What does the former CTO of XenSource - now CTO of the virtualization and management division at Citrix - have in common with the founder and CEO of PlateSpin, now VP of Business Development at Novell? And what do both of them have in common with the CTO of VMware?
The answer is that all three are speaking in June at the 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo in New York City, June 23-24, 2008, along with the CTO of Egenera, the Technical Director and Chief Technologist at Sun, the VP& CTO of Hitachi Data Systems, the CTO of BMC Software, the VP & CTO of EMC, the co-founder & CTO of Neocleus, the CTO of Xsigo Systems, the CTO of Brocade, the Chairman and CEO of SIMtone, the Founder & CEO of ScaleMP, the founder and CTO of VirtualLogix, the Chief Strategist of Appistry, the CTO of Marathon Technologies, the CTO & Co-Founder of Reflex Security, the VP of Research and Development at DataDirect Technologies, the CMO of GigaSpaces, the IT Director at Fidelity Investments, and others.
New York Keynote
June 24, 2008
7:30-8:20am
Using Virtualization to Transform Your Datacenter by Stephen Herrod
How can virtualization help transform your IT environment into a dynamic datacenter? Dr Stephen Herrod will explore how a virtualized IT infrastructure gives any organization a sustainable competitive advantage. The industry is shifting, Herrod believes, and the power of virtualization is being unleashed, allowing for reduced costs, more efficient use of resources, increased availability of applications and faster responsiveness to business needs.
In short, key opinion-formers in the field of infrastructure and pioneers of virtualization technologies of all types are speaking at the 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo 2008 East. You will hear from leading domain experts who will tell and show you how - once the server, IO, data, and applications are virtualized - the resulting possibilities and opportunities really are endless. These cornerstones open the market for management, security, converged fabrics, and a whole host of technologies that can free up the data center and open new markets.
A Trio of Power Panels
This year's conference, co-located with the 13th International SOA World Conference & Expo, will also feature three Power Panels, transmitted Web-wide on SYS-CON.TV. The Power Panels are FREE to all attendees.
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"Golden Pass" registration provides full access to all general sessions, breakout sessions, presentations, industry discussion panels, and the Expo Floor, together with a Welcome Reception and various other Special Events in the course of the show. It also entitles you to attend all sessions at the 13th International SOA World Conference & Expo, which is co-located at The Roosevelt Hotel, also June 23-24, 2008.
Additionally, after the conference we will mail you the complete content from all of the conference sessions in convenient DVDs. This on-demand DVD archive set is sold separately for $695. The DVD set includes all sessions from the simultaneous tracks that you can't attend in person.
San Jose Keynote
Nov 20, 2008
7:30-8:20am
Virtualization Futures, from the Desktop to the Datacenter by Mike Neil
Mike Neil is general manager for virtualization strategy in the Windows Server Division at Microsoft. He is focused on the delivery of the Windows virtualization technology, including Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Microsoft Hyper-V Server. He directs the technical enablement of Microsoft’s broader vision for virtualization to include virtualization management tools and virtualized desktop infrastructure.
Conference Faculty - A Who's Who of Virtualization Technology Rock Stars! International Virtualization Conference & Expo faculty alumni include such notable speakers as: Brian Stevens, CTO of Red Hat; Stephen Herrod, CTO of VMware; Vern Brownell, founder and CEO of Egenera; Simon Crosby, founder and CTO of Citrix XenSource; Hubert Yoshida, vice president and CTO of Hitachi Data Systems; Jeffrey Nick, CTO of EMC; David Greschler, director of Virtualization Strategy for Microsoft; Hal Stern, vice president and distinguished engineer for Sun Microsystems; Andrew Hillier, founder and CTO of CiRBA; Alex Vasilevsky, founder and CEO of Virtual Iron; Jack Zubarev, founder and COO of SWsoft; Stephen Pollack, founder and CEO of PlateSpin; Brett Adam, founder and CEO of rPath; Kevin Brown, founder and CEO of Kidaro; Bob Lozano, founder and CEO of Appistry; and Harry Ruda, founder and CEO of Desktone.
Virtualization Power Panel
The Virtualization Power Panel discusses all the latest issues and
implementation strategies for Virtualization technologies.
