What: 

This interactive webinar will feature the AMB Group, LLC, parent company of the Atlanta Falcons, as they discuss their data center transformation driven by a partnership with Virtual Iron and Compellent. Presenters will highlight how the combination of advanced storage virtualization and infrastructure management can ease the burden of administration overhead, increase availability and cut costs. Participants will hear first hand how a systematic approach to data center management can leverage the benefits of virtualization without breaking the bank.

Who:  

Don Norton, Director, IT Technical Services for the Blank Family of Businesses, Norton has more than 16 years experience in network and server administration, business information systems, and systems support. Along with his role at AMB Group, Norton has game day responsibilities for the NFL's Game Statistics Information System for each NFL game held at the Georgia Dome. He joined AMB Group, LLC in 2004 from Maytag Corporation where he spent 10 years in a variety of technical roles. Norton has a BS in Computer Science and an MBA    from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.       

Chris Barclay, Director of Product Management, Virtual Iron. With over 15 years experience and a proven track record in high technology marketing, business development, and systems engineering, Barclay is responsible for product management and technology partnerships at Virtual Iron. Prior to Virtual Iron, he held senior management and product management roles at several high growth technology companies including eRoom Technology (acquired by Documentum/EMC). Barclay has a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of Maryland.

Jamie Blomquist, Product Marketing Manager, Compellent. Blomquist is responsible for the planning and launch of Compellent's enterprise network storage products. With more than 12 years experience in IT, Blomquist designed a tool at Compellent to analyze potential cost savings from the implementation of various storage technologies such as automated tiered storage and thin provisioning. He holds a master of business administration in marketing and strategic management from the University of Minnesota, and a bachelor's degree in history and bachelor’s degree in education from the University of North Dakota.

When:  Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:00 PM CT/2:00 PM ET

Where: To register visit: https://virtualiron.webex.com/virtualiron/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=685467403&SourceId=MA