28th Annual Gartner Data Center Conference

Logistics

• When: Dec 1, 2009 00:00 - Dec 4, 2009 00:00
  Timezone: (GMT-8) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
• Where: Las Vegas / North America
• Registration: Click Here for Details

Description

The best choice for objective intelligence on today's Data Center

For 28 years, data center leaders have turned to Gartner Data Center Conference for a trusted perspective on the tools, technologies and trends impacting their world. Conference content, as presented across 69-analyst led sessions, addresses the in-depth feedback we receive from clients, past attendees and other data center professionals who participate in our annual data center pre-event survey. In addition to the objective comparisons and assessments of vendor offerings provided by our analysts, you'll have the opportunity to further your own vendor research at the solution showcase. There you can engage face-to-face with world-class providers, as well as up-and-comers, in an atmosphere designed to ensure an even playing field.

Expect to find:

World-class content on virtually every area of the data center
Independent analysis that is pragmatic and actionable
Unbiased, rigorous insights that can save your organization thousands of dollars and help data center leaders and their teams excel in their jobs.

Our 7-track agenda drills-down to the level you need when it comes to cloud computing, the next stages of virtualization, servers and storage, TCO and IT operations excellence, aging infrastructures and the 21st-century data center, consolidation, workload management, procurement, and major platforms. In a specially developed track, you'll get an intensive look at cost-optimization best practices to apply across the data center. See how to:

Increase agility and service quality while reducing costs
Manage and operate a world-class data center operation with hyper-efficiency
Tactically and strategically position yourself to help support your business going forward
Keep pace with future-focused trends like Green IT and Cloud Computing

As the pressure mounts on IT to improve the utilization levels of assets and reign in the labor component in budgets, the result is many new products being brought to market. We will analyze the risks as well as the rewards in next-generation virtualization technologies, with the deepest coverage of virtualization we've offered yet. Get ready to examine trends, success factors and best practices that will provide your organization the agility needed to manage rapid change without breaking the bank. When it comes to storage, you'll gain fresh insight on managing the very real issues of data security, archiving, retrieval, sharing and cost management. Plus, enrich your store of best practices with sound ways to procure, deploy and manage storage across the enterprise.

Whether your focus is servers, storage, facilities or operations, you'll discover here-and-now tactics to deal with the pressing concerns of budget and ROI, along with long-term strategies to deliver world class service in your data center over the next 5 years.

New and Notable for 2009
A virtual track of sessions devoted to cloud computing and its impact on infrastructure and operations
Cost optimization best practices track
Next-stage virtualization
Foundational level and advanced content (see Agenda at a Glance)
Take-away action plan: Follow-up recommendations at the end of each analyst-led presentation, along with topic-specific research
Public-sector-specific Analyst/User Roundtables and track sessions
More Analyst/User Roundtable sessions than ever before
A Justification Kit to demonstrate the value of attending
Expanded team discounts and benefits so your team can attend and cover as much ground as possible
Interactive audience polling for instant feedback

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