Free Programs
All Interop Las Vegas attendees can access free programs and special events throughout the week including the Booth Crawl, InformationWeek Analytics Live, InteropNet Classes, InteropNet Tours, Keynotes and the Passport Program. Meet peers, connect with experts and have fun while exploring the latest business technology innovations.
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8:00 AM–10:00 AM Location: Mandalay Bay H - Keynote Hear industry visionaries discuss the growth and future of IT. Keynote Speaker - Dave Donatelli, Executive VP and General Manager, Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking, HP Dave Donatelli is executive vice president and general manager of Enterprise Servers, Storage and Networking for the Enterprise Business at HP. In this role, he is responsible for the development and delivery of server, storage and networking solutions in the company's Business Critical Systems, Industry Standard Servers, Infrastructure Software & Blades, StorageWorks and ProCurve Networking business units. Keynote Speaker - Mark Templeton, President and CEO, Citrix Systems, Inc. With more than 15 years at the company, Mark Templeton has transformed Citrix from an organization with one product, one customer segment and one go-to-market path, to a global powerhouse offering virtualization, networking and cloud computing technologies that let people work and play from anywhere on any device. Creating better ways for people, IT and business to work using virtual meetings, desktops and datacenters, Citrix products reach 230,000 enterprise customers and 100 million corporate desktops, and touch 75 percent of all Internet users each day. Mr. Templeton joined Citrix as vice president of marketing in 1995, and has served as president of the company since January 1998 and as CEO since June 2001. Keynote Speaker - Rebecca J. Jacoby, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Cisco Systems Chief Information Officer Rebecca Jacoby has more than 15 years of experience at Cisco in a variety of operations and IT leadership roles. Her extensive understanding of business operations helps her advance Cisco’s business through the use of Cisco technology. Jacoby is responsible for making the Cisco IT group a strategic business partner and for producing significant business value for Cisco in the form of financial performance, customer satisfaction and loyalty, market share, and productivity. Her strong commitment to operational excellence, innovative approach to business problems, and aptitude for partnering cross-functionally are reshaping and elevating the role of IT at Cisco. Keynote Speaker - Vinton Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google Vinton G. Cerf has served as vice president and chief Internet evangelist for Google since October 2005. In this role, he is responsible for identifying new enabling technologies to support the development of advanced, Internet-based products and services from Google. He is also an active public face for Google in the Internet world. Keynote Speaker - Dan Lynch, Entrepreneur, Interop Dan Lynch, 69, is a private investor and retired bum. He is the Founder of Interop and a co-founder of CyberCash, Inc. As a member of ACM and ISOC, Lynch is active in computer networking with a primary focus in promoting the unfettered spread of the Internet. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the multidisciplinary think tank Santa Fe Institute. Keynote Speaker - Brett Galloway, Senior Vice President, Cisco Brett Galloway serves as the Senior Vice President responsible for the Borderless Networks business solutions from the Cisco Development Organization. One of the company’s top priorities, Borderless Networks combine core routing and switching infrastructure with advanced technologies for improved mobility, security, video, application performance, and energy efficiency. Borderless Networks allow companies and governments to be more agile, while protecting critical infrastructure with a services-based network. Galloway also serves as co-chair of multiple boards across Cisco that ensure an architectural approach to products, systems, and solutions that seamlessly connect anyone, anywhere, anytime to the network. | |
10:00 AM–5:00 PM Location: Exhibit Floor
See all the latest IT solutions from 350+ leading vendors. | |
10:00 AM–5:00 PM Location: Exhibit Floor Visit booths and win prizes. | |
10:15 AM–11:00 AM Location: InteropNet Classroom, Exhibit Floor, Booth #2075
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10:15 AM–11:00 AM Location: Mandalay Bay J ![]() Despite its popularity, many people struggle to understand cloud computing due to jargon that has also emerged. This presentation will explain common cloud computing terminology and discuss some common misconceptions about cloud computing, as well as highlight some interesting cloud technologies you and your business may not even know exist. Speaker - Jack Daniel, Community Development Manager, Astaro Jack Daniel, is the community development manager for Astaro Corporation. As one of the technology community’s leading activists, he supports several information security and technology organizations including NAISG (National Information Security Group), where he serves on the Board of Directors. Jack co-founded and organizes the Security B-Sides events, an ad-hoc gathering of information security enthusiasts born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. These community driven events include discussions, demos and interaction from participants. He currently sits on the Boston Area Windows Server User Group Steering Committee where his official title is Consiglieri. Jack is a frequent speaker at user and security group events and is CISSP and MCSE certified. In 2010 he was recognized by Microsoft as a MVP (http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/. Other recent honors include being named one of the “Top 10 Sexy Infosec Geeks of 2009”. He currently shares his views on information security, compliance and technology on his personal blog Uncommon Sense Security. | |
10:15 AM–11:00 AM Location: Mandalay Bay K ![]() The cloud environment, built on the backbone of virtualization, requires a robust power delivery system with management solutions that can ensure the highest availability. Power management doesn’t just stop at the outlet either. It requires thorough integration into the virtualization layer to ensure the compute environment that stays protected. Speaker - Chris Loeffler, Product Manager, Distributed Power Quality - Americas, Eaton Corporation Chris Loeffler is a product manager for Eaton Corporation, specializing in data center power solutions and services. With more than 19 years of experience in the UPS industry, he has overseen product management of more than 20 UPS products for data center and industrial applications. Mr. Loeffler has held a variety of positions with Eaton, including roles in service engineering, application engineering, program management, and more than 10 years within product management. Mr. Loeffler has authored a number of articles for trade publications and written several white papers on energy efficiency, virtualization, and cloud computing in the data center. He has also written articles on various UPS topologies for data center and industrial applications. | |
10:15 AM–11:00 AM Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() Still relying on tape for your data backups? What measures are you taking to safeguard your data in the event of a disaster? In this session, we will explore the advantages of integrated deduplication for disk-based backup operations and discuss best practices for deduplicating large changing sets of data. These methods can help organizations eliminate costly storage consumption and reduce infrastructure impact during remote site replication and cloud backup. Speaker - Guy Suter, Director of Product Management, Barracuda Networks Prior to joining Barracuda Networks as director of product management, Guy Suter was the CEO of BitLeap, an innovative backup service provider that was acquired by Barracuda Networks in November 2008. Guy brings a valuable mix of more than 10 years experience in the technology business as well as a keen awareness of business administration and marketing experience to Barracuda Networks. During his career he has worked for large technology corporations including Qwest Communications, and as part of executive management teams in regional technology companies. | |
11:00 AM–11:30 AM Location: Exhibit Floor Get a practical, behind the scenes view of the InteropNet by taking a free engineer-led tour. | |
11:15 AM–12:00 PM Location: InteropNet Classroom, Exhibit Floor, Booth #2075
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11:15 AM–12:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() This session focuses on Enterprise IPv6 deployment considerations for specific areas of the network such as campus, WAN/branch and data center. The session features best practices for deploying IPv6 with a variety of associated technologies. Speaker - Shannon McFarland, Corporate Consulting Engineer, Cisco
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11:15 AM–12:00 PM
Gain Control of Your Infrastructure so it Doesn’t Control Your Business - Sponsored by APC by Schneider Electric
Location: Mandalay Bay K
While power, cooling and cost control remain top concerns in the data center, new questions including Green IT, energy efficiency, PUE, utility negotiations and return on investment are highlighting the need for a new business orientation to the management of data center physical infrastructure (DCPIM). Holistic management of the data center ecosystem lets you achieve efficient operations, forecast capacity, plan for business growth and streamline workflow management. Learn how Data Center Infrastructure Management software enables a healthy, efficient data center by integration with virtualization platforms, enterprise and Building Management Systems. Speaker - Steven Carlini, Sr Director, Data Center Global Solution Offer Management, APC by Schneider Electric | |
