SNW Fall 2011
 
Conference Agenda
Sunday, October 9, 2011
2:00 pm - 5:00 pmRegistration Open

Monday, October 10, 2011
7:30 am - 7:00 pmRegistration Open
7:30 am - 9:20 amBreakfast
Get an early jump on the day and network with new connections and old.

8:00 am - 12:00 pmHands-On-Lab -- Morning Sessions

The Hands-On Lab at SNW gives users a chance to test drive the latest technologies in a controlled learning lab environment. Classes take place for two hours at regular intervals throughout the conference and are limited to 16-20 seats to give attendees a rich learning experience.

9:20 am - 10:05 am
Analyst Perspective: Where is Deduplication Now... and Where is it Heading?


Lauren Whitehouse, Senior Analyst, ESG

Analyst Perspective: I/O Virtualization - The Next Virtualization Frontier


Dennis Martin, Founder and President, Demartek

Industry Perspective: Maintaining High, Sustained Performance with PCIe SSDs


Vijay Karamcheti Ph.D., Co-Founder and CTO, Virident

SNIA Tutorial: Data Center Evolution and Network Convergence


Dr. Joseph White, Distinguished Engineer, Juniper Networks

User Case Study: Graubard Miller Case Study: Saving Hundreds of Thousands in eDiscovery and Email Storage


Steven J. Heller, Director of Technology, Graubard Miller

Industry Perspective: Intelligent Archive: Know When to Govern, Regulate and Retain


Simon Taylor, Senior Director - Information Management, CommVault

10:15 am - 11:00 am
SNIA Tutorial: Advanced Deduplication Concepts


Gene Nagle, Manager, Applications Engineering, Storage Systems, Exar Corporation
Thomas Rivera, Senior Technical Associate, BlueArc

Industry Perspective: Top Storage Considerations to Plan for Before Deploying VDI


Dan Boggs, Senior Product Manager, Nexenta

Industry Perspective: Scalable Storage: Using Scalable NAS For Mixed Workloads in High Performance Computing Environments


Sean Cochrane, Technical Market Development, HP Storage
Brian Haymore, HPC/Storage Team Lead, Center for High Performance Computing, University of Utah

Industry Perspective: Single-Stage Fabric & Lossless Ethernet for Network Consolidation


Nick IIyadis, VP and CTO, Infrastructure and Networking Group, Broadcom Corporation

SNIA Tutorial: pNFS & NFSv4.2: A Filesystem for Grid, Virtualization and Database


Alex McDonald, Office of the CTO, NetApp, Inc.

Industry Perspective: Survival of the Fittest - Deploying the Meanest, Toughest Storage for the Battlefield and Beyond


Amos Deacon, President, Phoenix International

11:10 am - 11:55 am
SNIA Tutorial: Primary Data Optimization: What it Should Be


David Vellante, CEO and Founder, The Wikibon Project
Jered Floyd, CTO and Founder, Permabit Technology Corporation
Larry Freeman, Senior Technologist, NetApp, Inc.
Steven N. Kenniston, Global Storage Efficiency Evangelist , IBM
Craig Nunes, Vice President, Storage Marketing, Hewlett-Packard Company

Industry Perspective: Deduplication Demystified: How to determine the right approach for your business


Charlie Keiper, Senior Product Manager for Data Protection, Quest Software

SNIA Tutorial: OS Storage Performance Analysis


Robert Smith, Senior Premier Field Engineer, Microsoft

User Case Study: Strategies to Meet Increasing Demands of Digital Medical Imaging


John D. Edwards, Director, Medical Imaging, National Care Delivery, Kaiser Permanente Information Technology
Phil Patrick, Program Manager, Network Strategy, Kaiser Permanente Information Technology

Industry Perspective: Keys to Unlocking Tiered Storage in a Virtualized Environment


Mitch Haile, Technical Director of Virtualization, Quantum Corporation

SNIA Tutorial: Got Lawyers? They've Got Storage and ESI in the Cross-Hairs


David Stevens, Technical Marketing Engineer, Dell

11:55 am - 1:00 pmLunch
Make new industry connections and catch up with new friends and old over lunch.

