SNW Fall 2013
 

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Monday, October 14, 2013
2:00 pm - 5:00 pmRegistration Open

Tuesday, October 15, 2013: Clouds and the Data Center of the Future
7:30 am - 6:40 pmRegistration Open
7:30 am - 9:00 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 9:15 amWelcome and Opening Remarks
Wayne Adams, Chairman, Board of Directors, Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)
Derek Hulitzky, VP, Content Development and Strategy, IDG Enterprise and Computerworld
9:15 am - 10:00 amOpening Keynote: Clouds and the Data Center of the Future
James Robertson, Vice President of Technology Infrastructure and Broadcast Transmissions, Turner Broadcasting
10:00 am - 10:30 amNetworking Break
10:30 am - 11:30 amSNIA Certification and Qualification Preparation Session
10:30 am - 12:00 pmVirtualization and Clouds TrackCloud Infrastructure and Security TrackData Center Networking TrackThe Software-Defined Data Center Track
10:30 am - 11:10 amAnalyst Perspective: Challenges of Genomic Related Big Data Analytics in a "Trusted" Community Cloud Environment
Ali Eghlima, Member of Science and Technology Board, Expert BioSystems
Analyst Perspective: Cloud Computing: What It Means for Legal and Risk Management
Alon Israely, Co-Founder, Business Intelligence Associates
User Case Study: Centralized Data and Storage With Local Execution: The New Architectural Framework at Alamos Gold
Rohit Tellis, Director of IT, Alamos Gold, Inc.
Analyst Perspective: Software-Defined Storage - The New Storage Platform
Anil Vasudeva, President & Chief Analyst, IMEX Research
11:20 am - 12:00 pmSolution Spotlight: Build Your Own Fast, Amazon-Style Storage
Andrew Warfield, CTO & Co-founder, Coho Data
SNIA Tutorial: Massively Scalable File Storage
Philippe Nicolas, Director of Product Strategy, Scality
SNIA Tutorial: Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
John Hufferd, Owner/Consultant, Hufferd Enterprises
Industry Perspective: Software-Defined Data Center
John Cooper, Chief Technologist, EMC
12:00 pm - 2:00 pmLunch with Discussion Tables
2:10 pm - 3:40 pmSNIA Certification and Qualification Preparation Session
2:10 pm - 3:40 pmVirtualization and Clouds TrackCloud Infrastructure and Security TrackData Center Networking TrackThe Software-Defined Data Center Track
2:10 pm - 2:50 pmIndustry Perspective: VDI Use Case
Thomas Ank, IT Engineering Manager, The University of Portland
Doug Rainbolt, VP of Marketing, Alacritech
Industry Perspective: How to Securely Move to a Public Cloud
Steve Pate, Co-founder and CTO, HighCloud Security
Industry Perspective: 128GFC: Fiber Channel Leading Charge for Higher Speeds
Skip Jones, FCIA Chairman, SNIA Board of Directors; Director, Planning and Technology, QLogic Corporation
Co-author: Manoj Wadekar, Fellow & Chief Technologist, QLogic
SNIA Tutorial: Overview of Data Center Networks
Dr. Joseph White, Distinguished Engineer, Dell Corporation
3:00 pm - 3:40 pmVirtualization and Clouds TrackCloud Infrastructure and Security TrackData Management and Deduplication TrackThe Software-Defined Data Center Track
3:00 pm - 3:40 pmUser Case Study: WAN Optimization + Cloud Storage: Streamlining Collaboration at Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
Troy Gates, Design Technologies Manager, Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
SNIA Tutorial: Enterprise Architecture and the Cloud
Marty Stogsdill, Senior Sales Consultant, Oracle Corporation

Solution Spotlight: Scale-out Global Deduplication to 1 PB/hr
Gideon Senderov, Director Product Management and Technical Marketing, NEC
Industry Perspective: Software-Defined Network Technology and the Future of Storage
Stuart Berman, CEO, Jeda Networks
3:40 pm - 4:10 pmNetworking Break
4:10 pm - 5:40 pmSNIA Certification and Qualification Preparation Session
4:10 pm - 5:40 pmVirtualization and Clouds TrackCloud Infrastructure and Security TrackVDI TrackThe Software-Defined Data Center Track
4:10 pm - 4:50 pmSNIA Tutorial: PCI Express IO Virtualization Overview
Ron Emerick, Principal Hardware Engineer, Oracle Corporation
Analyst Perspective: Cloud Storage / IaaS & Regulatory Compliance Standards Like PCI DSS, HIPAA, GLBA & SOX
Ashar Baig, President, Analyst Connection
Analyst Perspective: I/O Virtualization - The Next Virtualization Frontier
Dennis Martin, Founder and President, Demartek
SNIA Tutorial: Software Defined Storage – The New Storage Platform
Anil Vasudeva, President & Chief Analyst, IMEX Research
5:00 pm - 5:40 pmVirtualization and Clouds TrackCloud Infrastructure and Security TrackVDI TrackData Management and Deduplication Track
5:00 pm - 5:40 pmIndustry Perspective: Defining the Cloud to Fit Your IT Strategy
Sarah Chapman, Cloud Services Product Management , SunGard Availability Services
Legal Perspective: Surviving IPv4 Exhaustion: Strategies to Avoid Stranding Your IPv4 Network Infrastructure Investment
Marc Lindsey, Partner, Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby, LLP
User Case Study: Key Storage Strategies for Getting the Most out of your VDI Deployments
Daniel Kwong, IT Analyst, Sacramento City College
Analyst Perspective: Using File Server Protocols for Block-Based Storage Workload
Dennis Martin, Founder and President, Demartek
5:40 pm - 6:40 pmWelcome Reception in the Expo Hall