11:15 AM–12:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay J ![]() Across IT organizations, there is strong interest in deploying applications in a cloud environment to achieve increased business flexibility and cost savings. However, the importance of performance and reliability of the overall application and content delivery chain from the cloud infrastructure to the end user has been largely overlooked. In this session, you will learn how to make cloud computing part of a total IT solution that provides competitive advantage through improved end user experience, while simultaneously delivering the flexibility and financial benefits promised by the cloud. Speaker - Paul Carmody, SVP, Product Management & Business Dev., Internap Paul Carmody leads the Product Management and Business Development functions across the complete portfolio of Internap solutions, including Data Center Services and IP Services. He is a seasoned executive with extensive product management, development and strategy experience spanning key technology sectors including: IT Hosting, Software-as-a-Service and Enterprise Software. Mr. Carmody leads his teams in the creation, evaluation and execution of business plans that support Internap’s long-term profitable growth strategy. Mr. Carmody was previously at Broadlane, one of the leading cost management companies in the healthcare industry, where he served as Senior Vice President of Marketing, Product & Strategy. At Broadlane, he led the conception and implementation of corporate strategy, contributing to the successful sale of the company in November 2010. Prior to Broadlane, Mr. Carmody spent four years in key positions at Rackspace Hosting, including Vice President of Product Development. At Rackspace, he was a central player in developing product strategy, building the Product team and overseeing dozens of product launches as the company grew from less than $100 million to more than $600 million in annual revenue. Mr. Carmody holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and an A.B. from Princeton University Speaker - Bobby Minnear, Vice President, Engineering, Internap Robert (Bobby) Minnear, Vice President of Engineering at Internap, has nearly 20 years of experience in the IP networking and CDN industries. Prior to joining Internap as vice president of engineering, he led engineering initiatives at Asankya, a cloud-acceleration services company. Earlier in his career, he oversaw the IP routing team at Ipsilon Networks, an early developer of tag switching capabilities that were the precursor to MPLS routing. He also founded Springbank Networks, a startup company focused on developing CDNs for ISPs, which was later acquired by WAN application delivery leader Blue Coat Systems. Minnear began his focus on IP networking while obtaining his master’s degree at Purdue University, continuing this emphasis at MIT where he worked to address quality of service for IP infrastructures with some of the experts that were key to defining the early TCP/IP protocol. | |
12:15 PM–1:00 PM Location: InteropNet Classroom, Exhibit Floor, Booth #2075
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12:15 PM–1:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay J ![]() Cloud computing can fuel innovation, accelerate business processes and reduce time to revenue. To capitalize on this, many enterprises and service providers are looking to build a cloud environment. Attend this session and learn how HP can help you build a cloud that integrates and automate systems management, servers, storage, networking and security. Speaker - Steven Dietch, Vice President, Marketing, Cloud Solutions & Infrastructure, HP Enterprise Business Steve Dietch is Vice President of Marketing for HP Networking. He is responsible for developing and executing HP Networking’s strategic marketing plan, including the identification and definition of portfolio offerings, driving programs designed to enhance awareness, consideration and preference, and leading efforts focused on | |
12:15 PM–1:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay K ![]() Desktop virtualization is more than just VDI. IT must understand the different technologies, how to choose which users to start with, and how to take that success and expand it. Learn how desktop virtualization can transform desktop computing to address your management challenges while offering the flexibility that users demand. Speaker - John Fanelli, VP, Product Marketing, Enterprise Desktops and Applications, Citrix John Fanelli is vice president of product marketing for the Enterprise Desktop and Applications team at Citrix Systems. He is responsible for leading the go-to-market strategy for the company’s market-leading Citrix XenDeskop product line and for evangelizing the emerging desktop virtualization market segment within the IT industry. At Citrix he also served as vice president of marketing for Solutions and Community Marketing, where he led the Citrix Communities site and the Strategic Alliance Marketing program. | |
12:15 PM–1:00 PM
The Yin-and-Yang of Internet Infrastructure: Balancing New Opportunities with Growing Threats and Increased Risk - Sponsored by VeriSign
Location: Mandalay Bay L
Network-based business models depend upon the availability of Internet infrastructure. But as the criticality of uptime has grown, so too have threats (e.g., DDoS) aimed at creating downtime. This session will explore how organizations can leverage recent advancements of Internet’s infrastructure to provide greater protection, while managing growing complexity Speaker - Sean Leach, VP of Technology, VeriSign Sean is Vice President of Technology for the Verisign Network Intelligence and Availability (NIA) group where he is responsible for product and technical architecture and strategy for the Group’s DNS, security and threat intelligence, and DDoS protection services. | |
1:00 PM–1:30 PM Location: Exhibit Floor Get a practical, behind the scenes view of the InteropNet by taking a free engineer-led tour. | |
1:00 PM–2:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay H - Keynote Hear industry visionaries discuss the growth and future of IT. Keynote Speaker - Zane Adam, General Manager of Azure and Middleware, Microsoft Corporation As General Manager in the Business Platform Division, Zane runs worldwide product management and marketing for cloud and middleware products including SQL Azure, Azure Appfabric, DataMarket, BizTalk Server, Windows Server AppFabric and Data Modeling Tools. His responsibilities include defining business strategy, product offerings, pricing, partner engagement, and worldwide sales integration. Keynote Speaker - Scott Hopkins, General Manager, IBM Global Technology Services Scott Hopkins is a General Manager in IBM's Global Technology Services organization, responsible for their multi billion dollar Strategic Outsourcing business. In this role, Scott is responsible for driving business outcome oriented service excellence and innovation for clients while evolving the business to embrace new delivery models such as cloud. Scott is also responsible for the global organization that manages and operates thousands of IBM's clients’ IT infrastructures. Keynote Speaker - Alex Gray, Senior VP & General Manager of the Campus & Branch Business Unit, Juniper Networks Alex leads the Campus and Branch Business Unit (CBBU), which is responsible for all Juniper Networks aimed primarily at campus and branch environments, including small to mid-size IT data centers. This is among the largest addressable markets for Juniper at over $20 billion dollars. Alex joined Juniper in February 2008, initially leading the Branch Solutions Business Unit, where he was responsible for the introduction of the award-winning Branch SRX Series services gateways in May 2009, after more than five years at Extreme Networks. At Extreme, Alex served as Chief Operating Officer from mid 2002 through 2006, and the last year as VP and GM of Extreme's high-end switching business and core engineering operations. Alex has also served as Chief Operating Officer for LCG Wireless, SVP Business Operations for ReplayTV, and in various executive roles with Octel Communications and Lucent Technologies including CIO, SVP Business Operations, and SVP and GM of Enterprise Messaging. Alex holds a bachelors and masters degree in electrical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. | |
1:15 PM–2:00 PM Location: InteropNet Classroom, Exhibit Floor, Booth #2075
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2:15 PM–3:00 PM Location: InteropNet Classroom, Exhibit Floor, Booth #2075
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2:15 PM–3:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay J ![]() Gartner reports indicate a single vendor network costs, can be reduced between 15 percent to 25 percent, by adopting a dual vendor network strategy. Hear about best practices of implementing a dual vendor network solution and how Alcatel-Lucent’s Application Fluent Network approach can deliver increased resiliency and security, streamlined operations, lower power demands and an enhanced user experience. Speaker - David Fortini, Product Solutions Manager, Alcatel-Lucent David Fortini’s experience in telecom, engineering, programming and business development spans over 25 years, with separate stints at several multinationals and Fortune 500 companies, including IBM, Science Applications International, Motorola and Alcatel-Lucent. He is currently Director of Business Development for North America (West) promoting Alcatel_Lucent’s recently acquired Enterprise Security Portfolio from Bell Labs. His new position will leverage his experience at his last job as President of Forval International, a subsidiary of Forval Corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. Forval International offered data security products and services for small to mid-size businesses. | |
