22nd Annual Gartner Data Center Conference Achieves 33 Percent Increase in Registered Attendance.Business Editors STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 2003 More Than 1,100 Attendees Have Registered for the December 8-10 Conference in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. Registration for Gartner, Inc.'s upcoming Data Center conference has surpassed 1,100 registered attendees, a 33 percent increase from last year. Gartner attributes the success of the conference to the relevance of the robust agenda. "Each year, Gartner tailors the agenda of the Data Center conference to address the key concerns of attendees, based on client feedback and input from attending data center managers," said Patty Foggin, vice president of worldwide events for Gartner. "This year the conference has been designed to help attendees achieve the most scalable, cost-effective and reliable data centers that can manage the challenges of a real-time infrastructure. That is what our attendees who return each year have told us is most critical to the success of their businesses." A few of the key issues Gartner analysts will focus on include security and disaster recovery, running a 24x7 operation effectively, server consolidation, storage infrastructure design and outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. . "Executives are still under cost pressures, and they find that they must architect an on-demand infrastructure to meet the business needs of availability, performance, agility, security and business continuity without breaking the bank," said Mike Chuba, research vice president for Gartner. "Cost containment cost containment, n the features of a dental benefits program or of the administration of the program designed to reduce or eliminate certain charges to the plan. is now more important than simple cost reduction. The Gartner conference attendees want guidance on how to spend wisely and want to invest in critical products and applications that will give them a leg up on their competition as the industry moves into an improved economic environment." In addition to Gartner analyst presentations, Gen. Barry McCaffrey Barry Richard McCaffrey (b. November 17 1942, Taunton, Massachusetts) is a retired United States Army General. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at the United States Military Academy, where he had been the Bradley Professor of International Security Studies from 2001 to , NBC News NBC News (along with NBC News + HD) is the news division of American television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric. Its current president is Steve Capus. It is the top-rated broadcast news division and has been for a decade. commentator and an expert on the war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act , will address attendees as the keynote keynote /key·note/ (ke´not) in homeopathy, the characteristic property of a drug that indicates its use in treating a similar symptom of disease. speaker. The conference will also feature customer case studies presented by leading-edge enterprises. The Gartner Data Center 2003 conference will be held at the Rio Hotel and Casino. For more information or to register for this conference, please visit www.gartner.com/2_events/conferences/2003/lsc22/lsc22.jsp or contact Ashley Pearce at 1-800-778-1997 or 203-316-6757 or Ashley.pearce@gartner.com. About Gartner: Gartner, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : IT and ITB ITB Invitation To Bid ITB In The Beginning ITB Internationale Tourismusbörse (German) ITB In The Business (aka in the business service industry) ITB Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy ) is a research and advisory firm that helps more than 10,000 clients leverage technology to achieve business success. Gartner's businesses are Research, Consulting, Measurement, Events and Executive Programs. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., and has more than 3,800 associates, including approximately 1,000 research analysts and consultants, in more than 75 locations worldwide. Revenue for calendar year 2002 totaled $888 million. For more information, visit www.gartner.com. |
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