Storage Networking World

Fall 2007 Conference Agenda

LEGEND
	End-User Case Study
	Greening of IT discussed in this session

Featured presenters include:

Frank Abagnale, The world's foremost authority on fraud and identity theft and the inspiration behind the now-classic book and film, Catch Me If You Can
James Onalfo, CIO and Deputy Commissioner, New York City Police Department
Steve Fastook, Vice President, Technical and Commercial Operations, CNBC
Brian Cobb, Senior Vice President - Enterprise Systems Management, Fannie Mae
Parker Mabry, Senior Vice President and Manager of Network Systems Engineering, Morgan Keegan
Joe Lacik, Senior Vice President, Information Services, Aviall Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2007 Registration Open 8:00 a.m.–7:30 p.m.
9:20–11:55 a.m.	Next-Gen Data Center Track	Managing Complexity Track	Security Track	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Storage	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Virtualization / Standards	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Professional Development	Storage Networking Certification Program
9:20–10:05 a.m.	The Next Generation Data Center - Lean, Mean and…Green! Tom Clark Principal Engineer, Technical Marketing and SNIA Board Member, Brocade	Plan - Roadmap - Analyze - Execute - Repeat: The Lifecyle for Storage Success Steve Hight Director of Strategic Technology Projects, Office of the CIO, Catholic Healthcare West	Storage Security Risks: The Big Picture Alan Lustiger Security Architect, TD Ameritrade	Desktop, Nearline and Enterprise Disk Drives: Deltas by Design Willis Whittington Senior Manager Product Marketing, Seagate Technology	Storage Networking Standards: Recent Developments David Black Senior Technologist, EMC Corporation	Survivor Guide: Leading in Difficult Times Harriet Pea Senior Director, Storage Technology Service Center, Sun Microsystems	SNIA Certification Overview David Deming President, Solution Technology
10:15–11:00 a.m.	Next Generation Enhanced Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet Networks Pompey Nagra Product Marketing Manager, QLogic Corporation	Best Practices for an SMB in Selecting, Deploying and Managing a Storage Network Jay Kramer Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, iStor Networks, Inc.	Going on the Offensive Against Hackers Craig Edland Global Product Manager, EDS	Green Storage SW Worth Senior Standards Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation	Extensible Access Method (XAM) Storage Development Kit (SDK) Mark Carlson Senior Architect, Sun Microsystems	Working Together: Expand Your Career by Expanding Your Skills Stephen Hultquist Principal, Virtual CIO/CTO, Infinite Summit	Storage Networking Foundations Rich Mitchell President, The Institute for Software Advancement
11:10–11:55 a.m.	Emerging Technologies in the Storage Infrastructure Tim Symons Principal Engineer, PMC-Sierra	An Intelligent FAN Architecture for Improved Branch Office File Data Protection and Management Leon Verriere Infrastructure Consultant, Mohawk Industries	Security Encyption: Getting from Here to There Phil Bullinger Senior Vice President, Engenio Storage Group, LSI Corporation	Storage Performance 101 Ray Lucchesi President, Silverton Consulting, Inc.	Storage Grids: Relevance and Overview Abbott Schindler Senior Technologist, HP	Developing Successful Technical Presentations Howard Goldstein President, Howard Goldstein Associates, Inc. (HGAI)
11:55 a.m.–1:00 p.m.	Special Luncheon Presentation
12:00–5:00 p.m.	Pre-Conference Golf Outing
12:40–5:25 p.m.	Information Management Track	High Performance Computing Track	Security Track	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Data Management	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Virtualization / Standards	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Networking	Storage Networking Certification Program
1:00–1:45 p.m.	Unstructured Content Management: Moving from Server Room to Court Room to Board Room David Vellante Co-founder, The Wikibon Project Michael McCreary Senior Director, Legal Business Technology, Pfizer , Inc.	Managing the Petabyte Data Center…Are You Ready? Bernard Gilbert Chief Executive Officer, IBRIX, Inc.	Security Zones Basics Douglas Conorich Principal Security Analyst, Managed Security Services, IBM	Solving the Coming Archive Crisis Michael Peterson President of Strategic Research Corporation, Chief Strategy Advocate for SNIA Data Management Forum	Virtualization I: What, Why, Where and How Rob Peglar Vice President, Technology, Xiotech Corporation	TCP/IP Optimizations for Block Storage Joseph White Distinguished Engineer, Juniper Networks
