Free Programs
All Interop attendees can access free programs and special events throughout the week. Meet peers, connect with experts and have fun while exploring the latest business technology innovations.
| Wednesday, October 5 | |
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10:50 AM–11:10 AM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 Managing and protecting physical and virtual infrastructure separately mean complexity and cost increases. Unified management platforms are the solution to this problem. Bringing together virtual and physical infrastructure management enables consolidation of IT processes and streamlining operations, resulting in massive hardware and operational efficiencies. Speaker - John Humphreys, VP of Marketing, Engenera John Humphreys brings more than a decade of technology experience to his role as VP, Marketing and has global responsibility for brand awareness, lead generation, sales enablement, product marketing, and channel development. John Humphreys is Vice President of Marketing at Egenera, where he heads a department that is responsible for brand awareness, lead generation, sales enablement, partnerships, product and channel marketing. Prior to joining Egenera, Humphreys was senior director, Data Center and Cloud Marketing at Citrix Systems. There he drove efforts around virtualization and cloud and had responsibility for developing marketing strategy, defining packaging and pricing, leading program execution, driving customer engagements and pre-sales activity, and acting as a primary spokesperson. Prior to Citrix, Humphreys was founded and was vice president of the virtualization practice at IDC, a global information technology research firm. Humphreys began his career as an exploration and production geologist after earning a Bachelor of Arts at Miami University (Ohio) and a Master of Science Degree at the University of Wyoming. | |
11:00 AM–11:45 AM Location: Free Session Room 1, Booth 461 ![]() Planning your journey to the cloud? Attend this session to learn how to simplify IT operations by automating application to infrastructure provisioning, compliance and system level performance monitoring in the cloud. During this session, the HP’s Cloud Advisors will be available to answer your real world cloud deployment questions. Speaker - Steve Dietch, VP, Cloud Solutions and Infrastructure, HP | |
11:00 AM–11:45 AM
The Rise of the Machines: Extending Your Enterprise Network to the “Internet of Things” - Sponsored by Cisco
Location: Free Session Room 2, Booth 261 ![]() In 2008, the number of connected IP devices like ATMs, digital signage, and smart meters exceeded the number of people on Earth. With this exponential increase, how will you prepare your network for the future? This session will detail the market trends and challenges in this machine-to-machine market with specific use cases and solutions across verticals like financial services, public sector, retail, transportation, and utility. Speaker - Prashanth Shenoy, Senior Marketing Manager, Borderless Network Solutions Marketing, Cisco Prashanth Shenoy is a Borderless Networks solutions senior marketing manager at Cisco, leading Cisco's Enterprise Routing 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. Prashanth Shenoy holds a Master of Science degree in computer science from Texas A&M University and a MBA from University of California, Berkeley. | |
11:25 AM–11:45 AM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() Migrating apps and data to the cloud isn’t easy. Learn how you can optimize data transfer and application performance, discover crucial interdependencies of systems to be migrated, gain clear visibility into network constraints, and enable easy integration of remote IT resources internal or external to your company. Speaker - Nik Rouda, Director, Solutions & Vertical Marketing, Product Marketing, Riverbed Nik Rouda is Riverbed's director for solutions and verticals, helping customers accelerate applications, improve disaster recovery, and succesfully adopt public and private cloud computing. He has over 15 years marketing and technical sales industry experience with leading enterprise network, storage and security vendors. Nik has a BS in Geophysics from Brown and an MBA from Cambridge. | |
12:00 PM–12:20 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() The session will open with technological dive into virtual networks, virtual switches and how they are implemented in ESX environments. The security challenge will be discussed in the context of virtualized networks and the security concern with the traffic invisibility. The second part of the session will cover the existing technologies for virtual networks monitoring solutions starting with virtual switch promiscuous mode, VM layer probes and the recently announced kernel implementation of a monitoring shim. Real use cases of VMWare and Net Optics customers will be shared (pending approval) to demonstrate how monitoring visibility has helped restore security monitoring in area where compliance and security were of critical importance. Speaker - Ran Nahmias, Director, Virtualization & Cloud Solutions, Net Optics Nahmias has over 15 years of experience in networking, security, desktop and server virtualization in engineering, product management and deployment roles for market leaders such as Check Point Software Technologies, Nice Systems, Microsoft and Net Optics. | |
