Sessions in detail
Track 6: Management/ExecutiveSometimes technology alone won’t solve storage-related issues. You also need to be adept about the business of acquiring storage systems. As a storage manager, you will be called on to develop storage solutions to satisfy evolving business needs -- always with an eye on the key financial acid tests for any storage purchase: ROI and TCO. This track addresses the essential parts of the storage system procurement process, including how to craft an RFP, negotiating from a position of strength, evaluating systems and getting the support of your company’s management. Managing the Four Cs – Cost Containment, Compliance, Continuity and Carbon Footprint Nearly every company today has an set of front burner issues that come down to 4 “C’s”: Cost Containment, Compliance, Continuity and Carbon Reduction. At root, every one of these issues requires a strategy for improved data management. In this presentation, Toigo will address the following topics based on his new book, Making IT Matter (currently being developed as a BLOOK by Toigo, and co-author Randy Chalfant, at MakingITMatter.com). This will include: |
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Storage Decisions Seminars
Backup School Hits the Road with W. Curtis Preston
Data Deduplication
with W. Curtis Preston
Disaster Recovery Planning with Jon William Toigo
E-Mail and File Archiving with Mark Diamond
Storage Virtualization with Marc Staimer
Vendor Events
Infrastructure Optimization with Greg Schulz; sponsored by CDW
Optimizing Virtualized Environments with Greg Schulz, sponsored by Datalink
DR/Business Continuity
Planning with Bill Peldzus;
sponsored by CDW
