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2010 Symposium Agenda
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Tuesday, August 3th
Time: |
Speaker/Activity |
| 7:30 - 8:00 |
Registration (Registration Desk)
Continental Breakfast (Hotel Foyer) |
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Main Ballroom (Sequoia Rooms E,F,G & H) |
| 8:00 - 8:15 |
Welcome and Introductions
John Randall, VP Marketing, Nth Generation |
| 8:15 - 10:00 |
Nth Generation's Symposium Overview & Technology Primer
Mark Gonzalez, President, Nth Generation,
Nth Generation: Investing for Our Clients
Dan Molina, Chief Technology Officer, Nth Generation
Justin Emerson, Engineer & Solutions Architect, Nth Generation
Dave Peterson, Sr. Solutions Architect, Nth Generation
Latest Enterprise Technologies that enable Business Agility, Compliance and Lower Costs |
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Break |
| 10:15 - 11:00 |
Storage Technology Throwdown! Fibre Channel vs. iSCSI vs. FCoE: And the winner is…
Moderator: Jim Russ, VP Enterprise Technology & Solution Architect, Nth Generation
Contestant #1: Chet Jacobs, Senior Technology Leader, HP
Contestant #2: Karen Fay, Technical Marketing Engineer, Brocade
Contestant #3: Richard Tengdin, Sr. Solution Architect, Nth Generation
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| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Compliance Briefing, Information Governance and eDiscovery
Shannon Smith, eDiscovery & Data Archiving Specialist, CommVault |
| 11:45 - 12:05 |
Break, Buffet line opens |
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Main Ballroom |
Wisteria Room |
| 12:05 - 12:15 |
Introduction, John Karle, Manager, Public Sector, Nth Generation |
Birds of a Feather Luncheon
Subject-matter experts will serve as Table Hosts |
| 12:15 - 1:15 |
Maturing IT Market: The Converging Infrastructure and How it Impacts Public Organizations
Larry Singer, VP Government, Education & Healthcare, HP |
| 1:15 - 1:30 |
Break |
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Main Ballroom |
| 1:30 - 2:10 |
KEYNOTE 1
"The Coming Wave: Green IT & Real Estate Convergence"
Joel Manfredo, CTO, County of Orange |
| 2:10 - 3:00 |
KEYNOTE 2
"IT Transformation Case Study: How HP Corporate IT Transformed Itself Using HP's Hardware & Business Technology Optimization (BTO) Software Solutions"
Costa Harbilas, VP, Applications Business Unit, HP Software
KC Choi, VP, Americas Solution Architecture, HP
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| 3:00 - 3:30 |
Converged Infrastructure Briefing, "Are you the Bug or Are You the Windshield?"
Matt Weiner, PMP, ITIL, Strategic Solutions Development Manager, Nth Generation
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| 3:30 - 5:00 |
Advanced Technology Lab Open |
Wednesday, August 4th
"Elastic IT: Changing the Game from CAPEX to OPEX"
Time: |
Speaker/Activity |
| 7:30 - 8:00 |
Registration (Registration Desk)
Continental Breakfast (Hotel Foyer) |
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GENERAL SESSION - Main Ballroom |
| 8:00 - 8:10 |
Welcome and Introductions
John Randall, VP Marketing, Nth Generation |
| 8:10 - 8:25 |
Nth's Future Direction to Better Align Business and IT
Mark Gonzalez, President, Nth Generation |
| 8:25 - 9:00 |
KEYNOTE 1
"Unlocking the Value of the Cloud"
Scott Crenshaw, VP & Gen'l Mgr, Cloud Computing, Red Hat |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
KEYNOTE 2
"Enterprise Cloud: Leveraging & Integrating Public Clouds Into the Enterprise IT Platform"
Craig McLellan, CTO, Hosting.com |
| 9:30 - 10:05 |
KEYNOTE 3
"VMware and the Journey to Cloud Computing"
Stephen Herrod, PhD ,CTO, VMware |
| 10:05 - 10:20 |
Break |
| 10:20 - 10:55 |
KEYNOTE 4
"HP ProLiant & BladeSystem: Driving Innovation on Standards from Client to Cloud"
Mark Potter, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Industry-Standard Servers & Software, HP |
| 10:55 - 11:45 |
CLOUD PANEL: VMware, HP, CommVault, Red Hat, Hosting.com, Nirvanix
"Cloud Services - One Year Later: The Good, the Bad and..."
