
Russell Stern has served as President and CEO at Solarflare Communications since 2004. In 2006, Mr. Stern led the acquisition of Level 5 Networks, a 10G Ethernet controller company based in Cambridge, UK. With both the leading 10GBASE-T PHY and 10G Ethernet controller technologies, Mr. Stern is establishing Solarflare as the leading supplier of 10Gb Ethernet semiconductors for LAN-on-Motherboard in Servers and 10GBASE-T transceivers for data center switches. To date, he has raised nearly $160M in venture capital for Solarflare and intends to position the company for an IPO in 2010. He was formerly President and CEO at JNI Corporation in San Diego, California which he sold to AMCC. Prior to JNI, Mr. Stern served as COO at Quantum Corporation and for more than 13 years, he held a number of increasingly responsible positions in the disc drive industry including five years at Western Digital Corporation in Irvine, CA, where he held the positions of Sr. VP, R & D, VP, Worldwide Operations and as Co-Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Stern has also held executive engineering and marketing positions with Seagate Technology and Adaptec. He began his career at IBM, where he held various engineering and management positions in the development and manufacturing of the IBM PC / XT / AT and PS/2. He obtained his Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY. Mr. Stern is also a Foundation Board member of the Orange County High School of the Arts, a chartered public school in Santa Ana, CA.
Achieving Peak Performance of Application and Service Delivery - Are You Ready? - Sponsored by NetScout SystemsWednesday, May 20 — 10:15–11:00 AM
Today's Modern IP Network fails in new ways. In this always-on world, a unified business and service perspective is essential. This session explores the essential elements necessary to achieving optimal delivery of networked applications and services as part of a comprehensive service delivery strategy.
Today's Modern IP Network fails in new ways. In this always-on world, a unified business and service perspective is essential. This session explores the essential elements necessary to achieving optimal delivery of networked applications and services as part of a comprehensive service delivery strategy.
Speaker - Steven Shalita, Vice President, Marketing, NetScout Systems
Steven Shalita is Vice President, Marketing at NetScout Systems, the market leader for network and application performance management and service assurance solutions. He has over 20 years of technology marketing, product development and strategy experience in the voice, video and data networking and telecommunications industries. He has strong market and technology experience in many aspects of the Enterprise and service provider networking segments covering LAN, WAN and metro networking technologies. Mr. Shalita returned to NetScout in July of 2008, and was previously Director, Product Marketing at NetScout from 1997 through 1999. During his time away, he held senior marketing leadership positions at Alcatel-Lucent, Redback Networks, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems.
Driving Down Networking Costs for Remote Sites and Users - Sponsored by Aruba NeteworksWednesday, May 20 — 10:15–11:00 AM
Learn how to dramatically reduce networking costs and improve the productivity of your remote and satellite office workers with Aruba Networks' new Remote Access technology. See a demonstration of how easy and powerful administration of Aruba's secure and convenient remote networking solution is. Get the facts. Get the power.
Learn how to dramatically reduce networking costs and improve the productivity of your remote and satellite office workers with Aruba Networks' new Remote Access technology. See a demonstration of how easy and powerful administration of Aruba's secure and convenient remote networking solution is. Get the facts. Get the power.
Speaker - Rajeev Shah, Senior Product Manager, Aruba Networks
Strategies to Cut Campus Networking Costs - Sponsored by Aruba NetworksWednesday, May 20 — 11:15 AM–12:00 PM
Learn how leading organizations such as CSU and KPMG have "Rightsized" their campus networks to reduce networking costs by >40% and deliver anywhere, anytime data connectivity to boost employee productivity.
Learn how leading organizations such as CSU and KPMG have "Rightsized" their campus networks to reduce networking costs by >40% and deliver anywhere, anytime data connectivity to boost employee productivity.
Speaker - Manav Khurana, Head of Industry Marketing, Aruba Networks
Reducing Costs with Multivendor WLAN Management - Sponsored by Aruba NetworksWednesday, May 20 — 1:15–2:00 PM
What's new in Wireless LAN management? Learn about the latest capabilities and best practices for centralizing control, maximizing effectiveness, and minimizing cost in managing single or multi-vendor Wireless LANs. See a demonstration of the market-leading Airwave Management Platform.
What's new in Wireless LAN management? Learn about the latest capabilities and best practices for centralizing control, maximizing effectiveness, and minimizing cost in managing single or multi-vendor Wireless LANs. See a demonstration of the market-leading Airwave Management Platform.
Speaker - Ozer Dondurmacioglu, Head of Technology Assessment, Aruba Networks
The Cisco Integrated Network Platform: Helping Business Drive Cost Control and Innovation- Sponsored by CiscoWednesday, May 20 — 2:15–3:00 PM
Survive the economic downturn and ensure your business is positioned to accelerate during the upturn. Attend this session to learn how an integrated network can help you reduce operational expenses, drive innovation, and rapidly deploy collaborative services with your existing infrastructure, all in an energy efficient manner. You'll also learn how the Cisco Integrated Network Solution can help you deploy security, application performance, mobility, and unified communications services to adapt readily to new infrastructure and business demands in the future.
Survive the economic downturn and ensure your business is positioned to accelerate during the upturn. Attend this session to learn how an integrated network can help you reduce operational expenses, drive innovation, and rapidly deploy collaborative services with your existing infrastructure, all in an energy efficient manner. You'll also learn how the Cisco Integrated Network Solution can help you deploy security, application performance, mobility, and unified communications services to adapt readily to new infrastructure and business demands in the future.