12:00 PM–12:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 2, Booth 261 ![]() Today’s business relies on its network like never before and its applications are virtual. While this puts a strain on the network, organizations must now support secure anywhere access of a heterogeneous user base, on a variety of different devices in a variety of different locations. And all of these elements can change at a moment’s notice. This session will discuss the requirements and challenges organizations face by not only supporting cloud based applications but also cloud based employees. 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. | |
12:00 PM–12:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 1, Booth 461 ![]() Learn the differences between and the benefits of both the public and private cloud. 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 - Richard Reiffer, VP Cloud Practice, Zenith Infotech Richard Reiffer is VP Cloud Practice for Zenith Infotech, Ltd. Rich started early working with mainframe systems for Burroughs Corporation and continued his career into the early days of the PC. Rich found himself involved with Steve Jobs on the roll out of the NeXT Computer and later worked on the roll out of the NetFRAME computer system which was later acquired by Micron. Rich was fundamental in the formation of LANDA (Local Area Network Dealers Association) with the Ray Noorda (Novell) and as an organization they grew from nine original members to over 1400 at its peak. Prior to joining Zenith, Rich was the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) at Trivalent. Under Rich’s leadership the Trivalent Group placed among the top 100 in the MSP Mentor’s listing of Managed Services Providers in addition to obtaining the MSP Alliance Seal of MSP Ethical Conduct. Rich himself has gained status as a Certified Managed Service Professional (CMSP), a universally recognized accreditation from the MSPAlliance. | |
12:35 PM–12:55 PM
Type 0 Hypervisor - Reaching Centralized, Virtualized Desktops without the Drawbacks and the Costs of Traditional VDI - Sponsored by Zinstall
Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 Traditional VDI means exponentially growing, costly server farms, no offline use and limited user experience – stalling VDI adoption. In this session, you will learn how the new Type 0 Hypervisor technology and Hosted Virtual Desktops techniques can increase per-server density, slash operational and licensing costs, and ensure rich, offline-capable experience. Speaker - Jake Lifshits, Customer Advocate, Zinstall | |
1:00 PM–1:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 1, Booth 461 ![]() How can the cloud address real business needs in the areas of mobility, web, and social? Learn how American Airlines delivers flight updates to business travelers without spiking traffic on premise. Hear about how Travelocity runs a Java site performance application without impacting the booking path. And finally, find out how Outback Steakhouse deploys Facebook promotions landing 80K prospects in one day. Speaker - Taylor Cowan, Senior Architect Evangelist, Microsoft Speaker - Suresh Sathyamurthy, Group Manager, Microsoft Suresh Sathyamurthy is the Group Product Manager for Windows Azure Platform in the US Marketing & Operations Group at Microsoft. Suresh and his team are responsible for the business management and marketing of Windows Azure Platform in United States. Suresh led Microsoft’s Identity & Security Business in US for over three years before taking over the Windows Azure Platform Business last year. His team is accountable for managing the business in US, developing the partner ecosystem, enabling direct and indirect sales teams and marketing to end-customers & partners. Prior to Microsoft he worked in three technology Start-ups and was the co-founder for two of them. Suresh has an Bachelors in Electronics and Tele-communication Engineering from Bharathiar University (India) and an MBA from the University of Washington (USA). Speaker - Abe Pachikara, U.S. Cloud Computing Adoption Lead, Microsoft Abe Pachikara is U.S. Cloud Computing Developer and ISV Adoption Lead at Microsoft. He helps developers and decision makers understand how cloud can make a material impact on scenarios important to them, such as: apps running in iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices; social apps and games; Web, HPC and line of business apps. Abe orchestrates field programs and engages with folks in technical and business roles at start-ups, enterprises, public sector and academic, to get them up to speed, “kicking the tires” and ecstatic about how the enterprise-grade cloud computing solution offered by Microsoft ("Windows Azure Platform") can address their business problems. | |