Wednesday, October 16, 2013: Big Data, Mobility and the Future of Data Management
8:00 am - 6:30 pmRegistration Open
8:00 am - 9:00 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 9:15 amOpening Remarks
Derek Hulitzky, VP, Content Development and Strategy, IDG Enterprise and Computerworld
9:15 am - 10:00 amArchitecting the Data Framework for Business Value at DreamWorks Animation
Lincoln Wallen, CTO, DreamWorks Animation
10:00 am - 10:45 amNetworking Break in the Expo Hall
10:30 am - 12:00 pmSNIA Certification and Qualification Preparation Session
10:45 am - 12:15 pmBig Data Analytics and Intelligence TrackBig Data Infrastructure TrackSecuring the Cloud and Mobile-Enabled Enterprise TrackData Management and Deduplication Track
10:45 am - 11:25 amSNIA Tutorial: Introduction to Hadoop and MapReduce
Serge Blazhievsky, Big Data Architect, Nice Systems
Analyst Perspective: Object Storage Platforms in Big Data
Ashish Nadkarni, Research Director, IDC
SNIA Tutorial: Consumerization of IT - What Is Right for Your Organization?
Marty Foltyn, President, BitSprings Systems
User Case Study: Managing MDM and Data Warehouses
Dr. Ruben Quinonez, Claremont Graduate University
11:35 am - 12:15 pmUser Case Study: Helping Patients Find Us, Want Us, Get In, & Get Better
Brian E. Barnes Ph.D., VP, Growth & Innovation, Vanguard Health
SNIA Tutorial: Protecting Data in the Big Data World
Thomas Rivera, Senior Technical Associate, File, Content & Cloud Solutions, Hitachi Data Systems; Co-Chair, SNIA-Data Protection & Capacity Optimization (DPCO) Committee
Legal Perspective: Privacy, Network Security, and the Law
Julie Machal-Fulks, Partner, Scott & Scott, LLP
Industry Perspective: Your Dedupe's Not Your Type After All? Understanding Data Types and Their Impact on Deduplication
Jeff Tofano, Chief Technology Officer, Sepaton
12:15 pm - 2:30 pmLunch in the Expo Hall
2:40 pm - 4:10 pmSNIA Certification and Qualification Preparation Session
2:40 pm - 4:10 pmBig Data Analytics and Intelligence TrackBig Data Infrastructure TrackSecuring the Cloud and Mobile-Enabled Enterprise TrackData Management and Deduplication Track
2:40 pm - 3:20 pmSNIA Tutorial: Developing Enterprise Policy Over Big Data
Jim McGann, Vice President, Index Engines
Industry Perspective: Understand How to Leverage Hadoop Beyond the Testing Environment
Jack Norris, CMO, MapR Technologies
Legal Perspective: Regulatory Compliance - The Bottom Line
Michael R. Overly Esq., Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP
User Case Study: Data Classification - Its Importance for the Cloud
Leon Brewster, Information Security Strategist, The Barbados Light & Power Co. Ltd
3:30 pm - 4:10 pmUser Case Study: Security Information and Event Management Implementation and Considerations
Matthew Myhra, Industrial Security Program Manager, Vandenberg AFB, Department of the Airforce
SNIA Tutorial: Industry's Urgent Need for College-Level Data Storage Curriculum
Ramin Elahi, Adjunct Faculty / Training Solution Architect, UC Santa Cruz Ext.
Industry Perspective: Securing Data Collaboration Amid The Bring-Your-Own-Cloud (BYOC) Trend
Brian Ulmer, Mobility Product Manager, Acronis
SNIA Tutorial: Advanced Data Reduction Concepts
Gene Nagle, VP, Technical Services, BridgeSTOR, LLC
4:10 pm - 4:40 pmNetworking Break in the Expo Hall
4:40 pm - 5:20 pmCloud WorkshopBig Data Infrastructure TrackSecuring the Cloud and Mobile-Enabled Enterprise TrackData Management and Deduplication Track
4:40 pm - 5:20 pmAnalyst Perspective: Understanding the True Cost of Your Cloud Initiatives Workshop
Randy Perry, Vice President, Business Value Consulting, IDC
Solution Spotlight: Big Data, Big Archives and Big Protection Challenges: Introducing LTO-6 Technology
Laura Loredo, Product Marketing Manager, Nearline Storage, Hewlett Packard, The LTO Program
SNIA Tutorial: Consumerization of Trusted Computing
Dr. Michael Willett, Storage Security Strategist, Samsung
SNIA Tutorial: What’s Old Is New Again – Storage Tiering
Ashar Baig, President, Analyst Connection
Kevin Dudak, Product Manager, Spectra Logic
5:20 pm - 6:30 pmReception in the Expo Hall