2:15 PM–3:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay K ![]() This session will cover the challenges facing administrators in finding the right tools for the right job when it comes to application visibility. The session will propose concrete steps towards a standards driven approach bringing IETF rigor to how we gain application insight in the future. Speaker - Steve Shah, Sr. Director of Product Management, NetScaler and Cloud Product Group, Citrix Steve Shah is part of the marketing team in the NetScaler and Cloud Product group where he drives product direction and go-to-market strategy. Before returning to Citrix, Steve Shah was the principal of RisingEdge Consutling, a boutique consulting firm that specialized in strategic marketing for datacenter infrastructure products and cloud computing. Some of Steve's customers include Citrix Systems, Coradiant, Silver Peak, and Amadeus Capital. Prior to his return to consulting, Steve Shah was the VP of Product Strategy and Co-founder of Asyncast which built a NLP engine for use in new media and telephony applications. Steve uses his experience of being the customer, engineer, and marketeer to identify new market opportunities and drive technology in new directions as a result. He gained his expertise by holding various product management, engineering, and system administrator roles at Citrix Systems, NetScaler, Array Networks, and Alteon Web Systems. | |
2:15 PM–3:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() A video-capable architecture provides a scalable and flexible way for organizations to deploy multiple video and collaboration applications across a range of use cases, including conferencing. Discover the value of this approach from Cisco SVP Praveen Akkiraju and Cisco’s own Borderless Network IT Architect, Plamen Nedeltchev. Speaker - Plamen Nedeltchev, Distinguished Engineer IT, Cisco Speaker - Jason Rolleston, Director, Product Management, Cisco Speaker - Aamer Akhter, TME, Cisco Will need to forward shortly | |
3:00 PM–3:30 PM Location: Exhibit Floor Get a practical, behind the scenes view of the InteropNet by taking a free engineer-led tour. | |
3:15 PM–4:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() Enterprises and consumers alike have implemented multiple layers of network security, but how do we know they’re in place, that they’re effective and not impeding essential business and personal applications. This session will discuss current malware trends, network attack mechanisms and how to test them for effective, accuracy and performance. Speaker - Jim Smith, VP, Marketing, Ixia | |
3:15 PM–4:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay J ![]() Successful consolidation in the data center means introducing a high performance two-layer L2 switching mesh that is resilient, low latency, low power and follows an application fluent approach with automated controls for high quality application delivery. Support for future convergence of data and storage networks with loss-less Ethernets and FCoE is also a must. Hear about how this can be achieved while including a true services-based architecture enabling seamless private and public cloud application delivery as well as providing for interconnect of data centers over a WAN. Speaker - Khurram Khawaja, Data Networking Product Management, Alcatel-Lucent Khurram Khawaja is responsible for the modular chassis data products at Alcatel-Lucent's networking group. With Alcatel-Lucent for more than ten years, he has held positions of progressive responsibility in the customer support and product management. Prior to his current position he was the Director of Service & Support Americas for Enterprise products at Alcatel-Lucent. He holds Masters Degrees in Global Business Management and Computer Science with bachelors in Computer Systems Engineering.
Khurram recently presented at Interop NY 2010.
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3:15 PM–4:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay K ![]() Tablets, Laptops, and Smartphones, fact is wireless clients have displaced wired as the primary network connection. Coverage alone is not enough – IT must support greater densities, higher bandwidths and any application over a diverse set of devices. Learn how providing a ‘wired-like’ service doesn’t require greater cost, just a greater understanding of Wi-Fi. Speaker - Perry Correll, Product Marketing Director, Xirrus Perry Correll is a Senior Technologist as well as the Director of Product Marketing at Xirrus. His extensive networking background extends from original Ethernet Thicknet technology, through the switching revolution and now is involved in pushing advancements in Wi-Fi technology to displace wired solutions. Previous roles included technologist and management roles at Cabletron, Xylan and Alcatel. | |
4:15 PM–5:00 PM
Building a Network that Supports the Business Not a Business that Supports the Network - Sponsored by Dell Networking Solutions
Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() Some networking vendors tell a story of simplicity that dead ends with higher costs and “lock in”. This session will uncover a better way to build upon their existing infrastructure while still advancing the performance and capabilities of the network. See firsthand how to develop and manage a flexible network, grow smart, and simultaneously reduce costs associated with the demands of cloud-based computing, virtualization and mobility. Speaker - Michael Rothschild, Networking Solutions, Dell Dr. Michael Rothschild has more than 19 years of experience in marketing and product management for technology based organizations with specific focus in networking, and security compliance. At Dell, he is responsible for setting strategy for networking solutions which deliver business critical, high-value converged applications for enterprises. Prior to Dell, Rothschild held senior management positions and has an established track record in networking and security. Rothschild is a Professor of Marketing in New York City and has published several works on marketing strategies. He holds advanced degrees in marketing and information systems and is the Captain of his town’s EMS. | |
4:15 PM–5:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay K
Big things are made up of small things, and the biggest small thing in the 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) world is getting to 10G Base-T. In this session, we will cover the 10 things you need to know about the move to 10G Base-T. Speaker - Shaun Walsh, Vice President of Corporate Marketing, Emulex Shaun Walsh joined Emulex in 2008 and serves as vice president of corporate marketing. Walsh directs the company’s branding, outbound product and solution marketing, OEM and channel marketing and marketing communications. Walsh has held various executive and senior management positions at Quantum, Overland Storage, JNI, STEC, Dot Hill and QLogic. Walsh holds a Bachelor of Science degree in management from Pepperdine University. | |
4:15 PM–5:00 PM
Video, Voice and Data on a Single IP Network for the Virtualized Enterprise - Sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
Location: Mandalay Bay J ![]() New devices such as smart phones and tablets, new applications and virtualization have changed everything. Existing networks can no longer deliver the end user experience and reliability demanded as new applications such as video, enterprise TV, and voice become mission critical. Simply adding raw bandwidth is not enough; a new approach is needed where bandwidth is allocated dynamically based on business priority. Learn about how introducing application fluency into your network can help you provide high quality application delivery with reduced complexity and improved ROI. Speaker - Clifford Grossner, Ph. D., Strategic Marketing, Alcatel-Lucent Currently responsible for Strategic Marketing covering Alcatel-Lucent’s Enterprise Network Infrastructure and Security Portfolio, Cliff was previously responsible for commercialization of technology from Bell Labs resulting in the market launch of Alcatel-Lucent’s OmniAccess 8550 Web Services Gateway. Cliff has over 15 years of experience bringing products to market in information and communications technology industries. He was Vice President, Product Marketing at Sesame Networks, where Cliff was responsible for product vision, go-to-market strategy and product positioning for the company’s products, media and analyst relations. Previously, Cliff was Vice President, Product Line Management, for NewStep Networks. | |
5:15 PM–6:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay J ![]() Interoperability - and in particular, federation of UC systems - continues to be one of the biggest pain points for UC customers. The “plugfest” approach, also known as bilateral testing, becomes increasingly expensive and lengthy as the market expands, and is giving way to unilateral testing. The Unified Communication Interoperability Forum (UCIF) is creating and certifying UC interop scenarios that will give customers needed confidence while easing the burden on vendors. This panel explores the challenges faced when federating UC systems, and will delve into the challenges the UCIF can encounter on the path to a robust and comprehensive UC validation program. Moderator - Eric Krapf, Editor, NoJitter.com, Track Chair - Interop, Co-Chair, Enterprise Connect Eric Krapf is co-chair of the Enterprise Connnect events, helping to set program content and direction for the leading conference events in the enterprise IP-telephony/convergence/Unified Communications marketplace. In addition, Krapf serves as editor & lead blogger for the website No Jitter, TechWeb's online community for news and analysis of the enterprise convergence/Unified Communications industry. He is also responsible for electronic content including webcasts and e-newsletters. From 1996 to 2004, Krapf was managing editor of Business Communications Review magazine, and from 2004 to 2007, he was the magazine's editor. BCR was a highly respected journal of the business technology and communications industry. Before coming to BCR, he was managing editor and senior editor of America's Network magazine, covering the public telecommunications industry. Prior to working in high-tech journalism, he was a reporter and editor at newspapers in Connecticut and Texas. Panelist - Tom Sammons, Technical Marketing Engineer, HP Panelist - Pascal Menezes, Senior PM, Microsoft Panelist - Matthew Collier, SVP, Corporate Development, LifeSize Communications | |
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7:30 AM–8:45 AM Location: Mandalay Bay L At a time when the drive toward social, mobile, virtual and cloud computing is all but certain, the enterprise network is evolving to ensure it meets IT and business needs. The converged enterprise is transitioning to a newer, efficient and intelligent network. As a result, network managers are on the front line of key industry trends.
