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9:00 am–10:00 am	Keynotes Wednesday Morning Keynotes Hear about the future of technology from visionary leaders. Speaker - Bob Picciano, General Manager, Lotus Software and WebSphere Portal, IBM As general manager for Lotus software, Bob Picciano has oversight for an extensive portfolio of collaboration tools designed to empower people to be more effective, responsive and innovative within the context of the work they do. It includes email, calendar, instant messaging, electronic forms, web conferencing, portals, team spaces, business dashboards, document management, social software and Web 2.0. Mr. Picciano is also a member of IBM's Integration and Values team - a select group of executives who provide guidance across IBM on various business and strategic issues. Mr. Picciano served as vice president, worldwide sales, Information Management, Software Group from 2006 to 2008. He was responsible for sales and operations for the Information Management portfolio, a multi-billion dollar product set that is sold in over 130 countries. Bob had previously been vice president for Data Servers, responsible for business line performance of IBM's highly successful database portfolio of software products including DB2, Informix IDS, Cloudscape, RedBrick, and XPS. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Picciano led the worldwide development and support of DB2 Linux, Windows and UNIX platforms as vice president of Database Technology while on international assignment at the IBM Toronto Software Development Lab in Markham, Canada. Over the course of his twenty-one year career at IBM, Mr. Picciano has held numerous technical management and executive positions including Technical Assistant to IBM Chairman and CEO Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. and IMS Family Product Manager, where he also managed the Santa Teresa laboratory central development technologies team, providing development, test and product packaging services to the lab's development teams. Mr. Picciano holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from Northeastern University. Speaker - David Yach, Chief Technology Officer for Software, Research in Motion David Yach is the CTO for Research In Motion. David oversees and manages the development of software that has helped RIM become a world leader in the mobile communications market. His teams create software ranging from the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to the applications, operating systems and radio firmware on BlackBerry Smartphones. David joined RIM in December 1998 and has led the team that brought the Java platform to BlackBerry Smartphones, created standard applications for a wide variety of handhelds, developed and enhanced BlackBerry Enterprise Server for Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and Novell GroupWise, and developed BlackBerry Internet Solution. Prior to joining RIM, David held various leadership positions including Chief Architect for all products at Sybase Inc. He has participated in CLDC 1.0 and MIDP 1.0 expert groups and was member of the original Java Community Process Executive Committee (JCP EC). David holds a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from Wilfrid Laurier University. Speaker - Marie Hattar, Vice President, Network Systems and Security Solutions, Cisco Marie Hattar brings more than 18 years of industry experience to her role as Vice President of Network Systems and Security Solutions at Cisco. Currently, Hattar is responsible for setting and developing a strategic vision that integrates key places in the network: branch, wide area network, campus and security. Under her guidance, her organization creates and markets innovative routing, switching and security solutions focused on enterprise and mid-market organizations. Throughout her career, Hattar has held leadership roles in product marketing, product management, software engineering, competitive intelligence, and finance. She has been instrumental in building security and network architectures for leading Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining Cisco, Hattar served as a senior leader for Nortel's enterprise business unit where she co-created the company's enterprise vision. An industry expert in data communications, convergence, and security, Hattar was previously chair of the Broadband Content Delivery Forum and is co-author of IP Services at the Network Edge published by Addison-Wesley. She holds a master's degree in business administration in marketing from York University and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto. Hattar resides in Los Gatos, California with her husband and two children. Speaker - Ron Hovsepian, President and Chief Executive Officer, Novell Mr. Hovsepian, 46, joined Novell in June 2003 as President of North America, was later named Chief Operating Officer and in June 2006 became President and Chief Executive Officer. As CEO he has guided Novell to several quarters of strong performance, while adding to our global ecosystem of partnerships and building out our industry leading portfolio of infrastructure software. Previously, Mr. Hovsepian held management and executive positions at IBM Corporation over a 17-year period, including worldwide general manager of IBM's distribution industries, managing global hardware and software development, sales, marketing and services. He held several leadership roles in various IBM units, building a proven track record of achieving revenue goals and profit growth in the IT industry. Mr. Hovsepian also served as managing director of Internet Capital Group, a venture capital firm. Mr. Hovsepian is also non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ann Taylor Corporation. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College.
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11:30 am–12:15 pm	Sponsor Sessions Intelligent IP Address Management - Sponsored by BlueCat Networks Few mid-sized organizations understand how to streamline network management to their advantage. This session discusses a unique approach for delivering IPAM for the mid to large sized customer. Learn how to centralize control of IPv4/IPv6 networks to improve operational efficiencies, enhance security, implement NAC and drive compliance, all while dramatically lowering the TCO for your network. Speaker - Richard Hyatt, CTO & Co-Founder, BlueCat Networks As co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of BlueCat Networks, Richard Hyatt has applied his visionary approach to leading product development efforts for the company. With a focus on creating affordable, scalable and easy to use technology solutions to address complex business challenges, Richard set an industry benchmark with the introduction of BlueCat Network's flagship product, the Adonis DNS/DHCP server. Under his direction, the company has continued to expand its portfolio of world-class network management and security appliances, including the most recent addition to its product portfolio, the Proteus IP Address Management appliance. A testament to Richard's innovative designs and technological expertise, today BlueCat Network's appliances are used by Fortune 100 organizations and classified government agencies around the world. Prior to founding BlueCat Networks with his brother and business partner, Michael Hyatt, the duo co-founded Dyadem International in 1994. Dyadem has grown to become a world leader in advanced risk assessment and reliability software for the engineering industry. Both Richard and Michael were finalists in the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Before embarking on a career in software development, Richard trained in Materials Engineering at the University of Toronto. Since that time he has remained a business entrepreneur and has instigated numerous innovative development projects. Richard is a frequent speaker at industry events on topics related to network management and security, and his byline has appeared in numerous technology trade and industry publications. Switching Is Strategic - Sponsored by Cisco When you buy a switch, you are buying - and buying into - the switching vendor's architecture. In other words, you are adopting as your own that switching vendor's concept and strategy for how business should be conducted. Know what kind of strategic decisions are you making when you purchase a given vendor's switch. This session will discuss four categories of switching architecture and the strategic decisions network managers make when they buy them. Speaker - Rob Sloan, Product Marketing Manager, Cisco Rob Sloan is a leader in Cisco's Network Systems Solutions Marketing team with over 11 years of experience in the networking and semiconductor industries. In his current role, Rob works closely with Cisco's Catalyst Series of Ethernet Switches and their roles in both Campus and Data Center LANs. Recently, he has focused on video, virtualization, deep packet inspection, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet deployments. Rob has been a leader in product management and business development at Cisco and Cypress Semiconductor. He holds a Masters in Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, both from Santa Clara University.