Speaker - Prashanth Shenoy, Marketing Manager, Network Systems and Security Solutions, Cisco
Prashanth Shenoy is a Network Systems and Security Solutions marketing manager at Cisco, responsible for Cisco's high-end enterprise routing portfolio including the 7200, 7600, Catalyst 6500, and the ASR 1000 Series. Previously he was responsible for core Cisco IOS strategies and initiatives, including technologies such as MPLS, IPv6, QoS, and multicast. Prashanth joined Cisco in 2000 as part of the core engineering team that designed and developed the routing and forwarding engines for the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series of switches. Prashanth Shenoy holds a Master of Science degree in computer science from Texas A&M University and a Master of Business Administration from University of California, Berkeley.
The Currency of Business: Improving Application Delivery to Get the Most Out of Your Existing Network - Sponsored by Blue Coat SystemsWednesday, May 20 — 3:15–4:00 PM
Information is currency in business and is relayed in applications. Yet, legacy networks were designed to move packets and lack the content awareness to efficiently transmit applications. This session will explore the technologies that provide application awareness and control to improve delivery across distributed enterprises and increase business process efficiency.
Information is currency in business and is relayed in applications. Yet, legacy networks were designed to move packets and lack the content awareness to efficiently transmit applications. This session will explore the technologies that provide application awareness and control to improve delivery across distributed enterprises and increase business process efficiency.
Speaker - Mark Urban, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Blue Coat
Mark Urban is the senior director of product marketing for Blue Coat's Application Delivery Network Infrastructure business. He has more than ten years of experience working with Fortune Global 500 enterprises and carriers to successfully navigate and implement advanced networking solutions for secure, high performance application delivery. Prior to joining Blue Coat, Urban was director of product marketing at Packeteer. Earlier, he worked in the enterprise networking group at FORE Systems/Marconi. Urban began his career at M&I Capital as an investment analyst. Later, he transitioned to the role of IT manager and moved the company to a networked infrastructure. Urban holds a B.S. in finance, investments and banking from the University of Wisconsin.
Remote Networking - Sponsored by Aruba NetworksWednesday, May 20 — 3:15–4:00 PM
: Learn how to dramatically reduce networking costs and improve the productivity of your remote and satellite office workers with Aruba Networks' new Remote Access technology. See a demonstration of how easy and powerful administration of Aruba's secure and convenient remote networking solution is. Get the facts. Get the power.
: Learn how to dramatically reduce networking costs and improve the productivity of your remote and satellite office workers with Aruba Networks' new Remote Access technology. See a demonstration of how easy and powerful administration of Aruba's secure and convenient remote networking solution is. Get the facts. Get the power.
Speaker - Rajeev Shah, Senior Product Manager, Aruba Networks
Networking Exhibitors
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| ER127, 2119 |
| 1367 |
| 442 |
| 465 |
| 1919 |
| 2225 |
| 902 |
| 2251 |
| 466 |
| 2103, ER2105 |
| 2061 |
| 1651 |
| 338 |
| 1175 |
| Surf B, 826 |
| Reef ABC |
| Surf C, 1127 |
| 2159 |
| 1343 |
| 2719 |
| 2350 |
| 1943 |
| 350 |
| 352 |
| 1668 |
| 839 |
| 2636 |
| 715 |
| 2454 |
| 336 |
| 1851 |
| 1007 |
| 757 |
| 1960 |
| 251 |
| 355 |
| 455 |
| 539 |
| 1957 |
| Reef D, 1931 |
| 875, Pod 3 |
| 368 |
| 2407 |
| 2612 |
| 2611 |
| 1731 |
| 1659 |
| 2536 |
| 2727, ER2826 |
| 454 |
| 1220 |
| 1319 |
| 2531 |
| 2610 |
| 1867 |
| 1213 |
| 2203 |
| 2513 |
| 1719, Pod 3 |
| 1857 |
| 1103 |
| 2011 |
| 2550 |
| Surf A, 1967 |
| 1169 |
| 332 |
| ER2818, Admirals Boardroom |
| ER2006, 2307 |
| 2435 |
| 2163 |
| 1014 |
| 802 |
| 2451 |
| 358 |
| 2443 |
| 341 |
| 2157 |
| 959 |
| 2043 |
| 470 |
| 663 |
| 1719, Pod 6 |
| 909 |
| 2319 |
| 2243 |
| 808 |
| 807 |
| 1965 |
| 1139 |
| 2131 |
| 806 |
| 860 |
| 1961 |
| 427 |
| 2313 |
| 2511 |
| 2718 |
| 1956 |
| 1250 |
| 2057 |
| 2412 |
| 703 |
| 1063 |
| 856 |
| 463 |
| 1767 |
| 2430 |
| 969 |
| 515 |
| 2355 |
| 2534 |
| 1069 |
| 2419 |
| 1109 |
| 1567 |
| 459 |
| 2331 |
| 1117 |
| 2260 |
| 639 |
| 2219 |
| 1057 |
| 1211 |
| 2335 |
| 354 |
| 2725 |
| 1719, Pod 5 |
| 751 |
| ER131 |
| 861 |
| 359 |
| 1763 |
| 1331 |
| 854 |




