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Agenda
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Registration |
| 9:00 - 9:15 |
Welcome and opening remarks |
| 9:15-9:45 |
Keynote 1.1: Managing the Downturn
Naveen Mishra, Senior Analyst, Gartner Research
Virtualisation Changes Virtually Everything
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How will virtualisation change IT and business? |
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How will virtualisation change technology? |
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How will virtualisation change the market? |
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What CIOs need to know about data centers. The financial crisis and economic slump mean IT organizations are expected to do more with less. Canvassing how CIOs can cut costs, reduce energy consumption, improve enterprise processes and help drive growth through strategies that minimize capex but maintain control and flexibility. |
| 9:45-10:15 |
Keynote 1.2: Data Center Strategies & Architectures; Building a Fully Virtualized Data Center
Sal Fernando, Chief Architect, EMC(South Asia)
Data centers are at the core of organizations’ IT and in many cases their entire operations. Data center managers’ options are diverse and in the current economic climate pressures are mounting. Location, consolidate and centralize, to outsource or not, and what about the cloud? |
| 10:15 – 10:45 |
Keynote 1.3: Managing Complexity in the Virtual Data Centre Cloud
Derrick Koh, Regional Manager, ASEAN, Avocent Asia Pacific
What can cloud computing do for you today? What are the challenges and realistic benefits as users adopt a cloud model for computing. Plus the question of private or public cloud – how data center managers navigate the options available today |
| 10:45 - 11:15 |
Coffee break |
| 11:15 - 11:45 |
Keynote 1.4: Transform Your Data Center: Enable The Cloud
Sathish Murthy, Senior Technology Consultant, NetApp, ASEAN
In this session, NetApp will address the trends, business drivers and benefits towards embracing the cloud strategy; and also share on initiatives and strategies to help companies deploy cloud-based storage in their data centers while maximizing operational efficiency and security of mission critical information and business applications |
| 11:45 – 12:15 |
Keynote 1.5: Data Centers for High Performance Financial Business Systems in Asia - CLSA's Experience and Strategy
Edward Scheckler, Global Head of Infrastructure, Information Technology, CLSA
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What are the real low-latency, data-protection, and performance requirements for a financial services IT in Asia? |
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Cloud computing – what do enterprise customers really want vs. what is available? |
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Getting from where we are to the goal state. |
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| 12:15 - 12:50 |
Panel session: Managing the New Data Center
Naveen Mishra, Senior Analyst, Gartner Research
Roy Lim, Operations Manager, Electra (S) Pte Ltd
Edward Scheckler, Global Head of Infrastructure, Information Technology, CLSA
Sal Fernando, Chief Architect, EMC (South Asia)
The panel will cover strategic planning; managing in the recession; the impact of new technologies; security and disaster recovery; compliance and other issues. |
| 12:50 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00 - 14:30
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| 14:30 - 15:00 |
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| Track A – Inside the Data Center |
Track B – Security, DR, and BCP |
| Scope: Facilities management, environment, servers, storage and networks – PLUS going green |
Scope: Uptime, reliability, service levels, physical security and protecting data |
Hitachi’s Storage Services Approach to a Dynamic Data Center
Michael Heffernan, Solutions Manager, Virtualization
GSSD - Application Solutions, Hitachi Data Systems |
New Dimensions for BCP and DR
Wong Tew Kiat, Service Delivery Director, Infrastructure Management & Solutions, NCS |
Power-at-the-Rack Designs to Improve Uptime, Capacity Planning and Efficiency
Frank Huang, Product Marketing Manager, Raritan Asia Pacific |
Virtualization Dynamics and the Data Center of Tomorrow
Damian Crotty, President, ViFX Asia Pacific & Japan |
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| 15:00 -- 15:30 |
Coffee break |
| 15:30 – 16:00 |
CLOSING PLENARY
Data Centers of the Future -- Dynamic, Cloud-Based and Green?
Arun Chandrasekaran, Industry Manager, Frost & Sullivan |
| 16:00 – 16:45 |
CIO Panel Session:
Jason Chin, IT Director, SMRT Corp Ltd
Kenneth Goh, Director of Information Systems Services, Rhodia Asia Pacific |
| 16:45 |
Closing remarks and lucky draw |
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*Questex reserves the right to amend the programme and is not responsible for cancellations due to unforeseen circumstances. |
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