Speaker - Rohit Mehra, Director, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, International Data Corporation Rohit Mehra is IDC's Director of Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, and the lead analyst for enterprise switching, routing, wireless and network management. He provides expert insight and analysis into industry and technology trends as they relate to enterprise networking and related areas of data, voice, wireless and security. In this capacity, he is responsible for market share and forecast reports as well as global go-to-market strategies. Mr. Mehra also assists clients with custom consulting and research, including user surveys and buyer case studies. He has a deep understanding of networking solutions in key verticals/industry segments, and collaborates closely with IDC Insights and other research groups to assist clients with their specific requirements. Before joining IDC in 2010, Mr. Mehra spent more than 15 years at several enterprise and telecom infrastructure providers. Most recently, he was Director of Product Marketing at Verisign's Wireless Messaging and Mobile Media division (now divested to Syniverse Technologies), before which he was Director of Product Management at 3Com Corporation, responsible for their enterprise wireless portfolio. Prior to 3Com, Mr. Mehra was Director of Product Marketing at a wireless start-up, Bluesocket, and also spent several years at Nortel where he held positions in product marketing, product management and market development. He has extensive product lifecycle and global market development experience, and is a well known industry expert, often speaking/participating at networking, wireless and security events and conferences throughout the world. Mr. Mehra has a Master’s in engineering management from BITS, Pilani, India, and an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona, USA. Speaker - Rich Costello, Senior Research Analyst, IDC Rich Costello is a senior research analyst within IDC's Enterprise Communications Infrastructure service, and is a leading member of the Unified Communications (UC) research team. He assesses the development of UC products and solutions among vendors in the market and evaluates the adoption of UC technology by enterprise customers contemplating the migration of their existing solutions. Mr. Costello develops IDC's viewpoints on the evolution of VoIP networking infrastructure and next-generation voice and video technologies, and advises enterprise clients on the impact of IP telephony, unified messaging, collaboration, telepresence and other conferencing solutions on their networks, end users, and service and support personnel. Speaker - Cindy Borovick, Research Vice President, Datacenter Networks, IDC Lucinda (Cindy) Borovick is the Research Vice President for IDC’s Enterprise Communications and Datacenter Networks services. The Enterprise Communications programs covers areas such as switching, routing, WLAN, IP telephony, application delivery and unified communications. Ms. Borovick is responsible for the program's consulting and advisory services, research offerings and client relationships, and oversees IDC's team of enterprise communications analysts. Currently, Ms. Borovick is researching the impact of cloud computing and converged infrastructures on the network. | |
8:30 AM–10:00 AM Location: Mandalay Bay H - Keynote Hear industry visionaries discuss the growth and future of IT. Keynote Speaker - Steve Bandrowczak, VP and General Manager, Avaya Data Solutions Steven J. Bandrowczak is Vice President & General Manager, Data Solutions at Avaya. Avaya is a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services. Keynote Speaker - Kirk Skaugen, Vice President and General Manager, Data Center Group, Intel Corporation Kirk Skaugen is an Intel vice president and the general manager of the Data Center Group within the Intel Architecture Group. He is responsible for driving Intel's data center and cloud computing strategy as well as the definition, development and marketing of Intel enterprise solutions. Skaugen's P&L responsibility includes Intel server, workstation, and storage processors, chipsets, motherboards, and wired networking. Keynote Panelist - Andy Schroepfer, Vice President of Enterprise Strategy, Rackspace As VP of Strategy at Rackspace, Andy Schroepfer’s goal is to quicken the pace that businesses see, and act on, the reality that the future of computing is not about servers, but about service. He calls this the Road to ACE (All Cloud Enterprise), where ACE is a business that operates powerfully without servers, by leveraging the most efficient hosting platform (dedicated or cloud) for their custom apps and SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) applications for the rest. Keynote Panelist - Simon Crosby, CTO, Datacenter and Cloud Division, Citrix Systems, Inc. Simon Crosby was founder and CTO of XenSource prior to the acquisition of XenSource by Citrix Systems. Prior to XenSource, Simon was a principal engineer at Intel where he led strategic research in distributed autonomic computing, platform security and trust. Previously, he was the founder of CPlane Inc., a network optimization software vendor, where he held a variety of executive roles. Before joining the private sector, Simon was a tenured faculty member at the University of Cambridge, UK, where he led research on network performance and control, and multimedia operating systems. He is author of over 35 research papers and patents on a number of datacenter and networking topics including security, network and server virtualization, resource optimization and performance. In 2007, Simon was awarded a coveted spot as one of InfoWorld’s Top 25 CTOs. Keynote Panelist - Randy Rowland, Terremark Randy Rowland leads Terremark’s product development efforts. As part of his role, Mr. Rowland oversees the development and operation of Terremark’s Infinistructure™ and The Enterprise Cloud utility computing product offerings. Mr. Rowland has more than 14 years of experience in the IT services industry, including eight years with Data Return, where he was most recently responsible for product development. Prior to that, Mr. Rowland previously held senior positions in sales engineering and IT consulting for Data Return and CompuCom. | |
10:00 AM–5:00 PM Location: Exhibit Floor Visit booths and win prizes. | |
10:00 AM–5:00 PM Location: Exhibit Floor
See all the latest IT solutions from 350+ leading vendors. | |
10:15 AM–11:00 AM Location: InteropNet Classroom, Exhibit Floor, Booth #2075
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10:15 AM–11:00 AM Location: Mandalay Bay J ![]() Server virtualization requires careful planning to understand how to squeeze the most out of server resources without compromising application performance. Enterprise IT also needs comparative performance information to assist them in critical purchasing decisions. This presentation reviews best practices for data center virtualization, including test results from the industry-first 10GbE top-of-rack and core switch test for data center clouds. Speaker - Tara Van Unen, Senior Manager, Market Development, Ixia Tara Van Unen is the Director of Market Development for Ixia, specializing in developing Ixia's strategic marketing plans for routing, switching and broadband technologies. Previously, Tara was the Marketing Manager for Agilent's Data Networks Operation, where she focused on the development of multiservice test solutions. She is an expert on network technologies and has been a key driver behind many published independent technical test reports. Her work has been featured in industry publications worldwide and presented at key industry events, including Next Generation Networks, Broadband World Forum, Data Center World, Interop and the Ethernet Alliance Technology Exploration Forum. Speaker - Nick Lippis, Industry Analyst, Lippis Enterprises Inc | |
10:15 AM–11:00 AM
Client to Data Center Security in the Cloud: Realizing Benefits of End to End Platform Security – Sponsored by Intel
Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() Security is a key concern in cloud today. Security solutions are often sold on the basis of fear—how to stop malicious hackers. And there is value in this, for the threats are often real. But in today’s competitive world, one must also focus on how technology allows growth and innovation while also meeting security requirements. Attendees will learn how Intel is enhancing platforms with new security capabilities and enabling a broad ecosystem of solutions that allow companies to embrace virtualization and cloud without compromising security, thus gaining more efficiency, control and functional compliance. Speaker - Iddo Kadim, Director of Data Center Virtualization Technologies, Intel Iddo Kadim is Director of Data Center Virtualization Technologies within Intel’s Data Center Group. He has been with Intel since 1990. Iddo spent many of these years in the networking area, where he was responsible for the development of products and technologies from Classic Ethernet to 10GbE. Today he is responsible for marketing and ecosystem engagement of Intel’s data center virtualization and security technologies. Iddo has a BSc in Electrical Engineering from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and now lives in the Portland area. | |