"Tour du Labs" for IT Professionals
Drop in and take a tour of the SNW Hands-On Lab.

1:00 pm - 5:00 pmHands-On-Lab -- Afternoon Sessions

The Hands-On Lab at SNW gives users a chance to test drive the latest technologies in a controlled learning lab environment. Classes take place for two hours at regular intervals throughout the conference and are limited to 16-20 seats to give attendees a rich learning experience.

1:00 pm - 5:15 pmSNIA Certification Prep Sessions

Content-rich sessions are presented by SNIA Certified Instructors and are presented at SNW free of charge. Certification Preparation Sessions set the stage for participants to be introduced to the key learning points from the full instructor-led courseware.

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
User Case Study: Create Your Own Private Cloud to Help You Sleep at Night


Peter S. Ghosh CISSP, Assistant Vice President, Information Technology, WSFS Bank

Solution Spotlight: Best Practices for Managing Storage in the Most Challenging Environments


Sanjay Srivastava, Senior Product Manager, Symantec

Industry Perspective: Ethernet - The Basis for SAN / LAN Convergence in the Data Center


Greg Scherer, Vice President of Server and Storage Strategy, Broadcom Corp.

Analyst Perspective: Advancements in Fibre Channel Panel


Kevin Ehringer, CEO/CTO, DCS
Mark Jones, FCIA Vice Chairman and Technical Marketing Director, Emulex Corporation
Skip Jones, Director Corporate Planning and Technology, QLogic Corporation
Mike MacNamara, Senior Manager Product Marketing, NetApp, Inc.
Greg McSorley, Business Development Manager, Amphenol
Steve Wilson, Director, Technology and Standards, Brocade Communications
Dennis Martin, Founder and President, Demartek

SNIA Tutorial: The File Systems Evolution


Craig Harmer, Senior Technologist – File and Content Services, Hitachi Data Systems

Analyst Perspective: Thinking Out Cloud: Backup as a Service


David Chapa, Senior Analyst, ESG

1:55 pm - 2:40 pm
SNIA Tutorial: Bringing Light to the “Digital Dark Age” – Preserving Digital Information for the Long Term<p>
Roger Cummings, Technical Director, Symantec Corporation
SNIA Tutorial: Storage Optimization for Virtual Desktops<p>
Russ Fellows, Senior Partner, Evaluator Group
User Case Study: Akin Gump Migrates Storage Environment to Achieve Operational Efficiencies<p>Industry Perspective: Networking Strategies for Distributed Data<p>
Ashwath Nagaraj, VP of Engineering, Aryaka Networks
Solution Spotlight: Industry Standards for the Exponential Growth of Data Center Bandwidth and Management<p>
Craig Carlson, Technologist, CTO Office , QLogic Corporation
Industry Perspective: Adoption Strategies for Addressing Privacy and Regulations in the Cloud<p>
Marne E. Gordon, Regulatory Analyst, IBM
2:50 pm - 3:35 pm
Industry Perspective: Recovery as a Service: Cloud-Based Real-Time Server Replication BC/DR Models for the SME Market


Joshua Geist, CEO & Founder, Geminare Incorporated

User Case Study: Bridging IT Islands With Virtualization


Jeffrey A. Orndoff, Director of IT, The University of Kansas Physicians

SNIA Tutorial: Cloud Archive and Long Term Preservation Challenges and Best Practices


Chad Thibodeau, Director of Product Management and Alliances, Cleversafe, Inc.
Sebastian Zangaro, R&D Architect - Office of Strategy & Technology, Brazil R&D, Hewlett-Packard

Solution Spotlight: What You Need to Know About the Future of Fibre Channel Storage Networking


Mark Jones, FCIA Vice Chairman and Technical Marketing Director, Emulex Corporation

Industry Perspective: Journey to a Picture Perfect Data Storage System


Chris Gladwin, President and CEO, Cleversafe Inc.