12:00 pm–1:15 pm	Sponsor Sessions Mobile Business Expo - Market Leaders Track - Day 1- Part 1 Join market leaders Foxit Software, ESRI, Mackay Communications and Sybase iAnywhere on the Mobile Business Expo floor for a series of sessions highlighting exciting products and important trends in mobility today. 12:10 - 12:20 An Immersive and Innovative Experience Of Mobile Document Viewing - Sponsored by Foxit Software Company 12:30 - 12:40 Take the Geographic Advantage to the Field - Sponsored by ESRI 12:50 - 1:00 Broadband Connectivity - The Satellite Solution - Sponsored by Mackay Communication 1:10 - 1:20 This is Not Your Uncle's Mobile Device Management Solution: Why MDM is Now for Every Organization - Sponsored by Sybase iAnywhere Speaker - George Gao, Vice President, Foxit Software Company Speaker - Kate Lauther, Account Manager , MacKay Communications Kate Lauther is an Account Manager for Mackay Communications, the leading Satellite Communications equipment and service provider. Prior to joining Mackay, she held positions as an Account Manager for an IT Staffing Firm and a Project Manager with the Prudential Financial Company. Kate has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Systems Technology and a Master's Degree in Business Management. Speaker - Milja Gillespie, Sr. Manager, Product Marketing, Sybase iAnywhere As a Senior Product Marketing Manager for Sybase iAnywhere, Milja Gillespie focuses on product marketing for the company's mobile solutions. Sybase iAnywhere is the market leader in providing mobile and wireless solutions that enable anywhere, anytime access to enterprise information. Ms. Gillespie plays an integral role in driving vertical market opportunities for and elevating awareness of the company's mobile and wireless products in the field service, utilities and healthcare industries. Milja Gillespie holds a Bachelor of Mathematics degree, specializing in business information systems, from University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario. Speaker - Myles Sutherland, ESRI Mobile Product Manager , ESRI Myles Sutherland is responsible for ESRI's Mobile GIS product strategy, vision and direction. Previously, he was a Product Manager with the Mapping and GIS division of Trimble GeoSystems. While acting as product manager for Trimble, Myles was responsible for the product vision and development of Trimbles' GPS Analyst and GPS Correct products. He has extensive knowledge and experience with GPS device technology and its application within the Mobile Mapping and GIS markets. Myles is a graduate of the University of Canterbury in Christchurch New Zealand.
12:00 pm–12:15 pm	bMighty Sessions bMighty.com: Server Basics Servers are the backbone of business today -- from e-mail and Web servers to file and print servers. bMighty.com lays out the basic nuts-and-bolts information growing businesses need to assess server requirements, make purchasing decisions, manage power consumption, and keep servers and valuable data out of harm's way. Speaker - Benjamin Tomkins, Editor, bMighty.com - TechWeb Over his fifteen-year career in journalism and media, bMighty.com Editor Benjamin Tomkins has never strayed far from business and technology. He was senior content manager for AllBusiness.com and senior program manager for AOL Small Business/Netscape Netbusiness. Tomkins' previous experience with TechWeb includes a stint as editor of InternetWeek.com and blogging about business and careers for TechSearch. He also edited technology books for an imprint of John Wiley & Sons. A long time contributor to business and consumer publications, he has written for many publications, including Black Diamond Living, Greenlight, LINE, Livable City Journal, NetClearly and Tri-Valley. He' has also worked with a host of companies, including Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, America Honda Motors, and the Ansel Adams Gallery, as a publication and media consultant. Early in his career, Tomkins covered the commercial building industry first as a reporter and then as bureau chief for Reed Business Information and was founding editor of the architectural monthly California AEC.