10:15 AM–11:00 AM Location: Mandalay Bay K ![]() Surviving hard times led small and medium enterprises to a superior economic model for networking. Lower TCO from “good enough” solutions is becoming even more valuable as the economy recovers and competitive advantage requires better connectivity. Join us to learn the essential economic attributes to demand from your networking vendors. Speaker - Kevin Strehlo, President, Off The Train Associates | |
11:00 AM–11:30 AM Location: Exhibit Floor
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11:15 AM–12:00 PM Location: InteropNet Classroom, Exhibit Floor, Booth #2075
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11:15 AM–12:00 PM
Network Automation: The Power of Choice…Making the Cloud Work for You - Sponsored by Force10 Networks
Location: Mandalay Bay J ![]() Virtualization technology has been adopted in many companies as part of the continuing trend to make data centers more efficient. With this adoption comes the realization that without automation, data center managers are unable to fully realize the benefits of virtualization. A new approach to automation is emerging that allows IT managers to provision complete virtual environments, including virtual machines, virtual networks and virtual storage devices. When deployed, this approach provides dynamic allocation of resources, increasing employee productivity, minimizing human error and accelerating data center responsiveness to customer needs. Speaker - James Wynia, Sr. Dircetor of Product Line Marketing, Force10 Networks James has 11 years of network product management experience with Force10 Networks. Also, he has more than 25 years of operating system and embedded real-time high-performance systems design experience. | |
11:15 AM–12:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay K ![]() There are now multiple proven and effective methods for close-coupled cooling at the IT rack or row level. With the install base of these products on the rise solution costs are decreasing, but how do these products and technologies stack up against more conventional approaches such as perimeter room based cooling? This presentation will detail the economics involved with each solution, CAPEX, OPEX, Total Cost of Ownership and payback to help make a complex challenge fundamentally easier to solve. Speaker - Joe Capes, Development Director - Cooling Line of Business, Americas | |
11:15 AM–12:00 PM
iPad. Galaxy. Cius. Best Practices for Preparing Your Network to Support Mobile Devices and Tablets - Sponsored by Cisco
Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() iPad. Galaxy. Cius. New mobile devices and tablets drive new user behaviors. IT is increasingly challenged with providing acceptable device use policies and designing WLAN’s for an optimal user experience. This session will cover best practices that can be implemented to prepare your network and embrace the mobility trend, securely, seamlessly and reliably. Speaker - Prashanth Shenoy, Senior Manager, Borderless Networks Marketing, Cisco Prashanth Shenoy is a Senior Marketing Manager at the Borderless Solutions Marketing team at Cisco, leading Cisco's Enterprise Routing, Branch Security, and WAN optimization solutions marketing. Previously he was responsible for marketing strategies and initiatives for key IOS technologies for enterprises and Service Provides, 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. Speaker - Timothy Abbott CCNA, CCNP, Senior Network Engineer, San Antonio Water System Speaker - Saurabh Bhasin, Product Line Manager, Cisco | |
12:15 PM–1:00 PM Location: InteropNet Classroom, Exhibit Floor, Booth #2075
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12:15 PM–1:00 PM
Cloud, Video and Internet: Redefining the Requirements for WAN Optimization - Sponsored by Blue Coat Systems
Location: Mandalay Bay J
WAN optimization has been defined by accelerating centralized, consolidated IT architectures. With the rise of cloud-based applications, video and Internet, the requirements for WAN optimization are changing. This session will explore how organizations can optimize applications that exist beyond the control of IT while accelerating network performance. Speaker - Ed O’Connell, Product Marketing Manager, Blue Coat Systems | |
12:15 PM–1:00 PM
Insights for Action! Transforming Your IT Infrastructure with Analytics-Based Services, Cloud, and Global Expertise - Sponsored by IBM
Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() Caught between addressing today’s challenges and transforming IT infrastructure requires using new insights for action. Industry leaders are tapping cloud, analytics, and industry expertise to accelerate the financial value of IT while shifting resources to transform business outcomes. Learn how to leverage analytics-based services to gain insights to evaluate alternatives, model outcomes, speed implementation, and reduce operational risk in traditional, cloud, and hybrid environments. Speaker - Laurence Guihard-Joly, Integrated Communications and Security Services, IBM Global Technology Services During her 25 years career at IBM, Laurence held various leadership roles in sales, services and business management, based in Paris, covering France, Europe and Middle East/Africa, and in the USA for North America and for Global roles. Laurence earned the Scientific Graduation, and her MBA from Lille Business University. She joined a Consulting organization in 1983, before joining IBM in Paris in 1984. | |
12:15 PM–1:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay K ![]() Cloud computing holds substantial promise, but implementing public cloud services alongside existing on-premises assets can be daunting. Understanding the economics and full benefits of Public Cloud is a key factor when considering options in the coming sea-change of technology and IT. Vital to betting on a cloud platform is one that can integrate with your existing IT and adapt to the emerging trends across public cloud, private cloud, and mobile devices. During this session we’ll explore benefits and key considerations when evaluating public clouds, highlight customer success stories, and discuss why the Windows Azure Platform is worthy of your consideration. Speaker - Steve Yi, Director of SQL Azure and Middleware, Microsoft Steve Yi is Director of Product Management for SQL Azure and Middleware at Microsoft. Steve has broad experience in cloud computing, systems integration, software development, and business intelligence. Prior to his current role, he has had roles in field consulting, evangelism, partner recruitment, and M&A efforts. Before joining Microsoft he was published columnist and technical architect on systems integration and high-scale web application development on both Microsoft, Java, and open-source platforms. | |
1:00 PM–1:30 PM Location: Exhibit Floor
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1:15 PM–2:00 PM Location: InteropNet Classroom, Exhibit Floor, Booth #2075
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Hey, 1995 Called - They Want Your Hardware Load Balancers Back: Optimizing Your Infrastructure - Sponsored by Dyn. Inc
Location: Mandalay Bay K ![]() We all compete to be ahead of the latest technology, but if you’re still depending on hardware to speed and direct Web traffic, you’re making a costly mistake. Hear real world case studies from an industry leading Infrastructure as a Service provider to find out what it takes to maximize Web performance and user experience through the use of advanced DNS solutions such as traffic management, failover and global server load balancing. Speaker - Cory Von Wallenstein, VP Product Management, Dyn Inc.
Speaker - Kyle York, VP, Sales & Marketing, Dyn Inc. Kyle leads the sales and marketing efforts for Dyn Inc. with a focus on the Dynect Platform and DynDNS.com. Kyle brings a background in direct sales, sales management, lead generation, opportunity and partnership acquisition, external marketing and public relations to Dyn Inc. He is responsible for the strategy and planning behind the Dynect Platform’s expansion into the enterprise marketplace and DynDNS.com user growth. Kyle obtained a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Bentley University in Waltham, MA. | |
1:15 PM–2:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay J ![]() Hybrid clouds have generated buzz and interest over the last year, with many seeing them as a way to capture the cost and scale benefits of public clouds while hedging against the perceived security and control risks. But what options exist today, and does this hype match reality? OpenStack is allowing organizations to build compelling hybrid cloud scenarios based on their business goals through an open source, highly scalable cloud operating system. In this session, Bret Piatt, Director of Product Management for Rackspace Cloud Builders, will discuss potential hybrid cloud use case, including off-site backup and disaster recovery for private clouds leveraging an open, compatible public storage cloud.