1:55–2:40 p.m.	SCSC's Power Managed Storage Architecture Les Martin Tactical Systems Engineer, U.S. Navy Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare Systems	Super-Fast Storage: The Revolution of Clustered Compute Solutions Bruce Moxon Vice President, Strategic Technology, Network Appliance	How to Stay Out of Tomorrow's Data Breach Headlines with Storage Security and Global Key Management Dore Rosenblum Vice President, Marketing, NeoScale Systems, Inc.	Disk and Tape Backup Mechanisms Michael Fishman Strategic Technologist, EMC Corporation	Storage Virtualization II: Effective Use of Virtualization Rob Peglar Vice President, Technology, Xiotech Corporation	Fibre Channel Over Ethernet John Hufferd Senior Executive Director of Technology, Brocade Communications, Inc.	NetApp University Certification Programs Annina Puccio Senior Manager, NetAppU, Network Appliance
2:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.	Hands-On Lab
2:50–3:35 p.m.	Pushing the SMB Storage Envelope by Making Sense of Scalability Demands and Keeping Cool on Costs Karen Dutch General Manager, Advanced Storage Products Group, NEC Corporation of America	Efficient Web Search Performance and Storage Capacity Scaling Using NFS-RDMA and InfiniBand Dr. Ekechi Nwokah Storage Architect, Alexa Internet	Securing Data at Rest: From Laptops to Data Centers Dave Anderson Director of Strategic Planning, Seagate Technology	Trends in Data Protection and Restoration Technologies Michael Rowan Consultant and Storage Expert Jason Iehl Consulting Systems Engineer, Co-chair of SNIA's Data Protection Initiative and VTL-SIG, Network Appliance	Leveraging the Power of Compute and Storage Grids Richard Jooss Senior Manager - Product and Partner Engineering, Network Appliance	PCI Express and Storage Ron Emerick IO Archtiect / Technologist, Sun Microsystems
3:45–4:30 p.m.	Panel Discussion: The Varied Approaches to Data De-Duplication - Which Approach is Right for You? Arun Taneja Founder & Consulting Analyst, Taneja Group	How DreamWorks Decreased their Dollar-per-GB and their Watts-per-GB with Primary Data Compression Skottie Miller Senior Technologist, Dreamworks	The Truth about Security and Storage Area Network (SAN) Roger Bouchard, BCSD, BCSM, CISSP Worldwide Security Practice Lead, Brocade	Identifying and Eliminating Backup System Bottlenecks: Taking Your Existing Backup System To the Next Level Jacob Farmer Chief Technology Officer, Cambridge Computer Services	Multipath Management API: Standards Based SCSI Multipathing Administration Hyon Kim Staff Engineer, Solaris Storage SW - SAN Software Giri Basava Consultant Software Engineer, EMC Corporation	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Storage Management	EMC Proven Professional Program Karen Mancini EMC Education Services, EMC Corporation
3:45–4:30 p.m.						SRM and SAN Management: Reduce Management Costs and Complexity Andy Namynanik, Senior Storage Software Consultant, Hewlett-Packard
4:40–5:25 p.m.	Storage Attached Networking + WAN Optimization: Empowering Distributed Project Teams to Share Information Fluidly and Efficiently Karl Fischer Information Technology Manager, Traffic Planning and Design, Inc.	Good Enough Storage: SATA RAID Systems in Mid-Range RAID Market Jerry Hoetger Director of Product Management, Xyratex	Integrating Encryption in Information Lifecyle Management Russell Dietz Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Hifn	Single Instance Strategies for Storage Using De-Duplication. Which Method is Best for You? Michael Fahey Director of Product Management, Hitachi Data Systems	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Storage	Records Managers and Storage Managers Speak: Get the Real Story Behind ILM Moderator: John Webster Principal IT Analyst, Illuminata, Inc. *Panel:* Marty LeFebvre, Vice President of Technology Strategy, The Nielsen Company Wendy Betts, Manager, Distributed Systems Storage Management group, Hewitt Associates
4:40–5:25 p.m.					Storage Consolidation with IP Storage: Capabilities, Best Practices and Futures David Dale Director, Industry Standards, Network Appliance, Inc.