12:30 pm–1:15 pm	Sponsor Sessions Endpoint Security Management: Total Control from a Single Console - Sponsored by Novell Unauthorized access to networks, lost or stolen laptops and other mobile hardware, and theft of proprietary information or intellectual property accounted for more than 74 percent of IT financial losses last year. This session will discuss how a single console solution can help your business create and enforce security policies for all components of your perimeter. Speaker - Mark Schouls, Senior Product Manager/Evangelist, Novell Server Virtualization Done Right - Sponsored by Citrix As virtualization becomes more widely deployed, and enterprises look for new ways to leverage this revolutionary technology, the consumption and delivery of this technology is changing. It is no longer one-size-fits-all and confined to a specific area of the data center, but instead is proliferating within the data center and out to the user via the desktop and applications. This session will provide IT organizations with a short- and long-term roadmap by focusing on the new delivery models for virtualization (including embedded hypervisors and managed services), what's available today and what can be expected in the future, and best practices for deployment. Speaker - Roger Klorese, Sr Director, Product Marketing, Citrix Systems
12:30 pm–12:45 pm	bMighty Sessions The Free Spiceworks IT Desktop: Management Tools & Best Practices for SMBs Managing an IT network in a small business is a tough job. There are typically 1, 2 or at most 3 IT pros taking care of everything. IT management tools to help them do their job can cost 100's or 1000's of dollars. Learn how Spiceworks innovative business model and software let's IT pros in small businesses manage "Everything IT" ... for free! See how over 400,000 IT pros around the world are using Spiceworks and working with each other to simplify small business IT every day.
1:00 pm–1:30 pm	InteropNet tour InteropNet Tour Get a practical, behind the scenes view of the InteropNet by taking a free engineer-led tour. Tours start at the InteropNet NOC, booth #511.
1:00 pm–1:15 pm	bMighty Sessions bMighty.com: Running Your Business In the Cloud If cloud computing offers significant benefits to IT departments in the enterprise, it's an absolute godsend for small and midsize companies. Instead of making do with a small, under-resourced IT staff trying to emulate the productivity of billion-dollar IT outfits, growing companies can now access enterprise-class solutions with limited up-front costs and easy scalability. bMighty.com addresses the important questions to help you decide when cloud computing is right for your business. Speaker - Benjamin Tomkins, Editor, bMighty.com - TechWeb Over his fifteen-year career in journalism and media, bMighty.com Editor Benjamin Tomkins has never strayed far from business and technology. He was senior content manager for AllBusiness.com and senior program manager for AOL Small Business/Netscape Netbusiness. Tomkins' previous experience with TechWeb includes a stint as editor of InternetWeek.com and blogging about business and careers for TechSearch. He also edited technology books for an imprint of John Wiley & Sons. A long time contributor to business and consumer publications, he has written for many publications, including Black Diamond Living, Greenlight, LINE, Livable City Journal, NetClearly and Tri-Valley. He' has also worked with a host of companies, including Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, America Honda Motors, and the Ansel Adams Gallery, as a publication and media consultant. Early in his career, Tomkins covered the commercial building industry first as a reporter and then as bureau chief for Reed Business Information and was founding editor of the architectural monthly California AEC.
1:30 pm–2:15 pm	Sponsor Sessions Calculating the ROI of Network Access Control - Sponsored by InfoExpress The benefits of Network Access Control (NAC) are well understood. However, translating these benefits into hard savings has been elusive. This session will address the reasons why ROI for NAC has been difficult to nail down and discuss non-traditional benefits that provide a quantifiable ROI path for investing in NAC. Speaker - Stacey Lum, CEO, InfoExpress Stacey Lum is CTO of InfoExpress, a leading vendor of Network Access Control solutions for mid to large organizations. Prior to InfoExpress, Lum developed network protocols and applications at Proxim and other wireless networking vendors. Lum is an active speaker and panelist at various industry events, and holds a BS EECS from University of California at Berkeley. IT Automation Management - Gaining Control, Empowering Your Business - Sponsored by Kaseya Corporation IT Professionals bear the challenges and complexities that tend to keep IT departments reactive and tactical rather than proactive and strategic. Most organizations do not have time, resources or budget to acquire, deploy, learn and manage large-scale solutions. Using non-integrated tools from multiple vendors or proprietary, hardware-based solutions can be problematic. Automation of periodic IT tasks is essential to efficient resource utilization and is key to helping IT departments focus on strategic planning and alignment with the goals of the business. This session dives into your IT issues and how IT automation management can vastly improve your operations. Speaker - Jim Alves, EVP Product Marketing, Kaseya Jim Alves EVP Product Marketing Kaseya Corporation As the EVP of Product Marketing for Kaseya, Jim manages product marketing, which includes the definition and development of Kaseya's products and channel strategy. His understanding of the market and past experience is the foundation for his belief that building a strong channel is the key a successful business. With 24 years in the software, computer and consulting industry, Jim's experience has been vital in developing Kaseya's direct and channel based sales and marketing programs worldwide. His past position at Platinum Software taught him that the channel needs constant care and feeding, otherwise it will move to the next thing. The Strategic Business Case for Enterprise Collaboration Solutions - Sponsored by Novell Collaboration is a key strategic objective mandated by corporate executives to help accelerate company growth, build brand value and maintain competitive advantage. Novell's collaboration solutions can help companies foster innovation, positive teaming cultures, and support of continuous employee self-training and improvement. Supported by research from CIO magazine, this session will showcase solutions for enterprise collaboration and social software using Web 2.0 technologies. You will learn multiple use cases scenarios that apply to each line of business units within your organization and how each use case scenario can help you achieve your strategic corporate objectives. Speaker - Greg White, Collaboration Technical Specialist, Novell
1:30 pm–1:45 pm	bMighty Sessions The Free Spiceworks IT Desktop: Management Tools & Best Practices for SMBs Managing an IT network in a small business is a tough job. There are typically 1, 2 or at most 3 IT pros taking care of everything. IT management tools to help them do their job can cost 100's or 1000's of dollars. Learn how Spiceworks innovative business model and software let's IT pros in small businesses manage "Everything IT" ... for free! See how over 400,000 IT pros around the world are using Spiceworks and working with each other to simplify small business IT every day.
