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Gartner Data Center, Infrastructure & Operations Management Conference 2014

Agenda at a Glance

Agenda current as of November 17, 2014, and subject to change. Please see Events Navigator for full details.

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TRACK A Web-Scale IT – Bringing Public Cloud’s Best Attributes to the Enterprise

TRACK BIT Operations – Excelling in a Brave New World

TRACK CDeveloping and Implementing Your Short- and Long-Term Cloud Strategy

TRACK DThe Mobility Factor — Driving Every Aspect of Computing

TRACK EServers and Operating Systems: Navigating Through the Turmoil

TRACK F Rethinking Storage Architectures and Data Management

TRACK G Designing and Managing the Intelligent Data Center

TRACK HEnsuring Your Data Center Network Architecture Reflects Today’s Realities and Tomorrow’s Challenges

TRACK I IT Cost Optimization — Dealing With Procurement in the Evolving Digital Universe

TRACK J IT Leadership — Professional Development and Talent Retention

MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 Location

4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Preregistration Venetian B, Level 2

4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. T1. Orientation Session for First-Time Attendees: How to Get the Most Out of Your Conference Experience Dave Russell and Mike Chuba, Gartner Veronese 2401B, Level 2

5:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. IP. All-Industry Peer to Peer Networking Session: Stand Out and Connect With Winning Body Language Mark Bowden, creator of TRUTHPLANE™ Venetian G, Level 2

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. REG W1. Workshop: Building an Enterprise BYOD Policy Chris Silva and Kevin Knox, Gartner Veronese 2401B, Level 2

REG W2. Workshop: Leveraging Gartner’s I&O Maturity Model to Drive Improvements Jay E. Pultz and John Rivard, Gartner Veronese 2404, Level 2

REG W3. Workshop: Building the IT Service Continuity (IT SC) Business Case Carl Claunch and John P. Morency, Gartner Titian 2301A, Level 2

REG W4. Workshop: How to Develop Great People Managers in IT Diane Berry and Lily Mok, Gartner Titian 2304, Level 2

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27:00 a.m. – 6:15 p.m. Registration Venetian AB, Level 2

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Attendee Breakfast Hall D, Level 2

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. K1. Gartner Keynote: Non-stop IT; Delivering the Integrated Data Center David J. Cappuccio and John P. Morency, Gartner Venetian EF, Level 2

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. K2. Gartner Keynote: Bimodal IT: Managing the Dichotomy in the Data Center Raymond Paquet, Gartner Venetian EF, Level 2

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Networking Break

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. K3. Guest Keynote: It’s Your Ship – Achieving Breakthrough Performance Mike Abrashoff, Former Naval Commander, USS Benfold & Author Venetian EF, Level 2

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. K4. Welcome Address Dave Russell and Mike Chuba, Gartner Venetian EF, Level 2

12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. A A1. Innovate at the Pace of a Web-scale IT Business Cameron Haight, Gartner Titian 2301A, Level 2

B B1. The IT Operations Scenario: Preparing for the Bi-Modal Future Jeffrey M. Brooks, Gartner Venetian F, Level 2

C C1. Building Successful Private and Hybrid Cloud Services Thomas J. Bittman, Gartner Venetian D, Level 2

D D1. End-User Computing Scenario: How to Keep Your Users Productive Through 2018 Chris Silva and Kevin Knox, Gartner Veronese 2401B, Level 2

F F1. Technical Insights: Clash of the New Storage Giants — Amazon, Azure and Google Comparison Werner Zurcher, Gartner Venetian G, Level 2

H H1. The Enterprise Networking Scenario: How SDN Changes Everything Andrew Lerner and Joe Skorupa, Gartner Veronese 2404, Level 2

NL1. Networking Lounge: IT Service Management – Improving Services Levels Murano 3301A, Level 3

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. REG AUR1. Roundtable: Best Practices for Social Media in I&O See Events Navigator for speaker details Bassano 2702, Level 2

REG AUR2. Roundtable: Unix/Linux Futures Andrew Butler and George J. Weiss, Gartner Bassano 2801, Level 2

REG AUR3. Roundtable: Backup Modernization Dave Russell and Pushan Rinnen, Gartner Bassano 2803, Level 2

REG AUR4. Roundtable: The Role of Colocation in a Data Center Strategy Bob Gill, Gartner Bassano 2804, Level 2

REG AUR5. Roundtable: Chargeback, Showback or IFTM: What Are You Using and Why? Gary Spivak and Robert Naegle, Gartner Bassano 2805, Level 2

REG W5. Workshop: How to Maximize I&O’s Impact on Innovation and Agility Donna Scott, Gartner Bassano 2601, Level 2

12:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Attendee Lunch Hall D, Level 2

12:45 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. SLA1. IBM: IBM’s Point of View: Next-Generation IT Infrastructure Pete Lorenzen, IBM Venetian G, Level 2

2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. A A2. Living the DevOps Dream of Continuous Delivery: Modernizing Release Management to Increase Agility Ronni J. Colville and Colin Fletcher, Gartner Titian 2301A, Level 2

B B2. Focus on Mobile Application Performance Jonah Kowall, Gartner Venetian F, Level 2

