Gartner Data Center Summit 2008 October 21, 2008

Business’s need for agility and innovation means bringing IT infrastructure & operations (I&O) into the frame to meet this goal. However, many hurdles remain including transforming I&O culture, prioritising and delivering projects, implementing best practices and modernising I&O technology and operations.

Over three days, Gartner analysts will help delegates master the challenges and overcome these hurdles, and help deliver the agility and innovation their business needs. They will also provide their advice on where I&O leaders should focus their efforts to be highly successful and on the best practices to improve process, people, technology and business management. They will be joined by end-user case presenters and other industry experts to share their vision in four tracks:

• Infrastructure Innovation: The Heart of the Matter
• Beyond Virtualisation: The Wider Implications
• IT Operations: breaking the Ties that Bind
• The New data Centre: Living Organism for the Utility
• Plus, day three offers Applying and Delivering Innovation

Agenda Highlights:
Gartner Keynotes and Presentations
• Rakesh Kumar, Research Vice President, Gartner: The Data Center as a Living Organism
• Tom Bittman, Vice President and Distinguished Analyst, Gartner: The Future of Infrastructure and Operations: The Engine of Cloud Computing
• Carl Claunch, Andrew Butler, Neil Rickard and Roger Cox, Gartner Analysts: Powerhouse/MagicQuadrant Session: Focus on powerhouse Vendors: Cisco, EMC, HP and IBM
• Brian Gammage, Vice President and Fellow, Gartner: The Industrialisation of IT: Agile Enterprise Edges into the Cloud
Guest Speakers
• David Henderson, Technology Strategy Partner & Capability Development Leader, EMEA IBM Global Business Services: The Enterprise of the Future – The IBM Global CEO Study 2008
• Andrew Jay, Head of EMEA Technology Practice Group, CB Richard Ellis: European Data Center Market: Supply and Demand in the Face of Recession
End-User Case Studies
o Senior Architect Server and Storage Infrastructure, Eurocontrol Luc Gregoir
o Network and Security Manager, Ulker Osman Veysel Erdag
o IT Manager, EDP Ton Van Der Starre

Official Website: http://www.europe.gartner.com/datacenter