2007 Server Blade Summit Focuses on Perfect Marriage of Blades and Virtualization.Industry's Only Vendor-Neutral Event Combines Two Hottest Topics in IT ANAHEIM, Calif. -- With virtualization An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used. Hardware Virtualization Partitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates multiple machines within one physical computer. and blade servers as two of the hottest topics in information technology today, the sixth annual Server Blade One blade in a blade server. See blade server. Summit, "Blades and Virtualization: A Perfect Marriage," is the first industry conference addressing these solutions together. The conference, set for May 1-3, 2007 at the Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, CA, aims to educate IT end-users on how to leverage both blades and virtualization to improve IT operations while reducing costs. IDC predicts that the IT consolidation market is expected to grow from $18.1 billion in 2004 to $24.7 billion in 2009, outpacing growth of the overall IT market worldwide. And virtualization software sales will rise from $340 million to $15 billion, almost a 50-fold increase. These striking trends present significant challenges for IT management to plan and implement these technologies effectively. The 2007 Server Blade Summit on "Blades and Virtualization: A Perfect Marriage" will bring together an unprecedented range of experts in server and desktop virtualization Simultaneously running multiple copies of the same operating system or different operating systems on a desktop computer. See virtual machine. , blade server systems, server consolidation, storage, networking, systems management, power and cooling, and more. The Summit is ideal for IT professionals including data center managers, IT technical staff, resellers, integrators, solution providers and vendors. "There has been a recent debate in the IT press on the legitimacy of virtualization on blades," said Summit Chairperson Barb Goldworm, President of Focus Consulting and author of the new Wiley book, Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. while Cutting Costs. "Our research shows that there are significant opportunities for synergy in building more efficient, agile and highly available data centers for the future with these two technologies. As a result, we have leveraged the success of five years of the Server Blade Summit and expanded it this year to deliver three days packed with information on both blades and virtualization that will enable IT managers to realize this potential." Major topics to be addressed at the Summit include: * Server Consolidation - From ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). analysis to technical implementation planning Operational planning associated with the conduct of a continuing operation, campaign, or war to attain defined objectives. At the national level, it includes the development of strategy and the assignment of strategic tasks to the combatant commanders. ; consolidating with virtualization and blades, reducing costs, saving space, power and time * Upgrading the Data Center - Building for the future while minimizing cost and complexity of software and hardware upgrades and expansion (leveraging server virtualization (1) Running applications in separate, isolated partitions within a single server. The "virtual machine" method can run different operating systems simultaneously, whereas the "OS virtualization" method runs applications for only one operating system (see virtual machine and OS for servers and desktops, implementing modular components, upgrading to hypervisors and Windows Vista The current version of Windows for the desktop. It was released in late 2006 for businesses and early 2007 for consumers. Vista adds numerous features, including improved security and advanced multimedia capabilities. as well as multi-core, and server and storage virtualization) * Saving Energy - Cost savings and efficiencies in the data center through consolidation, blades and other techniques * Managing Resources - Improving systems management for better response to peak loads, outages, errors, new requirements, workload changes, regulatory changes, and security threats Attendees will learn everything from the basics to in-depth knowledge on these fast changing technologies. They will gain expertise for evaluating, implementing and managing blade systems and virtualization solutions for maximum performance and ROI. The three-day Summit program will be filled with informative sessions in three tracks - IT Strategy & Business, IT Technical Implementation, and Vendor Technical. There will also be open sessions on topics including the latest market research on blades and virtualization, an "Ask the Experts" panel with TechTarget experts, an issues roundtable on managing virtualization and blades, and a shoot-out debate on whether and how blades and virtualization are transforming enterprise computing. In addition, keynote addresses will be given by IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Microsoft and Countrywide Financial, with additional speakers from AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. , Avocent, Broadcom, Brocade, Cisco, Citrix, DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force, Inc., Portland, OR, www.dmtf.org) An industry consortium founded in 1992 that is involved with the development, support and maintenance of management standards for PCs. Its goal is to reduce the cost and complexity of PC management. , Eaton, Emulex, Ethernet Alliance, Hitachi, LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Logic, QLogic, Sun Microsystems, Symantec, XenSource, and many other industry leading vendor and end-user companies. Premier Sponsors for the 2007 Server Blade Summit include Key Information Systems, the Ethernet Alliance, and Tehuti Networks. Media Sponsors include TechTarget (SearchServerVirtualization, SearchDataCenter and SearchWinComputing), Grid Today, HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. Wire and Data Center Journal. Newswire Sponsor is MarketWire. Analyst Sponsors are Coughlin Associates and Focus Consulting. For further Summit details and registration, visit www.serverbladesummit.com. About Server Blade Summit The 6th Annual Server Blade Summit is the only conference in the U.S. focused exclusively on blades and virtualization. It features one-hour and half-day tutorials, business strategy and technical sessions, vendor technical sessions, panel discussions, keynotes, and exhibits. Subjects include server and desktop virtualization, blade server and virtualization implementation, blade and virtualization management, power and cooling issues, server consolidation, networking, storage, standards, best practices, and market research. The Summit will take place May 1-3, 2007 at the Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, CA. For more information, visit www.serverbladesummit.com. For more information or to schedule an interview with Conference Chair Barb Goldworm, contact Dave Holscher, Vice President, KCOMM at 949-295-5515 or dave@kanatsiz.com. |
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