2:00 pm–2:15 pm	bMighty Sessions bMighty.com: Web 2.0/Social Networking for Business From sourcing talent to building brand awareness to prospecting for customers, Web 2.0 technologies and social networking techniques can help you jumpstart key aspects of your growing business -- if you know what you're doing. bMighty.com's top editors review how to strike the gold and avoid stepping on landmines as you leverage the opportunities of social networking and Web. 2.0 to enhance interactions with customers and employees and bring added value to your business.
2:30 pm–3:15 pm	Sponsor Sessions Forensics are Not Enough! Case Studies in Proactive Network Defense Using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Technology - Sponsored by TriGeo Network Security Learn how SIEM and real-time, in memory, analytics combine to capture, correlate and respond to network attacks and insider abuse. See automated responses to network attacks, policy violations, inappropriate web browsing and USB device usage. Hear how mid-sized enterprises use SIEM to meet regulatory compliance initiatives and gain network control. Speaker - Michelle Dickman, CEO & President, TriGeo Network Security Michelle Dickman is president and chief executive officer of TriGeo Network Security. Ms. Dickman has spent over 20 years in the software and financial industries combined. Much of her extensive management, sales and marketing experience has been focused on the midsize enterprise which is TriGeo's core market. Dickman also brings considerable business development and management skills to TriGeo. As the co-founder and President of an ERP software company, Dickman grew that organization from ten to nearly one hundred employees, with four regional offices, and annual growth ranging from 20 to 60 percent. Her leadership ultimately led to the organization's acquisition by a public company. Knowledge is Power: Using Network Security Technologies for Deeper Insights - Sponsored by Nokia What you don't know may hurt you, and is likely costing you money. As security technologies evolve to work faster and more efficiently amidst Web 2.0 video and peer-to-peer use on networks, they also work more deeply to reveal insights essential to maintain high security. In this session, you'll learn how to use security tools for performance monitoring, real-time event correlation, CPU utilization controls, latency demands and more. You will also learn how Nokia approaches security intelligence for some of the world's most demanding networks to deliver more efficient network security appliance usage and deployment. Speaker - Allison Taylor, Director of Product Marketing, Nokia Allison Taylor Sr. Group Manager, Security Product Marketing, Nokia Allison J. Taylor leads the security product marketing team for Nokia network security portfolio, covering firewalls, virtual private networks, intrusion prevention systems, and enterprise security management tools. She is responsible for global direction on the portfolio's positioning and messaging. With over a decade in the high-tech industry, Allison brings a combination of start-up and global multi-national experience as well as expertise in public relations and speechwriting. Prior to joining Nokia in 2006, Allison ran the VirusScan, PGP, and Gauntlet product marketing group at Network Associates. In addition, Allison has headed the public relations division of an Israeli java security startup, Finjan. A former journalist, Allison enjoys writing, and is also a sought-after, dynamic speaker in worldwide industry forums and Web-centric events. Allison holds three academic degrees, including a B.A. in Spanish & Journalism and an M.A. in Communications, and speaks four languages. Allison Taylor is based at Nokia's campus in Mountain View, CA Can Your Data Center Infrastructure Keep Up with the Demands of Current Technology? - Sponsored by Eaton Is your data center underpowered? Do you worry about "hot spots" shutting you down? Does the thought of a new blade server deployment keep you awake at night? Is power management and control a faraway place? Are you being asked to do more with less? Is being "Green" a new direction that management feels you need to address? Find out how to address these issues and more within your data center infrastructure, and what practical steps and solutions are available to modernize your existing, or plan for your future, Data Center design. Speaker - Chris Loeffler, Global Data Center Applications Manager, Eaton
3:00 pm–3:30 pm	InteropNet tour InteropNet Tour Get a practical, behind the scenes view of the InteropNet by taking a free engineer-led tour. Tours start at the InteropNet NOC, booth #511.
3:00 pm–3:15 pm	bMighty Sessions bMighty.com: Mobility Devices These days, improved mobile hardware means that growing companies can have "offices" virtually anywhere - but to make those offices productive you have to choose your equipment wisely. To help, bMighty.com identifies the top smartphones and laptops for smaller companies. Learn which handsets - and which headsets - are right for your company. And find out which laptops value-oriented companies should turn to for portability and affordability. Speaker - Fredric Paul, Publisher and Editor in Chief, bmighty.com, TechWeb Based in San Francisco, Fredric Paul is publisher and editor-in-chief of bMighty.com. He's spent the last 25 years in technology publishing, in print and online, including more than 8 years in a variety of positions at United Business Media, including editor-in-chief of TechWeb.com. His small-business experience includes being the founding editor and vice president of content programming for AllBusiness.com, as well as covering small-business technology for such publications as CNET, PC/Computing and PC World. He was editor-in-chief of Electronic Entertainment Magazine, founding editor of CNET's Builder.com, and a contributing editor for the MIT Sloan Management Review. He has also served as a Web and e-business consultant for several start-up companies. Paul's Web work has won numerous awards, and he has moderated discussions at a wide variety of international events, including Comdex, Seybold, MILIA and the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), as well as virtual events such as bMighty bMobile.