Speaker - Bret Piatt, Director of Product Management, Rackspace Bret Piatt is responsible for helping cloud companies build solutions that integrate with OpenStack and supporting enterprises and service providers who are adopting the open source platform. Prior to his current role, Bret helped build the ecosystem around the Rackspace Cloud and was part of the Product Management teams for both Rackspace and AT&T, where he was responsible for security and compliance product lines. His technical experience comes from his time at SBC, where he designed monitoring and management systems, optimized networks for enterprise customers, and performed lab testing on new products from potential suppliers and partners. A self-described “lifelong geek”, Bret is passionate about helping companies solve problems through technology and participates in several industry organizations and alliances to further cloud standards, including the DMTF, OGF, OASIS, CloudAudit, and the ACCA. | |
1:15 PM–2:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() The cloud, SaaS, Web 2.0, social media and real-time applications create bandwidth contention and application chaos which can drain an organization’s network and employee efficiency. Simultaneously, malware persistently exploits applications hosted outside corporate perimeters. Wherever their source, applications must be responsive and safe. Learn how massively scalable Next-Generation Firewalls increase productivity and security with granular application control, bandwidth management, and malware protection—without compromising network throughput. Speaker - Patrick Sweeney, Vice President of Product Management, SonicWALL, Inc. Patrick Sweeney has over 18 years experience in high tech product marketing, product management, corporate marketing and sales development. Currently, Mr. Sweeney is SonicWALL's Vice President of the Network Security Business Unit. Previous positions include Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Minerva Networks, Senior Manager of Product Marketing & Solutions Marketing for Silicon Graphics Inc, Director of Worldwide Sales & Marketing for Articulate Systems, and Senior Product Line Manager for Apple Computer. Mr. Sweeney holds an MBA from Santa Clara University, CA. | |
2:15 PM–3:00 PM Location: InteropNet Classroom, Exhibit Floor, Booth #2075
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2:15 PM–3:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay J ![]() This session will provide a practical guide to evaluating enterprise clouds and cloud providers. Go beyond the marketing hype, the brands and the buzzwords, and learn how differences in architecture, infrastructure, security and design can have significant impact on your ability to take advantage of the cost-effectiveness and agility of infrastructure-as-a-service without compromise to availability, performance and compliance. Also, hear examples of how leading enterprises and government agencies are taking advantage of the power and flexibility offered by enterprise cloud computing architecture. Speaker - Bill Lowry, Vice President of Cloud Services, Terremark Worldwide, Inc. Bill Lowry is Vice President, Cloud Services at Terremark, where he leads strategic sales engagement and evangelism for the company's enterprise-class cloud computing solutions, working with large enterprises to help apply the power of the cloud to their IT strategies. Prior to joining Terremark, Mr. Lowry was Vice President of Sales for Revere Security. Mr. Lowry has more than 20 years of experience integrating security, storage, network and data center technologies into solutions for utilities, telecommunications providers and Fortune 500 enterprises, with strategic roles at companies including EMC, 3Com, Brocade, and Data Return. He earned a B.A. In Advertising from Texas Tech University and resides in Dallas with his wife and children. | |
2:15 PM–3:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay K ![]() HP Virtual Connect is the simplest, most flexible server connection to any network. Wire-once, Change-ready, Automated infrastructure. Learn about the exciting new Virtual Connect solutions for even more of your data center. And, find out how HP Virtual Connect plus HP Network innovations solve the converged infrastructure demands of your Cloud Computing future. Speaker - William Dicke, Virtual Connect Strategy Manager, HP Bill is the HP Virtual Connect Strategy Manager and has over 20 years of experience in the development and marketing of computer server and networking products. Bill helped build the Virtual Connect product line to meet the needs of IT data center professionals today and for the cloud computing environments of tomorrow. Bill holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA. | |
2:15 PM–3:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() How are the world’s small business IT pros using social networks to get their jobs done? What are the hot buying and deployment trends? IT is going social and it’s transforming how IT pros discover, buy and manage technology. Come hear how “social IT” is powering this transformation. Speaker - Jay Hallberg, Co-Founder & VP Marketing, Spiceworks In 2006, Jay Hallberg co-founded Spiceworks, which has grown into the largest and fastest-growing social business network for IT. With more than 1.3 IT professionals using Spiceworks, it’s transforming how $1 trillion worth of technology products and services is managed, marketed and sold each year in the small and mid-sized business (SMB) market. Jay frequently speaks on social business applications and networks, B2B social marketing, and SMB IT trends at top industry events, including the Web 2.0 Expo & Summit, Interop, Cloud Summit, TechCrunch Roundtable, InformationWeek 500, and GigaOm Structure, among others. His commentary has also appeared in top publications, such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Investor’s Business Daily. Jay holds an MBA from Harvard and an engineering degree from the University of Illinois. | |
3:00 PM–3:30 PM Location: Exhibit Floor
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3:15 PM–4:00 PM
Bubbles, Shadows and Fabrics: How to Migrate to a Single-Tier Data Center – Sponsored by Juniper Networks
Location: Mandalay Bay J ![]() Interested in unleashing the power and improving the performance of your virtualized data center—without replacing your entire network? Implementing a flat, any-to-any connected data center network is as easy as adding a new switch. In this session, you will learn how to migrate to a single-tier data center network architecture, improving application performance, scalability, and operational efficiency up to 10X while seamlessly integrating with your existing data center infrastructure. Speaker - Dhritiman Dasgupta, Director of Product Marketing, Juniper Networks Dhritiman Dasgupta (aka DD) is Senior Product Marketing Manager, Fabric and Switching Technologies at Juniper Networks. DD has more than 12 years of experience in the networking industry with roles in product management, corporate marketing, software engineering and customer support. Prior to joining Juniper, he was at Cisco as a Senior Product Line Manager for campus and data center switching. He started his career at Nortel Networks, Canada in the network management team. DD has a bachelor degree in Computer Architecture and an MBA in Marketing and International Business. Speaker - Abner Germanow, Director, Enterprise Marketing, Juniper Networks
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3:15 PM–4:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay K
This session provides an uncompromising look at the challenges in auditing and assessing clouds for regulatory compliance. Technology is on a path of constant change. Is cloud computing an exception or the rule? See how national and industry regulations will adapt to concepts like rapid elasticity, resource pools, and self-service. Speaker - Davi Ottenheimer, VP, Cloud Services Security, VMware Davi Ottenheimer has more than sixteen years experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is an expert in compliance and is a qualified PCI DSS and PA-DSS assessor and former Board Member for the Payment Card Industry Security Alliance and the Silicon Valley chapters of ISACA and OWASP. He is an award-winning public speaker and has been quoted or written articles on security, risk management and compliance for publications including Bank Info Security, Network World, Red Herring, Chain Store Age and SC Magazine. He was formerly responsible for security at Barclays Global Investors (BGI), the world's largest investment fund manager (now BlackRock). Prior to BGI he was a "dedicated paranoid" at Yahoo! and responsible for managing security for hundreds of millions of mobile, broadband and digital home products. He has helped secure industry-leading organizations including Brady Corporation, Cisco, Cypress Semiconductor, Department of Defense University Affiliated Research Center, IBM, Intel, M&I Data Services, Puget Sound Energy, State Farm, University of California Santa Cruz, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, VMware and West Marine. Davi received his postgraduate academic Master of Science degree in International History from the London School of Economics. | |
3:15 PM–4:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() As infrastructure converges and becomes increasingly agile, there is a need to develop new business processes that are neither server, storage or network centric. All traditional network vendors seek to promote the significance of the network, and are seeking to control as many services as possible regardless of what is best for the business. Learn how Dell solutions-based perspective shifts management across the entire stack to achieve a best in class process. Speaker - Larry Hart, Sr. Dir., Global Marketing, Dell Networking Larry Hart leads worldwide product management and marketing teams in Dell’s Networking division. Mr. Hart drives the strategic direction for Dell’s PowerConnect business, focused on datacenter and enterprise networking solutions. He oversees product planning and product management for these product lines. During the past nine years at Dell, he has helped position Dell as the worldwide leader in Windows/Linux storage and helped launch the PowerVault disk array business. | |
3:30 PM–5:00 PM Location: Exhibit Floor Enjoy a refreshing beverage while you see the latest products and services. | |
