FOCUS CONFERENCE PREVIEW
DatacenterDynamics Conferences: Highlights, Events and Latest News
Continued…
is only half the equation – optimizing all the systems that run within it is crucial, from processing to storage to network to application. Our new IT Optimisation streams will provide insight on how IT needs drive data centre strategy and how best to deliver the required infrastructure.
The current and new conference streams from DatacenterDynamics will provide end users with an informed discussion of the
varied landscape of building/not building out their own data center facilities, relying on third-party services, and with technologists who will set out how enterprises can retain direct control of infrastructure assets with the adoption of the latest software and IT advances to maximise bottom-line performance.
NEW DESTINATIONS FOR 2011
Among new destinations for ‘Design-Build- Operate’, ‘Decisions Strategy’ and ‘IT Optimisation’ streams in 2011 is a second
The inaugural conference focusing on ‘Decisions Strategy’ and ‘IT Optimisation’ will take place in Sao Paulo in April 2011.
event for Russia in St Petersburg, our fi rst visit to Chile to the capital Santiago and our fi rst trip to the outsourcing giant that is India in Mumbai.
Home to the manufacturing plants that produce most of Apple’s iPods, iPhones, iPads, iMacs and notebooks, Shenzhen has been the fastest- growing city in China over the past 30 years.
Issue 13, Dec 10/Jan 11
TORONTO – 13 DECEMBER Paul Greenley
IT Data Center Manager -
Research in Motion Ltd
DOHA – 13 DECEMBER
Abdullah Sultan Al Rashdi
Senior IT Infrastructure Project Manager - Petroleum Development Oman
MUMBAI – 15 FEBRUARY
Anand Vanchi APAC Data
Center Solutions Architect, Intel
Walter Wallace, director of critical properties at the Royal Bank of Canada and Terry Rennaker, director of critical facilities at CB Richard Ellis, will examine innovation in energy-effi cient technologies and explain how to avoid costly mistakes in their deployment.
Kfi r Godrich, CTO of HP mission-critical facilities, will address performance, effi ciency and environmental impact optimization of data center facilities. And Bill Ahrens from Rogers Communications will discuss the virtualized environment and its impact on infrastructure planning, performance
optimization and
effi cient cooling solutions at DCD Toronto, in the US.
In our fi rst conference in Qatar, Abdullah Sultan Al Rashdi from Petroleum Development Oman provides a case study of his enterprize’s recent data center and IT refurbishment, while Ramiz Gabrial, former Qatar chapter ASHRAE president, will demonstrate how to optimize data
center
cooling performance with a thorough analysis of mechanical design and airfl ow.
Covering a popular topic for discussion in the region, Mick Dalton, past Chairman of the British Institute of Facilities Management, sets out a roadmap to minimize operational risks and the essential elements of a disaster recovery strategy.
While India represents the IT and business process outsourcing hub for the world, the question of the reliability of its IT infrastructure
remains a challenge. will As
businesses weigh up maintaining in-house data centers against a fully outsourced IT strategy, the question that
ultimately
be raised in the decision-making process is: “Will low cost outweigh reliability?”
DatacenterDynamics Mumbai will also cover challenges with operating data center facilities in the face of unreliable power infrastructure, a climate that is not conducive to free cooling and the internal pressures to minimize the need for further capital outlay while meeting enterprise needs.
58
www.datacenterdynamics.com
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60