1:00 PM–1:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 2, Booth 261 ![]() A new era in networking requires a new way of thinking. What are the next opportunities for enterprise networking, communications and cloud solutions? What was just the backbone supporting desktop and server connectivity has now evolved into the application platform of the future. In this session you will learn the leap forward that has been made in networking enterprise solutions. Speaker - Bradley Wilson, Huawei’s Global Enterprise Competency Center, Huawei Bradley Wilson is a senior level professional with 20 years of progressive experience in global sales, business development and service delivery within the ICT market. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, he brings his experience leading teams and business units for Jacobs Rimell (Amdocs), Alcatel-Lucent, Aprisma Management Technologies (Cabletron) and TTS Meridian Systems (Nortel) to the Huawei Technologies Enterprise Group. | |
1:10 PM–1:30 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() You work in a dynamic, fast-changing tech environment. You never really know what questions you’ll face tomorrow. But, with your library in the cloud, you know whatever you need will be there. And you can get the answers you need immediately. Speaker - Troy Petersen, Director, Consumer Marketing, Safari Books Online Troy Petersen has been working in technology marketing and product management for more than 15 years, first as a journalist and later as a communications, product and marketing professional. His experience includes working for news media, hardware and software companies, and international tech companies/brands such as Roxio and Logitech. As director of consumer marketing for Safari Books Online, Troy is responsible for identifying and growing new market opportunities, creating brand awareness and demand for Safari Books Online and for ensuring a great customer experience. | |
1:45 PM–2:05 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() One employee. One malicious website. One click of a mouse. That's all it takes to create one expensive nightmare for businesses today. Join us to learn how to get protected and stay productive in the face of growing Web-based threats. Speaker - Tom Buoniello, Senior Vice President of Product Management, AppRiver Tom Buoniello serves as AppRiver's Senior Vice President of Product Management, a position that puts him on the leading edge of the company's efforts to bring new products to market and to find new customers for its current suite of security services. He brings to the position more than two decades of experience in information technology with a strong focus on security. | |
2:00 PM–2:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 1, Booth 461 ![]() BYOD has breached the Enterprise and won’t be stopped. Businesses are taking advantage of the financial and social values it brings and IT departments must adjust. This means re-engineering the network infrastructure to account for client densities and diversity never previously expected. This session identifies the components required to be successful. Speaker - Bruce Miller, VP of Product Marketing, Xirrus Bruce Miller is Vice President, Product Marketing for Xirrus. He has over 20 years of experience bringing LAN and WAN technologies to market in both marketing and engineering roles. At Xirrus, he leads the product marketing and training functions. Prior to Xirrus, he held product management and engineering roles at companies including Ixia, Lucent Technologies, Cabletron, and NetVantage. Bruce holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology. | |
2:00 PM–2:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 2, Booth 261 ![]() As more and more businesses begin scaling IT needs to the cloud, there has been an increasing need to find ways to connect dedicated hosting offerings to cloud computing solutions. How can you effectively use IaaS services while also considering your current hosting needs? Attendees of this session will learn how they can bridge the gap between hosting and cloud in a scalable, cost-effective and secure way. Speaker - Toby Owen, Senior Manager for Hybrid Cloud Solutions, Rackspace Toby Owen is a Senior Manager for Hybrid Cloud Solutions at Rackspace Hosting. Toby has been working in the IT industry for over 14 years. He has held technical and manager roles in operations and support, as well as technical consulting for small and large businesses. Prior to joining Rackspace he led the Web Services team for Wells Fargo, with responsibility for internet banking infrastructure and support. He holds a bachelors of science in Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, and an MBA from the University of Texas. | |