5:30–7:30 p.m.	End-User Council Town Hall Meeting
7:00–9:00 p.m.	Welcome Reception

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2007 Registration Open 7:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
7:45– 8:45 a.m.	Breakfast
	General Sessions						Storage Networking Certification Program	8:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. HANDS ON LAB 8:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. HANDS ON LAB
8:30–8:45 a.m.	Opening Remarks						8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m. SNIA Certification Preparation & Testing Center Open (Last seating time 5:00 p.m.)
8:45–9:15 a.m.	Innovations in Policing, Technology and the Use of Crime Information - The NYPD Real-Time Crime Center V. James Onalfo, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Information Officer, New York City Police Department
9:15–9:45 a.m.	Building Highly Efficient Data Centers: The Case for Going Green Brian Cobb, Senior Vice President - Enterprise Systems Management, Fannie Mae						9:15–9:55 a.m. SNIA Certification Overview Howard Goldstein President, Howard Goldstein Associates, Inc. (HGAI)
9:45–10:00 a.m.	Break
10:00–10:30 a.m.	General Session Presentation Arthur Coviello, Jr., Executive Vice President; President, RSA, The Security Division of EMC, EMC Corporation						10:00–11:45 a.m. SNCP Certifications: Storage Networking Foundations Howard Goldstein President, Howard Goldstein Associates, Inc. (HGAI)
10:30–11:00 a.m.	End-User Case Study
11:00 a.m.–11:30 p.m.	Technology Convergence in the Next Generation Data Center Tom Edsall, Senior Vice President/Chief Technology Officer, Data Center Business Unit, Cisco
11:30 a.m.–Noon	The Business Continuity Mandate, Tight Budgets and How One Company Rose to the Challenge of High Data Availability and Performance Joe Lacik, Senior Vice President, Information Services, Aviall Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company)
Noon–2:00 p.m.	Expo with Luncheon in Showcase
2:10–5:40 p.m.	Infrastructure / Data Center Track	Business Continuity / Data Protection Track	Storage Management Track	Virtualization Track	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Storage	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Security	Storage Networking Certification Program
2:10–2:55 p.m.	Beyond Green-wash, IT Data Center Power, Cooling and Environmental Topics Greg Schulz Founder and Senior Analyst, The Storage IO Group	Requirements for Next Generation Data Protection Laura DuBois Research Director, Storage Software, IDC	Deploying and Managing Storage Networking for Small/Medium Businesses Randy Walker Technical Architect, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.	Storage Virtualization: Perspective of an Early Adopter Daryl Anderson Portfolio Manager, Application & Data Hosting/Housing, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)	Storage Protocol Analyzers: Not Just for R&D Anymore Brandy Barton Training Manager / Lead Instructor, Finisar - Medusa Labs	Introduction to Storage Security Andrew Nielsen CISSP, ISSAP, INAL; Product Strategist, Security, Hitachi Data Systems	Storage Networking Design / Assessment Peter Coleman President, Infinity I/O Ltd.
