IT departments are always challenged with the “do more with less” mission. And eyes often turn to the data center for ways to eke out more cost savings while pushing up performance levels.

Corporate IT executives will gather to discuss these and other issues impacting their businesses at CWHK Data Center Summit in Hong Kong.
Topic to be covered
• Data center design, build, location
• Data center architecture
(single regional data centers vs. local data centers)
• Power and cooling – the green challenge
• Virtualization (servers, storage and networks)
• Network optimization and application acceleration
• Cloud computing models
• Security: IP-based surveillance and biometrics
• Data protection (encryption, data leakage technologies)
• Disaster recovery and business continuity processes
   
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:10 Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:10 – 9:40 Opening Keynote: Cloud Computing, Implications for the Data Center
Claus Mortensen, Principal for IDC’s Emerging Technology Advisory Services 
IDC Asia Pacific
9:40 – 10:10
10:10 – 10:40		 Keynote 1.1 & 1.2:    Common Vision for the Data Center of the Future
K C Fung, Director, Technology Solutions, EMC Hong Kong
Danny Lam, Solution Marketing Manager, Cisco Systems
Toon Chwee Wee, Chief System Consultant, VMware
10:40 – 11:00 Morning Coffee Break & Viewing of Exhibits
11:00 – 11:30 Keynote 1.3:    HK Jockey Club - Modern Data Centers in Action
H P Suen, Head of System Assurance, IT, Hong Kong Jockey Club
11:30 – 12:00 Keynote 1.4:    Virtualization 360 – From Data Centre to Desktop
Ken Wong, Server & Tools Business Group Lead, Microsoft Hong Kong
12:00 – 12:30 Keynote 1.5:    Power Supply Considerations for the 21st Century Data Center
Devendran Pandaram, Marketing & Sales Manager – Corporate Accounts, CLP Power Hong Kong
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch (By invitation only)
14:00 – 14:30 Keynote 1.6     Your Data Center is Wasting Energy. Do You Know How Much?
Robert Allender, Certified Energy Manager, Managing Director, Energy Resources Management
14:30 – 15:15
Panel session
Dynamic data centers – building for future needs
Moderator: Stefan Hammond, Editor, Computerworld HK
Panelists:   Andre Blumberg, Group Planning, Control & IT Operations Manager, CLP Power Hong Kong
Paul Siy, Principal Consultant at CS Technology, former Head of IT Infrastructure Macquarie
  LK Yeung, General Manager, IT Services Management, Business Operations & IT, CSL Limited
  T Rajah, CIO, CLSA
15:15 – 15:40 Afternoon Coffee Break
Breakout Session Track A – Technology Track Track B – User Track
15:40 – 16:10 Track A1: Avocent

The Business Imperative for Better Data Center Management

Chris So, District Manager, Hong Kong & Macau		 Track B1: ViFX

Virtualisation Dynamics - Delivering the Data Centre of Tomorrow, Today!

Damian J. Crotty, President ViFX Asia Pacific and Japan
16:15 – 16:40 Track A2: Rackspace Asia Pacific
Cloud Computing, No More Servers

Jim Fagan, Managing Director
 Track B2: Emerson Network Power
Energy Logic - Energy Saving Strategies and the Role of Emerson Solutions in Reducing Data Center Energy Use       
    
Robert Sun Griffith, Regional Director - North Asia & Japan
16:40 – 17:10 Track A3: Newtech Technology
The Data Center Build in China

Frank Chan, Chief Information Officer		  
17:10 – 17:20 Closing remarks & Lucky draw
  End
 
* Remarks: The agenda is subject to change without prior notice..