Letter from the Editor

Dear IT Professional,

Since it debuted in 2001, Storage Decisions has earned a reputation as the must-attend conference for IT professionals responsible for figuring out how best to store the ever-growing volumes of data that are today’s reality.

At Storage Decisions, it’s our mission to provide you with a program that delivers all of the information you’ll need to tackle the challenges you face right now -- with a comprehensive conference agenda custom-built around the key issues your peers told us that you’re taking on in 2009.

Storage Decisions 2009 – Short Term Survival and Long Term Success

With data volume increasing, backup processes being burdensome and unreliable, and ever-growing business demands, capacity management and data migration are becoming more critical -- and more complicated.

On top of this, virtualization is causing serious problems with storage systems. Energy costs are getting out of control, data breaches are becoming more serious, and not retaining your files correctly could result in a huge lawsuit. Luckily, there are new technologies and methods to get your storage in order. Find out how at Storage Decisions.

Storage Decisions 2009 addresses these issues head-on with in-depth, educational sessions on data classification, data management, data protection and storage tiering with successful results (plus much, much more). Some new innovative technologies that will be discussed are VTLs, CDP, data deduplication, storage virtualization, archiving, data encryption and CAS.

Shared Challenges, Individual Responsibilities

Storage-focused IT pros of every stripe will get a customizable experience at Storage Decisions. We’ve created multiple session tracks, all focused on different topics, so every member of your team can get the specialized information he or she needs to contribute to your organization’s success.

Our formula: Every delegate is an IT pro, no vendors are allowed in the sessions with our independent speakers and every relevant storage vendor is represented in the exhibit hall – this formula makes Storage Decisions unlike any other conference you can attend.

We want you to attend Storage Decisions.

This is a free conference for qualified IT pros. And to best serve your needs and your schedule, you now have 4 opportunities to attend Storage Decisions. Join us in Chicago or Toronto in June, New York City in September and San Francisco in November. The Chicago and New York dates are full 2-day conferences; Toronto and San Francisco are our new summit events – featuring the very best information from our conference in an action-packed one-day format.

Combine the quality of the information with the convenience of 4 locations to choose from – there is no reason to miss this important conference.

To claim your delegate seat, call our Delegate Relations Manager Lauren Nickerson at 781-429-4146.

I hope to see you at Storage Decisions!

Sincerely,