Industry Perspective: Anatomy of Cloud-Based Recovery


Kelly Baig, Director of Product Marketing for Recovery Services, SunGard Availability Services

3:35 pm - 4:05 pmNetworking Break
Connect and compare notes with your peers between sessions.

4:05 pm - 4:50 pm
Industry Perspective: The SNIA Emerald: A tool for measuring and reporting storage system energy efficiency


Tom Hammond-Doel, GSI Board Member, Green Storage Initiative of the SNIA

Solution Spotlight: How to Gain Efficiency and Simplicity with the Storwize V7000


Curtis Neal, Executive IT Specialist, IBM

Industry Perspective: Capacity Planning in a Dynamic Data Center/Private Cloud Environment


John Ashby, Senior Product Marketing Manager, CA Technologies

SNIA Tutorial: PCI Express Impact on Storage Architectures and Future Data Centers


Ron Emerick, Principal Hardware Engineer, Oracle Corporation

Industry Perspective: Archiving Requirements for Regulated Markets


James DePuydt, Executive Director, Advanced Technology and Product Engineering, Imation
David Duncan, Managing Director, Imation ENCRYPTX Security Products

SNIA Tutorial: A Hype-free Stroll Through Cloud Storage Security


Subhash Sankuratripati, Sr. Member Technical Staff, Advanced Technology Group, NetApp

5:00 pm - 6:00 pmOpening Keynote: The Future of Information Infrastructure: Consumerization + Big Data = Systems of Engagement

Historically, enterprise IT investment was done by deploying global systems of record, but today, these systems are largely deployed and much (if not most) of their lifetime value has been realized. By contrast, a new dimension of IT -- systems of engagement — that is equally massive in its potential for input, is just starting to get deployed with its overwhelming bulk of lifetime value yet to be realized. What will drive and what will gate the deployment of more systems of engagement, and -- of particular importance to the SNW community -- how will it stress the IT infrastructure we deploy, regardless of where it is located? Join Geoff Moore as he narrates the future of enterprise IT — from systems of record to systems of engagement..


Geoffrey Moore, Managing Director, TCG Advisors, Venture Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and Best Selling Author
6:00 pm - 7:00 pmWelcome Reception
Stop by our opening reception to kick off a great week of networking, making new connections and seeing old friends and colleagues.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011
7:00 am - 7:30 pmRegistration Open
7:30 am - 8:45 amBreakfast
Get an early jump on the day and network with new connections and old.

8:15 am - 12:30 pmHands-On-Lab -- Morning Sessions

The Hands-On Lab at SNW gives users a chance to test drive the latest technologies in a controlled learning lab environment. Classes take place for two hours at regular intervals throughout the conference and are limited to 16-20 seats to give attendees a rich learning experience..

9:00 am - 5:00 pmSNIA Certification Prep Sessions

Content-rich sessions are presented by SNIA Certified Instructors and are presented at SNW free of charge. Certification Preparation Sessions set the stage for participants to be introduced to the key learning points from the full instructor-led courseware.

8:45 am - 9:00 am Opening Remarks: John Gallant, Senior Vice President and Chief Content Officer, IDG Enterprise & ComputerworldOpening Remarks: Wayne Adams, Chairman, Board of Directors, Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)
9:00 am - 9:45 amExplaining the Value of Information Infrastructure to Top Management

While modern IT infrastructure can deliver tremendous business benefits and advantages over competitors, these benefits don’t easily translate internally into perceived business value. Unlike investments in business applications and devices that enable easily understood productivity, some of the hardest conversations IT managers have with CFOs and CEOs are about IT infrastructure — and why investments in virtualization, private clouds and modern networks are critical. How do leading CIOs successfully justify lifecycle management across the different tiers of infrastructure? What methodologies can you use to better justify infrastructure investments to top management? In this session, see how one CIO ties business value to infrastructure upgrades.


