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The Evolution of the Data Center

Wednesday, July 22

8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am Welcome Remarks

9:15 am Keynote

Ken TheisMichigan: Consolidation Survivor

Ken Theis, Chief Information Officer, State of Michigan

Is consolidation like a serious illness - something to be survived? A few years ago, the State of Michigan began a sweeping IT centralization and consolidation project. It was not without pain, especially in the beginning, but today Michigan is not only running smoothly but is recognized as a national success story. How did they make it through the consolidation? Was the transition harder or easier than expected? What were the biggest lessons learned? And most importantly, how did they finish first among 50 states so soon after undergoing such a broad and fundamental restructuring? In this session, Ken Theis, Michigan's technology leader, candidly discusses the journey and how they were able to make it a true success story.

10:15 am General Session

Jeffrey M. NickThe Evolution of the Data Center

Jeffrey M. Nick, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, EMC Corporation.

Jeffrey Nick is a technologist. He graduated graduated magna cum laude from Marist College and holds over 80 patents in computer systems technology. Prior to joining EMC, he was an IBM Fellow and held many roles including being the lead architect for the S/390 z-series platform. His current role of CTO for EMC allows him to work directly with customers, EMC's executive team and leading technologists across EMC's platforms to develop future products and solutions. This presentation will focus on where data center technology is headed and how to best take advantage of innovation to increase service while reigning in costs. The primary focus will be a high-level overview of virutalization and cloud computing with an emphesis on operating system requirements for virtual data centers and virtual/private cloud computing.

11:00 am Break

11:15 am General Session

Ed Bugnion

The Next Generation Data Center

Ed Bugnion, Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Server Access Virtualization,Cisco Systems, Inc.

Ed Bugnion is the Vice President and Chief Technical Officer at Cisco for the Server Access Virtualization Business Unit. Bugnion was the co-founder and Chief Technical Officer of VMware, where he served from 1998 until 2005. Prior to VMware, Bugnion did graduate work at Stanford University in the areas of virtualization, simulation, and computer architecture, and worked at DEC's Western Research Laboratory. This presentation will focus on the optimized server platform and networking infrastructure required as one moves to virualization including building a virtual/private cloud computing environment.

11:45 am Closing Remarks

REGISTRATION

Government Registration - $0

Not open to private-sector registrations

CONTACT US

If you are interested in attending the Evolution of the Data Center 2009 Event, please contact Kelsey Armstrong, Registration Coordinator, 800.917.7732 ext. 1314.

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