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2008 Symposium Agenda

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Tuesday, August 5th

Time:

Speaker/Activity

8:00 - 8:45 Briefing Registration (Registration Desk)
Continental Breakfast (Hotel Foyer)
Main Ballroom (Sequoia Rooms E,F,G & H)
8:45 - 9:00 Welcome and Introductions
John Randall, Marketing Director, Nth Generation
9:00 - 11:00 Virtualization & Green IT Briefing
Dan Molina, Chief Technology Officer, Nth Generation & Nth's Sr. Solution Architects
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:00 Benchmarking 101
"Benchmarking 101"
Ken Bates, Senior Technologist, Xiotech
12:00 - 12:15 Tutorial Registration & Lunch
Main Ballroom
(Sequoia Rooms E,F,G & H)
12:30 - 1:00 Registration for Compliance & e-Discovery Briefing
(Registration Desk)
12:15 - 3:30

"Enterprise IT Tutorial: Storage & Data Protection Technologies"
Dan Molina CTO, Nth Generation and Nth's Sr. Solution Architects

"Xiotech's Intelligent Storage Element - Breakthrough Storage Technology"
Steve Sicola, CTO, Xiotech

"HP Solutions for the Green Data Center"
Chet Jacobs, CTO, HP

"Stump the Experts Technical Panel"
Dan Molina, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Engrs, Nth Generation

  Trillium Room
1:00 - 5:00 "Compliance & e-Discovery Briefing, Expert Panel
& Solutions Nondisclosure"
1:00 - 1:05 Welcome & Agenda
John Randall, Marketing Director, Nth Generation
1:05 - 1:50 "How Legal Risks in Discovery Drive Technology
for Archiving & Storage"

Daniel Garrie, Senior Attorney, Author & Partner, CRAI
1:50 - 2:35 "Leading Practices for Aligning IT Policies & Procedures with Litigation Risk"
Liane Komagome
Attorney & Principal - Director of Electronic Discovery, CRAI
2:35 - 2:45 Break
2:45 - 3:30 "e-Discovery Trends: A Panel Discussion"
The Hon. Maureen Duffy-Lewis, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge
Liane Komagome
Attorney & Principal - Director of Electronic Discovery, CRAI
Daniel Garrie, Senior Attorney, Author & Partner, CRAI
3:45 - 5:00

"HP Information Management Solutions Roadmap
and Nondisclosures"

Gary Bergo, Solutions Architect, HP

A signed HP Nondisclosure form will be required to attend. Qualified organizations only.
Call Nth Generation at 858-451-2383 for details.

Wednesday, August 6th

Time:

Speaker/Activity

7:30 - 8:15 Registration & Continental Breakfast
GENERAL SESSION
Main Ballroom (Sequoia Rooms E,F,G & H)
8:15-8:30 "Symposium Welcome, Announcements & Agenda"
John Randall, Marketing Director, Nth Generation
8:30-9:00

"Symposium Highlights & Nth Introduction"
Host Richard Baldwin, President & CEO, Nth Generation

9:00 - 9:30 Keynote 1
"Green IT & the Future of Virtualization"
Dane Smith
, VP, VMware
9:30 - 10:00 Keynote 2
"SAIC's Virtualization Campaign: Engaging the Desktop"
Bob Logan, Vice President, Enterprise Infrastructure Services, SAIC
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 10:45 Keynote 3
"C-4 Strategy: Developing a Business-Savvy Continuity Capability"

Jon William Toigo, Author, Analyst & CEO, Toigo Partners, International
    Wisteria Room
10:45 - 11:30 Panel Discussion
"Data Protection Shootout"
Jon William Toigo, Moderator
Mike Sparkes, Product Marketing Mgr, Enterprise Systems, Quantum
David Self, VP Enterprise Systems Engineering, InMage
Bruce Clarke, Director of Technical Marketing, Data Domain
Bob Roudebush, Dir of Solutions Engineering, Double Take Software
Tom Sas, Worldwide Marketing Mgr, VLS & Data Deduplication, HP

10:45 - 12:00
CIO Roundtable & Luncheon
Hosts: Dane Smith, VP VMware
Bob Logan, Vice President
Enterprise Infrastructure Services, SAIC

*Invitation only*

11:30 - 12:00 Lunch Buffet opens
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
 
Trillium Room
Sequoia Rooms E,F,G & H
Sorrell Room
12:00 - 12:45

Breakout 1A
"Comprehensive Data Management From a Single Console"
David West, VP Marketing, CommVault

Breakout 1B
"Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) & VMware Fundamentals
Asif Khan, Sr. Systems Engineer, VMware

Breakout 1C
"Real World Success in the Virtualized Worlds of State & Local Government and Education"
Rock Regan, Dir of Business Development, State/Local Gov't & Education, VMware
Larry Singer, SLED Executive, HP
12:45 - 1:00 Break Break  
1:00 - 1:45

Breakout 2A
"Enabling Server Virtualization with HP B-Series SANs"
AJ Casamento, Senior Solutioneer, Brocade