Joe Eng, CIO, JetBlue Airways
9:45 am - 10:15 amBuilding a Responsive IT Infrastructure Organization

The speed of change is only increasing. Enabled by new technologies and communications streams, companies are “getting faster really fast.” All of this is making it harder and harder for IT organizations to keep up with the pace of change. What strategies can organizations use to maintain responsiveness while managing and optimizing existing infrastructure? Gather tips and strategies in this session.


Maura Hart, CIO and Group Vice President, Information Technology, Winn-Dixie Stores
10:15 am - 10:45 amNetworking Break
Connect and compare notes with your peers between sessions.

10:45 am - 11:30 am
Analyst Perspective: The Value Proposition for Purpose Built Backup Appliances for Data Protection


Robert Amatruda, Research Director, Data Protection and Recovery , IDC

SNIA Tutorial: Virtualization I - Who, What, Why, When?


Walt Hubis, Consultant, Software Architect

Industry Perspective: 21st Century Industrialization: Introducing Data Factories


Dr. Joe Polastre, CTO and Co-Founder, Sentilla Corporation

SNIA Tutorial: The Confusion Arising From Converged Multihop Topologies as to the Roles and Capabilities of FCFs, FCoE-FC Gateways, and FCoE Transit Switches


Simon Gordon, Senior Product Line Manager, Juniper Networks

SNIA Tutorial: Writing Storage RFPs in 2011


John Webster, Senior Partner, Evaluator Group

Solution Spotlight: Data Protection in a Mobile World


David Jones, CEO, Data Protection & Emerging Technologies, Autonomy

11:40 am - 12:25 pm
Solution Spotlight: Understanding How Tape Storage Addresses Key IT Objectives


Bruce Master, Senior Program Manager, Data Protection and Retention Systems, IBM, The LTO Program

SNIA Tutorial: Virtualization II - Effective Use of Virtualization


Walt Hubis, Consultant, Software Architect

User Case Study: Managing Mature Data Centers in Consolidation, Virtualization and Energy Saving Projects


Joseph L. Furmanski, Project Director, Data Center Facilities and Technologies, UPMC

Industry Perspective: Achieving Significant Advantages With Converged Edge Access


Steve Ainsworth, Senior Manager, Advanced Architecture, QLogic Corporation

SNIA Tutorial: Storage Performance Management (SPM)


Brett Allison, Senior Performance Consultant, Intellimagic

Industry Perspective: Avoiding the Security Minefield in the Cloud


David Snead, Attorney & Counselor, W. David Snead, PC

12:30 pm - 4:00 pmExpo Open
Talk with providers in the Expo during our new, extended Expo hours.

12:30 pm - 2:00 pmLunch in the Expo
Enjoy lunch while you explore and connect with the many solutions providers in the Expo.

2:00 pm - 5:45 pmHands-On-Lab -- Afternoon Sessions

The Hands-On Lab at SNW gives users a chance to test drive the latest technologies in a controlled learning lab environment. Classes take place for two hours at regular intervals throughout the conference and are limited to 16-20 seats to give attendees a rich learning experience.

2:10 pm - 2:55 pm
SNIA Tutorial: Introduction to Data Protection: Backup to Tape, Disk and Beyond


Michael Fishman, CTO, New Business Engineering, EMC Corporation

SNIA Tutorial: The Business Case for the Cloud


Alex McDonald, Office of the CTO, NetApp, Inc.

