By Justin Lee, theWHIR.com
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October 21, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Independent IT research firm Gartner Research (www.gartner.com) announced on Tuesday it is hosting its 27th annual Gartner Data Center Conference (www.gartner.com/us/datacenter). The�event will explore new products and trends and provide real-world perspectives and strategies to transform data centers.
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�Over the course of the three and a half day conference, over 2,000 attendees will discuss a range of pertinent topics including servers, IT operations, virtualization, storage, infrastructure challenges, business continuity and disaster recovery.
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Gartner analysts will analyze the risk and rewards in next-generation virtualization technologies, providing their own insights on how to avoid creating new problems in the future.
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This year’s conference, in particular, will offer the deepest coverage of virtualization the event has ever had, says Gartner.
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The event’s speakers will investigate emerging storage technologies designed to help data center executives manage, secure, backup and archive the rapid growth in data.�Those participants running Unix, Linux, Windows and z/OS server environments will be able to find out about new management and operations technologies, processes and organizational structures designed to optimize the environment while maintaining critical business service levels.�The conference will feature keynotes and presentations from Tom Bittman, Gartner VP & distinguished analyst who will discuss “The Future of Infrastructure & Operations: The Engine of Cloud Computing”; Paul McGuckin, Gartner research VP and Donna Scott, Gartner VP and distinguished analyst, who will present “The Data Center Scenario: Planning for the Future”; Jason Jennings, business thought leader and author, who highlights “The 4 Traits of the World’s Best Performing Business Leaders”; Carl Claunch, Gartner VP and disginguished analyst, who will take a look at the “Top Ten Disruptive Technologies Affecting the Data Center”.
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Finally, panalists Mark Thiele, director of business operations research and development for VMWare and Mark J.E. Bramfitt, principal program manager at PG&E, will discuss what participants can expect from the data center industry in “Mastermind Panel: The Future of the Data Center”,
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Over 90 companies will be exhibiting at the Summit. A full list of Summit sponsors can be viewed on the Solution Showcase here.