2:20 PM–2:40 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() Want to get your head in the clouds without leaving your feet off the ground? This session will provide examples of how businesses of all sizes are harnessing the power of the Cloud to make their businesses more efficient and productive. Learn about some of the newest tools available to help you more easily manage your computing operations. We’ll guide you in acquiring the skills needed in deploying the latest cloud computing technologies and tools, which can ultimately enhance your business’s operations and save you money.. Speaker - Hart Hoover, Rackspace Hosting Hart Hoover is a Linux Administrator at Rackspace Hosting. Hoover started his career as a Racker in 2007 as a Linux Systems Administrator, providing technical support for managed servers. In 2009 he joined the Rackspace Managed Cloud Servers team where he helped design the support model for the future of cloud hosting. He specializes in RHEL, CentOS and Ubuntu server environments. | |
2:55 PM–3:15 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() Cloudy days ahead? Cloud computing is the hot topic, but how will the cloud effect your disaster recovery plans? In this session you'll learn important differences between pubic, private and hybrid clouds and why it matters when designing your DR plan. We*ll explore how virtualization is the stepping stone to the cloud and how you can reduce cost and improve the performance of your disaster recovery. Speaker - Scott Nocent, System Engineer and Product Specialist, NetIQ Corporation Scott Nocent is a Systems Engineer specializing in Virtualization and Disaster Recovery software for NetIQ corporation. He has experience in creating, teaching, supporting and implementing Disaster Recovery and Virtualization solutions for corporations across the globe. Scott holds a B.E.Sc in Software Engineering from The University of Western Ontario specializing in distributed systems design and implementation. | |
3:00 PM–3:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 2, Booth 261 ![]() A mobility strategy is crucial to the success of any organization. Our panel of experts from manufacturing, education, retail and healthcare will discuss 802.11n migration, policies for managing tablets and smartphones, how to deploy mission critical voice, lessons learned from RF interference, and design guidelines for high density environments. This panel offers real-world discussion and practical tips for enhancing your wired and wireless network. Moderator - Scott Gainey, Director of Marketing, Cisco Panelist - Michael Rhoades, IT Manager, Höganäs Panelist - Josh Hinkle, CIO, Lutheran Social Services Panelist - Rick Tyrell, Network Systems Engineer, Childrens Mercy Hospital Panelist - Carlo Cernivani, . Project Manager, Planning and Implementation, New York University Carlo is a Sr. Project Manager for Planning and Implementation at New York University's Information Technology Services. He has been the wireless networking lead at NYU dating back to when the university first rolled out its production WiFi access network in 2003. | |
3:00 PM–3:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 1, Booth 461 ![]() Expanding your operations overseas can seem like a daunting task. Nevertheless, ignoring the opportunities represented by the sheer volume of the IT market in Europe can be a mistake. This session will give you practical information on how to enter the European market, discuss challenges and special considerations, and help you learn from others who have already done so. Speaker - Angelika Geiger, Director, Germany Trade and Invest Speaker - Frank Menzler, Senior Director, Fraunhofer USA, Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI) | |
3:30 PM–3:50 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() Ever thought about how to safely archive all this mountains of information in the cloud? What data is important and how long is your retention policy? Come hear our 20 minute presentation on how to cost effectively and safely manage your data assets for long term storage in the cloud Speaker - Paul Chan, Vice President, Storageflex Inc Paul Chan has been with Storageflex Inc since 1995 and is a home grown success story. Initially Storageflex's Financial Strategic Account Manager, Paul Chan rose through the ranks to become Vice President of worldwide Sales by 1997. He went onto champion other roles including Director of Marketing, Vice President of Engineering as well as CFO. Since 2002, Paul Chan became the President and CEO. Paul is responsible for guiding Storageflex to capture new revenue streams for the company with new products, government contracts and by entering new strategic overseas markets to deliver Archive, Acceleration, Backup, Compliance, Consolidation, Disaster Recovery and Encryption Technologies | |