User Case Study: Capacity and Power Management: the Forgotten Factors in Disaster Recovery Planning


Clemens Pfeiffer, CTO, Power Assure

Industry Perspective: Scaling iSCSI from a SMB to a Large Scale deployment by leveraging 1 Tier Lossless Fabrics and DCB


Samir Sharma, Product Marketing Manager, Juniper Networks

SNIA Tutorial: Fundamentals and Futures of Long Term Media


Linda Kempster, Storage Media Specialist, IMERGE Consulting

Analyst Perspective: Solid State Storage: Key to Efficient Tiered Storage Infrastructures


Anil Vasudeva, President & Chief Analyst, IMEX Research

3:05 pm - 3:50 pm
Industry Perspective: Working Backwards: A Practical Guide to Disaster Recovery


Jennifer Walzer, CEO, BUMI (Backup My Info!)

Solution Spotlight: A Case Study - How GeoEngineers Optimizes Storage in the Cloud


Mitchel G. Weinberger, IT Manager, GeoEngineers

SNIA Tutorial: Green Storage Products Efficiency with Energy Star, SNIA Emerald Program & Beyond


Patrick Stanko, Senior Hardware Engineer, Oracle

Tutorial: Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)


John Hufferd, Owner/Consultant, Hufferd Enterprises

Industry Perspective: Be Proactive: The Key to Effective Storage Infrastructure Performance Management


Mike Peebles, Information Management, Product Marketing Manager - Americas, Hewlett-Packard Company

SNIA Tutorial: Benefits of Solid State in Enterprise Storage Systems


Alex McDonald, Office of the CTO, NetApp, Inc.

4:00 pm - 4:30 pmTransforming the Technology Stack: The Next Generation of Enterprise Efficiency

Enterprises depend on complex technology stacks spanning application, database, compute and storage layers - all of which are evolving and advancing at a rapid pace. It’s increasingly difficult and expensive for customers to ensure that these elements not only interoperate with each other across multiple providers, but are optimally tuned to deliver their intended value and performance from the point of initial deployment and throughout their useful life. Join us for this session as Phil Bullinger describes how the next generation of enterprise efficiency will be driven by engineered solutions that integrate the information technology infrastructure stack -- from application to storage -- and how this will enable a decisive shift in IT spending from merely sustaining operations to growing and transforming businesses with greater agility, efficiency and productivity.


Phil Bullinger, Senior Vice President, Storage, Oracle
4:30 pm - 5:15 pmEnabling Business Innovation with a Cloud Computing Infrastructure

It starts with the business. SAIC wanted to find out how modern virtualization technology can translate to a new kind of agility for a company of their size and scope. How could a data center build become a cornerstone of an enterprise cloud? How could an M&A IT forklift integration be accelerated by virtualization? How could IT virtualization make a strategic difference for the business? Their answer: Move everything to a cloud computing infrastructure. Learn how and why SAIC is making the move in this session.


Robert Logan, VP, ITS Engineering Director , SAIC
5:15 pm - 7:15 pmDinner in the Expo
Enjoy dinner while you explore and connect with the many solutions providers in the Expo.

**NEW** (6:00 pm)
See Cloud Technologies in the Expo Theater!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011
7:30 am - 6:30 pmRegistration Open
7:30 am - 8:45 amBreakfast
Get an early jump on the day and network with new connections and old.

8:15 am - 12:15 pmHands-On-Lab -- Morning Sessions

The Hands-On Lab at SNW gives users a chance to test drive the latest technologies in a controlled learning lab environment. Classes take place for two hours at regular intervals throughout the conference and are limited to 16-20 seats to give attendees a rich learning experience.

9:00 am - 12:00 pmSNIA Certification Prep Sessions

Content-rich sessions are presented by SNIA Certified Instructors and are presented at SNW free of charge. Certification Preparation Sessions set the stage for participants to be introduced to the key learning points from the full instructor-led courseware.

8:45 am - 9:00 amOpening Remarks
John Gallant, Senior Vice President and Chief Content Officer, IDG Enterprise & Computerworld
9:00 am - 9:45 amWhat is Big Data, and Why Does It Matter?

