| Wednesday 22 Sep 2010 |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 |  | Bridging the IP & the Virtual Management Worlds
This session gives a timely update on techniques and products for monitoring and troubleshooting performance in hybrid physical and virtual network environments. Speaker/s Mr Greg Dumas, Director, Xangati Inc. Mr Richard Cull, Technical Director, Phoenix Datacom Tech Lab 2 |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 |  | IT NOTIFICATION - Software-as-a-Service and a Standardized Integration Platform: The Case for Modern Visionary Enterprise Messaging Speaker/s Mr Lance Stange, Senior Sales Engineer, MIR3 Mr Rene Grossrieder, Vice President, Worldwide Channels & Alliances, MIR3 Tech Lab 1 |
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| 10:40 - 11:05 |  | Avoiding The Cost Of Downtime
Speaker/s Mr Andrew Brewerton, Senior Director Business Development, CA Solutions Centre 2 |
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| 11:20 - 11:45 |  | Converged Infrastructure - Break The IT Innovation Gridlock
Speaker/s Mr Paul Kember, HP Country Director UK&I, Industry Standard Servers, HP Solutions Centre 2 |
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| 11:50 - 13:15 |  | Workshop 1 The Emergence of Convergence - How ready is your business? Workshops |
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| 12:40 - 13:05 |  | Examining Why Balance Is Essential To optimise Your IT Eco-System
Speaker/s Mr John Davies, Sales Director, EssentialNET Solutions Centre 2 |
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| 14:00 - 14:25 |  | Backup And Recovery In A Hybrid World - Physical, Virtual, Cloud
Speaker/s Mr David Blackman, GM Northern Europe, Acronis Solutions Centre 1 |
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| 14:30 - 15:15 |  | Managing Your Converged Infrastructure
Technical hands on overview of the software and tools used to manage a Converged Infrastructure. From systems management, application provisioning, power management, capacity planning and charge back. Speaker/s Mr Adam Richardson, ISS Pre-Sales Consultant, Hewlett Packard Tech Lab 1 |
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| 14:40 - 15:05 |  | Fiber Tapping In Data Center Networks - How Real Is The Threat?
Speaker/s Mr Christian Illmer, Senior Director ASM Enterprise, ADVA Optical Networking Solutions Centre 2 |
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| 15:00 - 16:00 |  | Is the UK Knowledge Economy Dead? Chairperson Mr Charles Ward, COO, Intellect Speaker/s Mr Ian Brinkley, Director of the Knowledge Programme, Work Foundation Mr Nick Illsley, Chief Executive, Transport Direct Ms Jayne Nickalls, Chief Executive, Direct Gov Keynote Theatre |
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| 15:20 - 15:45 |  | Maintaining visibility and troubleshooting a fast changing network infrastructure for a major retailer
Speaker/s Mr Andy Day, Consultant, Phoenix Datacom Solutions Centre 2 |
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| 16:00 - 16:25 |  | Protecting Corporate Networks With A Secure Web Gateway
Speaker/s Mr Richard Hicks, Head of sales engineering, Celestix networks Solutions Centre 1 |
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| 16:15 - 17:15 |  | Is IT a Strategic Weapon or Survival Tool? Chairperson Mr Clive Longbottom, Service Director, Business Process Analysis, Quocirca Ltd. Speaker/s Mr David Chan, Director, Centre for Information Leadership, City University London Mr Marcus East, Head Of Future Media & Technology, Comic Relief Mr Michael Warren, CTO, The London Metal Exchange Mr Nick Gaines, Group Information Systems Director, Volkswagen Group UK Ltd Keynote Theatre |
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| Thursday 23 Sep 2010 |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 |  | Keynote Address: “Is Anybody Out There?”– IT Solutions For Relief Workers On The Frontline
Speaker/s Mr. Martin Kristensson, IT Emergency Coordinator, The IT Emergency Preparedness & Response Branch of the United Nations World Food Programme Keynote Theatre |
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| 10:00 - 11:00 |  | NetApp Storage Efficiency Solutions
Speaker/s Mr Mike Walters, Consultant Systems Engineer, NetApp UK Tech Lab 2 |
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| 11:20 - 11:45 |  | Technology Strategies To Maximise The Value Of Your Applications
Speaker/s Mr Les Birchall, Solutions Director, Oracle UK Solutions Centre 2 |
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| 11:20 - 11:45 |  | Information Risk Management In The Modern World, Enabling The Interconnected Business
Speaker/s Miss Sian John, Distinguished Engineer, Symantec Solutions Centre 3 |
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| 12:00 - 12:25 |  | Digital Landfill: Why NAS is not enough
Speaker/s Ms Catherine Campbell, Chief strategist, HP Storage, HP Solutions Centre 2 |
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| 12:00 - 12:25 |  | IT Security spending priorities in a cost cutting era
Speaker/s Ms Nikki Ratcliffe, Marketing Director, Redstone Managed Solutions Solutions Centre 3 |
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| 12:40 - 13:05 |  | Incident Management & ?Straight Though Event Processing?: A Practical Study
Speaker/s Mr Ian Hammond, CEO, Criticall Solutions Centre 1 |
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| 12:40 - 13:05 |  | The Data Centre of the Future Vs The Future of the Data Centre
Speaker/s Mr Tom Brand, Service Director, Glasshouse Solutions Centre 2 |
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| 12:40 - 13:05 |  | Are You Confident Your Applications Are Network-Ready?
Speaker/s Mr Frank Puranik, Senior Technical Specialist, iTrinegy Solutions Centre 3 |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 |  | Application Delivery Assurance: Ensuring that Business-Critical Transactions Do Not Fail
In this session, ExtraHop Networks explores new advances in real-time analysis technology for accelerated troubleshooting and proactive early warning of problems right across the multi-tiered IT infrastructure - network, servers, database, and storage. Speaker/s Mr Raja Mukerji, Co-Founder and President, ExtraHop Networks Inc. Mr Richard Cull, Technical Director, Phoenix Datacom Tech Lab 2 |
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| 13:20 - 13:45 |  | Take Control Of Your Audit. Reduce Costs And Increase Security
Speaker/s Mr Ray Bryant, CEO, Idappcom Ltd Solutions Centre 1 |
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| 13:20 - 13:45 |  | Make Your Next Network Decision Your Last - Transform Your Network
Speaker/s Mr Lance Spencer, Data Services Director, Opal Solutions Centre 2 |
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| 14:00 - 14:25 |  | Making Business Downtime A Thing Of The Past
Speaker/s Mr Andrew Barnes, SVP Corporate Development, Neverfail Mr Magnus Leask, IS Director, Fast Track Solutions Centre 2 |
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| 14:40 - 15:05 |  | Avoiding The Cost Of Downtime
Speaker/s Mr Andrew Brewerton, Senior Director Business Development, CA Solutions Centre 1 |
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| 14:40 - 15:05 |  | Why Are Today's New Business Intelligence Tools Driving Pervasive BI & What Does That mean For The Infrastructure? Speaker/s Mr Simon Griffiths, Director Customer Solutions, Oracle Solutions Centre 3 |
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| 16:40 - 17:05 |  | Unlocking IT's Hidden Resource In The CSR Debate
Speaker/s Mr Phil Reakes, Managing Director, Ethical IT Solutions Centre 2 |
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