Conference: Virtualization Track
Virtualization is driving a fundamental shift in how we think about our data center environments. Is your company keeping up with this paradigm shift and taking full advantage of the benefits of virtualization, from basic consolidation through the advanced benefits of virtualization 2.0 – automation, high availability, disaster recovery and the move beyond servers and out to desktops and applications? The Virtualization Track is the only place to get answers to that question, and many more, enabling the enterprise to embrace virtualization with confidence and efficiency.
Want to know more about this track? Listen to Anne Skamarock describe the Virtualization Track and what you'll learn at this special program at Interop New York...
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Conference Sessions
 Virtual Reality: Understanding the Security and Compliance Implications of Server VirtualizationServer virtualization is hot! Whether your executives think green or simply want to save some green, everyone is deploying virtualization - the benefits are undeniable. As we embrace virtualization, we must strategically approach security and compliance from the start. Virtualization introduces new attack surfaces and a swath of new availability risks. This brave new world also impacts how we approach compliance, governance, and risk Management. Joshua Corman will explore best practices and real world successes in assuring virtualization benefits while mitigating new risks. Are you virtually secure? Or are you securely virtual? Speaker - Joshua Corman, Principal Security Strategist, IBM ISS
Joshua Corman serves as Principal Security Strategist for IBM Internet Security Systems. With over a decade in security and IT, Corman designs strategic and technical vision of security solutions for emerging issues. He has spoken at leading industry events such as RSA, Interop, InfoSec, LinuxWorld, and IT Security World. His Evolving Threat campaign encourages strategic approaches for dynamic threats. Thursday, September 18 | | ||||
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Virtualization Technology Primer Feeling bewildered by a slew of new acronyms, technologies and concepts describing virtualization? Need a high-level overview of what virtualization means to you and your business? Do you want to get your arms around server virtualization, hypervisors, paravirtualization, OS virtualization, hardware assists, virtual desktop architectures, application streaming and isolation and more? This is the session for you. Speaker - Anne Skamarock, Research Director, Focus Consulting
Anne Skamarock has over 25 years of technical, marketing, research, analysis and consulting experience, as an end-user/administrator, vendor and industry analyst. She has held various technical and marketing positions with SRI, International; Sun Microsystems; StorageTek; EMA; and several successful startups. For the past 10 years, she has focused on systems, storage, networked storage and storage management solutions, and on the intersection points between systems, software and storage. Anne?s expertise encompasses systems, storage and storage networking architectures; virtualization technologies; enterprise management software; data protection solutions; and tape and disk storage solutions. A frequent speaker at conferences, she chaired Interop's Network Storage Track for several years. She was a co-creator as well as Program Manager for the ROI Planning Lab at the 2007 Server Blade Summit on Blades and Virtualization., and also ran key tutorial sessions on blades and virtualization. In addition to a regular Network World column on storage, Anne also co-authored the book "Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs" as well as "Storage Solutions: a Buyer's Guide." Anne currently writes regularly for TechTarget SearchStorageChannel. | |||||
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Microsoft Virtualization and Hyper-V - User ExperiencesWith the release of Hyper-V in fall 2008, Microsoft is delivering a critical component of its overall virtualization strategy. Joining the ranks of the VMware and Xen hypervisors, Hyper-V is now part of Microsoft's next-generation server operating system Windows Server 2008, integrating it with the Systems Center management tools. Learn about Hyper-V and Windows Server 2008, and hear the experiences of early users to help you understand whether, where and how to take advantage of this new virtualization technology in your Windows shop. Speaker - Allen Stewart, Principal Program Manager Lead, Microsoft
Allen is a Principal Program Manager Lead in the Windows Server Division Customer Engineering Team which focuses on key Windows Server technologies. Allen focuses on virtualization technologies such as hardware virtualization, virtualization management, and application virtualization. Allen has over 15 years of IT experience in the transportation, financial services and software industries. Allen has held various positions as a systems programmer, systems manager, architect and consultant. Allen is a Microsoft Certified Architect and he is on the board of directors of the Microsoft Certified Architect Program. | |||||
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Reducing Desktop Management Nightmares Through Desktop and Application VirtualizationDesktop and application virtualization hold the promise of solving many of the desktop management problems that have been plaguing IT since PCs first began to multiply in the corporate world in the early 1980s. What exactly are desktop and application virtualization; how do they differ; and how do they relate to server virtualization? What is application streaming? How can these various technologies help reduce desktop and application management nightmares? Where should they fit into an overall desktop management strategy? What benefits can be gained and what pitfalls can be avoided? What is involved in evaluating, planning and implementing them? What are the different architectural approaches? Learn about implementing virtual desktops and application virtualization and streaming, and evaluate how you might incorporate these types of solutions into your desktop and application management strategy. Moderator - Anne Skamarock, Research Director, Focus Consulting