More and more devices are connecting to the enterprise with increasing ability to create and manipulate information. Today, more processing, storage, and I/O capacity is emerging outside the data center than inside. Simply put, businesses and enterprises are manufacturing more information -- and writing more applications to use it -- than ever. This environment of “Big Data” is becoming the norm, and for some organizations grappling with how to tame it, it’s been an exercise in frustration — but eventual calm using strategic approaches to organizing it for business consumption. Learn how some companies are facing the inevitability of managing the new normal of Big Data.


Tom Soderstrom, IT CTO, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
9:45 am - 10:15 amProtecting the Information Infrastructure: Why CIOs and CSOs are Becoming Mission-Critical Business Partners

Remember not so long ago when breaches created shocking headlines? Today, they’re so frequent that we’re becoming de-sensitized when we hear that household-name companies are robbed of customer data. While the news feels less shocking, the problem is actually getting worse. The bad guys are not only getting more sophisticated, they’re becoming better financed -- so protecting corporate data has never been more crucial. In this session, hear how companies must improve how their data moves in an information-centric security environment, and how it’s no longer about the CIO aligning business and technology, but aligning business, technology and security.


Jay McLaughlin, CSO , Q2 Software
10:15 am - 10:45 amNetworking Break
Connect and compare notes with your peers between sessions.

10:45 am - 11:30 am
SNIA Tutorial: Trends in Data Protection and Restoration Technologies


Michael Fishman, CTO, New Business Engineering, EMC Corporation

SNIA Tutorial: Enterprise Architecture and The Cloud


Marty Stogsdill, Senior Sales Consultant, Oracle Corporation

Industry Perspective: Going Green by Improving Architectural Balance in Servers and Storage


Jon Flower, Principal, Technology Office, PMC-Sierra

SNIA Tutorial: SAS and SATA Combine to Change the Storage Market


Marty Czekalski, Senior Interface and Programs Manager, Seagate Technology LLC
Harry Mason, Director of Industry Marketing, Storage Components Group, LSI

Solution Spotlight: Optimizing SAN I/O Performance as You Implement Your Private Cloud


Len Rosenthal, Vice President , Virtual Instruments

SNIA Tutorial: Leveraging Flash Memory in Enterprise Storage


Luanne Dauber, Director of Marketing, Pure Storage Inc.

11:40 am - 12:25 pm
Industry Perspective: Unified Recovery Management


Richard Vining, Product Marketing Manager, IBM Tivoli Storage Software, IBM

Analyst Perspective: Storage in The Cloud Age: Content Delivery, Archive and Big Data


Richard L. Villars, Vice President, Storage and IT Executive Strategies , IDC

SNIA Tutorial: Green Storage Technologies Overview


Dr. Alan Yoder, Office of the CTO, NetApp

SNIA Tutorial: The Role of WAN Optimization in Cloud Infrastructures


Josh Tseng, Technical Director, Riverbed Technology

SNIA Tutorial: Solving the I/O Bottlenecks in NextGen Data Centers and Cloud Computing


Anil Vasudeva, President & Chief Analyst, IMEX Research

Solution Spotlight: Multiprotocol Flash-based Storage: More IO, Less Energy, and Now Affordable


Thomas Isakovich, CEO & Founder, Nimbus Data Systems, Inc.

11:00 am - 3:00 pmExpo Open
Talk with providers in the Expo during our new, extended Expo hours.

12:25 pm - 2:00 pmLunch in the Expo
Enjoy lunch while you explore and connect with the many solutions providers in the Expo.

**NEW** (1:00 pm)
See Emerging Technologies in the Expo Theater!
12:15 pm - 6:00 pmSNIA Certification Testing

Prepare for examinations and assess your readiness to take a SNIA Certification or Qualification Examination. Conveniently available at a reduced cost for SNW attendees. Visit the SNIA education information desk near the Hands-On Labs registration center.

2:00 pm - 5:45 pmHands-On-Lab -- Afternoon Sessions

The Hands-On Lab at SNW gives users a chance to test drive the latest technologies in a controlled learning lab environment. Classes take place for two hours at regular intervals throughout the conference and are limited to 16-20 seats to give attendees a rich learning experience.