C C2. Cloud Management and Governance: Vital to IT Becoming a Service Broker Donna Scott and Dennis Smith, Gartner Venetian D, Level 2

E E2. Server Scenario: Evolution of Server Technologies, Providers and Best Practices Carl Claunch, Gartner Galileo, Level 1

F F2. The Five-Year Storage Scenario Alan Dayley and Arun Chandrasekaran, Gartner Venetian G, Level 2

G G2. Software-Defined Anything (SDx) Scenario ... Beyond Virtualization Philip Dawson, Gartner Venetian E, Level 2

I I2. Spend Less on IT, Drive More Value: How Best-in-Class Organizations Do It Jim McGittigan, Gartner Titian 2304, Level 2

NL2. Networking Lounge: Attracting, Developing and Retaining IT Personnel Murano 3301A, Level 3

3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. REG VUR2. FireHost: How to Reduce Risk With a Cloud That’s Born Secure Chase Cunningham, Chris Drake and Kurt Hagerman, FireHost Bassano 2702, Level 2

REG VUR4. VCE: See Events Navigator for Session Details Bassano 2801, Level 2

SPS1. Cisco: Transforming Data Centers Through an Application-Centric Approach Frank Palumbo, Cisco Venetian E, Level 2

SPS2. Dimension Data: The Next Generation Data Center as a Platform for Innovation — Client Use Cases Driving Significant Business Outcomes Richard Garratt, Dimension Data

Titian 2301A, Level 2

SPS3. Intel: Software Defined Infrastructure: Deploying Intelligent Automated Datacenters Jeff Klaus and Lynn Comp, Intel Corporation Venetian F, Level 2

SPS4. IO: How To Build An Application-Centric Data Center Adil Attlassy, IO Venetian G, Level 2

SPS5. Microsoft: Cloud is Not Optional: How to Think About Hybrid Mark Russinovich, Microsoft Venetian D, Level 2

SPS6. Pure Storage: Digital Divide: Stories from the Frontlines of the Flash Revolution Scott Dietzen, Pure Storage; Jack Hogan, Lifescript; Tim Nale, BIC Graphic

Veronese 2401B, Level 2

SPS7. Red Hat: The Acceleration of Application Delivery for the Business Chris Van Tuin, Red Hat Titian 2304, Level 2

SPS8. Sungard Availability Services: Application Recovery — The Ultimate Goal and Evolution of DR Josh Raborn, US Foods Veronese 2404, Level 2

SPS9. Alcatel-Lucent USA: Open Choices in Building Private Clouds Dr. Dimitri Stiliadis, Alcatel-Lucent Galileo, Level 1

4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. REG VUR5. IBM: See Events Navigator for Session Details Bassano 2702, Level 2

SPS10. Schneider Electric: A Customer View of DCIM Soeren Brogaard Jensen, Schneider Electric Venetian G, Level 2

SPS11. CA Technologies: Unified Infrastructure Management is Critical to Enhancing the Ops in DevOps Aruna Ravichandran, CA Technologies Galileo, Level 1

SPS12. Dell: Converged Infrastructure Revolutionized: The Flexible and Modular Dell Converged Infrastructure Portfolio Tom Burns, Dell Venetian F, Level 2

SPS13. Extreme Networks: The Tipping Point for SDN: “Simplified Data Networking” Dan Dulac, Extreme Networks Veronese 2404, Level 2

SPS14. F5 Networks: Real World Strategies For Building A Hybrid Infrastructure Alan Murphy, F5 Networks Titian 2301A, Level 2

SPS15. IBM: IBM Point of View: Data Center of the Future Chris Molloy, IBM Venetian D, Level 2

SPS16. SimpliVity: SimpliVity’s Hyperconverged Infrastructure Raises the Bar for Integrated Systems Doron Kempel, SimpliVity Titian 2304, Level 2

SPS17. Symantec: Agile Data Centers: Leveraging Software-Defined into Additional Revenue Drew Meyer, Symantec Veronese 2401B, Level 2

SPS18. VMware, Inc.: Moving Toward the Software-Defined Data Center Michael Adams and David Jesso, VMware, Inc. Venetian E, Level 2

5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. B B3. Business Value Dashboards: Your Pathway to Business Impact Alignment Jeffrey M. Brooks and Robert Naegle, Gartner Venetian F, Level 2

C C3. How to Integrate Cloud Infrastructure “aaS” With Traditional Outsourcing Solutions William Maurer, Gartner Venetian D, Level 2

D D3. The Future of Endpoint Management Terrence Cosgrove, Gartner Veronese 2401B, Level 2

E E3. What’s Beyond Integrated Systems? George J. Weiss, Gartner Galileo, Level 1

F F3. The Economics of Software-Defined Storage Roger W. Cox, Gartner Venetian G, Level 2

G G3. Top 10 Emerging Trends That Will Impact Your Data Center Operation David J. Cappuccio, Gartner Venetian E, Level 2

J J3. Hybrid IT: Bringing Clouds Together John Rivard and Thomas J. Bittman, Gartner Veronese 2404, Level 2

