Storage Networking World (SNW), in conjunction with Computerworld and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) announced today an illustrious roster of IT executives, industry leaders and industry analysts to address SNW Fall 2008 to be held October 13-16, 2008 at the Gaylord Texan in Dallas, Texas.
Storage Networking World is the world's largest and foremost storage networking event and the only conference where IT managers and professionals get an education endorsed by SNIA and a hands-on view of the world's only SNIA-sanctioned Solutions Center. At SNW, attendees can choose from over 140 educational sessions and network with peers from around the globe, plus visit with top solutions providers in the world's largest Expo focused on storage.
Featured presenters at Storage Networking World Fall 2008 include:
Diane Bryant, vice president and chief information officer, Intel Corporation
Bryant is vice president and chief information officer (CIO) of Intel Corporation where she is responsible for Intel's Information Technology organization. Intel's IT organization delivers strategic value by providing professional support, applications, and solutions that enable Intel's growth and transformation.
Bryant will present "Managing the Information Explosion."
A vision of the datacenter of the future: The increasing complexities of semiconductor design and manufacturing drive unique challenges for Intel. Bryant will offer her perspective on current and future challenges in managing the information explosion. She will highlight some of the key initiatives to address these challenges, innovative technologies, and the implications on storage.
Burzin Engineer, vice president of infrastructure technology, Shopzilla, Inc.
Engineer is vice president of infrastructure technology at Shopzilla, Inc. Engineer has more than 18 years of experience in the IT industry. His experience ranges from system and database administration to network/storage design and architecture. His technology focal points revolve around solving today's largest IT problems such as server consolidation, virtualization, data mobility and ILM. At Shopzilla, Engineer is responsible for all facets of IT, including network, storage, systems and internal IT.
Engineer will present "Real-World File Virtualization: How Increasing Data Mobility Can Reduce the Costs of File Storage."
Although not a line-item in most storage budgets, the cost of managing storage can greatly outweigh the initial cost of acquiring it. At Shopzilla, the lack of data mobility was causing operational costs to balloon around end-of-life events for storage. The effort of manually modifying their frontline application source code in order to perform the migrations to new platforms consumed IT resources, forcing Shopzilla to delay migrations and pay exorbitant support costs on older gear. In this session, Engineer will discuss the real cost benefits of improving data mobility, including slashing migration times from months to days -- through the use of file virtualization.
For more information about Storage Networking World Fall 2008, please visit
www.snwusa.com.