Peer learning can be essential to running an efficient data center with zero downtime. These roundtable sessions give you the opportunity to interact with other attendees and learn from their widespread experience in everything from operations to facilities management. These sessions will be run by a panel of experts, with an open-forum style that provides an atmosphere for frank discussions about the following topics:

 

RT01: The Data Center Energy Crisis
Speakers:
Rajan Battish, Principal, BKM Mission Critical Facilities
Doug Coleman, Manager, Standards and Technology, Corning Cable Systems
Mark Evanko, Principal Engineer, BRUNS-PAK
Chris Preimesberger, Senior Writer, eWEEK

 

RT02: Disaster Recovery
Speakers:
Michael Kirchner, Training Manager, Generac Power Systems
Kelly Kleinfelder, Manager Network and Data Center Operations, StoneMor Partners
Robert Leamy, Consultant, Patriot Clean Fuel
Tom Clark, Director, Liberty Mutual
Max McLeod, Business Development Manager, Siemens Industry Inc.
Craig Sullivan, General Manager, Patriot Clean Fuel

 

RT03: Power Management
Speakers:
Herman Chan, Director of Power Solutions Business Unit, Raritan, Inc.
Martin Olsen, Vice President, Active Power, Inc. and Traci Yarbrough, Product Marketing, Manager, Aperture Technologies

 

RT04: Emerging Technologies
Speakers:
Alex Bakman, Founder & CEO, Vkernel
Robert Klotz, Vice President of Technology, Akibia
Hunter Newby , CEO, Allied Fibes
Greg Davit, Channel Business Development Officer, i/o Data Centers

 

RT05: ITIL
Speakers:
David Cole, Manager Data Center Maintenance Management & Education Services, PTS Data Center Solutions
Jon Lorton, Data Center Management Specialist, Avocent Corp
Robert Ryan, Principal, IBM Global Business Services
Richard Sawyer, Senior Principal, HP Critical Facilities Services
John Parker, Data Center Manager, Environmental Systems Research Group

 

RT06: Data Center Security
Speakers:
Tara Van Unen, Senior Management Market Development, Ixia
Hezi Moore, CTO, Reflex Systems
Ken Owens, VP Security and Virtualization Technology, Savvis Communication
Gordon Arnold, Senior Technical Staff, IBM

 

RT07: Software Management
Speakers:
Stephen Elliot, VP of Strategy, CA
Chris Gaskins, VP of Product Development, RF Code
Bob Quillin, Senior Director Products Marketing, EMC Corporation

 

RT08: Cyberterrorism
Speakers:
Jim Danburg, Director of Security and Continuity, Emprimus Critical Infrastructure Protection
Gale Nordling, CEO & President, Emprimus LLC

 

 

 

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