NL3. Networking Lounge: Improving the Quality of IT Services Murano 3301A, Level 3

5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. REG AUR6. Roundtable: DevOps Cameron Haight, Ronni J. Colville and George Spafford, Gartner Bassano 2702, Level 2

REG AUR7. Roundtable: Securely Using the Public Cloud Neil MacDonald, Gartner Bassano 2801, Level 2

REG AUR8. Roundtable: HVDs and Desktop Virtualization Kevin Knox and Michael A. Silver, Gartner Bassano 2803, Level 2

REG AUR9. Roundtable: Big Data: Do You Have It, and What Are You Doing About It? Sheila Childs and Stanley Zaffos, Gartner Bassano 2804, Level 2

REG AUR10. Roundtable: Next-Gen Wide-Area Network Architectures Danellie Young and Sorell Slaymaker, Gartner Bassano 2805, Level 2

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Solution Showcase Reception Hall C, Level 2

6:10 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MQT1. Theater: Magic Quadrants for Backup/Recovery Pushan Rinnen, Gartner Theater, Hall C, Level 2

6:40 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. TH1. FalconStor Software, Inc.: Free Yourself: Creating Modern Data Centers Through Unified Data Services Ralph Wynn, FalconStor Theater, Hall C, Level 2

7:10 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. TH2. Splunk: See Events Navigator for Session Details Priya Balakrishnan, Splunk Theater, Hall C, Level 2

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3 Location

7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. Registration Venetian B, Level 2

7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Networking Breakfast Hall D, Level 2

7:15 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. SBA1. DuPont Fabros Technology: The Power of Teamwork Jim Craig, Gold Medal Strategies Venetian G, Level 2

8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. K5. Guest Keynote: Exponential Technologies Causing Disruptive Innovation Peter Diamandis, X-Prize Foundation Venetian EF, Level 2

NL4. Networking Lounge: Flash Storage and How Solid State Arrays Will Change the Data Center Murano 3301A, Level 3

9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. K6. Keynote Guest Interview: Lessons Learned from Infrastructure at Scale Jason Taylor, Facebook Venetian EF, Level 2

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. REG AUR11. Roundtable: The Future of Fabric-Based Infrastructures Andrew Butler and George J. Weiss, Gartner Bassano 2702, Level 2

REG AUR12. Roundtable: Rethinking and Simplifying Event Correlation and Analysis and Business Service Management Colin Fletcher, Gartner Bassano 2801, Level 2

REGAUR13. Roundtable: Using Desktop Virtualization as Part of Your Client Computing and Mobility Strategy Michael A. Silver and Kevin Knox, Gartner

Bassano 2803, Level 2

REG AUR14. Roundtable: All Things Flash Arun Chandrasekaran and Joseph Unsworth, Gartner Bassano 2804, Level 2

REG AUR15. Roundtable: Network Disruption in the Data Center Andrew Lerner, Gartner Bassano 2805, Level 2

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. A A4. Web-Scale Applications Require Web-Scale Application Architecture Ross Altman, Gartner Titian 2301A, Level 2

B B4. Automation: Big Benefits for Today’s and Tomorrow’s Data Center, But Is It Really That “Automagic?” Robert Naegle and Ronni J. Colville, Gartner

Venetian F, Level 2

C C4. Where Software-Defined Anything (SDx) Meets Cloud Computing Donna Scott, Gartner Venetian D, Level 2

E E4. The Future of the IBM Mainframe: New Opportunities, New Challenges Mike Chuba, Gartner Galileo, Level 1

F F4. Backup to the Future Dave Russell, Gartner Veronese 2401B, Level 2

G G4. Securing the Virtualized Data Center Neil MacDonald, Gartner Venetian E, Level 2

I I4. Data Center Economics: How to Run a Financially Efficient and Operationally Optimized Data Center Rakesh Kumar, Gartner Titian 2304, Level 2

NL5. Networking Lounge: Managing Employee-Owned Technology (BYOD) in the Enterprise Murano 3301A, Level 3

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. REG VUR1. Cisco: The Role of Cloud and IT Service Brokering in the World of Many Clouds Jim McHugh, Cisco Bassano 2702, Level 2

SPS19. BMC Software: Seed Your Clouds with Value — Optimize Costs Across Your Clouds David Williams, BMC Software Veronese 2404, Level 2

SPS20. EMC: Making Software Defined Data Center a Reality for Your Business Rick Walsworth, EMC Venetian D, Level 2

SPS21. Emerson Network Power: What Will Your Data Center Look Like in 2025? Enzo Greco, Emerson Network Power Venetian F, Level 2

SPS22. HP: Software-Defined Infrastructure Strategy for the Data Center of the Future Mohammed Safder, Hewlett-Packard Bassano 2601, Level 2

SPS23. NetApp: Turn Data Management Into Competitive Advantage with NetApp Jay Kidd, NetApp Veronese 2401B, Level 2

SPS24. Oracle: 3 New Ideas To Drive Business Results with Integrated Systems Karen Sigman, Oracle Venetian E, Level 2

SPS25. Splunk: Leidos Transforms Datacenter Operations by Simplifying Systems/Network Management with Splunk Donald Mahler, Leidos Titian 2304, Level 2

