Conference: Green IT Track
Track Chair:Doug Washburn
Analyst, Infrastructure and Operations
Forrester Research
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Awareness of Green IT is increasing, driven by corporatewide greening efforts as well as practical IT concerns like running out of space, power, or budget. As a result, IT professionals are tasked with formulating and enacting a Green IT strategy to harvest the environmental and financial benefits of becoming more eco-conscious. This track offers both a strategic view of Green IT into the future, and practical steps IT professionals can take to move from Green IT awareness to action.
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 The State Of Green IT: Saving Money And The Environment (Location: 1E13)In today's business world, green IT is no longer an abstract or fringe topic. Recent research indicates that green IT adoption is high and is driven by a number of motivations, primarily financial. By using more energy-efficient IT and business processes, organizations can reduce both the operating and capital costs of owning and operating IT - not to mention harmful environmental impacts. To help IT professionals save money with green IT, this session will review the state of green IT, where organizations are focusing their time within and outside of the data center, and offer real life examples of green IT in action. Speaker - Jose Iglesias, Vice President of Global Solutions, Symantec
As Vice President of Global Solutions at Symantec Corporation, Jose Iglesias leads the effort of integrating availability and security into solutions which provide value to customers worldwide. Prior to joining Symantec through the merger with Veritas, Iglesias was responsible for product management and expanding the company's product portfolio into new markets. | |||||
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Measuring Your Green IT Baseline - Your First Step To Greener IT (Location: 1E13) The old adage that "you can't manage what you can't measure" is relevant to any IT project, green or not. So before re-architecting your data center or purchasing new energy-saving IT equipment, measure your green IT baseline - an annual estimate of the energy consumption, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and financial costs of operating IT. Not only will this data offer a practical green IT starting point by exposing your most eco-taxing assets, but without it you cannot accurately quantify and report the benefits of your greening efforts to senior management. This panel discussion will offer IT professionals practical steps to measuring the energy consumption of IT assets within and outside of the data center - the first step to greener IT. Moderator - Doug Washburn, Analyst, Infrastructure & Operations, Forrester Research
Doug serves IT Infrastructure & Operations professionals, primarily focusing on green IT, green business, and IT leadership skills. His research helps IT executives successfully approach green IT, determine strategy, and then move from green IT awareness to action. Previously at Forrester, Doug was the global council manager and senior advisor for the Forrester Leadership Boards IT Infrastructure & Operations Council, a best practice community for senior IT executives in $1 billion-plus organizations. In this role, Doug regularly advised clients on Green IT strategy and practices. Additionally, Doug was also an advisor on the Forrester Leadership Boards Enterprise Architecture Council. Prior to Forrester, Doug was a VP of strategy and business development for Red Oxygen, a wireless communications startup, and living and working in Australia and France. In addition, Doug co-created CU Networks, a computer networking and servicing startup serving the students of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Doug holds a B.S. in finance from University of Colorado at Boulder and was awarded the Undergraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurial Excellence. Speaker - Berna Devrim, Cisco CMO Network Systems, Cisco
With 15 years of technology experience, Berna Devrim currently leads Ciscoâ?™s fixed switching marketing team. In this role, she defines and executes the direction and marketing strategy of the fixed Catalyst switching portfolio.Berna brings rich technical understanding as well as customer and market knowledge of LAN Switching. Throughout her career, Berna has held engineering, product line management, marketing, and sales positions with companies such as Juniper Networks, Nortel, Extreme Networks and IBM. Speaker - Calvin Nicholson, Director of Product Marketing, Server Technology Inc.