Virtualization: State of the Union
This session includes a Q&A; about the industry, its players, and is
highly recommended for both virtualization newcomers and experienced
adopters.
The New Economics of Virtualization
This session explores the latest industry standards and open source
technologies that are helping to open up the benefits of virtualization
to a new segment of the market.
SOA and Virtualization
are viewed today as the
ultimate IT power couple.
They've been called two
of today's hottest
technologies:
virtualization provides
cost savings and
flexibility, while a
service-oriented
architecture (SOA)
affords application reuse
and fast response to
business ne
The activity and interest
around virtualization in
'07 including the VMware
IPO and Citrix
acquisition of XenSource
is indicative of the
importance of
virtualization as the
leading technology of the
21st century. At a time
when the market was
headed decidedly south,
the VMware IPO emer
There appear to be
basically two views on
how virtualization will
affect the future
development of operating
systems and computing
environments in the
personal computing space.
One camp believes that
virtualization
functionality will be
present within the
operating system. The
other ca
That wise prophet Kermit
once said, 'It's not easy
being green.' Actually,
it is, but you wouldn't
get that impression based
on some of the 'green
solutions' we're seeing
in the market. Isn't the
easiest way to reduce
power and cooling to
remove those things that
create demand for powe
As a technology provider
that helps application
companies embrace cloud
computing by virtualizing
the applications to run
on any cloud, I was a bit
disappointed with
Google's appengine
announcement. It appears
that Google is embracing
the 'walled garden'
approach of
salesforce.com and
Virtualization will be
the highest-impact trend
changing IT
infrastructure and
operations through 2012,
according to Gartner.
Virtualization will
transform how IT is
managed, what is bought,
how it is deployed, how
companies plan and how
they are charged. As a
result, virtualization is
Pushing back against
VMware, its chief rival,
Tuesday, Citrix released
its ballyhooed, on-demand
XenDesktop, the widgetry
that delivers custom,
managed virtual Windows
desktops from a data
center server to a user
over the network, and
priced the stuff. Theres
a free Express Edition
for
The last 10 years has
seen a remarkable
evolution in
virtualization. First
generation virtualization
centered on Development &
Testing and was largely
confined to desktop
computers and test
servers. Second
generation technology
focused on Server
Consolidation to lower
hardware costs an
This is the smart move
for Citrix. Being a major
player in server
virtualization was never
in the cards for them.
For one thing, Citrix is
missing the equivalent of
VMware Virtual Center and
Virtual Iron's
Virtualization Manager -
which is requisite for
true server
virtualization. Addi
Red Hat is a trusted
open source provider.
Red Hat offers enterprise
customers a long-term
plan for building
infrastructures on the
quality and innovation of
open source. Combining
open source operating
system platform, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux,
together with
applications, management
Founded in 1982, Green
Hills Software is a
highly successful
software company
specializing in
virtualization and
security. Green Hills
Software's INTEGRITY is
the first operating
system or virtualization
technology to be accepted
for EAL 6+ Common
Criteria IT Security
evaluation; the l
Stoneware is a privately
held corporation
providing innovative
software that delivers
'Universal Web Access' to
all of an organization's
web, Windows, and hosted
applications through a
'Virtualized Web Desktop'
interface. Based on Web
2.0 technology,
Stoneware's webOS is an
offering in
At Marathon Technologies,
we service a range of
industries that must have
their applications up and
running at all times, or
as we call it:
vAvailable. vAvailable is
the integration of
virtualization and high
availability technologies
to create a
cost-effective solution
that ensures ap
Brian Stevens, the Chief
Technology Officer and
Vice President of
Engineering of Red Hat,
delivered his
Virtualization Keynote
'The Future of the
Virtual Enterprise' at
SYS-CON's Virtualization
Conference & Expo 2007
West in San Francisco.
'Virtualization is the
hottest subject today,
From Application
Virtualization to Xen, a
round-up of the
virtualization themes &
topics being discussed in
NYC June 23-24, 2008 by
the world-class speaker
faculty at the 3rd
International
Virtualization Conference
& Expo being held by
SYS-CON Events in The
Roosevelt Hotel, in
midtown
Virtualization Conference & Expo, New York, California, and London is the leading event in its third year covering the booming market of Virtualization for the enterprise, which delivers the #1 i-technology educational and networking opportunity of the year for leading Virtualization technology providers.