4:00 PM–4:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 1, Booth 461 ![]() While the cloud represents a revolution in IT strategy, it's not a cloud-only world, and IT leaders today are faced with the challenge of integrating cloud infrastructure with existing applications, technologies, networks and processes. This session presents a practical and pragmatic guide on integrating clouds for the enterprise, focusing on how to take advantage of the power and potential of the cloud while minimizing disruption, waste and compromise. Speaker - Bill Lowry, Vice President, Cloud Services, Terremark, a Verizon Company 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. | |
4:05 PM–4:25 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]()
Speaker - Michael Hasik, Solutions Director, Converga Michael is Converga’s Solutions Director for its Digital Mail, Records, Contract, and Case Management service offerings. His role is to lead both Sales Consulting and Project Delivery for these solutions, ensuring continuity across the presales and professional services teams. Michael also has extensive experience delivering solutions for Converga in the Accounts Payable and Purchase to Pay domains. | |
4:40 PM–5:00 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 There are key planning steps that will help you to have a smooth transition of your applications to the cloud. Attend this session to learn about the primary strategic and project components that you need to assess for a move to the cloud. Speaker - Marc Cohen, Regional Manager, Technical Project Management, mindSHIFT Technologies As Regional Manager, Technical Project Management, at mindSHIFT Technologies, Marc Cohen is responsible for the implementation process for all of the network services solutions provided to mindSHIFT clients. Marc’s role includes directing the project management team responsible for implementing the client solution to meet specifications, managing resources for implementation and delivering the final product on time and on budget. | |
| Thursday, October 6 | |
10:50 AM–11:10 AM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() Learn how to overcome network challenges when accessing cloud applications by implementing a Unified Performance Management solution. Address the three requirements of application performance management: visibility, control and optimization, all in a single unified platform. Improve ROI and ensure the best possible user experience. Speaker - Kevin F.R. Suitor, Vice President of Marketing, Exinda Networks Kevin F.R. Suitor, Vice President of Marketing | |
11:00 AM–11:45 AM Location: Free Session Room 2, Booth 261 ![]() Rather than just housing servers, a data center rack can become a platform for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) with the addition of key applications. By integrating applications at the top of rack, data center operators can reduce application latency and provide elastic computing resources on a per-rack basis. In this session, the presenter will explain why integrating applications at the top of rack increases IaaS flexibility and reduces latency, will offer examples of applications running at the top of rack, and will detail the requirements for integrating applications at the top of rack. Speaker - Bala Pitchaikani, Vice President Force10 Product Line Management, Dell, INC. Bala Pitchaikani is Vice President of Force10 Product Line Management at Dell, Inc., where he is focused on delivering open, standards-based products and solutions for high performance data centers, LAN/SAN convergence and cloud computing. Prior to joining Dell, Bala led product management for high-end storage controllers at NetApp and Next Gen Switch/Router at Nortel Networks. With over more than two decades of experience in networking, wireless, security and enterprise applications at large and start-up companies, Bala has held various key roles in product strategy, marketing, product management, business development, and engineering. During his career, Bala has been a private equity and angel investor, co-founded start-up companies and has filed or holds more than 16 patents in networking and automation technologies. | |