4:15 PM–5:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() Decentralizing data within the enterprise through shared storage memory provides native access to an organization’s most active data, significantly increasing database and application performance. This discussion will examine best practices in utilizing PCI Express-based high performance storage memory in the server to optimize database layers and enterprise applications. Speaker - Gary Orenstein, Vice President of Product and Technical Marketing, Fusion-io Gary Orenstein has served in leadership marketing roles at data center infrastructure companies for over a dozen years. Prior to Fusion-io, Mr. Orenstein he was the vice president of marketing at MaxiScale, a technical leader in web scale file systems acquired by Overland Storage. Prior to MaxiScale, he was the vice president of marketing and business development at Gear6, a caching and file acceleration pioneer acquired by Violin Memory. Mr. Orenstein has also served as vice president of marketing at Compellent which went public and 2007, and was a co-founder at Nishan Systems, acquired by McDATA/Brocade. Mr. Orenstein is host of The Cloud Computing Show, a contributor to GigaOM, and the author of IP Storage Networking: Straight to the Core. | |
4:15 PM–5:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay J
Ethernet has long been the interface choice for networking and is now is rapidly becoming the storage interface of choice as well. This session will discuss the practical implications of “one-wire” Convergence (Networking and Storage) vs. Consolidation; what does this mean, who should care about it and when? Speaker - Greg Scherer, Vice President, Broadcom Greg is the Vice President of Server and Storage Strategy for Broadcom Corporation and the former Chief Technology Officer for Emulex and Neterion. He is a technology industry veteran with nearly thirty years of experience in engineering and business development. His diverse career includes contributions as both a technical team member and a proven leader in bringing emerging products and technologies to market. Greg holds several patents and remains active in new product development. | |
4:15 PM–5:00 PM Location: Mandalay Bay K ![]() In this session, learn the differences between and the benefits of both the public and private clouds. Find out how to analyze which type of cloud solution is right for your company. We will be discussing cloud technology options as they relate to virtualization, business continuity and storage, integration and infrastructure replacement. Speaker - Stephan Cico, Director of Technical Services, Zenith Infotech | |
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9:00 AM–9:45 AM Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() Data holds a key to your success. Changes to the data landscape are making it increasingly difficult to store, retrieve, and deliver the right data where and when it’s needed. In this session, learn how Dell’s Intelligent Data Management solutions can help transform your data from an administrative nightmare into a strategic asset. Speaker - Brandon Canaday, Marketing Director, Enterprise Storage Solutions, Dell Inc. Brandon Canaday is a Marketing Director for Enterprise Storage Solutions at Dell. Brandon and his team are responsible for defining and executing Dell’s Data Management Solutions vision. For the last 3 years, Brandon and his organization have been at the heart of Dell’s strategic transformation to become the industry’s leading Best-Value Data Management Solutions provider, combining best-in-class technologies, software & services to enable customers to grow and thrive in the virtual era. | |
9:00 AM–10:00 AM Location: Mandalay Bay K IT teams in midmarket companies—those with around 500 employees—are pivotal in the process of growth but face unique challenges. In this session, our Analytics experts will discuss innovative ways to securely equip a mobile workforce. We’ll discuss a range of new technologies that provide enterprise-class productivity and data protection without breaking the budget. Moderator - Art Wittmann, Vice President/Director, InformationWeek Analytics Art Wittmann currently serves as the director of InformationWeek Analytics, where he oversees both the business and content of InformationWeek's analyst business. Art has over 17 years of experience in high-tech publishing, during which time he has been editor-in-chief of Network Magazine, IT Architect and Network Computing. From 1996 to 1999, Art was editor of Network Computing. He currently writes the Practical Analysis column for InformationWeek. Panelist - Grant Moerschel, Co-Founder, Wavegard Grant Moerschel is co-founder of WaveGard, a vendor-neutral technology consulting firm. His 20 years of IT experience encompass a wide range of strategic and tactical business technology functions, including significant experience with security engineering, IT risk and vulnerability assessment, regulatory compliance assessment, wireless and wired network engineering, and wireless technology training. Panelist - Michael Davis, CEO, Savid Technologies Inc. Michael A. Davis is the CEO of Savid Technologies, a technology and security consulting firm based in Chicago, and an InformationWeek Analytics contributor. Michael is also a contributing author of Hacking Exposed, the No. 1 text on hacker methodology, and the new Hacking Exposed: Malware and Rootkits. | |
9:00 AM–10:00 AM Location: Mandalay Bay J Major vendors are fighting to control the next generation of the data center. Battle lines are drawn, with Cisco, VMware and EMC on one side, and HP, IBM and Hitachi on the other. Are you willing to be tied to an OPEC-like consortium in exchange for tightly integrated network, compute and storage? Or can you build an agile data center by playing the field and linking disparate vendors with third-party software? Our Analytics experts help you decide. Moderator - Andrew Conry-Murray, New Products & Business Editor, InformationWeek/Network Computing Andrew Conry-Murray is business editor at InformationWeek. He writes about information management and compliance issues. Andrew has covered information technology topics including security and network and information management for nine years, with Network Computing and Network Magazine before joining InformationWeek. He is a co-author of The Symantec Guide to Home Internet Security. Panelist - Kurt Marko, Contributor, IT Journalist, Information Week Analytics, Network Computing Kurt Marko is an InformationWeek Analytics and Network Computing contributor and IT industry veteran, pursuing his passion for communications after a varied career that has spanned virtually the entire high-tech food chain from chips to systems. Upon graduating from Stanford University with a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering, Kurt spent several years as a semiconductor device physicist, doing process design, modeling and testing. He then joined AT&T Bell Laboratories as a memory chip designer and CAD and simulation developer. Panelist - Michael Healey, President, Yeoman Technology Group Mike Healey is the president of Yeoman Technology Group, an engineering and research firm focusing on maximizing technology investments for organizations, and an InformationWeek Analytics contributor. He has more than 23 years experience in technology and software integration. | |
10:00 AM–10:45 AM Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() Many IT teams are frustrated with the boundaries of their existing storage systems. Thousands have found a better way to manage their data. Fluid Data storage always puts the right data in the right place at the right cost—automatically. See firsthand how Dell Compellent is redefining the data center. Speaker - Jason Glauch, SA Manager, Dell Compellent Jason Glauch is a storage architect manager for Dell Compellent. He serves the southwest US region as a technical consultant designing virtualization solutions that control costs while achieving maximum flexibility. With more than 10 years of experience managing corporate data centers, Jason understands the day to day issues facing technology decision makers. Speaker - Colin Schmugge, Data Center Manager, Radiology Ltd. Colin Schmugge started with Radiology Ltd in 1996 as an x-ray darkroom technician. He then worked as a computer technician from 2004-2006 before moving on to become the help desk manager. He continued to work his way through various IT management roles—each with increasing responsibilities--before taking on the data center manager position in 2009. Colin holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering management from the University of Arizona. | |
10:00 AM–2:00 PM Location: Exhibit Floor Visit booths and win prizes. | |
10:00 AM–3:00 PM Location: Exhibit Floor
See all the latest IT solutions from 350+ leading vendors. | |
10:15 AM–11:00 AM Location: InteropNet Classroom, Exhibit Floor, Booth #2075
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10:15 AM–11:15 AM Location: Mandalay Bay J As data centers converge, the lines of responsibility for storage, server, application and network teams are blurring. The politics can get messy, but bring these specialists together right and you’ll gain significant benefits by breaking down silos and integrating key roles in ways that allow you to be incredibly flexible and responsive to the business. Our Analytics experts will discuss practical ways to quell turf wars and build truly converged teams. Moderator - Art Wittmann, Vice President/Director, InformationWeek Analytics Art Wittmann currently serves as the director of InformationWeek Analytics, where he oversees both the business and content of InformationWeek's analyst business. Art has over 17 years of experience in high-tech publishing, during which time he has been editor-in-chief of Network Magazine, IT Architect and Network Computing. From 1996 to 1999, Art was editor of Network Computing. He currently writes the Practical Analysis column for InformationWeek. Panelist - Jonathan Feldman, Contributing Editor, Network Computing and InformationWeek Jonathan Feldman serves as director of information technology services for a city in North Carolina. The city has won several technology innovation awards during his tenure, including the International Economic Development Council New Media Award. He has also directed professional services in the private sector, providing security and network infrastructure services to the military, healthcare, financial services and law enforcement markets. Panelist - Michael Biddick, President & CTO, Contributor, Fusion PPT, InformationWeek Analytics Michael Biddick is president and CTO of Fusion PPT and an InformationWeek Analytics contributor. He has worked with hundreds of government and telecommunications service providers in the development of operational management solutions. Most recently he has supported the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Defense in the deployment of ITIL-based processes that are utilized to make their organizations more transparent and cost effective. Certified in several ITIL lifecycle service areas, Michael is also able to leverage over a decade of operational tool design and implementation experience with service desks, network management systems and consolidated management portals in making enterprise architecture decisions. | |