2:10 pm - 2:55 pm
User Case Study: Disaster Recovery Implementation for SAP and Related Systems


Bhasker Ravikanti, Information Technology Fellow, SAP Infrastructure, Honeywell Aerospace

Solution Spotlight: Best Practices in Preparing for a Successful Cloud Storage Deployment


Dan Galvan, Storage Platform VP, Storage Systems Marketing and Strategy, IBM

User Case Study: Infrastructure in the Cloud: Getting the Right Deal


Marc A. Lindsey, Partner, Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby, LLP

SNIA Tutorial: FCoE Direct End-Node to End-Node (aka FCoE VN2VN)


John Hufferd, Owner/Consultant, Hufferd Enterprises

Industry Perspective: Taming the Data Explosion


Vish Mulchand, Director - HP Storage Solutions, HP
Jeff Rochlin, Manager of Systems Engineering/Infrastructure Operations, DreamWorks Animation SKG

Industry Perspective: Panel Discussion: Deciphering NVM Interface Alternatives - What You Need to Know Before Selecting


Moderator: Jeff Janukowicz, Research Manager, Solid State Drives & HDD Components, IDC
Marty Czekalski, Senior Interface and Programs Manager, Seagate Technology LLC
Jimmy Daley, Director, Smart Storage, HP
Gary Kotzur, Director/Distinguished Engineer, NGCS Storage Advanced Engineering, Dell
Harry Mason, Director of Industry Marketing, Storage Components Group, LSI
James E. Myers, Applications Engineering Manager , Intel

3:05 pm - 3:50 pm
User Case Study: Providing Solid Defense for the Tampa Bay Lightning's Mission-Critical Data and Applications


Steve Warren, Senior Systems & Project Engineer, InMage Consultant, Tampa Bay Lightning

User Case Study: Building a Private Cloud to Provide Consistent Enterprise-Quality Storage Services


Jason Radford, System Administrator, Bloomington Public Schools/ IlliniCloud

Industry Perspective: How Do Analytical Clouds Differ From Application Clouds


Roger Llewellyn, CEO, Kognitio

Industry Perspective: Designing High Availability in a Converged Networking Environment


J Metz, Product Manager, FCoE, Cisco

Erik Smith, Consulting Technologist, Connectrix, EMC

Industry Perspective: Big Data Strategy and Business Innovation


Tom Deutsch, Program Director - Big Data (Hadoop / BigInsights / Streams ), IBM

Solution Spotlight: The Value of QoS in an Oracle Environment


Christopher Derhammer, Product Director, Oracle

4:00 pm - 4:45 pmHow WellPoint Leverages Big Data Infrastructure to Transform Healthcare

In terms of commercial membership, WellPoint, Inc. is the largest health benefits company in the United States -- and its information technology strategy is focused on creating the best health care value in the industry. At its core, this strategy is based on facilitating the movement of data between various clinical and administrative sources and to its members, while adding insights that create value for its consumers and providers. Simply put, WellPoint collects vast amounts of data from multiple sources via multiple channels, enriches it by applying intelligent decisioning and analytics, and then delivers value-added information to members and providers. Learn how WellPoint has leveraged big data across vast data stores to deliver business value in this session.
Andrew Lang, CIO, WellPoint, Inc.

4:45 pm - 5:30 pmPlaybook Confidential: How Stellar IT Teams Are Transforming to Deliver Greater Business Value

A trio of mega-trends, mobility, consumer technology and cloud computing is drastically changing the way companies do business and the way in which IT teams innovate and deliver business value. Maximizing that value requires an expanded set of business, process, technical and leadership skills. Learn from our panel of IT leaders what they are doing – and what you can do – to acquire the skills in greatest demand, where and how to source new talent and how to enhance the skills of in-house IT staff to deliver greater business value.