11:00 AM–11:45 AM Location: Free Session Room 1, Booth 461 ![]() Hosted virtual desktop platforms are becoming more and more prominent as businesses seek new ways to simplify desktop management while increasing flexibility and mobility for the workforce. This session will explore how IT professionals can deploy HVD solutions from almost any remote device and how this enables businesses to focus on growing their business without compromising security. Speaker - Chris Zagorski, Director, Enterprise Solution Development, Rackspace Hosting Hosted virtual desktop platforms are becoming more and more prominent as businesses seek new ways to simplify desktop management while increasing flexibility and mobility for the workforce. This session will explore how IT professionals can deploy HVD solutions from almost any remote device and how this enables businesses to focus on growing their business without compromising security. | |
11:25 AM–11:45 AM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() Service providers have capitalized on their existing data centers and global IP networks to roll out cloud services, in some cases partnering with other infrastructure and networking providers. Going forward, as cloud computing becomes more widely deployed, service providers need to achieve greater integration and efficiency for their cloud offerings. This panel will look at what telecom network operators need to do to prepare and manage their networks, including breaking down internal barriers between the network transport and IT functions of the carrier operation, as well as opening up to third-party application providers, designing billing systems for pay-as-you-go charging models, and preparing back-office operations to deliver on SLAs for cloud customers. Speaker - Jae Lee, Director, Product Management, Vyatta | |
12:00 PM–12:20 PM
Phoenix NAP: Public Cloud, Enterprise Technology – The Single Pane of Glass - Sponsored by Phoenix NAP
Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 When is the last time you thought about ROI for time to market? How do you manage provisioning, billing, and management for your VMs? When Phoenix NAP, a premier data center and infrastructure-as-a-service provider, set out to address these questions, Secured Cloud, a self-provisioned and consumption based public cloud solution took shape. Secured Cloud was developed to include VMware, F5, Cisco, and NetApp as its supportive, enterprise grade technologies. Join Jordan Jacobs, Phoenix NAP director of corporate strategy, as he outlines the unique approach and background of Secured Cloud. Speaker - Jordan Jacobs, Director of Corporate Strategy, Phoenix NAP | |
12:00 PM–12:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 1, Booth 461 ![]() Media-rich collaboration, mobility and cloud services are crushing the legacy network. With over 75% of data center traffic now server-to-server, nearly 25% of enterprise network traffic dominated by video, and the explosion of mobile devices, it’s more important than ever that Enterprises rethink their network architecture. Learn how a HP FlexNetwork Architecture can help simplify, accelerate, and secure enterprises from the virtualized cloud to the virtual workplace. Speaker - Mike Nielsen, Director, HPN Solutions Marketing, HP | |
12:00 PM–12:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 2, Booth 261 ![]() 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 - Kumar Reddy, Director, Technical Marketing, Cisco | |
12:35 PM–12:55 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() Learn about new networking technology and standards including Ethernet Fabrics, TRILL, Data Center Bridging, Priority Flow Control, and how to eliminate older protocols like Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) which can inhibit building a cloud-ready infrastructure or limit the effectiveness of scaling out server virtualization. Ethernet Fabrics can provide the flexibility required for this new IT paradigm to meet increasing SLA requirements and open the door to operational cost savings as the network scales out with true intelligence all while integrating into existing network infrastructure to maximize your existing investment. Speaker - AJ Casamento, Solutioneer, Brocade As a Brocade Solutioneer, AJ Casamento works with Brocade OEMs and end-user customers to help them understand and leverage the value of Brocade products and technologies. He also spends a great deal of time in seminars and road shows training audiences about SAN designs and applications. | |
1:00 PM–1:45 PM
Blindsided: Five Overlooked Side Effects of Consumerization and Mobilization - Sponsored by 3M Privacy Filters
Location: Free Session Room 2, Booth 261 ![]() Increased worker mobility means more devices with sensitive data are being used outside the office and the explosion of cloud-based applications and cost-cutting consumerization are fueling this trend. This session will explore the five overlooked risks of increasing mobility: exposing information on social networks, displaying sensitive data in public, malware on unmanaged devices and more. Speaker - Dr. Hugh Thompson, Chief Security Strategist, People Security | |