SPS26. Virtual Instruments: Infrastructure Performance Management: How It’ll Help Get Your Weekends Back! John Gentry, Virtual Instruments Titian 2301A, Level 2

SPS27. VMware, Inc.: SDDC and Network Virtualization: An Inherently Better Security Model Tom Corn and Chris King, VMware, Inc. Galileo, Level 1

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Attendee Lunch and Solution Showcase Dessert Reception Hall C, Level 2

12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. SLA2. Symantec: Protecting Your Data Center Against Targeted Attacks Piero DePaoli, Symantec Venetian G, Level 2

12:10 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. MQT2. Theater: Magic Quadrant and Critical Capabilities for IT Service Support Management Tools Jarod Greene, Gartner Theater, Hall C, Level 2

1:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. TH3. Emulex: Resolving the Network (In)visibility Blame Game with Packet-Level Data Michael Kelley, Emulex Theater, Hall C, Level 2

1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. TH4. Dimension Data: Hybrid Cloud: Bridging the Best of Both Public and Private Cloud Treb Ryan and Pam Casale, Dimension Data Theater, Hall C, Level 2

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. A A5. Software-Defined Storage and Build-Your-Own Storage: From Pipe Dream to Reality Dave Russell and Arun Chandrasekaran, Gartner Titian 2301A, Level 2

D D5. Technical Insights: How to Leverage BYOD to Improve Productivity Michael Disabato, Gartner Veronese 2404, Level 2

E E5. Virtualizing Mission-Critical Workloads: No Longer Black and White Philip Dawson, Gartner Galileo, Level 1

F F5. How the Third Era of Computing (Digitalization) Will Change the Way We Think About Storage and Data Management Sheila Childs, Gartner

Venetian G, Level 2

G G5. Data Center Consolidation and Migration Strategies: Getting From Here to There David J. Cappuccio, Gartner Venetian E, Level 2

H H5. The WAN is the New LAN Danellie Young and Sorell Slaymaker, Gartner Veronese 2401B, Level 2

I I5. Software Contracting in the New World of Digitalization, Mobile Devices and Smart Devices Lori Samolsky, Gartner Titian 2304, Level 2

NL6. Networking Lounge: ITIL and Process Improvement Initiatives Murano 3301A, Level 3

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. REG W6. Workshop: Leadership is Everything Dick Heller, Full Extension LLC Bassano 2601, Level 2

REG AUR16. Roundtable: Web-Scale IT Cameron Haight, Gartner Bassano 2702, Level 2

REG AUR17. Roundtable: Taking Metrics to the Next Level Jeffrey M. Brooks, Gartner Bassano 2801, Level 2

REG AUR18. Roundtable: Modernizing Availability and Performance Monitoring Jonah Kowall, Gartner Bassano 2803, Level 2

REG AUR19. Roundtable: Data Center Outsourcing William Maurer, Gartner Bassano 2804, Level 2

REG AUR20. Roundtable: Globally Managing IT Services Recovery and Continuity John P. Morency, Gartner Bassano 2805, Level 2

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. MQ1. Magic Quadrant and Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Mobility Management Suites Chris Silva, Gartner Venetian D, Level 2

MQ2. Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure Thomas J. Bittman, Gartner Galileo, Level 1

TTP1. To the Point: Open-Source Management Tools — Free or Flee Ronni J. Colville and Colin Fletcher, Gartner Veronese 2401B, Level 2

TTP2. To the Point: Manage Storage Growth Through Effective Data Policies Alan Dayley, Gartner Veronese 2404, Level 2

TTP3. To the Point: The Market Guide to Modular Data Center Solutions Jeffrey Hewitt, Gartner Titian 2301A, Level 2

TTP4. To the Point: Best Practices to Gain Value From Your Storage Vendor Relationships Stanley Zaffos, Gartner Titian 2304, Level 2

TTP5. To the Point: Seizing I&O’s Potential for Business Engagement John Rivard, Gartner Venetian G, Level 2

3:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. SPS28. Citrix Systems: DevOps in the SDN: What You Need to Know Steve Shah, Citrix.com Venetian F, Level 2

SPS29. Equinix: Rethink Your IT Strategy and Colocation. Transform Your Business. Chris Drumgoole, General Electric; David Neitz, CDM Smith; Joe Brannan, Lincoln Financial Group; John Landy, Datapipe; Tony Bishop, Equinix


SPS30. HP: New Style of IT Infrastructure – Converged, Software Defined, and Cloud Enabled Mark Linesch, Hewlett-Packard Titian 2301A, Level 2

SPS31. Nutanix: Web-Scale IT: An Enterprise Success Story See Events Navigator for Speaker Details Venetian E, Level 2

SPS32. SanDisk Inc.: Exploit Extremely Fast Storage to Accelerate Databases, Analytics and Virtualization Brian Cox, SanDisk Enterprise Storage Systems

Venetian G, Level 2

SPS33. Trend Micro Incorporated: Infrastructure as (Secure) Code Mark Nunnikhoven, Trend Micro Veronese 2404, Level 2

