Today, it is not uncommon to narrow the general definition of virtualization down to just servers or possibly servers and storage. In this session learn how a total virtualization solution should encompass a much larger range of capabilities and entities.

The ultimate goal of virtualization is to increase the utilization and efficiency of your current infrastructure. To that end, one should consider virtualizing the entire data center, including the traditional servers and storage, but also bringing in networking, cable management, power management, cooling/airflow capabilities, etc. This allows for extreme flexibility and agility in terms of managing the infrastructure to the point of being able to roll in and out entire racks of equipment without needing an electrician to add power outlets, without adjusting tile placement for airflow, without pulling extra cable runs, etc ... basically roll it in, plug it in, connect the network/FC cables, power up and go, all within 30-45 minutes. Additionally, efficiency and power savings are very critical in the design and architecture phases, making sure to provide as much power to the IT equipment and as little to the supporting infrastructure as possible. By utilizing a management framework based upon ITIL, and having the proper expertise with ISV applications, security, H/A and BC/DR, one can manage these new capabilities with greater ease and better cost control.

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Speaker Bio: Phil has been a Technical Director and Chief Technologist at a Sun Microsystems since September 2001 and brings a tremendous amount of business and financial knowledge in addition to his solid base of technology and management expertise. He has been an acknowledged leader within the company for over 8 years, and has won the President’s Award for his contributions to the Sun/SAP Competency Centers and SunPS SAP Practice. Phil’s current specialty is around Eco Data Centers, including facilities planning, architecture, and analysis, cooling and airflow analysis and power efficiencies utilizing consolidation, virtualization, and overall power savings and reduction of the carbon footprint.

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 Chief Strategist of Appistry; and Harry Ruda, founder and CEO of Desktone.

Sponsors and Exhibitors
SYS-CON's International Virtualization Conference & Expo events are sponsored by the world's leading virtualization technology providers, including:

• DataDirect (Diamond Sponsor)
• Intel (Platinum Sponsor)
• Red Hat (Platinum Sponsor)
• JBoss/Freedom OSS (Platinum Sponsor)
• Green Hills Software (Platinum Sponsor)
• Fujitsu (Gold Sponsor)
• Novell / Platespin (Gold Sponsor)
• Ceedo (Gold Sponsor)
• Software AG (Gold Sponsor)
• 3PAR (Silver Sponsor)
• APC (Silver Sponsor)
• Certeon (Silver Sponsor)
• Web Age Solutions (Silver Sponsor)
• WSO2 (Silver Sponsor)
• Stoneware (Silver Sponsor)
• AppStream Now Part of Symantec (Expo Sponsor)
• Astaro (Expo Sponsor)
• Composite Software (Expo Sponsor)
• Grid Dynamics (Expo Sponsor)
• InstallFree (Expo Sponsor)
• Nastel (Expo Sponsor)
• Managed Methods (Expo Sponsor)
• Farata Systems (Expo Sponsor)
• Splunk (Expo Sponsor)
• Xsigo Systems (ExpoSponsor)
• DataSynapse (Expo Sponsor)
• Mellanox Technologies (Expo Sponsor)
• Marathon Technologies (Expo Sponsor)
• MQ Software (Expo Sponsor)
• RingCube (Expo Sponsor)
• Reflex Security (Expo Sponsor)
• Skytap (Expo Sponsor)
• Layer 7 Technologies (Expo Sponsor)

Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities Offered on a First-Come First-Served Basis
To inquire about sponsorship and exhibit opportunities please contact Carmen Gonzalez at 201-802-3021 or by email at events(at)sys-con.com. Currently, a limited number of sponsorship and exhibition packages with multiple sponsorship discounts are available for the following international events:

3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo 2008 - East
June 23-24, 2008, New York City (www.VirtualizationConference.com)

4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo 2008 - West
November 20-21, 2008, San Jose, CA (www.VirtualizationConference.com)

5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo 2009 - Europe
January 26-27, 2009, London, England (www.Virtualization-Europe.co.uk)

The Most Distinguished Virtualization Faculty at the Upcoming
June 23-24, 2008 Conference in New York City
SYS-CON’s upcoming “3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo” faculty includes such distinguished speakers as: Al Aghili (Managed Methods), Alan Chhabra (Egenera), Andi Mann (Enterprise Management Associates), Andrew Conte (APC), Andy Astor (EnterpriseDB), Ariel Cohen (Xsigo Systems), Bill O’Connell (IBM), Bill Scarborough (VMware), Bob Lozano (Appistry), Bob Quinn (3Leaf Systems), Brian Martin (IBM), Brian Stevens (Red Hat), Carlo Innocenti Ph.D. (DataDirect Technologies), Chris Shayan (Ashna Samane), Chris Wiborg (Cisco), David Kleidermacher (Green Hills Software), Donato Buccella (Certeon), Dror Gill (Ceedo), Eric Newcomer (IONA), Etay Bogner (Neocleus), George Pradel (Vizioncore), Geva Perry (GigaSpaces), Glen Daniels (WSO2), Gordon Hunt (Real-Time Innovations), Gregory Brail (Sonoa Systems), Greg Lyon (Egenera), Harry Petty (Brocade), Hezi Moore (Reflex Security), Hubert Yoshida (Hitachi Data Systems), Ian Thain (Sybase), Jacek Kruszelnicki (Numatica Corporation), Jeremy Geelan (SYS-CON Media), Jerry Melnick (Marathon Technologies), Joe McKendrick (WebServices.org), Johan Nordin (Volvofinans), John Goodson (DataDirect), John Senor (iWay Software), John Stetic (PlateSpin/Novell), JP Morgenthal (Avorcor), Julian Weinstock (Desktone), Keith Swenson (Fujitsu), Ken North (Computing, LLC), Kevin Epstein (Scalent Systems), Koen Aers (Red Hat/JBoss), Kurt Daniel (Parallels), Kurt Ziegler (SIMtone), Kyle Gabhart (Web Age Solutions), Maneesh Jain (3PAR), Mark Hapner (Sun Microsystems), Mark Milligan (VirtualLogix), Max Waxman (EMC), Max Yankelevic (Freedom OSS), Michael Carey Ph.D. (BEA Systems), Michael Gorman (Whitemarsh Information Systems), Mike Pizzo (Microsoft), Miko Matsumura (Software AG), Nikita Ogievetsky (Morgan Stanley), Parviz Peiravi (Intel), Paul Lipton (CA), Paul Vasquez (VMware), Peter Manca (Egenera), Phil Morris (Sun Microsystems), Pierre Fricke (Red Hat / JBoss), Prasad Rampalli (Intel), Ravi Gururaj (VMLogix), Rich Lechner (IBM), Rich Schreiber (Nastel Technologies), Richard Mark Soley (OMG), Rick German (Stoneware), Robert Steward (DataDirect), Ron Williams (Tivoli Software), Sean Derrington (Symantec), Shai Fultheim (ScaleMP), Simon Crosby (Citrix), Stefanos Damianakis (Netrics), Stephen Herrod (VMware), Stephen Pollack (PlateSpin), Tom Bishop (BMC Software), Victoria Livschitz (Grid Dynamics), Yakov Fain (Farata Systems).