Thursday, October 17, 2013: Solid State, Cloud Storage and Storage Innovation
8:15 am - 4:15 pmRegistration Open
8:15 am - 9:15 amBreakfast
9:15 am - 10:00 amWhen Storage Speed and Volume are Mission Critical
Colin McGuire, Director, IT Infrastructure Services, Starz Entertainment, LLC
Doing Virtualization Right: Turning Challenges into Opportunities for the Business and IT Alike
Paul Miller, Director - Enterprise Infrastructure, Systems and Operations, Pharmavite LLC
10:00 am - 10:30 amNetworking Break in the Expo Hall
10:30 am - 12:00 pmSNIA Certification and Qualification Preparation Session
10:30 am - 12:00 pmSolid State TrackCloud Storage TrackBackup and Archiving TrackBusiness Continuity / Disaster Recovery / Data Protection and Security Track
10:30 am - 11:10 amAnalyst Perspective: Solid State Storage Performance Comparisons - SSD Cache Performance
Dennis Martin, Founder and President, Demartek
Industry Perspective: It’s Time to Start Talking About What Really Matters—The Data!
Momchil V. Michailov, CEO and Co-Founder, Sanbolic
Solution Spotlight: The Future of Data Protection
Jeff Tofano, Chief Technical Officer, Sepaton, Inc.
Analyst Perspective: The Evolution of Data Protection Strategies
Robert Amatruda, Research Director, Data Protection and Recovery, IDC
11:20 am - 12:00 pmSNIA Tutorial: Overprovisioning
William Radke, Director of Architecture, Skyera
Solution Spotlight: Leveraging the Cloud for Scalable and Simplified Data Storage
Andres Rodriguez, Founder and CEO, Nasuni Corporation
User Case Study: Digital Media Access and Archiving
Richard Duke, Manager, Production Systems, LDS Motion Picture Studio
SNIA Tutorial: Understanding High Availability in the SAN
Mark Fleming, Senior Software Engineer, IBM
12:00 pm - 2:00 pmLunch in the Expo with Expo Theater
1:30 pm - 3:00 pmSNIA Certification and Qualification Preparation Session
2:10 pm - 2:50 pmSolid State TrackCloud Storage TrackBackup and Archiving TrackBusiness Continuity / Disaster Recovery / Data Protection and Security Track
2:10 pm - 2:50 pmIndustry Perspective: Solid State of Affairs: The Benefits and Challenges of Flash in VMware Datacenters
Irfan Ahmad, Co-Founder and VP of Engineering, CloudPhysics
User Case Study: How Flash Can Accelerate Business-Critical Databases and Applications
Jim Thomas, Director of IT Operations, Pella Corporation
SNIA Tutorial: Introduction to Data Protection: Backup to Tape, Disk and Beyond
Jason Iehl, Manager, Solution Architects, NetApp
Solution Spotlight: Instant Recovery at the Branch: A New Paradigm
Eric Carter, Director of Product Marketing, Storage Delivery, Riverbed Technology
3:00 pm - 3:40 pmSNIA Tutorial: SNIA NVM Programming Model
Paul von Behren, Software Architect, Intel Corporation
SNIA Tutorial: Advanced Data Reduction Concepts
Kevin Dudak, Product Manager, Spectra Logic
SNIA Tutorial: Managing Backup and Recovery in Today’s Agile, Complex and Heterogeneous Data Centers
Maria Pressley, Chief Evangelist, Unitrends Inc.
Gene Nagle, VP, Technical Services, BridgeSTOR, LLC
SNIA Tutorial: Trends in Data Protection and Restoration Technologies
Mike Fishman, EMC Corporation
3:40 pm - 4:45 pmDessert Reception and Passport Prize Giveaways in the Expo