Calvin Nicholson BSEE 1988, MBA 1996, University of Nevada, Reno Currently the Director of Product Marketing for Sever Technology Inc., Server Technology designs and manufacturers intelligent power distribution products for enterprise data centers. Previously the Director of Product Marketing, with GameTech International creating strategies and specifications for new product development of Gaming Management systems, games and portable card minding devices for 5 years. Calvin also held various positions in the Process Control Instrumentation field for over 11 years, including Sales Engineer, Product Manager, Account Manager and Marketing Manager for ABB with both domestic and international responsibility. Speaker - Charles Rattray, Global director of Professional Services, Tideaway
Speaker - George Zimmerman, CTO, Solarflare Communications
George Zimmerman is the CTO for the physical layer (PHY) line of business and founder of Solarflare Communications. He is an acknowledged expert in wireline communications and has been a defining force in the development of 10GBASE-T as well as various DSL technologies. Dr. Zimmerman's technical interests focus on communications and signal processing near the fundamental limits and energy efficiency. As CTO, he is responsible for Solarflare's core physical layer technology development and technical direction of its PHY products. His tutorial initiated the formation of the IEEE 10GBASE-T Study Group, and, drove the technical content of the 802.3an-2006 10GBASE-T standard. Prior to founding SolarFlare, Dr. Zimmerman was Chief Scientist & VP of Strategic Planning at PairGain Technologies. He drove basic technology development and standardization for DSL, as well as new market and business development strategy, including mergers and acquisitions. Before PairGain, Dr. Zimmerman was with Caltech and NASA/JPL where he was responsible for signal processing R&D for NASA's Deep Space Network. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Caltech, and an undergraduate degree from Stanford University. He is currently the co-author of the blog "Up and Down the Network Stack" at http://www.10gigabitethernet.typepad.com. Friday, November 20 | | ||||
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Emerging Green IT Technologies: Moving Beyond The Low-Hanging Fruit (Location: 1E21) What next after virtualizing servers, optimizing data center power and cooling, implementing PC power management policies, and enforcing duplex printing? As organizations mature in the greening of their IT, understanding the future of green IT technologies is essential to continue to drive down costs and environmental impacts. To move beyond the low-hanging fruit, this panel discussion will evaluate emerging green IT technologies from desktop virtualization and 10 Gigabyte Ethernet (GbE), to Software-as-a-Service, data center colocation and clean energy. Moderator - Doug Washburn, Analyst, Infrastructure & Operations, Forrester Research
Doug serves IT Infrastructure & Operations professionals, primarily focusing on green IT, green business, and IT leadership skills. His research helps IT executives successfully approach green IT, determine strategy, and then move from green IT awareness to action. Previously at Forrester, Doug was the global council manager and senior advisor for the Forrester Leadership Boards IT Infrastructure & Operations Council, a best practice community for senior IT executives in $1 billion-plus organizations. In this role, Doug regularly advised clients on Green IT strategy and practices. Additionally, Doug was also an advisor on the Forrester Leadership Boards Enterprise Architecture Council. Prior to Forrester, Doug was a VP of strategy and business development for Red Oxygen, a wireless communications startup, and living and working in Australia and France. In addition, Doug co-created CU Networks, a computer networking and servicing startup serving the students of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Doug holds a B.S. in finance from University of Colorado at Boulder and was awarded the Undergraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurial Excellence. Speaker - Anthony Wanger, President and Founder, i/o Data Centers
Anthony Wanger serves as President and Founder of i/o Data Centers, LLC. In this capacity, Wanger directs the company's strategic affairs, handles acquisition activities and manages the company's utilities, marketing, HR and legal functions. Prior to his involvement with i/o, Wanger formed and ran Sterling Network Services, LLC (SNS), a leading enterprise colocation services provider (sold in July 2006). Prior to SNS, Wanger was Senior Vice President at Sterling Partners, a multi-billion dollar private equity firm where he oversaw a variety of investments and transactions for the firm. Wanger graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Emory University, and a J.D. from the Boston University School of Law. Speaker - Stephen Dukker, Chairman & CEO, NComputing, Inc.
Stephen Dukker is a technology visionary whose 30-year career is punctuated by a dedication to use sustainable businesses to create positive change for the world. Before becoming CEO of NComputing, Stephen founded low-cost computing pioneer eMachines. He also held management roles at Computer City, OPTi and CompUSA. Speaker - Tim Dilley, Executive Vice President, Netsuite
Tim Dilley has over 25 years experience providing service to technology customers and has held executive management positions in professional services and customer support. At NetSuite he manages global teams in consulting, training, customer support, and client management.Prior to NetSuite, Dilley served as SVP of Global Customer Services at Informatica Corporation. Prior to that, he was an associate partner for Worldwide Utilities at Andersen Consulting (Accenture) and a co-founder of Axiom Management Consulting. Mr. Dilley began his career as a consultant at Price Waterhouse. Mr. Dilley holds a B.S. in business administration from California State University at Fresno. | |||||