Julia King, Executive Editor, Events and National Correspondent, Computerworld
Zara Wanlass, VP, Director of Product Development, Pearson
Tom Soderstrom, IT CTO, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
5:30 pm - 8:00 pmClosing Reception
Enjoy a relaxing evening with good food and your SNW friends.

Thursday, October 13, 2011
7:30 am - 10:00 amRegistration Open
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
Get an early jump on the day and network with new connections and old.
8:15 am - 12:00 pmSNIA Certification Testing

Prepare for examinations and assess your readiness to take a SNIA Certification or Qualification Examination. Conveniently available at a reduced cost for SNW attendees. Visit the SNIA education information desk near the Hands-On Labs registration center.

8:30 am - 9:15 am
SNIA Tutorial: Implementing Stored-Data Encryption


Dr. Michael Willett, Storage Security Strategist, Samsung

SNIA Tutorial: Deploying Public, Private and Hybrid Storage Clouds


Marty Stogsdill, Senior Sales Consultant, Oracle Corporation

Industry Perspective: Communications 101: You said what?


Dr. William C. Cross, Sr. Consultant, eComp Consultants
Sandra Beck, COO, ITS Florida

Industry Perspective: Big Data and Beyond: The Evolution of Big Data


Bill Peterson, Senior Manager, Product and Solutions Marketing, NetApp, Inc.

User Case Study: Paradigm Shift to AST


Joe Stout, Storage Manager, FICO

9:25 am - 10:10 am
Industry Perspective: Making Data at Rest Encryption Easy For Enterprise Storage Users


David R. Kaiser PMP, Engineering Director, Enterprise Storage Products, Seagate Technology

User Case Study: International Justice Mission Case Study: Leveraging the Hybrid Cloud for High Performance


Christopher B. McPeek, Manager, Global Systems and Infrastructure, International Justice Mission

SNIA Tutorial: Can U B Social? Defining Social Media For Your Organization


Marty Foltyn, Vice President, Channel Chargers, LLC
Diana Eastty, Principal, Eastty Marketing

Analyst Perspective: Shared Storage for Shared Nothing: Making the Case for SAN and NAS in Big Data Analytics


John Webster, Senior Partner, Evaluator Group

SNIA Tutorial: The Why and How of SSD Performance Benchmarking


Esther Spanjer, Director, SSD Technical Marketing, SMART Modular
Dr. Easen Ho, CTO, Calypso Systems, Inc.

10:20 am - 11:05 am
User Case Study: LeanLogistics, Inc. Case Study: Deploying Hardware Encryption for Improved Performance and Security


Andy Bass, Vice President of Technology, LeanLogistics, Inc.

SNIA Tutorial: Interoperable Cloud Storage with the CDMI Standard


Mark Carlson, Principal Cloud Strategist, Oracle Corporation

User Case Study: A Leadership Journey


Mario Merlano, Senior Director, Project Management Office, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Industry Perspective: Protecting Big Data: Modern Data Protection Strategies for Big Data Environments


Jeff Echols, Senior Director for Global Alliances and Cloud Strategy, CommVault

SNIA Tutorial: PCIe SSD Storage Solution


Gary Kotzur, Director/Distinguished Engineer, NGCS Storage Advanced Engineering, Dell

11:15 am - 12:00 pm
SNIA Tutorial: Practical Secure Storage: A Vendor Agnostic Overview


Walt Hubis, Consultant, Software Architect

Industry Perspective: Virtualizing Server Connectivity in the Cloud


Truls Myklebust, Director, Product Management, Brocade Communications

Industry Perspective: IT Project Management


Dr. William C. Cross, Sr. Consultant, eComp Consultants

User Case Study: iN DEMAND: Virtualization Strategies to Manage Big Data


Michael Raposa, Senior Director of Infrastructure, iN DEMAND

Industry Perspective: Accelerating Enterprise Applications with Flash Storage


Randal H. Sagrillo, Principal Product Performance Manager, Oracle Corporation

12:00 pm - 12:00 amConference Concludes