SPS34. Unisys: Defining the Mission Critical Datacenter in the Modern Digital Enterprise John Kunzier and Jim Thompson, Unisys Titian 2304, Level 2

SPS35. VCE: VCE and Vblock Voice of the Customer: Driving Agility in the Datacenter Bruce Philipoom, Raymond James; John Lockyer, VCE Venetian D, Level 2

SPS36. Panduit Corp.: Optimizing Airflow and Reducing Energy in Legacy Data Centers Brett Illers, Yahoo Galileo, Level 1

REG VW1. Wipro: See Events Navigator for Session Details Murano 2601, Level 3

4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. TTP6. How to Establish a Walk-Up IT Service Support Center Terrence Cosgrove, Gartner Veronese 2401B, Level 2

TTP7. To the Point: The Impact of BYOD on the Data Center Kevin Knox, Gartner Venetian D, Level 2

TTP8. To the Point: DCIM — Optimizing Data Center Power, Cooling and Space Jay E. Pultz, Gartner Titian 2301A, Level 2

TTP9. To the Point: Three Questions to Ask Before Deploying an SDN Overlay Joe Skorupa, Gartner Venetian G, Level 2

TTP10. To the Point: Avoid Licensing Pitfalls When Adopting Virtual Desktops Michael A. Silver, Gartner Titian 2304, Level 2

4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. MQ3. Introducing the Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems Andrew Butler, Gartner Galileo, Level 1

MQ4. Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays Joseph Unsworth, Gartner Veronese 2404, Level 2

NL7. Networking Lounge: Does DevOps Have a Role in Your Organization? Murano 3301A, Level 3

4:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. REG W7. Workshop: Leadership is Everything Dick Heller, Full Extension LLC Bassano 2601, Level 2

REG AUR21. Roundtable: Application Architecture That Will Support You Through 2020 Ross Altman, Gartner Bassano 2702, Level 2

REG AUR22. Roundtable: Cloud Management Platforms Dennis Smith, Donna Scott and Ronni J. Colville, Gartner Bassano 2801, Level 2

REG AUR23. Roundtable: Cloud Storage Gene Ruth, Gartner Bassano 2803, Level 2

REG AUR24. Roundtable: Leading Your IT Infrastructure and Operations Staff Through the Transition to Cloud Computing John Rivard, Gartner Bassano 2804, Level 2

5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. AA1. Ask the Analyst: Servers Andrew Butler, Carl Claunch, George J. Weiss and Mike Chuba, Gartner Veronese 2401B, Level 2

AA2. Ask the Analyst: Data Center Jay E. Pultz, Rakesh Kumar, David J. Cappuccio and Bob Gill, Gartner Veronese 2404, Level 2

AA3. Ask the Analyst: Data Center Networking Joe Skorupa, Tim Zimmerman, Andrew Lerner, Danellie Young and Sorell Slaymaker, Gartner Titian 2301A, Level 2

HC1. Hype Cycle for Storage Pushan Rinnen, Gartner Venetian D, Level 2

MQ5. Magic Quadrant for Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics Jonah Kowall, Gartner Venetian G, Level 2

TTP11. To the Point: DevOps and Regulatory Compliance Considerations George Spafford, Gartner Titian 2304, Level 2

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Solution Showcase Reception Hall C, Level 2

6:10 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. MQT3. Theater: Magic Quadrant for Data Center Networking Tim Zimmerman, Gartner Theater, Hall C, Level 2

6:40 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. TH5. Schneider Electric: See Events Navigator for Session Details Theater, Hall C, Level 2

7:10 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. TH6. Hitachi Data Systems: How Automation Is Changing IT Economics Ravi Chalaka, Hitachi Data Systems Theater, Hall C, Level 2



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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4 Location

7:00 a.m. – 6:15 p.m. Registration Venetian B, Level 2

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Networking Breakfast Hall D, Level 2

7:00 a.m. – 7:45 a.m. SBA2. IBM: The IT Infrastructure Conversation: Insights and Thought Leadership That Makes a Difference Jacqueline Woods, IBM Venetian G, Level 2

8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. K7. Gartner Keynote: 2015 CIO Agenda: Implications to I&O Dave Russell and Mike Chuba, Gartner Venetian EF, Level 2

NL8. Networking Lounge: Software Defined Networking and Its Impact on the Data Center Murano 3301A, Level 3

8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. REG AUR25. Roundtable: The Future of IT Service Support See Events Navigator for speaker details Bassano 2702, Level 2

REG AUR26. Roundtable: Succeeding With Your Private and Hybrid Cloud Implementations Donna Scott, Gartner Bassano 2801, Level 2

REG AUR27. Roundtable: BYOD: What’s Working, What’s Not? Chris Silva and Kevin Knox, Gartner Bassano 2803, Level 2

REG AUR28. Roundtable: Early Experiences With Next-Generation Storage Solutions Stanley Zaffos, Gartner Bassano 2804, Level 2

REG AUR29. Roundtable: Best Practices in Data Center Design and Retrofit David J. Cappuccio, Gartner Bassano 2805, Level 2

