Data Center Directions: Navigating a Sea of Change in Server Technologies and Trends
IT professionals who deal with servers on a daily basis face a number of challenges in today's corporate environment. Skyrocketing energy costs and impending environmental regulations have turned "going green" from a political statement into an economic necessity.
Evolving technologies have redefined how servers can be deployed and provisioned, dramatically improving flexibility while simultaneously creating unexpected challenges. New options for server management, configuration management, and process management offer tools designed to improve reliability and performance as well as reduce costs. But what are the risks and benefits of adopting tools?
Presented by CIO, Computerworld and CSO, Data Center Directions , brings together thought leaders, IT professionals, and knowledgeable vendors into an online-only event to share best practices, ask tough questions and get solid answers from people who share the goal of managing their servers in a way that will support and enhance their organizations for years to come.
Attend this highly interactive and educational virtual event from the convenience of your office or home – and walk away with the tools and prescriptive guidance you need to navigate through the many choices in server tools and technologies.
Engage with fellow attendees in the chat lounges, visit the online expo floor and connect with vendors, see demos, and download the most relevant tools and assets to your virtual briefcase. Data Center Directions provides an open environment to share questions, information, and key contacts with those who are highly involved in improving the management of their servers – and saves you the cost of time and travel.
Topics covered in the program agenda include:
- Server Virtualization: From Planning to Deployment
- Server Management - The Tried and True Vendors vs. the New-idea Startups
- Blades - Fast Growing and Incompatible
- Applying ITIL in a Brave New World
- Autonomic Computing
For a complete agenda of the Data Center Directions virtual conference, click here.
Keynote Speaker
Joan Albeck
Joan Albeck is credited with directing the design and implementation of
Scottrade's (an online trading company) new state-of-the-art $25 million data center. The new data center for Scottrade
is the largest technology investment that Scottrade has made since it was founded in 1980.
PROGRAM HOSTS
Scot Finnie
Scot Finnie is Editor in Chief of Computerworld. Scot Finnie is an award-winning journalist who has nearly 25 years experience as a magazine and online editor and writer covering computers and IT.
Abbie Lundberg
Abbie Lundberg has led the award-winning CIO Magazine, as Editor in Chief, since 1995. She's known for producing award-winning business technology content in print, online and at events.
The virtual tradeshow
PANEL MODERATORS INCLUDE:
Johanna Ambrosio
Senior Editor
Computerworld
Robert L. Mitchell
National Correspondent
Computerworld
Patrick Thibodeau
Senior Editor
Computerworld