3:30 pm–4:15 pm	Sponsor Sessions How Taking a Strategic Approach to WAN Optimization Supports Application Delivery - Sponsored by Ipanema Technologies Enterprises and Service Providers tend to offer WAN optimization as a tactical "quick fix" to performance problems in certain parts of the network. Taking a more strategic approach to WAN optimization can yield benefits across the enterprise that is not limited to fixing short-term performance and bandwidth challenges. This session will discuss the benefits of a strategic approach. Speaker - Peter Schmidt, North American Technical Director, Ipanema Technologies Virtualized Systems Management - Sponsored by TDI Virtualization requires ?agentless' management. New strategies are needed for rapid deployment, monitoring, and remediation. This session addresses a novel approach which is characterized by rapid deployment and high reliability for virtual applications management. Speaker - Darel Stokes, VP Engineering, TDI Darel Stokes joined TDI in 2001 and leads the Development and Engineering team. Darel has been instrumental in working with several leading TDI customers to extend TDI's core technologies to virtualization management, logging management and SCADA device management. Darel has been instrumental in leading TDI developers to build and deploy the world's largest known "outside-in" network management system for one of the world's largest carriers. This system provides 100%, 7/24/365 persistent management for over 1000 consoles each of which is monitoring hundreds of infrastructure devices. TDI, under Darel's technical leadership, recognized the confluence of virtualization, CIMOMs everywhere, the Alert Standards Format growing up, and SMASH actually being deployed. These events were perfectly suited for TDI to take it active remediation technology and begin delivering on the promise of the "outside-in" "self-healing infrastructure." Darel has long recognized that active forensic analysis while events are occurring, instead of after the thief has left the electronic perimeter, offers the capability to render a cyber attack ?toothless' while it is occurring. Darel and his team have built the foundation for these capabilities into the TDI products. They are deployed in TDI's Logging Management System today. Darel holds US Patent 5,959,275 - "System and method for registering and maintaining field equipment inventory based on individualized equipment and location information." Prior to TDI, Darel held senior management positions with MCI and MCI Worldcom including the leadership role in the Virtual Data Delivery System, as well as the Sr. Systems Architect of the Network Planning Division. Darel has also held senior technical positions with Digital Equipment Corporation and Bell Helicopter. Darel holds a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from Southeastern Oklahoma State University with more than 25 years of software development experience. Strategies for Creating an Adaptive Data Center - Sponsored by CA Are you dealing with an ever-growing demand for business services across an increasingly complex infrastructure, while challenged by inefficient and expensive manual processes, underutilized assets, and configuration changes? Automating key IT processes, including server provisioning, configuration auditing and workloads, can help optimize data center resources, improve efficiency and manage costs. This session discusses the current and future states of data center automation, and key considerations that automation should accommodate. Speaker - Aid Galijatovic, Product Manager, CA As a Product Manager at CA, Aid Galijatovic is currently focused on developing Data Center Automation products that enable customers to simplify their operations and achieve greater data center productivity through dynamic resource allocation, configuration management and automated provisioning. Prior to joining CA in 2007, Aid worked at AT&T where he held a variety of positions in systems engineering, product management and product marketing. Over the last 9 years, he helped create and launch 8 new products targeted to enterprise clients. He has extensive experience in business continuity, enterprise storage, systems monitoring and on-demand computing. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College. Speaker - Benjamin Scheerer, Director of Solutions Marketing, CA Ben Scheerer is the Director of Solutions Marketing for CA. Ben's 16 years of industry experience has run the course of sales to pre-sales, consulting and product marketing. Ben's current position involves managing solutions marketing for CA's Data Center Automation and Virtualization initiatives. Ben's experience with enterprise IT management has helped businesses better align their goals of improving service while reducing costs. Ben is instrumental in driving CA's positioning around Datacenter Automation as a critical initiative in CA's overall Enterprise IT Management strategy. Ben's contributions outside of CA include; numerous speaking engagements, published articles and white papers on IT management related topics.
3:30 pm–3:45 pm	bMighty Sessions The Free Spiceworks IT Desktop: Management Tools & Best Practices for SMBs Managing an IT network in a small business is a tough job. There are typically 1, 2 or at most 3 IT pros taking care of everything. IT management tools to help them do their job can cost 100's or 1000's of dollars. Learn how Spiceworks innovative business model and software let's IT pros in small businesses manage "Everything IT" ... for free! See how over 400,000 IT pros around the world are using Spiceworks and working with each other to simplify small business IT every day.
4:00 pm–6:00 pm	Party Interop Booth Crawl Enjoy beverages courtesy of participating exhibitors.
