FORUM 2006

Agenda

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Value. Access. Simplicy. Trust.
"It's No Longer Storage As Usual"

Tuesday, October 10, 2006
12:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Registration
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Welcome Reception and Solutions Pavilion


Wednesday, October 11, 2006
7:00 am - 6:00 pm
Registration
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00 am - 10:00 am
General Session:
Jonathan Schwartz, CEO and President, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
David W. Yen, Executive Vice President, Storage, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Nigel Dessau, Vice President, Storage Marketing & Business Operations, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Ian White, Sr. Vice President, Global Customer Services, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Break
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Technology Town Halls

Identity and Trust Management
Securing Your Information EcoSystem
(Marcello Room 4401-3)
Virtualization
Maximize Intelligent Data Management
(Marcello Room 4404-6)
Integration
Maximize Intelligent Data Management
(Marcello Room 4501-3)
Services
Rev Up Efficiency and Performance
(Marcello Room 4504-6)
12:00 pm - 1:45 pm
Lunch and Solutions Pavilion
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm 

Customer Led Track Sessions

Identity and Trust Management
Encryption Customer Panel
(Marcello Room 4401-3)
Integration
Optimizing Your Server and Storage Environment
(Marcello Room 4404-6)
Integration
Evolution of Sun Storage in a Medium Size Business
(Marcello Room 4501-3)
Services
Solectron Ultra Long-Distance Business Continuity
(Marcello Room 4504-6)
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Break
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Customer Led Track Sessions

Identity and Trust Management
Why Customers Choose Sun StorageTek 9900 Disk Virtualization
(Marcello Room 4401-3)
Virtualization
When Disaster Strikes: A Brush with Disaster
(Marcello Room 4404-6)
Integration
Evolution of Sun Storage in a Medium Size Business
(Marcello Room 4501-3)
Services
Monitoring Critical PAC's Systems via Sun Managed Operation Services
(Marcello Room 4504-6)
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Break
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
General Session:
Guest Speaker - Fred Moore, Web Visionary & Author of Storage SPECTRUM
5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Evening Reception, Solutions Pavilion, and Blue Man Group Show


Thursday, October 12, 2006
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Registration
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:00 am
General Session:
Guest Speaker - Jon William Toigo, Founder, CEO and Managing Principal of Toigo Partners International
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Break
9:15 am - 10:15 pm

Customer Led Track Sessions

Identity and Trust Management
Project Columbia: Achieving Dynamic Data Requirements
(Marcello Room 4401-3)
Virtualization
Virtualization and Consolidation - From Vision to Reality
(Marcello Room 4404-6)
Integration
Flexible IT Supports Innovative Strategies
(Marcello Room 4501-3)
Services
Align Storage SLAs to Business Needs and Reduce Storage Cost
(Marcello Room 4504-6)
10:15 pm - 10:45 am 
Break
10:45 am - 11:45 am

Customer Led Track Sessions

Identity and Trust Management
Tape Impacts From a Corporate SpinOff
(Marcello Room 4401-3)
Virtualization
Keeping the Business Running at First Canadian Title
(Marcello Room 4404-6)
Integration
Flexible IT Supports Innovative Strategies
(Marcello Room 4501-3)
Services
Major League Baseball Hits a Grand Slam
(Marcello Room 4504-6)
11:45 am - 1:30 pm
Lunch and Solutions Pavilion
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Technology Town Halls

Encryption
(Marcello Room 4401-3)
Virtualization
Maximize Intelligent Data Management
(Marcello Room 4404-6)
Integration
(Marcello Room 4501-3)
Services
Rev Up Efficiency and Performance
(Marcello Room 4504-6)
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Break
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm

Product "BOF"

Disk
(Marcello Room 4401-3)
  Tape
Data Protection and Archiving
(Marcello Room 4501-3)
Services
Sun Support: A Higher Standard of Service
(Marcello Room 4504-6)
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Break
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
General Session:
Customer Panel (Government, Media, Finance, Healthcare Representation) moderated by Nigel Dessau, Vice President, Storage Marketing & Business Operations, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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