Interoperability for Virtualisation : Reducing the Complexity

Why you should attend

You will learn from a series of experts, both from those who supply products and those who have successfully implemented them.

In just one morning, you will rapidly gather answers to such questions as:

• What areas of the data centre can benefit most from virtualisation?
• How can you get started today in making your data centre more manageable?
• What is involved in running Windows and Linux virtualised environments?
• What are the potential pitfalls in adopting widespread virtualisation?

Event Details

Where

Le Méridien Piccadilly
21 Piccadilly
W1J 0BH
London,UK

Speakers

Mr John Humphreys

IDC's Enterprise Platform Group, Program Vice President

Moderator: Mr Manek Dubash

Techworld, Features Editor

Mr Harris Bokhari

Payzone Plc, Infrastructure Services Manager

Mr Neil Sanderson

Microsoft, UK Product Manager: System Centre and Virtualisation

Mr Steve Harris

Novell, Senior Sales Director, Open Source Products

Mr Adam Spiers

Novell, Linux & Open Source Architect

Agenda

08:00 - 08:45	Registration and Continental Breakfast
08:45 - 09:00	Introduction and Overview
09:00 - 09:45	View from the Top: The Relationship Between Virtualisation, Interoperability and Reducing Complexity, John Humphreys, Program Vice President - IDC
09:45 - 10:15	IT End User Case Study
10:15 - 10:45	Networking Break
10:45 - 11:30	Cross Platform Virtualisation: Reducing Complexity
11:30 - 12:30	Moderated Panel Discussion
12:30 - 13:45	Special Luncheon with Technology Showcase - Buffet lunch and close

About The Speakers

Mr John Humphreys

John Humphreys is a Program Vice President with IDC's Enterprise Platform Group where he heads up the Enterprise Virtualsation Software program covering the range of virtualization products deployed in both data centre and client environments. The program also examines the role of manageability in the emerging virtual environment. Additional areas of focus include the adoption of blade servers, the modularisation of the data centre along with the automation and virtualization of the data centre environment, and the emergence of grid computing in the enterprise.

Moderator: Mr Manek Dubash

Manek Dubash has worked in IT journalism for 20 years, focusing on business-related technologies and issues. His skills include writing and editing, multimedia production including podcasting, radio and TV, and presentational work.

He has worked on a wide range of titles, including PC Magazine where he was editor-in-chief, and technology strategist for research & analysis company Datamonitor. He then founded Manek Dubash Associates, where his work includes editing, research and analysis, and marketing development. He is also currently Editor of the OS & Servers section on Techworld, where he writes extensively about virtualisation technologies.

Mr Harris Bokhari

Harris Bokhari is the Infrastructure Services Manager for Payzone Plc. He will be sharing his experiences of virtualisation projects both past and present. He will talk about his considerations, challenges, resultant solutions and overall advice for colleagues considering or embarking on virtualisation.

Mr Neil Sanderson

Neil has 20 years experience in the IT industry, in IT Manager, sales and technical roles with both public sector and commercial organisations. He has spent 10 years with Microsoft as a business strategy consultant and is currently the UK Product Manager for Virtualisation and the System Center management products.

Mr Steve Harris

Steve Harris is the Senior sales director for Open Platform solutions at Novell. He joined the leadership team in April 2007 and has been responsible to help Novell UK transform it's go to market strategy, local market product focus and relationships with strategic business partners.

Prior to Novell Steve founded Wind River Systems in the UK, and successfully grew the business for a total of 16 years. As a NASDAQ listed proprietary software & tools company, Steve managed Wind River through three distinct phases of growth from start up, through Public offering and finally re-inventing itself as a software company which embraces Open Source solutions and Linux in the embedded and real time markets. The business went through significant expansion and acquisition, becoming the largest player in the industry by a considerable margin.

Mr Adam Spiers

Adam first experienced the importance of interoperability in a heterogeneous environment 13 years ago, when implementing a mixed Novell/Linux/Microsoft environment at Oxford University. He has worked with Linux and Microsoft technologies ever since then, and joined Novell in 2005 as a Linux and Free/Open Source Software Architect.

Currently Adam is an pre-sales architect on Novell's UK Technical Specialist, focusing on any topics relating to Linux, F/OSS, and the data-centre.

Adam still regularly contributes to various F/OSS projects for fun, and makes no apologies about using emacs every day.