4:00 pm–5:00 pm	Sponsor Sessions Mobile Business Expo - Market Leaders Track - Day 1- Part 2 Join market leaders Agito Networks, Psion Teklogix, and SalesNOW on the Mobile Business Expo floor for a series of sessions highlighting exciting products and important trends in mobility today. 4:00 - 4:10 Is Fixed Mobile Convergence Ready for the Enterprise? - Sponsored by Agito Networks 4:20 - 4:30 Mobile Workplace Computing Solutions: Maximizing the ROI of Mobile Technology - Sponsored by Psion Teklogix 4:40 - 4:50 BlackBerry for Business - Beyond Email - Sponsored by SalesNOW Speaker - Ed McCabe, Vice President, Mobile Solutions, Psion Teklogix Ed McCabe is Vice President of Mobile Solutions for Psion Teklogix. Ed has over 18 years experience in the Auto ID industry and has spent the last 10 years helping companies mobilize their workforce with mobile computing solutions. Ed has helped companies define business requirements and develop solutions that deliver a return on net assets. The solutions that are delivered include application software specific to the mobile worker along with a mobile computing device configured to enable real time voice and data transactions along with real time locatation based services. Speaker - John Durst, Vice President of Sales & Marketing , SalesNOW John Durst is Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Interchange Solutions, winner of the IBM CTO Award for Innovation and second-place winner of the AT&T Award for best new Mobile Enterprise Application at the WES 2008 Enterprise FastPitch Awards. Speaker - Sandeep Rangarajan, Senior Manager of Product Line Management, Agito Networks Sandeep Rangarajan is Product Line Manager at Agito Networks. In his role, Mr. Rangarajan is responsible for defining and executing short-term and long-term product strategy for Agito's technology offering. As part of his scope, Mr. Rangarajan is responsible for the company's product and roadmap efforts and customer engagement activities.Mr. Rangarajan brings more than 11 years of experience in the networking industry to his position at Agito. He has held senior Engineering and Product Management positions within Neoteris (acquired by Juniper). He was largely responsible for the Client-Server Proxy and VPN Engineering and Product Management efforts for its SSL-VPN product line. In addition, he was responsible for the incubation and architecture of a cross-platform framework to expedite the integration of Funk Software's (acquired by Juniper) WLAN security technology with Juniper's SSL-VPN technology.Prior to joining Neoteris, Mr. Rangarajan was a Senior Systems Engineering and Field Specialist at Alteon WebSystems (acquired by Nortel Networks) where he was responsible for leading the western region pre-sales technical designs and implementations. Prior to that, Mr. Rangarajan was part of the core development team within the Cisco IOS/ENA Technologies Division.Mr. Rangarajan holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering from The Ohio State University and is currently pursuing his MBA at Santa Clara University.
4:00 pm–6:00 pm	Sponsor Sessions Mobile Business Expo Cocktail Reception - Sponsored by RIM
4:00 pm–4:15 pm	bMighty Sessions bMighty.com: Small Is the New Large New technology and market developments like SaaS, PaaS, cloud computing, Web 2.0, mobility, social networking, and the rise of consumer technology in business mark a sea change in the competitive landscape. Rather than merely leveling the playing field, these developments actually give growing companies significant advantages compared to larger firms. bMighty.com publisher and editor-in-chief Fredric Paul explains how bMighty.com can help your company benefit from this historic trend. Speaker - Fredric Paul, Publisher and Editor in Chief, bmighty.com, TechWeb Based in San Francisco, Fredric Paul is publisher and editor-in-chief of bMighty.com. He's spent the last 25 years in technology publishing, in print and online, including more than 8 years in a variety of positions at United Business Media, including editor-in-chief of TechWeb.com. His small-business experience includes being the founding editor and vice president of content programming for AllBusiness.com, as well as covering small-business technology for such publications as CNET, PC/Computing and PC World. He was editor-in-chief of Electronic Entertainment Magazine, founding editor of CNET's Builder.com, and a contributing editor for the MIT Sloan Management Review. He has also served as a Web and e-business consultant for several start-up companies. Paul's Web work has won numerous awards, and he has moderated discussions at a wide variety of international events, including Comdex, Seybold, MILIA and the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), as well as virtual events such as bMighty bMobile.
4:30 pm–5:15 pm	Sponsor Sessions Transforming the WAN Edge - Sponsored by Cisco Prepare your network for the new demands of globalization, virtualization, round-the-clock operations, and worldwide, highly mobile workforces. This session describes in detail the services and framework needed at the WAN edge to meet global business demands for collaboration by delivering constant, reliable access to rich media and applications with uncompromising security and network performance. Speaker - Prashanth Shenoy, Network Systems and Security Solutions Marketing, Cisco Prashanth Shenoy is a product marketing manager in the Network Systems and Security Solutions Marketing Group at Cisco, responsible for Cisco's high-end routing portfolio including Cisco 7200, 7300, and 7600 Series, the Cisco ASR 1000 Series, and the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series. Prior to this role he was responsible for marketing strategies for core Cisco IOS initiatives, including technologies such as MPLS, IPv6, QoS, and multicast. Shenoy 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. He has also made presentations to both internal and external audiences at various conferences and has represented Cisco in a number of customer events. Shenoy holds a Master of Science degree in computer science from Texas A&M University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley. Advancing Desktop Management: Reducing Workloads and Help Desk Calls Using Automation and Configuration Management - Sponsored by Microsoft Windows Vista includes many advances that help IT organizations better control their desktop environments and prevent user-generated configuration conflicts. Many desktop problems can be traced to simple changes the end user knowingly or unknowingly makes to their PC. Learn how to take advantage of the advanced capabilities in Windows Vista, Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), and Microsoft System Center to reduce disruption, lower the burden on the IT Help Desk, and ensure maximum uptime for desktop users. In addition, learn how remote assistance capabilities in Windows Vista can enable remote troubleshooting, making problem resolution much more efficient. Speaker - Jeremy Chapman, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft / Vista Windows Deployment
4:30 pm–4:45 pm	bMighty Sessions Bit9: The Power Of Application Whitelisting Whitelisting, only allow authorized software to run, is a practical approach to addressing the exponential growth of malware. If the application is not on your whitelist, it will not run on your desktops, laptops or servers. Total Security. Total Control.
5:00 pm–6:00 pm	bMighty Sessions Running a Sound IT Shop: Best Practices from the Spiceworks IT Network In this interactive discussion we'll present best practices generated from the 400,000 small business IT Pros around the world who use Spiceworks to manage their IT networks. Everyday thousands of these IT pros share ideas, solve problems, and work to become better IT professionals in the Spieworks community. We'll cover key steps in setting up a new network (design, plan, and implementation phases) and keeping a network running smoothly (documenting, monitoring, backup & recovery). Beer will be served at the bMighty.com SMB Pavilion and Theater during the Interop Booth Crawl on Wednesday September 17, 4:00-6:00 PM. Spiceworks will lead a discussion about best practices for SMB IT Pros from 5:00-6:00 PM.