1:00 PM–1:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 1, Booth 461 ![]() Come learn about a new strategic portfolio of solutions, focused on virtualized workloads and based on converged infrastructure. With integrated and optimized servers, networking, and unique scale out storage technologies, HP VirtualSystem utilizes leading technologies, accelerating time to value and addressing today’s number one priority for IT -- reducing data center complexity. Speaker - Chuck Roman, StorageWorks Technical Marketing Engineer, HP | |
1:10 PM–1:30 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() Huawei is the world's second largest provider of telecommunications equipment and a rapidly growing supplier of smart devices globally. As a recent entrant into the Enterprise market, Huawei brings a new perspective to the discussion around how enterprises can best take advantage of what the cloud has to offer. In this session we will discuss Huawei's vision as well as our current family of offerings around voice, video and social collaboration Speaker - Bradley Wilson, Huawei’s Global Enterprise Competency Center, Huawei Bradley Wilson is a senior level professional with 20 years of progressive experience in global sales, business development and service delivery within the ICT market. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, he brings his experience leading teams and business units for Jacobs Rimell (Amdocs), Alcatel-Lucent, Aprisma Management Technologies (Cabletron) and TTS Meridian Systems (Nortel) to the Huawei Technologies Enterprise Group. | |
1:45 PM–2:05 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 Data protection and Disaster Recovery are two of the leading use cases of the cloud being adopted today. Traditional DR methods have fallen behind in technology and cloud-based disaster recovery is becoming the new standard. This session will discuss technologies behind this market and why it’s one of the leading cloud business cases. Speaker - Janson Hoambrecker, Director, WW Cloud Incubation Services, i365 Janson is an industry expert on Cloud based Disaster Recovery. He was the architect and product manager for i365’s Remote Disaster Recovery (RDR), a RaaS (Recovery as a Service) Cloud offering. Remote Disaster Recovery was launched in 2008 making it one of the 1st RaaS in the market and allowing Janson to blaze the trail for the development of Cloud based services. Before i365 Janson focused on Citrix, networking and VMWare technology’s making him perfectly suiting for developing cloud-based applications. | |
2:00 PM–2:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 1, Booth 461 ![]() Bullet proof Wireless LAN security is not a pipe dream. By applying a layered security approach through mechanisms including Authentication, Encryption, Firewalls, and IDS/IPS, wireless networks can be assuredly secured. This session will demonstrate how a layered approach can deliver a security that exceeds that of most all wired networks today. Speaker - Perry Correll, Director, Product Marketing, 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. | |
2:00 PM–2:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 2, Booth 261 ![]()
Speaker - Kevin Watt, Product Manager Windows Server, Microsoft Corporation | |
2:20 PM–2:40 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() Cloud is a paradigm shift in rendering IT as a service and has become top of mind for everyone right from independent developers to Large Enterprises. The shift is primarily driven by economics. In this session we will cover the supply side and demand side economics of cloud computing to help understand why cloud is seen as the next big thing in IT. We will also go through Microsoft’s approach to the cloud and also introduce you to the Windows Azure Platform, Microsoft’s platform as a service offering. Speaker - Suresh Sathyamurthy, Group Manager, Microsoft Suresh Sathyamurthy is the Group Product Manager for Windows Azure Platform in the US Marketing & Operations Group at Microsoft. Suresh and his team are responsible for the business management and marketing of Windows Azure Platform in United States. Suresh led Microsoft’s Identity & Security Business in US for over three years before taking over the Windows Azure Platform Business last year. His team is accountable for managing the business in US, developing the partner ecosystem, enabling direct and indirect sales teams and marketing to end-customers & partners. Prior to Microsoft he worked in three technology Start-ups and was the co-founder for two of them. Suresh has an Bachelors in Electronics and Tele-communication Engineering from Bharathiar University (India) and an MBA from the University of Washington (USA). | |
