Storage at Interop

Storage and storage network technologies work together to drive your business and clarify when and where to use storage protocols and technologies.

Conference: One of 17 tracks will explore many storage applications, such as backup and recovery and storage virtualization.
Storage Track: Information Classification: The Cornerstone to Information Management Identifying and Eliminating Backup System Bottlenecks A Crash Course in Data Replication Storage Virtualization: What, Why, Where and How “Green” Storage Pump Up Array Performance How to be a ROBO Cop: Reducing Business Risk with Remote Recovery Management Disaster Recovery for the Small and Medium Enterprise Learn more...

Conference: One of 17 tracks will explore many storage applications, such as backup and recovery and storage virtualization.

Storage Track:

Information Classification: The Cornerstone to Information Management
Identifying and Eliminating Backup System Bottlenecks
A Crash Course in Data Replication
Storage Virtualization: What, Why, Where and How
“Green” Storage
Pump Up Array Performance
How to be a ROBO Cop: Reducing Business Risk with Remote Recovery Management
Disaster Recovery for the Small and Medium Enterprise

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Workshops: Get in-depth information on key storage topics.

The Disaster Recovery Cookbook: Recipes for Surviving a Disaster
Storage Network Technologies: The Hype-Free Guide to Fibre Channel & iSCSI SANs

Free Sessions and Events: All attendees can take advantage of free storage-related sessions and events throughout the week.

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Wednesday, April 30
12:15 pm–1:00 pm	Sponsor Sessions FAN: An Architecture for Scalable, Service-Oriented Data Management - Sponsored by F5 Networks (Location: Mandalay Bay L) With the advent of Web 2.0 and Service Oriented Application architectures, file-encapsulation is rapidly becoming the pervasive means for storing, distributing, and managing business data by policy. However, until very recently, a unified scalable, light weight, policy-based file management architecture was not available. This session will explore how the file area network (FAN) leverages file virtualization, network-based policy enforcement, and globally distributed access, in an inclusive and open approach that not only "allows" but "calls for" multiple vendor technologies to interoperate. Speaker - Michael Myrick, VP, Global Storage and Backup Architecture and Design Engineering, Merrill Lynch Speaker - Richard Gillett, VP, Data Systems Architecture, F5 Networks Mr. Gillett joined F5 Networks (formally, Acopia Networks) with over 23 years experience in defining, designing, and introducing breakthrough products which have generated in excess of $10B in sales. With 22 patents to his credit, he has a broad range of technical expertise across storage, networking, and computing disciplines. Prior to joining Acopia, Rick co-founded and was CTO of Storigen Systems, a venture-backed startup company that pioneered solutions for remote facility information management. Rick has also served as Corporate Fellow and CTO of Avid Technology's Network and Storage Solutions Division, and as corporate consulting engineer and CTO of Digital Equipment Corporation's Alpha/VAX Server Division (now part of Hewlett Packard). He has a Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of New Hampshire and has completed General Electric's Cooperative Engineering Program and Babson's Executive Education.
2:15 pm–3:00 pm	Sponsor Sessions How to Virtualize Your Enterprise - Sponsored by Oracle (Location: Breakers L ) As your data center grows, you face increased hardware and energy costs; real estate and facility costs; resource under-utilization; and more. This session provides an in-depth presentation on the features, benefits, and differentiators of a single point of enterprise-class support for your entire virtualization environment, including database, middleware, applications, and operating system. Speaker - Wim Coekaerts, Vice President, Linux Engineering, Oracle Wim Coekaerts is the Vice President of Linux Engineering for Oracle Corporation, where he leads the team responsible for both Oracle VM server virtualization and Oracle Unbreakable Linux support. Mr. Coekaerts joined Oracle Belgium in 1995 as a technical engineer for Oracle Support Services. In 1997, he moved to Oracle headquarters in Redwood Shores, California where he held various positions in program management for Oracle's worldwide solutions support group. Two years later he began work on the prototype of Oracle Database Appliance, focused on the tight integration of the database with operating system such as Solaris and Linux. In 2000, Mr. Coekaerts was asked to design, prototype and develop an Oracle Linux-based Internet appliance. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison later spun it off into a new company now called the New Internet Computer. Prior to joining Oracle, Mr. Coekaerts oversaw software projects and Linux migration for the data center at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Mr. Coekaerts received a degree in computer science from Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
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