9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. SPS37. CenturyLink Technology Solutions: How IT is Helping to Revolutionize the Enterprise Paris Georgallis, RMS; Timo Hanke, CoinTerra; Sriram Sitaraman, Synopsys, Inc.; David Meredith, CenturyLink

Venetian G, Level 2

SPS38. CommVault: Successful Data Management Techniques for the Modern Data Center & Beyond Don Foster and Shane Harris, CommVault Titian 2301A, Level 2

SPS39. Curvature: Take Back Control: OEM Maintenance and Life Cycle Myths Exposed Mike Sheldon, Curvature Veronese 2404, Level 2

SPS40. Fortinet, Inc.: Redefining the Limits of Data Center-Class Firewall Performance Warren Wu, Fortinet Venetian F, Level 2

SPS41. SanDisk Inc.: Casino Doesn’t Gamble with Virtualization – Uses Flash Intelligently Mike Campling, The Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Veronese 2401B, Level 2

SPS42. Legrand: The Efficiencies of Connected Infrastructure Manny Linhares, Legrand; Chad Carey, Adobe Venetian D, Level 2

SPS43. SolidFire: Storage in the Next Generation Data Center Mitul Patel, Endicia Venetian E, Level 2

SPS44. Kaminario: Change The Economics Of Your Data Center With Kaminario’s Hyper-Efficient All-Flash Storage Ritu Jyoti, Kaminario Titian 2304, Level 2

SPS45. Lenovo: Building the Future Data Center with Lenovo Jeff Howard, Lenovo Galileo, Level 1

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. I I10. Special Session: Focus on Six Key Financial Metrics to Help Determine Vendor Viability Gary Spivak, Gartner Titian 2304, Level 2

NL9. Networking Lounge: What Are You Doing With/About Cloud? Murano 3301A, Level 3

TOH1. Town Hall: The Software Defined Data Center and What it Means to You Donna Scott, Neil MacDonald, Joe Skorupa, Dave Russell and Philip Dawson, Gartner


UE1. End-User Case Study: How to Build & Occupy a Data Center in 12 months Bruce Philipoom, Raymond James Financial Veronese 2401B, Level 2

UE2. End-User Case Study: Nordstrom and the DevOps Roller Coaster Robert Cummings, Nordstrom Veronese 2404, Level 2

UE3. End-User Case Study: Creative Approach Wins on Large and Complex Consolidation Jerry Kelly, Consolidated Data Services Venetian D, Level 2

UE4. End-User Case Study: Uniting Corporate Information Management Mandates with IT Efficiency to Save Millions in Storage Helius Guimaraes, Rio Tinto; Mark Tango, BAE Systems

Venetian E, Level 2

UE5. End-User Case Study: On the Road to Comprehensive Monitoring and Immediate Insight Sasha Jeltuhin, Bridgevine Venetian F, Level 2

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. SPS46. Actifio: Case Study: Verizon on the Future of Cloud Data Management Andrew Eva, Verizon Enterprise Solutions Veronese 2401B, Level 2

SPS47. Cirba Inc.: Practical Steps to Achieving Software-Defined Infrastructure Andrew Hillier, Cirba Venetian D, Level 2

SPS48. Cisco: Driving Business Outcomes with Cisco Data Center Innovations Satinder Sethi, Cisco Venetian F, Level 2

SPS49. DuPont Fabros Technology: It Takes a Team: Building the Next Generation Data Center Scott Davis, DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) Bassano 2601, Level 2

SPS50. ManageEngine: Aligning IT Operations with Business Through Proactive Monitoring Allen Samuel, GSA.gov; Raj Sabhlok, ZOHO Corp Veronese 2404, Level 2

SPS51. Security First Corp.: SPxSHARC: Provably Secure Software-Defined Data Protection Jim Varner and Mark O’Hare, Security First Corp. Titian 2301A, Level 2

SPS52. ServiceNow: Revolutionizing IT Service Delivery with ServiceNow Automation Brad Paubel, Maritz Venetian E, Level 2

SPS53. Seagate Cloud Systems and Solutions: Modern DR Using the Cloud Dr. Jeremy Zhang, Iron Mountain; Janson Hoambrecker, Seagate Technology

Titian 2304, Level 2

SPS54. A10 Networks: Application Security and Availability: Surviving Emerging Attacks Paul Nicholson, A10 Networks Galileo, Level 1

12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Attendee Lunch and Solution Showcase Dessert Reception Hall C, Level 2

12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. SLA3. Intel: Software, Silicon and Security — The Software Defined Networking Paradigm Shift Monika Goldberg and Rene Torres, Intel Corporation

Venetian G, Level 2

12:10 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. MQT4. Theater: Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Storage Services Gene Ruth, Gartner Theater, Hall C, Level 2

1:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. TH7. Hitachi Data Systems: Mobilizing Content: 3 Must-Answer Questions For a Better Cloud Experience Peter Sjoberg, Hitachi Data Systems Theater, Hall C, Level 2

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. A A6. Design and Technologies of Web-Scale IT Systems and Infrastructure Carl Claunch, Gartner Titian 2301A, Level 2

