IDG's InfoWorld, the leading integrated media brand for IT solutions management, today announced the full keynote and presenter lineup for its fifth Virtualization Executive Forum, taking place Monday, February 4, 2008 at the Hotel Nikko in San Francisco, California. The executive-level event provides real-world guidance and best practices for dynamically managing the IT environment. David Reilly, Credit Suisse's managing director of Technology Infrastructure Systems, will report from the leading edge on how virtualization is bringing unprecedented agility to the financial services giant's business processes and technology infrastructures, and transforming the way the IT organization delivers services to the business. Andi Mann, Research Director, Enterprise Management Associates, will look back on the past 12 to 18 months with a progress report on how virtualization has changed IT management. Passes to attend InfoWorld's Virtualization Executive Forum are priced at $1,295, with credential and early registration discounts available. Members of the press using promotional code VIRTPRESS are eligible for complimentary registration. To register, visit: http://VirtExecForum.com/register.

"Arrive early and grab a front row seat for keynotes David Reilly and Andi Mann," advises Doug Dineley, InfoWorld's executive editor and content chair for the event. "Reilly's deep experience and strategic vision, and Mann's sweeping research and keen insights, make the perfect combination -- I couldn't have dreamed a better way to kick off our event."

The Virtualization Executive Forum agenda features leading experts from companies defining enterprise virtualization across industries and end users that have successfully implemented a virtualization strategy for their business. Session speakers and panel participants will include Vincent Biddlecombe, CTO, Transplace; Adam Gray, CTO, Novacoast, Inc.; Christofer Hoff, Chief Architect of Security Innovation, Unisys Corporation; Ron Oglesby, Director, Architecture-Virtualization Services, GlassHouse Technologies, Inc.; Dan Pollack, Operations Architect, AOL; Matt Prigge, Network Architect, SymQuest Group; Jim Smith, VP, Engineering, Digital Realty Trust; Christopher M. Steffen, Principal Technical Architect, Kroll Factual Data; and Mornay Van Der Walt, Sr. Solutions Architect, Enterprise & Technical Marketing, VMware. Plus, InfoWorld's top editors will be on hand to share their expertise. The complete agenda is available online at: VirtExecForum.com.

Virtual Iron is the Cornerstone sponsor and Stratus Technologies is an Associate sponsor for InfoWorld's fifth forum on virtualization.