Schedule Key
Case Studies      
Data Center Management      
Facilities/Greening      
Roundtables      
Product Information Sessions      
 
Sunday, March 7, 2010
8:00am–5:00pm Registration
2:00–4:00pm Live Data Center Tours
  Vanderbilt University
Dolphini Networks
 
Monday, March 8, 2010
8:00am–5:00pm Registration
8:30am Continental Breakfast
9:00am Optional Tutorials Begin
  Tutorial 01: Optimizing Data Center Infrastructure to Reduce Cost, Maximize Performance and Deliver High Availability
  Tutorial 02: Complete Data Center Redesign and Upgrade: A Case Study
  Tutorial 03: Developing a Data Center Policies and Procedures Manual
  Tutorial 04: The Data Center Interactive Forum
   
11:30am–12:30pm Optional Tutorial Lunch
3:00pm Tutorials Conclude
3:15-3:45pm New Attendee Welcome Session
 
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
7:00am–5:00pm Registration
7:15am Continental Breakfast
7:45–9:15am Keynote Session
9:30–10:30am Educational Sessions
  *DCM19: Best Data Center Practices
  CS02: Avoiding the Crisis of Continuing the Status Quo
  FG16: Three-Source Static Switch–Taking Redundancy to the Next Level
  FG04: What You’re Missing by Only Measuring Energy Efficiency
  DCM06: Disaster Recovery Strategies in a Down Economy
  DCM08: Information Security Best Practices
  DCM11: Beyond Tiers: Using ITIL Concepts to Evaluate Data Centers
  DCM15: Building a Virtual Data Center
 

P24: Optimizing DC investments and performance in an increasingly adverse economy, PTS Consulting, Inc.
   
10:30–10:45am Coffee Break
10:45–11:45am Educational & Product Information Sessions
  CS09: Achieving Modular Design: Planning for Data Center Growth
  *FG09: Data Centers and Green Initiatives
  DCM01: Cloud Computing: Walk Before You Run
  DCM22: Systems Skills Shortage: What We Are Doing About the Inevitable
  P03: Branch Circuit Monitoring: A Vehicle for Increasing Equipment Utilization For Solid and Raised Floor Applications, PDI
  P04: Improving Data Center Thermal Efficiency Using CoolSim Airflow Modeling, Applied Math Modeling Inc.
  P05: Why Containerized Power/Cooling Infrastructure Is to the Data Center Industry as the Boeing 737 is to the Airline Industry, Active Power
  P11: Watching Your Assets Track Themselves, CTI
  P12: Improve Decision Making and Reduce Expenses through Data Center Performance Optimization, Emerson Network Power
   
12:00–1:00pm Peer Connection Luncheon
1:15–2:15pm Educational & Product Information Sessions
  CS01: Where Did My Old Data Go?
  FG13: Power Management: Where to Measure and What is the ROI
  FG03: Going Green Through Optical Connectivity
  DCM13: Best Practices for Managing the Explosion of Digital Content
  P07: Efficient Row-Based Cooling…Without Compromise, Emerson Network Power
  P09: 400V: The New Frontier for Power Distribution in the Data Center
  P14: Total Hot Aisle Containment within a Major Co-location Facility, Wright Line
  P15: Data Center Solutions: Migration, Virtualization, Modernization, Consolidation and IT Architecture, Extropy
  P19: 3Com/H3C Data Center Portfolio Leader, 3Com Corporation
   
2:15–2:30pm Coffee Break
2:30–3:30pm Educational & Product Information Sessions
  CS03: DR- Roll Your Own!
  DCM17: How to Install New Hardware and/or Software with Zero Downtime
  DCM24: Managing your Infrastructure/Environment through Automation
  FG18: Transformer-Based vs. Transformerless UPS Systems
  P02: Who's Killing Who? Not-so-Smart Data Center Decisions, Siemon
  P06: Monitoring 3.0: Dispelling the Myths about Real-Time Asset and Environmental Monitoring, RF Code
  P08: Data Center Efficiency from the Ground Up, Raritan, Inc.
  P20: Optimizing the Data Center with Continuous Monitoring & Measurement, Modius, Inc.
  P22: Intelligent Maintenance Management: Simplify Administration, Reduce Costs, and Improve Performance of Maintenance Services, Unitiv
   
