Conference: Virtualization Track

Track Chair:
Barb Goldworm
President and Chief Analyst
Focus Consulting

Virtualization is driving a fundamental shift in how we think about our data center environments. Is your company keeping up with this paradigm shift and taking full advantage of the benefits of virtualization, from basic consolidation through the advanced benefits of virtualization 2.0 – automation, high availability, disaster recovery and the move beyond servers and out to desktops and applications? The Virtualization Track is the only place to get answers to that question, and many more, enabling the enterprise to embrace virtualization with confidence and efficiency.

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Wednesday, September 17
4:00 pm–5:00 pm	Conference Sessions Virtual Reality: Understanding the Security and Compliance Implications of Server Virtualization Server virtualization is hot! Whether your executives think green or simply want to save some green, everyone is deploying virtualization - the benefits are undeniable. As we embrace virtualization, we must strategically approach security and compliance from the start. Virtualization introduces new attack surfaces and a swath of new availability risks. This brave new world also impacts how we approach compliance, governance, and risk Management. Joshua Corman will explore best practices and real world successes in assuring virtualization benefits while mitigating new risks. Are you virtually secure? Or are you securely virtual? Speaker - Joshua Corman, Principal Security Strategist, IBM Internet Security Systems
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Thursday, September 18
10:15 am–11:15 am	Conference Sessions Microsoft Virtualization and Hyper-V - User Experiences With the release of Hyper-V in fall 2008, Microsoft is delivering a critical component of its overall virtualization strategy. Joining the ranks of the VMware and Xen hypervisors, Hyper-V is now part of Microsoft's next-generation server operating system Windows Server 2008, integrating it with the Systems Center management tools. Learn about Hyper-V and Windows Server 2008, and hear the experiences of early users to help you understand whether, where and how to take advantage of this new virtualization technology in your Windows shop.
11:30 am–12:30 pm	Conference Sessions The Business Case for Virtualization One of the reasons that virtualization has gained so much traction is that it brings very compelling business and financial benefits. Whether you are just starting to evaluate server virtualization or have completed your server consolidation and are evaluating virtual desktops, building a business case for your next phase can help you get the investment dollars you need to move forward. This session will give you the information you need to begin to build that business case and help your management understand why virtualization is the foundation needed to move your IT shop into the future.
2:00 pm–3:00 pm	Conference Sessions Virtualization Technology Primer Feeling bewildered by a slew of new acronyms, technologies and concepts describing virtualization? Need a high-level overview of what virtualization means to you and your business? Do you want to get your arms around server virtualization, hypervisors, paravirtualization, OS virtualization, hardware assists, virtual desktop architectures, application streaming and isolation and more? This is the session for you.
3:15 pm–4:15 pm	Conference Sessions The Impact of Server Virtualization on Storage Server and desktop virtualization return huge consolidation benefits in space, utilization, and power. How will this new virtual infrastructure affect your storage, as well as your backup/ DR/ business continuance (BC) strategy? This session will explore the impact of server virtualization on your storage infrastructure and services, including architecture, backup/recovery, disaster recovery and other storage issues.
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Friday, September 19
9:00 am–10:00 am	Conference Sessions Reducing Desktop Management Nightmares through Desktop and Application Virtualization Desktop and application virtualization hold the promise of solving many of the desktop management problems that have been plaguing IT since PCs first began to multiply in the corporate world in the early 1980s. What exactly are desktop and application virtualization; how do they differ; and how do they relate to server virtualization? What is application streaming? How can these various technologies help reduce desktop and application management nightmares? Where should they fit into an overall desktop management strategy? What benefits can be gained and what pitfalls can be avoided? What is involved in evaluating, planning and implementing them? What are the different architectural approaches? Learn about implementing virtual desktops and application virtualization and streaming, and evaluate how you might incorporate these types of solutions into your desktop and application management strategy.
10:15 am–11:15 am	Conference Sessions Server-Based Computing and Virtual Desktops: Old Meets New - Getting the Best of Both? The concept of server-based computing is not new - published applications have been running in production for years on Windows Terminal Services and/or Citrix Presentation Server (now called XenApp). Today it is used in over 200,000 IT shops. This architecture has been the mainstay of call centers and users working occasionally from home. Now the ability to deliver a complete virtual desktop offers new possibilities to extend this virtual model to a whole new wave of users. But how do you evaluate which technologies best fit which types of users? How can you best use each of these technologies, with the best and most seamless user experience, along with the best management tools across the user base? Learn about how the lines are blurring across these technologies and how to take best advantage of one or both to fit the use cases in play within your organization.
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