| Tuesday, November 17 |
| 8:00 am - 8:30 am |
Registration and welcome refreshments |
| 8:30 am - 8:35 am |
Welcome address
Presented by Rich Castagna, Editorial Director, Storage Media Group |
8:35 am - 8:40 am |
Move to break-out rooms |
8:40 am - 9:40 am |
MANAGING STORAGE NETWORKS: Not “Just a Switch” Anymore -- Data Center “Backbone” Architectures
Presented by
Dennis Martin, Founder and President, Demartek |
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DISASTER RECOVERY: Stuff Happens -- How to Assess Risks and Set Objectives for Business
Continuity Plans
Presented by
Jon Toigo, CEO and Managing Principal, Toigo Partners International |
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STORAGE SYSTEMS AND SYSTEM MANAGEMENT: The Truth about Virtualizing Storage
Presented by
Marc Staimer, Founder and CDS, Dragon Slayer Consulting |
9:40 am - 9:45 am |
Move to break-out rooms |
| 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
BACKUP TECHNOLOGIES:Data Deduplication -- Different Approaches for Different Environments
Presented by
W. Curtis Preston, Executive Editor, TechTarget and Independent Backup Expert |
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DISASTER RECOVERY: Replication Alternatives for DR
Presented by
Marc Staimer, Founder and CDS, Dragon Slayer Consulting |
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DATA RETENTION AND RETRIEVAL: Building a Service-oriented Data Protection Strategy
Presented by
Jon Toigo, CEO and Managing Principal, Toigo Partners International |
10:45 am - 10:55 am |
Morning Refreshment Break |
| 10:55 am - 11:55 am |
Vendor Showcase #1 |
| 11:55 am - 1:00 pm |
Exhibit Hall Lunch
Join some of the leading storage technology providers, the conference expert speakers and hundreds of your IT peers during this delicious free lunch. |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
BACKUP TECHNOLOGIES: VMWare and Backup -- Enemies or Friends
Presented by
W. Curtis Preston, Executive Editor, TechTarget and Independent Backup Expert |
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STORAGE SYSTEMS AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT: Deep Dive into Solid State Storage -- the Technologies and Architectures
Presented by
Dennis Martin, Founder and President, Demartek |
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DATA RETENTION AND RETRIEVAL: The Myths and Realities of Cloud Computing
Presented by
Arun Taneja, Founder and Consulting Analyst, Taneja Group |
| 2:00 pm - 2:05 pm |
Move to breakout rooms |
| 2:05 pm - 3:30 pm |
Vendor Showcase #2 |
| 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Afternoon Networking Break |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
EXECUTIVE KEYNOTE: What You Need to Know About New Storage Technologies: FCoE, 10Gb CEE, 10Gb iSCSI and CNA
Presented by
Arun Taneja, Founder and Consulting Analyst, Taneja Group |
| 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Storage Decisions Cocktail Reception
Presented by Xiotech |
| 6:00 pm |
CONFERENCE ADJOURNS |
