10:00 - 10:45 AM ET
Opening Keynote Address:
Virtualization Overview: Management Challenges and Solutions
Virtualization technologies are designed to answer IT issues such as server spread, power consumption and data management. But a growing number of organizations are discovering that without proper planning, virtualized environments can spawn their own set of unique issues. In this one-of-a-kind keynote event, two of the industry’s most well-respected experts – Simon Crosby, CTO and founder of XenSource, and Frank Gillette, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research – discuss the challenges of managing a virtualization environment and what issues and technologies are looming on the horizon to help companies rise to the occasion.

Moderator: Charlene O'Hanlon, Senior Editor, Virtual Tradeshows and eSeminars, Ziff Davis Enterprise
Speaker: Frank Gillett, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

Learn how virtualization technologies can help deliver data center optimization today via high-performance and energy efficient platforms such as the Intel® Xeon® Processor 7300 Series-based server platform designed specifically to meet the needs of your next generation data center.

Join Boyd and Intel to discover the benefits virtualization technologies may bring to your enterprise. Topics covered will include:

• Creating the Pillars of a Next Generation Data Center
• Delivering Data Center Optimization
• Key Technologies to address specific IT challenges
• How to Maximize Virtualization Flexibility and an in-depth look at Virtualization Usage Models

12:00 - 1:00 PM ET
PlateSpin Sponsor Presentation:
Best Practices for Multi-site Data Center Relocation and Consolidation

A common mandate in large organizations is to shrink the total number of data center sites in order to achieve new levels of management control, efficiencies and economies of scale. Furthermore, rapid growth, globalization, mergers and acquisitions often necessitate physical data center relocations or consolidations. The ability to analyze, plan and execute multi-site data center relocations or consolidations is vital.

Join PlateSpin for this webinar to learn:

• How the ability to decouple server workloads from the underlying hardware and move them over the WAN between any physical or virtual infrastructure enables fast and easy server and data center relocation and consolidation
• How incorporating VMware into the relocation initiative can significantly increase the ROI of the project while adding new efficiencies
• Emerging trends in unified workload lifecycle management
• Best practices for provisioning servers and running new and old data center sites in parallel.

1:00 - 1:45 PM ET
Panel Discussion 1:
Beyond Consolidation: Mastering and Managing Server Virtualization

Server virtualization has far deeper ramifications than simple hardware consolidation, and businesses are constantly finding new applications for the technology.

This panel will look at the latest advances in server virtualization technologies, the current state of virtualization management tools, and how virtualization can affect the relationship between IT and business units, including:

Moderator: Pam Schancupp, Executive Editor, Virtual Tradeshows and eSeminars, Ziff Davis Enterprise
Speaker: Tim Pacileo, Executive Consultant, Compass
Speaker: David Christian, Chief Technical Officer, Mindbridge
Speaker: Andrew Kutz, Analyst, Burton Group

2:00 - 3:00 PM ET
Mainline Information Systems Sponsor Presentation:
Rethinking Desktop Deployment: The Benefits of Virtualization

Virtualization is changing the way companies deploy desktops, delivering on the promise of easy-to-manage infrastructure & thin-client solutions. In the process, it is positively impacting everything from productivity to the bottom-line.

This webcast will cover the high cost of traditional desktop deployment & the benefits of server-hosted desktop solutions, including:

• Lower acquisition & management costs
• Increased security, reliability, flexibility & efficiency
• Ability to meet compliance requirements
• Disaster Recovery

You will also find out where to begin with your solution implementation, including requirements assessment & planning.

Moderator: Charlene O'Hanlon, Senior Editor, Virtual Tradeshows and eSeminars, Ziff Davis Enterprise
Speaker: Donn Bullock, Director, Virtual Client Solutions, Mainline Information Systems
Speaker: Ricardo Antuna, Vice President, Wyse Technology, Inc.

3:00 - 3:45 PM ET
Panel Discussion 2:
Storage Virtualization: New Tools, New Demands

Virtualization is changing how storage is both deployed and used. Organizations have been working to create a single virtual pool of storage resources that can be assigned, recovered, and reconfigured as necessary. Now, server virtualization is placing new demands on enterprise storage resources.

During this panel we’ll cover the important trends in storage that you need to be aware of, including:

5:00 - 5:45 PM ET
Panel Discussion 3
Desktop Virtualization: What’s Coming Next

The enterprise desktop is the next frontier for virtualization, and it may ultimately be the most exciting. Some businesses are increasing security by creating encapsulated virtual environments that can be set up and taken down daily. Others are creating virtual environments inside the data center and streaming them out to client systems.

This panel will address the options, challenges and potential of desktop virtualization.

Moderator: Charlene O'Hanlon, Senior Editor, Virtual Tradeshows and eSeminars, Ziff Davis Enterprise
Speaker: Steve Kaplan, President, AccessFlow
Speaker: Frank Harris, Services Practice Manager, Business Systems, Professional Services Organization, Advanced Systems Group
Speaker: Michael Rosen, Solutions Director, East Region, Avanade

** Agenda subject to change prior to show dates **