Anne Skamarock has over 25 years of technical, marketing, research, analysis and consulting experience, as an end-user/administrator, vendor and industry analyst. She has held various technical and marketing positions with SRI, International; Sun Microsystems; StorageTek; EMA; and several successful startups. For the past 10 years, she has focused on systems, storage, networked storage and storage management solutions, and on the intersection points between systems, software and storage. Anne?s expertise encompasses systems, storage and storage networking architectures; virtualization technologies; enterprise management software; data protection solutions; and tape and disk storage solutions. A frequent speaker at conferences, she chaired Interop's Network Storage Track for several years. She was a co-creator as well as Program Manager for the ROI Planning Lab at the 2007 Server Blade Summit on Blades and Virtualization., and also ran key tutorial sessions on blades and virtualization. In addition to a regular Network World column on storage, Anne also co-authored the book "Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs" as well as "Storage Solutions: a Buyer's Guide." Anne currently writes regularly for TechTarget SearchStorageChannel. Speaker - Allen Stewart, Principal Program Manager Lead, Microsoft
Allen is a Principal Program Manager Lead in the Windows Server Division Customer Engineering Team which focuses on key Windows Server technologies. Allen focuses on virtualization technologies such as hardware virtualization, virtualization management, and application virtualization. Allen has over 15 years of IT experience in the transportation, financial services and software industries. Allen has held various positions as a systems programmer, systems manager, architect and consultant. Allen is a Microsoft Certified Architect and he is on the board of directors of the Microsoft Certified Architect Program. Speaker - Scott Jones, Product Manager, Symantec
Scott is a Technical Product Manager in Symantec's Endpoint Virtualization group. He directly managed the original development and release of Altiris SVS (Software Virtualization Solution) and now champions application virtualization and streaming and client virtualization for Symantec. Scott has been a Product Manager for seven years, previously focusing on security and identity management at Novell. Prior to that, Scott was a consultant and a reseller, so he brings a broad range of practical experience to the table as a PM. Scott is an advocate of free and open source software (FOSS) and adept at forging partnerships and building community around his products. Speaker - Sumit Dhawan, Vice President of Product Marketing, Application Virtualization Group, Citrix Systems
Sumit Dhawan is responsible for leading the go-to-market strategy for the company's virtualization products for the desktop. He is responsible for evangelizing and developing the rapidly emerging application and desktop virtualization markets. Dhawan led the launch of Citrix XenDesktop product, one of the leading products in the market. Prior to his current role, Dhawan was director of product management for the company's flagship product line, Citrix® XenApp™ (the new name for Citrix Presentation Server), and led the growth of this product line to generate $1 billion in revenue in 2007. Since joining Citrix in 1998, he has held product management, product development and product marketing leadership positions for a variety of product lines and markets. Dhawan brings 15 years of experience within virtualization software industry. Before joining Citrix, Dhawan worked at IBM and successfully led a global team for implementing one of the largest AS/400 implementations in the US. Dhawan holds degrees in both business and science, with a master's degree in business administration from the University of Florida and a master's degree in computer science from the University of Minnesota. Dhawan graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology. | |||||
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Server-Based Computing and Virtual Desktops: Old Meets New - Getting the Best of Both?The concept of server-based computing is not new - published applications have been running in production for years on Windows Terminal Services and/or Citrix Presentation Server (now called XenApp). Today it is used in over 200,000 IT shops. This architecture has been the mainstay of call centers and users working occasionally from home. Now the ability to deliver a complete virtual desktop offers new possibilities to extend this virtual model to a whole new wave of users. But how do you evaluate which technologies best fit which types of users? How can you best use each of these technologies, with the best and most seamless user experience, along with the best management tools across the user base? Learn about how the lines are blurring across these technologies and how to take best advantage of one or both to fit the use cases in play within your organization. Moderator - Anne Skamarock, Research Director, Focus Consulting
Anne Skamarock has over 25 years of technical, marketing, research, analysis and consulting experience, as an end-user/administrator, vendor and industry analyst. She has held various technical and marketing positions with SRI, International; Sun Microsystems; StorageTek; EMA; and several successful startups. For the past 10 years, she has focused on systems, storage, networked storage and storage management solutions, and on the intersection points between systems, software and storage. Anne?s expertise encompasses systems, storage and storage networking architectures; virtualization technologies; enterprise management software; data protection solutions; and tape and disk storage solutions. A frequent speaker at conferences, she chaired Interop's Network Storage Track for several years. She was a co-creator as well as Program Manager for the ROI Planning Lab at the 2007 Server Blade Summit on Blades and Virtualization., and also ran key tutorial sessions on blades and virtualization. In addition to a regular Network World column on storage, Anne also co-authored the book "Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs" as well as "Storage Solutions: a Buyer's Guide." Anne currently writes regularly for TechTarget SearchStorageChannel. Speaker - Vinny Sosa, Sr Tech Marketing Manager, Citrix Systems
Vinny Sosa is a senior technical marketing manager for the Application Virtualization Group at Citrix Systems, Inc. Sosa has spent over 10 years at Citrix as a strategic contributor to technologies ranging from application virtualization to portals and has held several positions in engineering, product management and product marketing. He also spent a few years of his career independently employed as an IT contractor. Sosa holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Friday, September 19 | | ||||