C C6. Technical Insights: Why Private Clouds Keep Failing (And What to Do About It) Mark Lockwood, Gartner Venetian D, Level 2

D D6. Success (and Failure) Scenarios for BYOD John Girard and Terrence Cosgrove, Gartner Venetian G, Level 2

E E6. Unix: Shrinking Legacy Niche or Reincarnated Spirit/Cloud? Andrew Butler and George J. Weiss, Gartner Galileo, Level 1

G G6. What You Should Know Before Spending $100 Million on a New Data Center Rakesh Kumar, Gartner Venetian E, Level 2

H H6. Getting Beyond the Hype of SDN: Why, When and How to Get Started Andrew Lerner and Ronni J. Colville, Gartner Veronese 2401B, Level 2

J J6. Achieving a DevOps Culture George Spafford, Gartner Veronese 2404, Level 2

NL10. Networking Lounge: Your Top 2015 Infrastructure & Operations Priorities Murano 3301A, Level 3

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. SPS55. Cisco: Policy-Based Automation with Cisco ACI, the Most Complete SDN Solution Available Jacob Jensen, Cisco Venetian E, Level 2

SPS56. Dell: Accelerating Open Networking Momentum Tom Burns, Dell Venetian F, Level 2

SPS57. Digital Realty: Unlocking Untapped Optimization of the Data Center Donough Roche, Digital Realty Veronese 2401B, Level 2

SPS58. Nlyte Software: Utilizing DCIM as a Cost-Containment Strategy Mark Harris, Nlyte Software; Daniel Lamb, Health Shared Services BC Veronese 2404, Level 2

SPS59. Riverbed: See Events Navigator for Session Details Venetian G, Level 2

SPS60. TeamQuest: Multi-Dimensional Data Center Analysis and Optimization David Wagner, TeamQuest Venetian D, Level 2

SPS61. Veeam Software: Customer Journey to Better Backups and Off-Site Recovery Rick Vanover, Veeam Software; Jimmy Thai, CAMICO Mutual Insurance


SPS62. CommScope, Inc.: How Smart Is Your Data Center? Ciaran Forde, CommScope Titian 2304, Level 2

SPS63. Cleversafe: BSkyB: Innovation in Media Enabled by Technology Strategy and Culture Will Westwick and Vince Marco, BSkyB Galileo, Level 1

3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. SPS64. Brocade: The Network Matters for IP Storage Jack Rondoni, Brocade; Patrick Dennis, EMC, Cloud Management Division Titian 2301A, Level 2

SPS65. Akamai Technologies: How to Evolve Your Existing ADC Strategy for Application Delivery and Security Colin Bendell, Akamai Technologies Veronese 2404, Level 2

SPS66. Gigamon: Control Without Compromise For Agile And Encrypted Data Center Workloads Dylan Kulesza, Tribune Company; Shehzad Merchant, Gigamon

Venetian D, Level 2

SPS67. SUSE LLC.: See Events Navigator for Session Details Venetian E, Level 2

SPS68. SwiftStack: A Globally-Distributed Storage Cloud with Disaster Recovery Joe Arnold, SwiftStack Veronese 2401B, Level 2

SPS69. Tintri: Eight Hours to 10 Seconds: Storage for Virtualized Services Mac McClenathan, Green Cloud Technologies; Rex Walters, Tintri, Inc. Venetian G, Level 2

SPS70. Windstream: Journey to the Hybrid Cloud: Key Benefits & Challenges Rob Carter, Windstream Venetian F, Level 2

SPS71. Pulse Secure: The 3C’s of BYOD: Containerization, Connectivity & Compliance David Goldschlag, Pulse Secure Titian 2304, Level 2

SPS72. NTT Communications: Protect Revenue, Data and Reputation with RaaS Galileo, Level 1

4:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. B B7. Business Value, Laying the Groundwork for Key I&O Initiatives Jeffrey M. Brooks and Robert Naegle, Gartner Venetian F, Level 2

C C7. Securely Using the Public Cloud Neil MacDonald, Gartner Venetian D, Level 2

D D7. Technical Insights: Best Practices to Create a Successful Mobile Strategy Michael Disabato, Gartner Titian 2301A, Level 2

4:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. F F7. Flash Storage: It’s About the Workload — What to Look for, How to Valuate Joseph Unsworth, Gartner Venetian G, Level 2

G G7. Colocation’s Critical Role in a Data-Center-and-Networking Strategy Bob Gill, Gartner Venetian E, Level 2

H H7. Next-Generation Networking: It Starts (and Ends) With the Applications Joe Skorupa, Gartner Veronese 2401B, Level 2

NL11. Networking Lounge: Delivering Projects That Enable Business Growth Murano 3301A, Level 3

4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. REG W8. Workshop: Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Digital Leader? Building the Capabilities for Success Diane Berry and Lily Mok, Gartner Bassano 2601, Level 2

REG W9. Workshop: Using Gartner’s Total Cost of I&O (TCIO) Model to Cut Costs Jay E. Pultz, Gartner Murano 3201B, Level 3

4:45 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. REG AUR30. Roundtable: Change Management George Spafford, Gartner Bassano 2702, Level 2

