| Wednesday, June 4 |
| 4:00 pm-7:00
pm |
Delegate
registration |
| 4:30 pm-6:00 pm |
Birds of a Feather
Network with the best! Take advantage of
this opportunity to pick the brains of those working in environments
similar to yours. This session is open only to end users like
yourself. Neither press nor vendors are allowed. |
| Thursday,
June 5 |
| 8:00 am-8:45
am |
Registration
and welcome refreshments |
| 8:45 am-9:00 am |
Welcome
address Presented by Rich Castagna,
Editorial Director, Storage Media Group |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am |
EXECUTIVE KEYNOTE: Managing the 4 C's - Cost, Containment, Compliance, Continuity and Carbon Footprint
Presented by Jon Toigo, CEO, Toigo Partners International |
| 10:00 am-10:15
am |
Move to
breakout rooms |
| 10:15 am-11:15 am |
Breakout
sessions |
DISASTER RECOVERY:
Tiered Disaster Recovery - DR SLAs That Work
Presented by Bill Peldzus, VP Data Center Services, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, GlassHouse Technologies
|
STORAGE & CAPACITY MANAGEMENT :
The Hidden Storage Gotchas of Server Virtualization and How to Avoid Them
Presented by Marc Staimer, President and CDS, Dragon Slayer Consulting
|
| 11:15 am-11:30
am |
Morning
Break |
| 11:30 am-12:30 pm |
Vendor Showcase #1
|
| 12:30 pm-2:30
pm |
Special Lunch in the Exhibit Hall:
Maximize your time to talk shop with exhibiting storage technology providers. Make contacts for your 2008 projects, get product information and view demos of the latest storage technologies
|
| 2:30 pm-2:45 pm |
Move to breakout room |
| 2:45 pm-3:45 pm |
Breakout sessions |
STORAGE & CAPACITY MANAGEMENT :
Green Storage - Practical Ways to Reduce Power Consumption
Presented by Greg Schulz, Founder and Senior Analyst, StorageIO |
STORAGE SYSTEMS AND NETWORKING:
Integrating iSCSI and FC SANs
Presented by Howie Goldstein, President, Howard Goldstein Associates
|
| 3:45 pm-4:00
pm |
Afternoon
Break |
| 4:00 pm-5:00 pm |
Breakout Sessions |
| 4:00 pm-5:00 pm |
BACKUP TECHNOLOGIES :
Making Virtual Backups Real
Presented by W. Curtis Preston, VP Data Center Services, GlassHouse Technologies
|
STORAGE & CAPACITY MANAGEMENT :
Leveraging Capacity Optimization Technologies Against Primary Storage
Presented by Eric Burgener, Senior Analyst, Taneja Group |
| Friday,
June 6 |
| 8:15 am-8:545
am |
Welcome
refreshments |
| 8:45 am-8:55 am |
Welcome
address presented by Rich Castagna,
Editorial Director, Storage Media Group
|
| 9:00 am-10:00 am |
Breakout
sessions |
BACKUP TECHNOLOGIES :
De-dup and Disk Backups - What You Need to Know Before Taking the Plunge
Presented by W. Curtis Preston, VP Data Center Services, GlassHouse Technologies
|
STORAGE SYSTEMS & NETWORKING : Storage and the WAN - What Are the Options?
Presented by Marc Staimer, President and CDS, Dragon Slayer Consulting
|
| 10:00 am-10:15
am |
Move
to breakout rooms |
| 10:15 am-11:15 am |
Breakout
sessions |
STORAGE SYSTEMS & NETWORKING:
Storage Networking - The Path to Performance
Presented by Howie Goldstein, President, Howard Goldstein Associates
|
STORAGE SYSTEMS & NETWORKING:
The Right Way to Test Storage System Performance
Presented by Brian Garrett, Technical Director of ESG Lab, Enterprise Strategy Group
|
| 11:15 am-11:30
am |
Morning
Break |
| 11:30 am-12:30 pm |
Vendor Showcase #2 |
| 12:30 pm- 2:30
pm |
Special Lunch in the Exhibit Hall:
Maximize your time to talk shop with exhibiting storage technology providers. Make contacts for your 2008 projects, get product information and view demos of the latest storage technologies |
| 2:30 pm-2:45 pm |
Move to breakout rooms |
| 2:45 pm-3:45 pm |
Breakout sessions |
DISASTER RECOVERY:
DR Testing Programs - How Useful Are They?
Presented by Jon Toigo, CEO, Toigo Partners International |
BACKUP TECHNOLOGIES: Testing...One, Two, Three...
Presented by Jeff Harbert, Storage Consultant, GlassHouse Technologies
|
| 3:45 pm-4:00
pm |
Afternoon
Break |
| 4:00 pm-5:00 pm |
EXECUTIVE KEYNOTE: The 3rd Era of Commercial Computing - What Storage Infrastructures Will Look Like
Presented by Mark Peters, Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group |
| 5:00 pm |
Conference adjourns
|