2:55 PM–3:15 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() Are private clouds next frontier? Yes--but a key inhibitor to their deployment is the complexity associated with clouds and the enterprise datacenter. Speaker - Michael Crandell, CEO, RightScale Michael Crandell is the CEO and a founder of RightScale, where he provides the vision and direction for the company as it pioneers innovative ways to bring the power of cloud computing to any organization. Crandell is a frequent speaker at cloud computing industry conferences, and he has played a major role in helping establish and promote openness and transparency in the cloud market. Prior to RightScale, he served as CEO at several Internet Software-as-a-Service (SAAS) companies and as executive vice president at eFax.com. Crandell received his B.A. from Stanford University and completed graduate studies at Harvard University. | |
3:00 PM–3:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 1, Booth 461 ![]() Cloud computing promises to enable enterprise agility and flexibility that can translate into competitive advantage. How can large enterprises use the cloud as an extension of their data center without cutting corners on security, reliability and compliance of their data? This session will highlight how large enterprises like Autodesk, NY Times, SAP and Amazon.com are using the AWS cloud today and taking advantage of the flexibility, security, agility, reliability and cost savings benefits of cloud computing. It will also discuss some of latest trends in the enterprise cloud adoption and highlight some of the latest enterprise services that AWS has released in last few months. Speaker - Jinesh Varia, Technology Evangelist, Amazon Web Services As a Technology Evangelist at Amazon, Jinesh Varia helps businesses take advantage of disruptive technologies like Cloud Computing that are changing the way businesses compete in the new web world. Jinesh has spoken at more than 100 conferences and User Groups and conducted workshops around the world. He is focused on furthering awareness of web services and often helps developers and architects in Start-ups, Enterprises and Universities leverage Amazon’s innovative services. Jinesh has over 11 years experience in XML and Web services and has worked with standards-based working groups in XBRL. Prior to joining Amazon as an evangelist, he held several positions in UBmatrix including Solutions Architect, Enterprise Team Lead and Software engineer, working on various financial services projects including Call Modernization Project at FDIC. He was also lead developer at Penn State Data Center, Institute of Regional Affairs. Jinesh’s publications have been published in ACM and IEEE. Jinesh is originally from India and holds a Master’s degree in Information Systems from Penn State University. | |
3:00 PM–3:45 PM Location: Free Session Room 2, Booth 261 ![]() Due to high TCO, burdensome operational administration, lack of data control and replacement frequency, physical desktop management doesn’t make sense anymore. Unfortunately, VDI hasn’t been able to supplant that world yet. Attend this session and learn how a properly configured 1U appliance solution can host up to 300 high performance virtual desktops. Speaker - Chris Featherstone, CTO, V3 Systems, Inc. During his technology career, Featherstone served as an Application Platform Advisor and a Senior Solution Architect for many key companies including Microsoft and HP. While at Microsoft, he was responsible for architecting solutions for Federal Govt., Financial Services, Healthcare, Education and Retail and hospitality. He led many of the cloud computing and virtualization efforts at Fusion-io. Previously, he served as Application Developer Consultant for Deloitte Consulting and as Business Intelligence Manager for Interbank FX. | |
3:30 PM–3:50 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() Consumerization and BYOD have unleashed a torrent of network data and application accessibility through the Cloud. Employees have co-mingled personal applications with corporate applications that are all available through online app stores. How can Enterprises regain command and control while still allowing this activity through the cloud zones? Speaker - Matthew Covington, Sr. Director, Product Management, Smith Micro Software, Inc | |
4:05 PM–4:25 PM Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() 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. | |
4:40 PM–5:00 PM
Infrastructure as Code : Tools and Techniques for Effective Configuration Management - Sponsored by Opscode
Location: Cloud & Virtualization Zone Theater, Booth 900 ![]() IaaS clouds transformed how people think about infrastructure. Unfortunately, the popular technique of snapshotting and cloning creates image sprawl and makes it hard to move to different providers. This session will explore modern configuration management techniques and the tools that enable them, allowing participants to float among Speaker - Sean O'Meara, Opscode Technical Evangelist, Opscode Sean has been a SysAdmin and Technology Consultant for over 13 years. | |



