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Thursday, September 18
9:00 am–10:00 am	Keynotes Thursday Morning Keynotes Hear about the future of technology from visionary leaders. Speaker - Clay Shirky, Author, Here Comes Everybody Speaker - Tim O'Reilly, Founder and CEO, O'Reilly Media Tim O'Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world, and an activist for open standards. O'Reilly Media also publishes online through the O'Reilly Network and hosts conferences on technology topics, including the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, and the Web 2.0 Conference. Tim's blog, the O'Reilly Radar "watches the alpha geeks" to determine emerging technology trends, and serves as a platform for advocacy about issues of importance to the technical community. For everything Tim, see tim.oreilly.com.
10:00 am–5:00 pm	Expo Expo See the latest technologies from leading companies. Get all the information you need to make the most of your IT budget.
10:30 am–11:15 am	Sponsor Sessions Virtualization's Missing Link: Data Center Automation - Sponsored by Novell Virtualization allow companies to meet new business needs and say goodbye to underutilized hardware platforms, server sprawl and spiraling IT costs. This session will discuss how organizations can create an agile, policy-based environment to automate and orchestrate virtual machine lifecycle management. Without proper management, companies only have a piece of the virtualization puzzle. Speaker - Mark Schouls, Senior Product Manager/Evangelist, Novell Reduce Trips to the End Nodes: Tools to Automate Manual Desktop and Software Deployments - Sponsored by Microsoft Having trouble seeing the merits of the Windows Vista desktop versus Windows XP? Windows Vista brings advancements from componentization to extended Group Policy management controls. Learn how to save time applying security and managing your operating systems, and how to ensure that your desktop configurations remain standardized across your organization. We'll also discuss and demo how Microsoft System Center and Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) solutions can help you progress toward - and maintain - a more optimized desktop environment. Speaker - Jeremy Chapman, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft / Vista Windows Deployment
11:00 am–11:30 am	InteropNet tour InteropNet Tour Get a practical, behind the scenes view of the InteropNet by taking a free engineer-led tour. Tours start at the InteropNet NOC, booth #511.
11:00 am–11:15 am	bMighty Sessions bMighty.com: Server Basics Servers are the backbone of business today -- from e-mail and Web servers to file and print servers. bMighty.com lays out the basic nuts-and-bolts information growing businesses need to assess server requirements, make purchasing decisions, manage power consumption, and keep servers and valuable data out of harm's way. Speaker - Benjamin Tomkins, Editor, bMighty.com - TechWeb Over his fifteen-year career in journalism and media, bMighty.com Editor Benjamin Tomkins has never strayed far from business and technology. He was senior content manager for AllBusiness.com and senior program manager for AOL Small Business/Netscape Netbusiness. Tomkins' previous experience with TechWeb includes a stint as editor of InternetWeek.com and blogging about business and careers for TechSearch. He also edited technology books for an imprint of John Wiley & Sons. A long time contributor to business and consumer publications, he has written for many publications, including Black Diamond Living, Greenlight, LINE, Livable City Journal, NetClearly and Tri-Valley. He' has also worked with a host of companies, including Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, America Honda Motors, and the Ansel Adams Gallery, as a publication and media consultant. Early in his career, Tomkins covered the commercial building industry first as a reporter and then as bureau chief for Reed Business Information and was founding editor of the architectural monthly California AEC.
11:30 am–12:15 pm	Sponsor Sessions Advancing the Intelligent Edge: Moving Convergence, Network Visibility, Mobility, and Security Closer to the End User - Sponsored by Foundry Delivering networking solutions is more than just connectivity. It is about resolving concerns around call quality, reliability, availability, security, and power management which are paramount for a complete data, voice and video solution. This session will discuss Foundry's product portfolio which provides the necessary building blocks for an intelligent edge. Evolution from Traditional Anti-Virus to Security-as-a-Service - Sponsored by Panda Security The technology behind anti-virus today is inefficient when it comes to protecting against modernized threats. The fact is vendors simply can't keep up with all of the new malware surfacing every day. This presentation will address alternatives to the traditional anti-virus model and how companies can adopt a SaaS model. Speaker - Ryan Sherstobitoff, Chief Corporate Evangelist, Panda Security
11:30 am–11:45 am	bMighty Sessions The Free Spiceworks IT Desktop: Management Tools & Best Practices for SMBs Managing an IT network in a small business is a tough job. There are typically 1, 2 or at most 3 IT pros taking care of everything. IT management tools to help them do their job can cost 100's or 1000's of dollars. Learn how Spiceworks innovative business model and software let's IT pros in small businesses manage "Everything IT" ... for free! See how over 400,000 IT pros around the world are using Spiceworks and working with each other to simplify small business IT every day.