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The Business Case for VirtualizationOne of the reasons that virtualization has gained so much traction is that it brings very compelling business and financial benefits. Whether you are just starting to evaluate server virtualization or have completed your server consolidation and are evaluating virtual desktops, building a business case for your next phase can help you get the investment dollars you need to move forward. This session will give you the information you need to begin to build that business case and help your management understand why virtualization is the foundation needed to move your IT shop into the future. Speaker - John Hayes, Manager of IT Optimization Solutions, Avnet
John Dodge Hayes is a IT finance consultant specializing in helping clients take advantage of the financial dynamics within the technology marketplace. Three-time winner of Avnet's Corporate MVP award and a founding member of Avnet's Technology Migration Center, he also co-authored Avnet's Technology Management Maintenance Service (TMMS), a unique financial service offering that was utilized for ten years by over one hundred of Avnet's clients, including many of the Fortune 100 companies. TMMS was honored in 1996 as a case study at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. Mr. Hayes has direct hands-on experience in writing financial justifications and helping clients finance over $1 billion in dynamic IT. Mr. Hayes presently leads Avnet's IT Consolidation practice and has participated in over three hundred enterprise server and storage consolidations in the last two years. He also speaks at HP IT Consolidation and Virtualization Seminars all over North America, sharing the techniques and results of his team's work. | |||||
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The Impact of Server Virtualization on StorageServer and desktop virtualization return huge consolidation benefits in space, utilization, and power. How will this new virtual infrastructure affect your storage, as well as your backup/ DR/ business continuance (BC) strategy? This session will explore the impact of server virtualization on your storage infrastructure and services, including architecture, backup/recovery, disaster recovery and other storage issues. Moderator - Anne Skamarock, Research Director, Focus Consulting
Anne Skamarock has over 25 years of technical, marketing, research, analysis and consulting experience, as an end-user/administrator, vendor and industry analyst. She has held various technical and marketing positions with SRI, International; Sun Microsystems; StorageTek; EMA; and several successful startups. For the past 10 years, she has focused on systems, storage, networked storage and storage management solutions, and on the intersection points between systems, software and storage. Anne?s expertise encompasses systems, storage and storage networking architectures; virtualization technologies; enterprise management software; data protection solutions; and tape and disk storage solutions. A frequent speaker at conferences, she chaired Interop's Network Storage Track for several years. She was a co-creator as well as Program Manager for the ROI Planning Lab at the 2007 Server Blade Summit on Blades and Virtualization., and also ran key tutorial sessions on blades and virtualization. In addition to a regular Network World column on storage, Anne also co-authored the book "Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs" as well as "Storage Solutions: a Buyer's Guide." Anne currently writes regularly for TechTarget SearchStorageChannel. Speaker - Luigi Mercone, Senior Director, Symantec
Mr. Mercone is a senior IT expert with extensive experience in front-office operations for domestic and international operations in the financial services sector. He has operational knowledge across IT infrastructure hardware and software, with expertise in systems integration, new technology initiatives, and the alignment of business with IT strategy and executive-level communications. Mr. Mercone's technical background includes subject matter expertise in key IT infrastructure disciplines including networking, data center and facility design, n-tiered application architecture optimization, enterprise scale storage implementations, disaster recovery and business contiuity planning and build-out, market data integration, automated service orchestration, delivery and provisioning platforms, and information lifecycle management paradigms. Within Symantec, Mr. Mercone is responsible for providing technology thought leadership and strategic insight to server and endpoint virtualization businesses, as well as high availability and large-scale, high-performance computing environments. Speaker - Mike Denapoli, Senior Technical Systems Engineer, Double Take
Mike is a senior technical systems engineer for Double-Take Software. He has been working in the IT industry for more than 10 years with dot-com startups through large enterprise organizations focusing mainly on data protection and storage technologies. His hands-on experience in Microsoft Windows Server Disaster Recovery provides valuable insight into the demands of what customers need. Mike has spoken at numerous storage events on topics including Exchange Server, SQL Server, Disaster Recovery and Virtualization. Prior to Double-Take, Mike worked as an IT Manager for companies such as Uproar Entertainment (now part of the FirstLook Network) and Rouze.com (now part of the Playboy Enterprises family). He got his start in Information Technology working for Argus Community, a key social services organization in New York, giving him real-world experience in the technically challenging non-profit/public business world. Mike is a former columnist and current contributor to TechRepublic - an online technology-focused publication. He has also written for many other publications, including Disaster Recovery Magazine and the Association of Internet Professionals. He currently writes a Microsoft Exchange Server blog at http://www.beingexchanged.com and is also an active contributor to other industry blogs. With years of hands-on experience in Microsoft Windows Server Disaster Recovery, he's constantly striving to find new ways to live in interesting times. Speaker - Nitin Garg, Product Manager, Datacenter Business Unit , Cisco
Nitin Garg is a Product Manager with Cisco's Datacenter Business Unit with focus on Storage Networking. He has over 10+ years of experience in networking and semiconductor industries. Speaker - Shaun Mahoney, Business Solutions Architect, NetApp
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