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What You Need to Know to Virtualize Today's Data Center

Many businesses are looking for the best way to improve service levels, bring new services online quickly, process information in real-time, increase business agility, and respond to new business opportunities and quickly turn them into profits. In most cases, IT investment is required, but in these economic times businesses must get a quick Return On Investment (ROI). A Dynamic Infrastructure built on Virtualization and Cloud Computing can deliver affordable IT that will establish a solid foundation for future growth. These innovations can reduce IT complexity to help your data center become more nimble, resilient and secure while reducing costs. Listen to a panel of experts that can help you understand how to optimize your data center for virtualization. In this session you will become familiar with the key attributes of a successful virtualization project. Our experts will explain the fundamental considerations when defining server, storage, client, and I/O device virtualization solutions. This highly experienced group is recognized in the industry today for their technical expertise and brings to this session a technical knowledge of hardware, software, and specific implementations of virtualization. A Smarter Planet needs a Dynamic Infrastructure that helps you address business challenges and reduce costs today and in the future. Join this session and learn how to virtualize your data center effectively and make a fast ROI a reality.

Super Session

Data Center, Return On Investment, ROI

1 Hour

Steve Herrod, VMware, Inc.
Guy Manaugh, VP, Fifth Third Bank
Alex Yost, Vice President and Business Line Executive IBM System x and BladeCenter, IBM
Christopher O'Connor, Vice President Strategy and Market Management, IBM Software Group, Tivoli
Tom Bradicich, Ph.D., IBM Fellow and Vice President, IBM Systems & Technology Group, IBM
Gregg DeWitt, President, Data Strategy