Moderator: Dan Molina, CTO, Nth Generation
Panelists:
Stephen Herrod, PhD, CTO, VMware
Nick van der Zweep, Dir. Business Strategy, HP Industry-Standard Servers and Software
Chris VanWagoner, Chief Strategy Officer, CommVault
Scott Crenshaw, VP & GM Cloud Computing, Red Hat
Craig McLellan, CTO, Hosting.com
Chris Russell, VP of Engineering, Nirvanix
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| 11:45 - 12:15 |
Lunch buffet open |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
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Breakout A - Trillium Room |
Breakout B - Main Ballroom |
| 12:15 - 1:00 |
Breakout 1A
"Intelligent File Virtualization"
Sean Fallon, Sr. Data Solutions Engineer, F5 Networks
Robert Allende, SE Manager, West, F5 Networks
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Breakout 1B
"Rewriting the Rules of Enterprise Networking"
Joshua Reed, Solutions Architect, HP Networking |
| 1:00 - 1:15 |
Break |
Break |
| 1:15 - 2:00 |
Breakout 2A
"Best Practices for Adopting the Cloud"
Bryan Che, Manager, Product Management, Red Hat |
Breakout 2B
"Matching Platform to Purpose"
Scott Huck, Competitive Architect, Data Center Group Marketing, Intel |
| 2:00 - 2:15 |
Break |
Break |
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Trillium Room |
Main Room |
Wisteria Room |
| 2:15 - 3:00 |
Breakout 3A
"Application Lifecycle Management - Current Trends and Strategic Directions"
Peter Challender, Solutions Architect, HP
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Breakout 3B
"Deep Dive: Real-World Hybrid Cloud Hosting Solutions & Use Cases"
Craig McLellan, CTO, Hosting.com |
Breakout 3C
"Converged Infrastructure Readiness Workshop"
KC Choi, HP
Leigh Carpenter, Nth |
| 3:00 - 3:15 |
Break |
Break |
| 3:15 - 4:00 |
Breakout 4A
"Crafting Recovery Solutions for Mixed Physical/Virtual Server Environments"
Panos Hawandjian, Senior Systems Engineer, InMage
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Breakout 4B
"Exchange 2010 Migration: Tips, Tricks & Risks"
James Williams, Solution Architect, Nth Generation
Matthew Wiener, Strategic Solutions Development Mgr., PMP, ITIL, Nth Generation
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| 3:30 - 6:30 |
Advanced Technology Lab open - Sequoia Rooms A,B,C & D |
| 4:00 - 4:15 |
Break |
| 4:15 - 5:00 |
Breakout 5A
"Delivering Breakthrough Performance: Bridging the Gap Between Memory & Storage"
David Flynn, CEO, Fusion-io
Dave Peterson, Sr. Solution Architect, Nth Generation
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Breakout 5B
HP & VMware: SIM/vCenter Integration and Beyond
George Peck, Sr. Solution Provider Systems Engr, VMware
Jeff Weiss, Sr. Technical Alliance Mgr, HP Alliance, VCP, VMware
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| 6:30 |
Advanced Technology Lab closes |
Thursday, August 5th
"Converged Infrastructure and Data Management"
Time: |
Speaker/Activity |
| 7:30 - 8:00 |
Registration (Registration Desk)
Continental Breakfast (Hotel Foyer) |
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GENERAL SESSION - Main Ballroom |
| 8:00 - 8:10 |
Welcome and Intros
John Randall, VP Marketing, Nth Generation |
| 8:10 - 8:35 |
"Nth's Commitment to Our Clients"
Richard Baldwin, Chairman & CEO, Nth Generation |
| 8:35 - 9:10 |
KEYNOTE 1
"Intel's Cloud 2015 Vision and the Real Measure of Multi-Core Processors"
Scott Huck, Competitive Architect, Data Center Group, Intel |
| 9:10 - 9:45 |
KEYNOTE 2
"The Fluid Truth: Storage is the Essential Service for IT"
Phil Soran, Chairman, President & CEO, Compellent |
| 9:45 - 10:00 |
Break |
| 10:00 - 10:35 |
KEYNOTE 3
"Storage Industry Trends and the Role of Storage in the Converged Infrastructure"
Brian Ignomirello, CTO, Americas StorageWorks Group, HP |
| 10:35 - 11:10 |
KEYNOTE 4
"The Future of Data Management"
Chris VanWagoner, Chief Strategy Officer, CommVault |
| 11:10 - 11:45 |
KEYNOTE 5
"Building Clouds of Unified Storage with ISE, the Storage Blade"
Steve Sicola, CTO, Xiotech |
| 11:45 - 12:15 |
Lunch buffet open |
BREAKOUT SESSIONS |
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Breakout A - Trillium Room |
Breakout B - Main Ballroom |
| 12:15 - 1:00 |
Breakout 1A
"Data Center Operations Automation"
HP Insight Control & HP BTO Operations
Dave Peterson, Sr. Solution Architect, Nth Generation
Joe Marcantonio, Solutions Engineer, HP |
Breakout 1B
"Comprehensive Data Mgmt Solution - Deep Dive"
Chris VanWagoner, Chief Strategy Officer, CommVault
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| 1:00 - 1:15 |
Break |
Break |
| 1:15 - 2:00 |
Breakout 2A
"VMware & HP Client Virtualization"
Justin Emerson, Engineer and Solution Architect, Nth Generation |
Breakout 2B
"HP NDA: Storage Futures - EVA, EVA Cluster/SVSP, & XP"
Tim Stelzner, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, HP
Lamills Garrett, HP |
| 2:00 - 2:15 |
Break |
Break |
| 2:15 - 3:00 |
Breakout 3A
"Converged Network Architecture"
Karen Fay, Technical Marketing Engineer, Brocade |
Breakout 3B
"What Can Fluid Data Do For You? "
Jason Glauch, Senior Storage Architect, Compellent
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| 3:00 - 3:15 |
Break |
Break |
| 3:15 - 4:00 |
Breakout 4A
"Seeing Through the Fog: The Future of Data Preservation is in the Cloud"
Dan Duperron, Sr. Solutions Advisor, Quantum
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Breakout 4B
"Toward the Field of Bricks Nirvana: A Deeper Dive into Xiotech's True Scale Out Architecture"
Jeff Nicholson, Storage Management Technologist, Xiotech
Keith Hageman, Technologist & Storage Evangelist, Xiotech
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| 3:30 - 6:30 |
Advanced Technology Lab open - Sequoia Rooms A,B,C & D |
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