3:05–3:50 p.m.	Anthony Marano Company: Highly-Reliable Storage + Fresh Produce = Bottomline Results Christopher Nowak Chief Technology Officer, Anthony Marano Company	VTL, CDP, Near CDP, De-Dupe, ROBO, WAFS - Sort Out the Alphabet Soup of Data Protection Technologies Christopher Poelker Vice President, Enterprise Solutions, FalconStor Software	SRM for the Super-enterprise Sean Garvey Chief Executive Officer and President, NovusCG	The Bottom Line on Services Oriented Storage Steve TenBarge Vice President, Global Product Marketing, Hitachi Data Systems	The Storage Evolution: From Blocks, Files and Objects to Object Storage Systems Christian Bandulet Senior Technical Architect, Data Management Ambassador, Sun Microsystems	Building a Key Management Strategy: Standards and Solutions Bob Lockhart Chief Systems Architect, NeoScale Systems, Inc.
4:00–4:45 p.m.	The Elephant in the Room: Continuous Innovation with Fibre Channel Tom Hammond-Doel Board Member, Fibre Channel Industry Association	Smart, Healthy Encryption Practices: A Case Study by Weill Cornell Medical College John Ruffing Assistant Director, Information Technologies and Services Department, Weill Cornell Medical College	Really, can storage management software help manage your storage infrastructure and save you money? Noemi Greyzdorf Research Manager, Storage Software, IDC	Putting the "Freeze" on Poor Storage Utilization Gary Hensel IT Director, Freezing Equipment Sales, Inc.	NAS and iSCSI Technical Overview Wolfgang Singer IBM Technical Experts Council, IBM	A Do-it-Yourself Guide to Storage Forensics Richard Austin Member of Technical Staff, Knowledge Transfer	Storage Networking Management / Administration Phil Huml Instuctor, Knowledge Transfer
4:55–5:40 p.m.	Piecing Together a Cost-Effective Storage Solution for the Small to Mid-Enterprise John Anderson Chief Technical Architect, Interdent - Gentle Dental	The Changing Data Protection Landscape for a Windows World Jason Buffington Senior Product Manager, Microsoft	Virtual Data Center: Is SRM Relevant? Rohit Ghai Vice President of Engineering, Storage Management Product Line, Data Center Management Group, Symantec	Storage Resource Management with Virtual Infrastructure Manoj Sharma Staff Engineer, VMWare, Inc.	Solid State Storage for the Enterprise Woody Hutsell Executive Vice President, Texas Memory Systems	TCG Trusted Storage Specification Michael Willett Senior Director, Security, Seagate Technology
5:40–8:40 p.m.	Expo with Dinner

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2007 Registration Open 8:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
7:45–8:45 a.m.	Breakfast
	General Sessions						Storage Networking Certification Program	8:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. HANDS ON LAB 8:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. HANDS ON LAB
8:45–9:00 a.m.	Opening Remarks						8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m. SNIA Certification Preparation & Testing Center Open (Last seating time 5:00 p.m.)
9:00–9:30 a.m.	Catch Me If You Can Frank Abagnale, The world's foremost authority on fraud and identity theft and the inspiration behind the now-classic book and film, Catch Me If You Can
9:30–10:00 a.m.	No More Waiting: Staying Competitive at CNBC with Disruptive Storage Technology Steve Fastook, Vice President, Technical and Commercial Operations, CNBC
10:00–10:30 a.m.	Delivering Enterprise Class Storage and Services for Everyone Ted Kummert, Corporate Vice President, Data and Storage Platform Division, Microsoft Corporation						10:00–11:45 a.m. SNCP Certifications: Storage Networking Foundations David Deming President, Solution Technology
10:30–10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45–11:15 a.m.	Using Virtualized Storage to Improve Mission-Critical Application Service Delivery Parker Mabry, Senior Vice President and Manager of Network Systems Engineering, Morgan Keegan
11:15–11:45 a.m.	Simplifying IT through Innovative Storage Strategies Darren Thomas, Vice President and General Manager, Enterprise Storage, Dell Inc.