Breakout 2B
"Next Gen Storage Optimization"
Bruce Clarke Director of Technical Marketing, Data Domain
1:45 - 2:00 Break Break  
2:00 - 2:45

Breakout 3A
"New Choices for Data Protection, Recovery and Business Continuity"
David Self, VP Services, InMage

Breakout 3B
"New Virtual View: End-to-end Integration & Automation of Storage & VMware Environments"
Eric Lomascolo, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Xiotech

2:45 - 3:00 Break Break  
3:00 - 3:45

Breakout 4A
"Reducing Your Data by Increasing Your Options"
Mike Sparkes, Product Mktg Mgr, Enterprise Systems, Quantum

Breakout 4B
"Continuously Analyze and Optimize your Infrastructure
for Better Business Outcomes"

Chris Powell, Technical Marketing, Master Level, HP

3:30
Interoperability Lab opens - Sequoia Rooms A,B,C & D
 
3:45 - 4:00 Break Break  
4:00 - 4:45

Breakout 5A
Business Continuity for Virtualized Environment
Bob Roudebush, Director, Solutions Engineering, Double-Take Software

4:00 - 5:15
Breakout 5B
"HP Enterprise Storage Roadmap & Nondisclosure"
Tom Sas, Worldwide Marketing Mgr, VLS & Data Deduplication, HP
Rich Colarusso, Americas XP Product Manager, HP
JP Lavigne, Americas EVA Solutions Business Manager, HP

A signed HP Nondisclosure form will be required to attend

5:00
Appetizers & Refreshments Served in Lab
6:00
Prize Raffles begin in Lab
6.30
LIVE Entertainment in Lab!
7:00
Interoperability Lab closes

Thursday, August 7th

Time:

Speaker/Activity

7:30 - 8:15 Registration & Continental Breakfast
GENERAL SESSION Main Ballroom (Sequoia Rooms E,F,G & H)
8:15-8:30 Symposium Welcome & Agenda
John Randall, Marketing Director, Nth Generation
8:30-9:00 "Symposium Highlights & Nth Introduction"
Host Richard Baldwin, President & CEO, Nth Generation
9:00 - 9:30 Keynote 1
"Extracting IT Value with Intel Xeon Based Servers"
Christopher Peters, Product marketing, Servers, Intel
9:30 - 10:00 Keynote
"Game Changing Technology"
Steve Sicola, Chief Technology Officer, Xiotech
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 10:45

Keynote 3
Redefining the Virtual Data Center
Richie Lary, Sr. Technology Analyst, IN_fusion, LLC

10:45 - 11:30 Keynote 4
"Technology for Better Business Outcomes"
Rudi Schmickl, Vice President, Enterprise Servers & Storage, HP
11:30 - 12:00 Lunch Buffet Opens
Trillium Room Main Ballroom Sequoia Rooms E,F,G &H Wisteria Room
12:00 - 12:45

Breakout 1A
"Intel in the Data Center of the Future: Virtualization, Performance and Energy Efficiency"
Afshin Abadi,
Enterprise Technology Specialist, Intel

Breakout 1B
"ISE and the Revolutionary Emprise Architecture"
Roger Kelley, Principal Arcitect, Xiotech

11:30 - 12:45
CIO Roundtable & Luncheon
Hosts:
Steve Sicola CTO, Xiotech
Richie Lary, Sr Technology Consultant, IN_fusion

*Invitation Only*

12:45 - 1:00 Break Break
1:00 - 1:45

Breakout 2A
Intel 'Nehalem' Microarchitecture Nondisclosure
Afshin Abadi, Enterprise Technology Specialist, Intel

A signed Intel Nondisclosure form will be required to attend

Breakout 2B
"Site Recovery MGR (SRM) & VMware Advanced Functionality"
Shakeeb Malik, Senior Systems Engineer, VMware
1:45 - 2:00 Break
2:00 - 2:45 Breakout 3A
"CommVault Singular Information Management"
Steve Sorenson, Southwest Solutioneer, CommVault
Breakout 3B
"HP: Integrated by Design"
Paul Mantey,
Virtualization Business Development & Strategic Planning Manager, HP
2:45 - 3:00 Break Break
3:00 - 3:45

Breakout 4A
"Data Access Demands Drive Next Gen Data Center Solutions"
Stuart Berman, Sr. VP & CTO, Emulex

Breakout 4B
"Managing the Virtualized Datacenter: Servers, Virtualization & Storage"
Rob Strechay, Senior Director, Sales Engineering, Akorri

3:30 Interoperability Lab opens - Sequoia Rooms A,B,C & D
3:45 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:45 Breakout 5 - Main Ballroom
Xiotech Special Session
Roger Kelley, Principal Architect, Xiotech
5:00
Appetizers & Refreshments Served in Lab
6:00
Prize Raffles begin in Lab
7:00
Interoperability Lab closes

Please review the Symposium registration policy to ensure that you are eligible to attend.

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