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Thursday, March 13th, 8:30AM-2PM
Location: American Conference Center, 780
Third Ave. between 48th and 49th St. (near Grand Central), NYC
DIRECTIONS TO 780 THIRD AVENUE (BET. 48TH and 49TH)
Where: The Amercian Conference Center, 780 Third
Avenue (between 48th and 49th St-near Grand Central), NYC
General Directions: Click
here for a link on Google Maps to the location. Click
here for directions if you are driving in.
Directions by subway: Take V or E train to Lexington
Avenue.Station (53rd CITICORP). OR take the 6 train to 51st Street/Lexington
Avenue Station. OR take the 4, 5, or 6 or 7 or Shuttle to Grand
Central Station. If you arrive in Manhattan on the West side, at
Port Authority/Times Square/42nd Street, you can take the S (shuttle)
or 7 directly across town to the Grand Central stop, and walk a
few blocks north up Third Avenue to 48th Street. If you need a subway
map, go to http://mta.info/nyct/maps/submap.htm.
Registration: Only
employed, end-user IT managers at non-vendor, mid- to- large firms
may attend. Pre-registration is required.
To inquire about registration if you are not a TechForum member,
please call 212-787-1122 or email vadams@techforum.com.
You will receive a confirmation when your registration is accepted.
Sponsorship/speaking:
If you are interested in being on the agenda and sponsoring, please
contact executive director Priscilla Tate at 212-787-1122 or ptate@techforum.com
MARCH 13TH AGENDA:
8:30–
9:00AM Continental Breakfast & Introductions
9:00- 9:45 CORPORATE CHALLENGE:Trends in Storage Management:
What's Hot and What's Not
Moderator: Priscilla Tate,
Executive Director, Technology Forum
Panelists:
Joshua Beggs, Sr. Director Information
Storage, The McGraw-Hill Companies
Dave Carson, Manager Enterprise
Storage Platforms, Sanofi-Aventis
Dennis Smith, First VP Advanced
Engineering, The Bank of New York Mellon
Ric Calvillo, Co-Founder &
CEO, Incipient
9:45 - 10:15 KEYNOTE: Managing Storage & Supporting
Application Performance: All Data is Not Created Equal
Chris Wood, CTO - Storage & Data Management Practice, Sun
Microsystems
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break & Networking
10:45 – 11:30 CORPORATE CHALLENGE: Data Galore: More
Files, Unstructured Data and the Coming Archive Crisis
Moderator: Priscilla Tate, Executive
Director, Technology Forum
Panelists:
Steven Hunt, Senior Architect Information
Systems, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Gary T. Murphy, Chief Information
Security Officer (CISO), Dresdner
Owen Monroe, GETS Technology Architecture
, AllianceBernstein
Bill Ying, CTO, ARTstor
Milan Shetti, Vice President of
Marketing and Business Development, IBRIX
11:30 -12PM: KEYNOTE: Top IT Considerations for Managing
Virtualized Server Environments
Kouros Esfahany, VP of Development,
CA, Inc.
Server virtualization, while relatively easy
to deploy,can create an additional dimension of complexity for IT
operations – especially when used in production to support
critical business services. With more diverse infrastructures, the
issue is further compounded. This presentation discusses some of
the important management considerations for enterprises as they
deploy server virtualization in their IT infrastructure
12:00 - 12:45 The Virtualization Proposition: Promises vs.
Sticking Points in Disaster Recovery
Moderator: Priscilla Tate, Executive
Director, Technology Forum
Panelists:
Ian Koenig, Chief Architect, SVP
Enterprise Architecture, Thomson Financial
Daniel Zeevi, Technical Specialist,
major New York City utility company
Robert Galletta, IT Director,
Federal Reserve Bank of NY
David Kadow, Director of Core Technology
Services, Nataxis Capital Markets
12:45 – 2PM Luncheon & Networking
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