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.	Using Storage Virtualization to Manage Data Growth in SMBs; Improving Productivity and Reducing Cost Roland Etcheverry, Ph.D., Chief Information Officer, Champion Technologies
12:30–2:00 p.m.	Expo with Luncheon in Showcase
2:10–5:40 p.m.	Infrastructure / Data Center Track	Business Continuity / Data Protection Track	Storage Management Track	Virtualization Track	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Networking	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Data Management	Storage Networking Certification Program
2:10–2:55 p.m.	Myth or Reality: Recognizing Successful Emerging Technologies Ken Male Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TheInfoPro	Surviving the M&As with Easy Data Migration Andy Abbas Senior Systems Manager, AT&T, Inc.	Measuring Storage Performance for Oracle and Exchange David Gerlach Computer Systems Manager, University of North Texas	Virtualization and Storage: A 360 Degree Strategy For Building a Virtual Data Center Richard Villars Vice President, Storage Systems, IDC	InfiniBand Technology Overview Dror Goldenberg Director of Architecture, Mellanox Technologies	Information Classification: the Cornerstone to Information Management Sheila Childs Director of Marketing, EMC's Information Management Software Group, EMC Corporation	Storage Networking Management / Administration Phil Huml Senior Instructor, Knowledge Transfer
3:05–3:50 p.m.	iSCSI and Fibre Channel: Racking Up Power and SAN Connectivity - Without Racking Up Costs Rob Davis Vice President of Advanced Technology, QLogic Corporation	Best Practices for Backup and Recovery of Oracle 10g Databases Austin Gonyou Engineer, Customer-Focused Testing, HP	Managing Storage Networks - What is Up with That? Russell Warren Storage Software Product Manager, IBM	Deploying Low-Risk, Heterogeneous File Virtualization Across High-Tech Enterprises Raymond Lockley Manager, Core Systems, Interwoven Duke Phu Systems Administrator, Interwoven	Fibre Channel Technologies: Current and Future Mahmoud Jibbe Manager and Lead Test Architect Team, LSI Corporation Steven Wilson Director of Technology and Standards, Brocade Communications, Inc. Tom Hammond-Doel Senior Alliance Manager, LSI Corporation	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: File Management
						High Availability and Disaster Recovery for NAS Systems Paul Massiglia Chief Technology Strategist, agami Systems
4:00–4:45 p.m.	Consolidating Branch Office IT into the Data Center Justin Skelton Chief Information Officer, AAA Michigan, Auto Club Group	Best Practices for Database High Availability Ashish Ray Director of Product Management, Oracle	Dr. Fred, the Storage Administrator Fred Vernacchia, MD Medical Director, San Luis Diagnostic Center	Dare to Go Tapeless:Tape-Free Data Centers Recuce Capital and Operating Costs Peter Amstutz Chief of Network Design, Defense Contract Management Agency	IP Storage Protocols: iSCSI John Hufferd Senior Executive Director of Technology, Brocade Communications, Inc.	Recent Advances in WAN Acceleration Technologies Joshua Tseng Director of Technical Marketing, Riverbed Technology	Storage Networking Design / Assessment Peter Coleman President, Infinity I/O Ltd.
4:55–5:40 p.m.	Finding the Greebacks in Going Green Michael Jensen Chief Information Architect, Dot Hill Systems	Managing Remote Data Replication in a Complex SAN Environment Harish Nayak Vice President, Network Tools Division, Enterprise Solutions, Finisar Corporation	Careful What You Ask For: A Storage Administrator's Guide to Survival in a World of Over-provisioned Rick Clark President and Chief Executive Officer, APTARE, Inc.	Arup: Shaping a Better World with the Help of File Storage Virtualization Daniel Probert Data Infrastructure Director, Arup	SAS & SATA Combine to Change the Storage Market Martin Czekalski Interface and Emerging Architecture Program Manager, Seagate Technology, Vice President, SCSI Trade Association Harry Mason Director, Industry Marketing, LSI Corporation	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Storage
						Benefits of Hardware Data Compression in Storage Networks Gerry Simmons Director of Sales, Comtech AHA Tony Summers Applications Engineer, Comtech AHA
5:40–8:30 p.m.	Cocktail Reception Gala Evening - Doors open at 6:15 p.m. "Best Practices in Storage Awards" Program, Dinner & Entertainment

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007 Registration Open 8:00–10:00 a.m.
