DataCenter_Conference

THIS MUST ATTEND CONFERENCE
WILL HELP IT AND FACILITIES PROFESSIONALS:

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Learn how to slash hardware and facilities costs through Virtualization.

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Optimize Data Center Facility
performance through Predictive Maintenance and Reliability Assurance Testing.

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Techniques to distill complex Data Center information into simple, easy to understand doumentation for your next project.

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Network with peers and expert
speakers to exchange ideas and best practices in today's Data Center environment.

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Interact with expert speakers from
VMware, Microsoft, XenSource, and Navica to learn about different Virtualization strategies.

CONFERENCE DATE AND LOCATION

EVENT DATE:	October 27,2006
LOCATION:	Santa Clara Convention Center Conference Hall, 209 5001 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054
CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS TO THE SANTA CLARA CONVENTION CENTER!

WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID ABOUT
OUR PREVIOUS SEMINARS...

"I found this seminar to be very useful in helping me to gain a better understanding of
common challenges, as well as available cutting edge solutions. I would highly recommend this seminar to facility leadership involved in any level of IT/Server room support."

Gordon Zagar

Associate Facilities Director

"This seminar was a great place to exchange ideas and understand today's issues and tomorrow's trends for data center design and operation. Anyone involved at any stage of building or design would benefit from this seminar."

Drew Kramer

Senior Manager of Technical Operations

"The IT Panelists were very knowledgeable and their experiences helped me address some of my top Data Center issues. I would strongly recommend professionals to attend
this seminar!"

Tony Giampaolo

Data Center Manager

HOSTED BY:

SPONSORED BY:

IT and Facilities professionals are constantly under pressure to improve the utilization of their existing space, reduce operating costs, and maximize the performance in their Data Center. TELADATA’s must-attend conference will help IT and Facilities professionals gain key information to effectively deal with top issues and trends in Data Centers today.
Listen as expert speakers offer critical information on how Virtualization, Predictive Maintenance, and Documentation can reduce operating costs and improve Data Center efficiency.

CONFERENCE AGENDA

8:00 a.m.- 9:00 a.m.	REGISTRATION AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Sponsored by BCCI Construction Company
9:00 a.m. - 9:05 a.m.	Overview and Introduction of Presenters (Presentation begins Promptly at 9:00 a.m.)
9:05 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.	Data Center Infrastructure Operating Life Cycle Presenter: Bruce Myatt & Bob Atkins, EYP Mission Critical Facilities Learn how to operate, maintain, and test building systems and equipment to optimize performance over the life of your facility. This presentation will introduce concepts such as: • Operating History Records • Predictive Maintenance • Reliability Assurance Testing
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.	BREAK/NETWORKING
10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	How to Distill Complex Data Center Information into Simple, Easy to Understand Documentation for your next project. Presenter: Bob Brown, TELADATA This presentation will show you techniques that can assist you with developing effective documentation that can be understood across all levels. Develop clear communication between IT and Facilities, obtain funding approvals, eliminate miscommunications and set expectations, and create accurate budgets and schedules. • Documentation • Organization • Space Planning • Move Planning
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.	Virtualization: Using Software to Slash Hardware and Facilities Costs Presenter: Bernard Golden, Navica Learn how you can maximize your facility space and reduce operating costs through Virtualization. This presentation will cover: • Why Virtualization Now? • Virtualization Applications and ROI • Overview of Virtualization Products and Virtualization Architecture • Implications of Virtualization: Hardware, Network, Storage, Data Center
11:30 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.	LUNCH/NETWORKING Sponsored by Server Technology Inc.
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Panel Discussion On Virtualization The panel discussion will give IT and Facilities professionals the opportunity to interact with experts from VMware, Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, and XenSource. It will also help attendees address questions about challenges with implementing Virtualization, ROI, and the best Virtualization strategy for their organization.
	Moderator	Bernard Golden, CEO of Navica
	Panelist	Simon Crosby, CTO of XenSource
	Panelist	Jeff Woolsey , Data Center Technologies Program Manager for Microsoft
	Panelist	Kenneth Oestreich , Director of Product Management for Cassatt
	Panelist	Eric Horschman , Director of Marketing for VMware

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Bruce Myatt , Principal at EYP Mission Critical Facilities

Bruce Myatt, PE is a registered Mechanical Engineer and a Principal at EYP Mission Critical Facilities in San Francisco. He has over 25 years of engineering and management consulting experience working with the planning, design and construction of critical facilities such as data centers, semiconductor fabs, and nuclear power plants. Bruce is a Founder of San Francisco's Critical Facilities Round Table (CFRT) and Co-Chairman of the High Density Data Center Committee; a member of the Board of Advisors of Energy & Power Management Magazine; Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Sigma Phi Delta International Social-Professional Engineering Fraternity; and a member of the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of the Bay Area. Bruce is currently working with PG&E to develop energy efficiency technologies for data centers.

Bob Atkins, Principal at EYP Mission Critical Facilities

Bob Atkins has over 35 years of technical design, hands-on, and managerial experience in the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of complex commercial and industrial facilities. He has extensive operations, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair experience in central chiller plants, thermal energy storage systems, heat exchangers and related systems, as well as in the development of strategic plans, master plans, and maintenance management for critical facilities. In addition to being a member of professional organizations such as IFMA, BCA, and USGBC, Bob regularly contributes to programs that train hands-on operators of critical facilities. Bob also works with clients to assess their current maintenance programs and help them develop more cost effective approaches to maintenance as well as better change management protocols for their critical facilities.

Bob Brown , CEO of TELADATA

Bob Brown is the CEO and Co-founder of TELADATA, an independent IT Infrastructure Consulting firm. With over 25 years in the Telecommunications and IT industry, he brings a broad spectrum of planning and project management expertise for mission critical data centers and IT Infrastructure relocation projects. He speaks frequently at industry events and provides educational seminars on best practices for planning and designing data centers. Bob and his organization have assessed, retrofitted, designed, constructed, and managed hundreds of mission critical data centers, server rooms, labs, and NOC environments for numerous firms in Silicon Valley and throughout the United States.

Bernard Golden, CEO of Navica

Bernard is recognized authority on open source software, particularly the use of open source in enterprise settings. He is the author of “Succeeding with Open Source” (Addison-Wesley Press, 2005, published in three languages), used as a course text in over a dozen university programs throughout the world. He writes a regular blog on open source for CIO Magazine, and his work has been featured in SearchCIO.com, Enterprise Open Source Journal, LinuxWorld, IT Manager’s Journal, InfoWorld, and eWeek. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of open source to many organizations and at conferences like LinuxWorld, the Catalyst Conference, and Data Center Decisions.

ATTENDANCE BY RSVP ONLY!

Seats are limited! CLICK HERE to RSVP online or call Maricel White at (510) 979-4251
You can also e-mail her at:mwhite@teladata.com