10:15 AM–11:15 AM Location: Mandalay Bay K Transitioning to IPv6 may not be an imperative in 2011, but you do need to start putting a plan in place. Our Analytics experts will discuss how to prioritize migration (services available to the Internet should probably move quickly; internal networks can wait longer). We’ll discuss architectural and design considerations for dual-stacking IPv6 and IPv4, supporting network devices that can't run in this mode, network number assignments, and other key considerations. Moderator - Andrew Conry-Murray, New Products & Business Editor, InformationWeek/Network Computing Andrew Conry-Murray is business editor at InformationWeek. He writes about information management and compliance issues. Andrew has covered information technology topics including security and network and information management for nine years, with Network Computing and Network Magazine before joining InformationWeek. He is a co-author of The Symantec Guide to Home Internet Security. Panelist - Jeff Doyle, Editor & Contributing Author, Juniper Networks Routers: The Complete Reference Jeff Doyle specializes in IP routing protocols, MPLS and IPv6 and has designed or assisted in the design of large-scale IP service provider networks throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Korea, Singapore and the People’s Republic of China. Over the past few years he has had extensive experience helping in the deployment of IPv6 in large networks around the world. Panelist - Grant Moerschel, Co-Founder, Wavegard Grant Moerschel is co-founder of WaveGard, a vendor-neutral technology consulting firm. His 20 years of IT experience encompass a wide range of strategic and tactical business technology functions, including significant experience with security engineering, IT risk and vulnerability assessment, regulatory compliance assessment, wireless and wired network engineering, and wireless technology training. | |
11:00 AM–11:30 AM Location: Exhibit Floor
Get a practical, behind the scenes view of the InteropNet by taking a free engineer-led tour. | |
11:00 AM–11:45 AM Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() As cloud adoption has become the hot topic in the Enterprise, there are many lessons to be learned as to how the early adopters have found success (and some failure) with Cloud projects. There are pragmatic means to use the cloud to accomplish your business goals without having to overhaul the critical applications that are the life-blood of your organization. This session will examine how and where enterprise IT can lower costs and improve the efficiency and performance of their projects through the proper use of Cloud services. Speaker - Carl Meadows, Director, SunGard Availability Services In his role as the Director, Managed Services Product Management Carl is responsible for the strategy, development, and launch of new products and services, as well as enhancing existing services. Carl was also responsible for the recent launch of SunGard’s managed Enterprise Cloud Services offering. Prior to joining SunGard, Carl served as Senior Product Manager for Cloud Services at The Planet, a managed hosting provider for SMBs. Carl was responsible for launching The Planet's public cloud computing platform, Server Cloud. | |
11:15 AM–12:00 PM Location: InteropNet Classroom, Exhibit Floor, Booth #2075
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11:30 AM–12:30 PM Location: Mandalay Bay J IT faces increasing demands for business-enhancing services yet is saddled with static budgets and outsized operational loads, where 80% of the time, effort and dollars are spent on routine, “keep the lights on” activities, not service or application development. Automation is a key lever in budging this roadblock to innovation, but so too is effective use of service providers, whether external hosting facilities, cloud-based SaaS and IaaS, or third-party managed services. Our Analytics experts will share results of our survey and address some key questions: What areas are ripe for outsourcing? Where to automate internal IT processes? We’ll cover managing across multivendor, heterogeneous in-house/as-a-service systems, providing transparency to the business, and adhering to best-practices frameworks. We'll also examine the human equation -- how to transition IT staff from operational to business-focused tasks, how to increase collaboration both within the enterprise and with external service providers, and how to capture IT knowledge to create policies, SLAs and automation-friendly run books. Moderator - Art Wittmann, Vice President/Director, InformationWeek Analytics Art Wittmann currently serves as the director of InformationWeek Analytics, where he oversees both the business and content of InformationWeek's analyst business. Art has over 17 years of experience in high-tech publishing, during which time he has been editor-in-chief of Network Magazine, IT Architect and Network Computing. From 1996 to 1999, Art was editor of Network Computing. He currently writes the Practical Analysis column for InformationWeek. Panelist - Michael Biddick, President & CTO, Contributor, Fusion PPT, InformationWeek Analytics Michael Biddick is president and CTO of Fusion PPT and an InformationWeek Analytics contributor. He has worked with hundreds of government and telecommunications service providers in the development of operational management solutions. Most recently he has supported the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Defense in the deployment of ITIL-based processes that are utilized to make their organizations more transparent and cost effective. Certified in several ITIL lifecycle service areas, Michael is also able to leverage over a decade of operational tool design and implementation experience with service desks, network management systems and consolidated management portals in making enterprise architecture decisions. Panelist - Kurt Marko, Contributor, IT Journalist, Information Week Analytics, Network Computing Kurt Marko is an InformationWeek Analytics and Network Computing contributor and IT industry veteran, pursuing his passion for communications after a varied career that has spanned virtually the entire high-tech food chain from chips to systems. Upon graduating from Stanford University with a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering, Kurt spent several years as a semiconductor device physicist, doing process design, modeling and testing. He then joined AT&T Bell Laboratories as a memory chip designer and CAD and simulation developer. | |
11:30 AM–12:30 PM Location: Mandalay Bay K Whether it’s an iPad, Android phone or Mac laptop, users are bringing their personal devices to work and expecting IT to support them. Except in heavily regulated shops, trying to turn back this tide may well be counterproductive and cost the company money. Our Analytics experts will explain how IT can apply well-defined processes and goals that balance the needs of the business against a happy workforce and thus make consumerization work for you, not against you. Moderator - Andrew Conry-Murray, New Products & Business Editor, InformationWeek/Network Computing Andrew Conry-Murray is business editor at InformationWeek. He writes about information management and compliance issues. Andrew has covered information technology topics including security and network and information management for nine years, with Network Computing and Network Magazine before joining InformationWeek. He is a co-author of The Symantec Guide to Home Internet Security. Panelist - Michael Healey, President, Yeoman Technology Group Mike Healey is the president of Yeoman Technology Group, an engineering and research firm focusing on maximizing technology investments for organizations, and an InformationWeek Analytics contributor. He has more than 23 years experience in technology and software integration. Panelist - Michael Davis, CEO, Savid Technologies Inc. Michael A. Davis is the CEO of Savid Technologies, a technology and security consulting firm based in Chicago, and an InformationWeek Analytics contributor. Michael is also a contributing author of Hacking Exposed, the No. 1 text on hacker methodology, and the new Hacking Exposed: Malware and Rootkits. | |
12:00 PM–12:45 PM Location: Mandalay Bay L ![]() As data center technologies evolve and organizations embrace the benefits afforded by server virtualization, new architectural challenges relating to application delivery are emerging. How should mission critical load balancing resources be optimally coupled with virtual application servers? Attend the session and learn how you can exploit the agility afforded by virtualization without compromising service performance and reliability. Speaker - Kelly Hair, Director, Virtualization Solutions, Radware | |
12:15 PM–1:00 PM Location: InteropNet Classroom, Exhibit Floor, Booth #2075
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1:00 PM–1:30 PM Location: Exhibit Floor
Get a practical, behind the scenes view of the InteropNet by taking a free engineer-led tour. | |
1:00 PM–1:45 PM Location: Mandalay Bay L Power over Ethernet has been used since its inception as a technology to deliver power to devices over Ethernet cables. The original IEEE802.3af-2003 standard allowed only delivery of power over 2-pairs of wires. In this session, learn how the new IEEE802.3at-2009 standard allows IT managers to use PoE as a smart energy efficient power distribution system. Speaker - Daniel Feldman, Business Unit Manager, Communications Power, Microsemi Daniel Feldman serves as Communications Power Business Unit Manager at Microsemi, responsible for PoE, Networking Power and Solar products. He chairs the Ethernet Alliance PoE Technical Committee and was an active member of the IEEE802.3at Task Force. | |
1:00 PM–1:45 PM Location: Mandalay Bay J
Come learn how this global technology and service provider was able to establish new cloud computing business for increased revenues, lower operational costs to provide better competitive pricing and increase agility and responsiveness to customer demands through cohesive, automated infrastructure. Speaker - Henry Fastert, Chief Technologist and Managing Partner, SHI Mr. Fastert has overall responsibility for the SHI Enterprise Solution Services (ESS) Group. Leveraging over 25 years of IT experience, his responsibilities include both strategic and operational direction for ESS, as well as providing expertise on infrastructure design, data center consolidation, and technology consolidation to SHI’s largest customers. | |
1:15 PM–2:00 PM Location: InteropNet Classroom, Exhibit Floor, Booth #2075
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