7:30–8:30 a.m.	Breakfast
8:30 a.m. –Noon	SNIA Certification Preparation & Testing Center Open (Last seating time 5:00 p.m.)
8:30 a.m. –Noon	Infrastructure / Data Center Track	Business Continuity / Data Protection Track	Regulatory Compliance Track	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Data Management	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Storage Management	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Security
8:30–9:15 a.m.	The Landscape of Storage for High-Performance Computing - A Hardware Perspective Benjamin Woo Vice President, Enterprise Storage Systems, IDC	Proactive Data Protection to Assure Business Continuity Kumar Malavalli Chairman of the Board and Chief Strategy Officer, InMage Systems	What IT Professionals Need to Know about Electronic Discovery Thomas Petrocelli Senior Vice President, Enterprise Software, IP.com	Information-centric Policy Management Edgar St.Pierre Senior Technologist, EMC Corporation	Part II: ITIL Foundation for SNIA Certification - Service Delivery & Storage Management Dr. D. Akira Robinson Consulting Computer Scientist, Dept Navy - SPAWAR	ABCs of Encryption Roger Cummings Office of the Chief Technology Officer, Symantec
9:25–10:10 a.m.	Strategies for Enhancing Energy Efficiency Dick Sullivan Director of Enterprise Solutions Marketing, EMC	Recovery Best Practices: Lessons Learned from Katrina Kenneth Allen Imaging Technology Manager, South Central Veterans Healthcare System	Important Lessons to Mitigate Litigation Risk Michael Ivanov Senior Director, Archiving Business, CommVault	Implementation Practices for the Archiving and Compliance Infrastructure Gary Zasman Practice Director, Network Appliance	Storage Management from SMI-S to Management Frameworks Mark Carlson Senior Architect, Sun Microsystems	An Introduction to Key Management for Secure Storage Walt Hubis Software Architect, LSI Corporation
10:20–11:05 a .m.	Data Compression Makes Storing All Data on Disk More Affordable for the Oil and Gas Market Haris Rahi Business Development Manager, Optimized Computing Solutions & Services, Landmark - a brand of Halliburton	Medically Speaking: A Business Continuance Strategy Michael Bliss Senior Systems Programmer, Kindred Healthcare	Privacy, Network Security and the Law Robert Scott Managing Partner, Scott & Scott, LLP	Storage Considerations and Requirements for Database Archiving Julie Lockner Vice President, Sales Operations, Solix Technologies	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Applications	Cryptographic Use Cases and the Rationale for End-to-End Security Larry Hofer System Architect, Office of Technology, Emulex
					Applications Infrastructure for Distributed Storage Kevin Przybocki Chief Operating Officer, Anue Systems, Inc.
11:15–Noon	Network Implications of Disaster Recovery Stephen Barr Director of Solutions Sales & Systems Engineering, Ciena Corporation	Getting the Most Out of Your WAN/LAN Investment for Data Management Saxon Amdahl Principal Architect, F5 Networks	eDiscovery from A-Z: What Every Storage Administrator Should Really Know About the FRCP Rules Sudhakar Muddu Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Kazeon	The Secret Sauce of ILM Bob Rogers Chief Technology Officer, Application Matrix, LLC	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Professional Development	SNIA Technical Tutorial Track: Storage Management
					Trust Technology – The Key to Productive Teams & Profitable Organizations David Deming President and Founder, Solution Technology	SRM: Can You Get What You Want? John Webster Principal IT Analyst, Illuminata, Inc.
Noon	Conference Concludes