3:45–6:45pm Data Center World Expo & Cocktail Reception
 
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
7:00am–5:30pm Registration
7:30am Continental Breakfast
8:00–9:00am Educational & Product Information Sessions
  CS04: IRS Data Center Operations
  FG05: PUE Hype and Setting Realistic Expectations
  FG15: Streamlining Data Center Moves
  DCM05: Fire Detection Technologies
  DCM25: Real-Time Asset Management
  P16: Does Your Copper Cabling Systems Meet 10G Requirements in Data Center Applications
  P17: Comprehensive Data Center Monitoring, Geist Manufacturing
  P23: DC Scalable Power Distribution for Mission Critical Facilities, Validus DC Systems LLC
  P25: Beyond the Hype, Building your Private Cloud, Bick Group
   
9:15–10:15am Educational & Product Information Sessions
  *DCM19: Data Center Best Practices
  CS06: DiaGrid: Multi-Campus Supercomputing from Unused Cycles
  FG14: Building Next-Generation Data Centers
  FG02: Migrating to IP-Based Physical Security in the Data Center
  P01: Simulate Airflow and Temperature to Meet Your Cooling Challenges, Tile Flow
  P10: How Multistack Modular Chillers Can Protect Your Data, Multistack LLC
  P13: Data Center Maintenance Management Software – Computerized Maintenance Management for the Data Center, PTS Data Center Solutions
  P18: Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions for Achieving Simplified Data Center Operations and Optimum Performance, Chatsworth Products Inc.
  P21: An Alternative to Spot Cooling Solutions That Maximizes Efficiency and Reliability, Data Aire, Inc.
   
10:15–10:30am Coffee Break
10:30–11:45am Roundtable Sessions
  RT01: The Data Center Energy Crisis
  RT02: Disaster Recovery
  RT03: Power Management
  RT04: Emerging Technologies
  RT05: ITIL
  RT06: Data Center Security
  RT07: Software Management
  RT08: Cyberterrorism
   
12:00–3:00pm Data Center World Expo (Includes Box Lunch and Raffle)
3:15–4:15pm Educational Sessions
  CS05: ITIL and Service Management
  FG11: Data Center Power Savings
  FG17: Electrical Safety and Your Data Center
  DCM14: Addressing Applications Threats in a Virtual Environment
  DCM23: The Electromagnetic Threat to Data Centers: A New Form of Terrorism?
  DCM21: Outsourced Staffing
  DCM09: Maintenance of Non-Traditional Computing Environments
  DCM04: Data Center Disaster Recovery Unplugged
   
4:30–5:30pm Educational Sessions
  FG10: The Data Center of the Future – Going Green
  CS07: Live Data Center Upgrades–Best Practices Followed and Learned
  FG06: Why PUE Is Not Enough: How to Measure TRUE Success in the Data Center
  DCM02: Fueling Disaster Preparedness
  DCM12: The Yellow Brick Road to Data Center Availability and Uptime
  DCM18: Building a Self-Service Data Center
  DCM07: Juggling Security of Multiple Data Center Components
   
7:00–10:00pm Data Center Manager-of-the-Year Awards Banquet and Entertainment
 
Thursday, March 11, 2010
8:00am–12:00pm Registration
8:00am Continental Breakfast
8:30–9:30am Educational Sessions
  CS08: Data Center Ecosystem
  FG08: 4160 Volts: The Green 480
  FG01: Carrier Neutral Fiber and the Future of the Data Center
  DCM10: Demystifying ITIL V2/V3
  DCM03: Data Center Resiliency
   
9:45–10:45am Educational Sessions
  FG07: Increasing ROI Through Utility Incentives
  FG12: How to Test Your Data Center’s Grounding System
  DCM20: The Value Added Reseller (VAR) Advantage
  DCM16: Wireless Approaches to Environmental Monitoring
  *FG09: Data Centers and Green Initiatives
   
11:00am–12:00pm Closing Session
12:00pm Conference Concludes
   


This schedule may be subject to change at any time. A detailed session schedule will be available approximately six weeks prior to the conference.

* Please note, sessions marked with an * are repeated courses.


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