CEOs and CTOs, senior architects, project managers, Web programmers, Web designers, technology evangelists, user interface architects, consultants, and anyone looking to stay in front of the latest developments in Virtualization technology!
Video Coverage of Virtualization Conference on SYS-CON.TV
Virtualization Journal seeks to demystify virtualization and help IT professionals and Data Center Managers to understand fully the benefits of virtualization and to help remove the confusion and provide assistance in comprehending the similarities, differences and how they?re related as well understand more fully the functionality, benefits and challenges of each approach.
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Virtualization Power Panel
SOA and Virtualization
are viewed today as the
ultimate IT power couple.
They've been called two
of today's hottest
technologies:
virtualization provides
cost savings and
flexibility, while a
service-oriented
architecture (SOA)
affords application reuse
and fast response to
business ne
The activity and interest
around virtualization in
'07 including the VMware
IPO and Citrix
acquisition of XenSource
is indicative of the
importance of
virtualization as the
leading technology of the
21st century. At a time
when the market was
headed decidedly south,
the VMware IPO emer
There appear to be
basically two views on
how virtualization will
affect the future
development of operating
systems and computing
environments in the
personal computing space.
One camp believes that
virtualization
functionality will be
present within the
operating system. The
other ca
Virtualization will be
the highest-impact trend
changing IT
infrastructure and
operations through 2012,
according to Gartner.
Virtualization will
transform how IT is
managed, what is bought,
how it is deployed, how
companies plan and how
they are charged. As a
result, virtualization is
Pushing back against
VMware, its chief rival,
Tuesday, Citrix released
its ballyhooed, on-demand
XenDesktop, the widgetry
that delivers custom,
managed virtual Windows
desktops from a data
center server to a user
over the network, and
priced the stuff. Theres
a free Express Edition
for 
The last 10 years has
seen a remarkable
evolution in
virtualization. First
generation virtualization
centered on Development &
Testing and was largely
confined to desktop
computers and test
servers. Second
generation technology
focused on Server
Consolidation to lower
hardware costs an
This is the smart move
for Citrix. Being a major
player in server
virtualization was never
in the cards for them.
For one thing, Citrix is
missing the equivalent of
VMware Virtual Center and
Virtual Iron's
Virtualization Manager -
which is requisite for
true server
virtualization. Addi
Red Hat is a trusted
open source provider.
Red Hat offers enterprise
customers a long-term
plan for building
infrastructures on the
quality and innovation of
open source. Combining
open source operating
system platform, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux,
together with
applications, management
Founded in 1982, Green
Hills Software is a
highly successful
software company
specializing in
virtualization and
security. Green Hills
Software's INTEGRITY is
the first operating
system or virtualization
technology to be accepted
for EAL 6+ Common
Criteria IT Security
evaluation; the l
Stoneware is a privately
held corporation
providing innovative
software that delivers
'Universal Web Access' to
all of an organization's
web, Windows, and hosted
applications through a
'Virtualized Web Desktop'
interface. Based on Web
2.0 technology,
Stoneware's webOS is an
offering in
At Marathon Technologies,
we service a range of
industries that must have
their applications up and
running at all times, or
as we call it:
vAvailable. vAvailable is
the integration of
virtualization and high
availability technologies
to create a
cost-effective solution
that ensures ap
Brian Stevens, the Chief
Technology Officer and
Vice President of
Engineering of Red Hat,
delivered his
Virtualization Keynote
'The Future of the
Virtual Enterprise' at
SYS-CON's Virtualization
Conference & Expo 2007
West in San Francisco.
'Virtualization is the
hottest subject today,
From Application
Virtualization to Xen, a
round-up of the
virtualization themes &
topics being discussed in
NYC June 23-24, 2008 by
the world-class speaker
faculty at the 3rd
International
Virtualization Conference
& Expo being held by
SYS-CON Events in The
Roosevelt Hotel, in
midtown 
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