12:00 pm–1:15 pm	Sponsor Sessions Mobile Business Expo - Market Leaders Track - Day 2 - Part 1 Join market leaders Datasquirt, Metageek, Varaha Systems, and OQO on the Mobile Business Expo floor for a series of sessions highlighting exciting products and important trends in mobility today. 12:10 - 12:20 Multi-Channel, Contact Management - Sponsored by Datasquirt 12:30 - 12:40 Visualizing Your Wireless Landscape - Sponsored by MetaGeek 12:50 - 1:00 uMobility - Revolutionizing and Simplifying Enterprise Communications! - Sponsored by Varaha 1:10 - 1:20 Enable Your Mobile Workforce with OQO - Sponsored by OQO Speaker - Kristine Rogers, Director of Alliances, OQO Speaker - Prasad Govindarajan, CTO, Varaha Systems Mr. Govindarajan is leading the technology development at Varaha Systems to realize his vision of converged wireless services. He brings a wide range of experience from across various industries with most recent foray into delivering wireless and IP telecommunications solutions to leading wireless operators in the world. Previously, Mr. Govindarajan led the development of Intelligent Packet Control Node (IPCN) at Cyneta Networks. At Cyneta, he built and managed the development organization across multiple sites including India. He led the product development throughout the life cycle of IPCN with successful completion of trials on a live operator network. Prior to Cyneta, Mr. Govindarajan participated in various advanced technology initiatives culminating in customer deployment and acceptance. He held several incremental responsibilities ranging from project and people management, customers interfacing, and product life cycle management distributed across the US, Australia and Canada. He holds numerous patents in the areas of cellular systems and telecommunications including Web to Mobile convergence of messaging, voice, and data services. He has 15 years experience in the communications and computing fields from development to increasing technology management responsibilities. He holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. Speaker - Ryan Woodings, Chief Geek, MetaGeek In 2005, having recently finished a master's degree in computer science, Ryan was developing short-range wireless systems for computer mice and keyboards and had to make sure that his wireless systems weren't interfering with one another. To do this he was using a $30,000 spectrum analyzer. It quickly occurred to him that having to rely on such an expensive piece of equipment for so commonplace but crucial a task would severely limit the average Wi-Fi network operator for whom such an expensive tool was unavailable. Ryan knew there had to be a simpler, and far less expensive, solution... six months later he introduced the original Wi-Spy.He has nine years experience in short-range wireless technologies including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, IrDA and WirelessUSB. Prior to founding MetaGeek, Woodings designed Cypress Semiconductor's WirelessUSB protocol, and was an integral part of the Embedded Bluetooth Team at Extended Systems, Inc. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science. Speaker - Steve Sauro, Northeast Business Development Manager, Datasquirt Steve Sauro is the Northeast Business Development manager for Continuum / CONTACT by Datasquirt responsible for creating new business relationships in the Financial & Banking, Call Center, Public Safety and College & University vertical markets. Prior to joining Datasquirt, Steve Sauro was a Regional Sales Manager for 9 years with AppliedTheory. Appliedtheory provided high end Internet Connectivity, Software Development, Managed Hosting, Collocation Hosting environment and Internet Security Consultation to Colleges & Universities and medium to large sized businesses based in New York State.
12:00 pm–12:15 pm	bMighty Sessions bMighty.com: Running Your Business In the Cloud If cloud computing offers significant benefits to IT departments in the enterprise, it's an absolute godsend for small and midsize companies. Instead of making do with a small, under-resourced IT staff trying to emulate the productivity of billion-dollar IT outfits, growing companies can now access enterprise-class solutions with limited up-front costs and easy scalability. bMighty.com addresses the important questions to help you decide when cloud computing is right for your business. Speaker - Benjamin Tomkins, Editor, bMighty.com - TechWeb Over his fifteen-year career in journalism and media, bMighty.com Editor Benjamin Tomkins has never strayed far from business and technology. He was senior content manager for AllBusiness.com and senior program manager for AOL Small Business/Netscape Netbusiness. Tomkins' previous experience with TechWeb includes a stint as editor of InternetWeek.com and blogging about business and careers for TechSearch. He also edited technology books for an imprint of John Wiley & Sons. A long time contributor to business and consumer publications, he has written for many publications, including Black Diamond Living, Greenlight, LINE, Livable City Journal, NetClearly and Tri-Valley. He' has also worked with a host of companies, including Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, America Honda Motors, and the Ansel Adams Gallery, as a publication and media consultant. Early in his career, Tomkins covered the commercial building industry first as a reporter and then as bureau chief for Reed Business Information and was founding editor of the architectural monthly California AEC.
12:30 pm–1:15 pm	Sponsor Sessions Cloud Foundations: What You Need to Know About On-Demand Computing - Sponsored by BitCurrent The move to utility computing is changing the landscape of IT in significant and far-reaching ways. This quick overview of cloud computing gives you the facts you need, so you can separate the facts from the hype and understand how cloudy your company's future is. Speaker - Alistair Croll, Principal Analyst, BitCurrent Alistair is a senior analyst at research firm Bitcurrent, covering emerging web technologies, networking, and online applications. Prior to Bitcurrent, Alistair co-founded Coradiant, a leader in online user monitoring, as well as research firm Networkshop. He has held product management positions with 3Com Corporation, Primary Access, and Eicon Technology. Alistair contributes to industry events such as Interop and Web2Expo, and writes for a variety of online publications including GigaOm. He is the author of numerous articles on Internet performance and security, and co-author of Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Applications from Prentice-Hall.
12:30 pm–1:00 pm	bMighty Sessions NETGEAR: SMB Networking in a Tight Economy - Shrinking Budgets, Higher Expectations Join NETGEAR's John Grady as he reviews some the latest trends in SMB networking and how these developments are being shaped by the current domestic economic environment.
1:00 pm–1:30 pm	InteropNet tour InteropNet Tour Get a practical, behind the scenes view of the InteropNet by taking a free engineer-led tour. Tours start at the InteropNet NOC, booth #511.
1:15 pm–1:30 pm	bMighty Sessions bMighty.com: Web 2.0/Social Networking for Business

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