Virtualization, Cloud Technology and the Virtual desktop infrastructure

Presentation Materials

• Virtualization and VDI
• ROI
• VDI ROI Questionnaire (Microsoft Word doc)
• vDC ROI Questionnaire (Microsoft Word doc)

Registration

Free. Space is limited. Registration is required.

Intended Audience

This seminar is for  CIO's, IT Managers, Server/Storage Administrators, Desktop Administrators, and others interested in learning more about virtualization technologies.

Abstract of Seminar Contents

This seminar will discuss the technologies available today that relate to virtualization in general but will go into more detail around the capabilities of virtual desktop. VMware, Citrix and others will be discussed in a general comparison.   Much advancement has been made in desktop virtualization as well as application virtualization. This session offers a level set on what the industry leading manufacturers have proven successful today and discusses briefly the roadmap for their planned expansion/enhancements.  Additionally a brief discussion of Return on Investment will be offered to elaborate the financial impacts of these technologies.

Speaker Bio’s:

Gary Lamb, Sr. Director of Data Center Virtualization: Gary Lamb is a nationally known expert in the virtualization field and is one of 30 members from around the world on the VMware Partner Advisory Council. Gary’s presentation at Virtualization Congress 2009 was voted one of the five most popular sessions. Gary is a co-author of the Sage book, “Deploying the VMware Infrastructure”, and has co-authored several virtualization articles and white papers. With 27 years in IT, Gary has worked as a MVS Systems programmer, LAN/WAN design and integration architect and an enterprise security assessment practitioner, including running a consulting practice for 2 ½ years for ISS. He also has an extensive background in disaster recovery. Gary has helped several manufacturers build their products to better interoperate with a virtual infrastructure.

Steve Kaplan, National Director of our Datacenter Virtualization Practice: Steve is currently one of only 300 VMware Experts in the world.  With more than 30+ years of experience in architecting IT solutions, Steve has contributed to the assessment, planning, design and deployment of IT technologies to meet business objectives. Steve’s consultative approach and technical knowledge spans multiple areas of the IT infrastructure including Applications, Server Platforms, Operating Systems, Networking Infrastructure, Desktops and Storage components. Steve’s skill set are applied to production deployment of applications encompassing business continuance/disaster recovery issues & operational concerns with a focus on cost-effective solutions to meet the strategic goals. Formerly a Microsoft MVP, Steve co-authored eight Official Citrix Guides in conjunction with Citrix and co-authored an ‘Introduction to Virtualization’ and ‘Foundations for Cloud Computing’ in collaboration with VMware.

Agenda

 Contact Information

 For more information . . .

 . . . Contact Thomas Bynum, Fran Muskopf, Ron Seymour, or Christy Ridout
IPMA Professional Development Committee Co-Chairs

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