REG AUR31. Roundtable: Private Cloud Computing Thomas J. Bittman, Gartner Bassano 2801, Level 2

REG AUR32. Roundtable: Management of Unstructured Data: Early Experiences Arun Chandrasekaran, Gartner Bassano 2803, Level 2

5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. AA4. Ask the Analyst: IT Operations Ronni J. Colville, Jonah Kowall, Jeffrey M. Brooks and Colin Fletcher, Gartner Veronese 2401B, Level 2

AA5. Ask the Analyst: Mobile John Girard, Terrence Cosgrove, Kevin Knox and Chris Silva, Gartner Veronese 2404, Level 2

AA6. Ask the Analyst: Storage Stanley Zaffos, Dave Russell, Sheila Childs, Gene Ruth and Alan Dayley, Gartner Titian 2301A, Level 2

HC2. Hype Cycle for Virtualization Philip Dawson, Gartner Titian 2304, Level 2

MQ6. Magic Quadrant for Cloud IaaS Bob Gill, Gartner Venetian G, Level 2

MQ7. Magic Quadrant for Application Delivery Controllers Andrew Lerner, Gartner Venetian D, Level 2

TTP12. To The Point: Web-Scale Lessons In Effective Talent Management John Rivard, Gartner Venetian E, Level 2

6:15 p.m. – 8:15 p.m. Hospitality Suites

HS1. Curvature: Be the Knight of Your Data Center Lido 3103, Level 3

HS2. EMC: Welcome to Arcadia Lido 3003, Level 3

HS3. Extreme Networks: Hospitality Suite Lido 3005, Level 3

HS4. Fortinet, Inc.: Fortinet’s Racing Lounge Lido 3101B, Level 3

HS5. SimpliVity: Scotch and Rock Party! Drinks and Live Music with SimpliVity Lido 3105, Level 3

HS6. NetApp: NetApp NFL Experience Lido 3001A, Level 3


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7:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Registration Venetian B, Level 2

7:15 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Attendee Breakfast Hall D, Level 2

8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. K8. Gartner Keynote: Interactive Polling Results Raymond Paquet, Mike Chuba and Dave Russell, Gartner Venetian EF, Level 2

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. HC3. Hype Cycle for IT Operations George Spafford, Gartner Galileo, Level 1

MQ8. Magic Quadrant: Data Center and Infrastructure Utility Services Outsourcing, North America William Maurer, Gartner Venetian D, Level 2

TTP13. To the Point: The Five Essential Requirements That Your Organization Must Have in Order to Successfully Utilize a Web-Scale IT Approach Jeffrey Hewitt, Gartner


TTP14. To the Point: Technical Insights On Public Cloud Storage Management — Taming Complexity and Cost Werner Zurcher, Gartner Veronese 2404, Level 2

TTP15. To the Point: Client Management Tools Magic Quadrant Kevin Knox, Gartner Titian 2301A, Level 2

TTP16. To the Point: Windows Server 2003 End of Support — Implications, Migration and Mitigation Carl Claunch, Gartner Titian 2304, Level 2

TTP17. To the Point: Chargeback, Showback or IFTM — What Do You Really Need? Robert Naegle, Gartner Venetian G, Level 2

9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. A A8. Web-Scale IT Requires Web-Scale Software Creation Cameron Haight, Gartner Titian 2301A, Level 2

B B8. Stop Fighting the I&O Alligators and Drain the Swamp! See Events Navigator for speaker details Venetian F, Level 2

C C8. Public Cloud Update: IaaS Enters the Enterprise Mainstream Bob Gill, Gartner Venetian D, Level 2

D D8. The Dark Side of the Nexus: Enterprise Mobility Security Failures, Trends and Threats John Girard, Gartner Titian 2301, Level 2

F F8. Do Technology Improvements and Budget Constraints Drive Storage Back In-House? Stanley Zaffos, Gartner Venetian G, Level 2

G G8. How Googley Should Your Data Center Be? Donna Scott and Joe Skorupa, Gartner Veronese 2404, Level 2

H H8. The Strategic Effects of BYOD and IoT on the Enterprise Network Tim Zimmerman, Gartner Veronese 2401B, Level 2

10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. A A9. How to Use Application Performance Monitoring (APM) to Extract and Report on Business Metrics to Drive Web-Scale Decision Making Jonah Kowall, Gartner


B B9. Sparking IT Operations Transformation with Analytics Colin Fletcher, Gartner Venetian F, Level 2

C C9. The Impact of Hybrid Data Centers on Cloud-based Disaster Recovery Management John P Morency, Gartner Venetian D, Level 2

E E9. Technical Insights: Server Virtualization — What the Vendors Don’t Tell You Mark Lockwood, Gartner Veronese 2401B, Level 2

F F9. Assimilating Enterprise File Sync Share Into a Storage Strategy Gene Ruth, Gartner Venetian G, Level 2

I I9. Significantly Reducing I&O Costs: The Next Round Jay E. Pultz, Gartner Titian 2304, Level 2

J J9. Ready, Set, Go: Preparing You and Your Team for the Digital Age Diane Berry and Lily Mok, Gartner Veronese 2404, Level 2

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