FORUM 2007

Agenda

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Bringing Innovation to Your Bottom Line

Tuesday, October 9, 2007
12:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Registration
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Welcome Reception and Solutions Pavilion


Wednesday, October 10, 2007
7:00 am - 6:00 pm
Registration
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00 am - 10:15 am
General Session
Jonathan Schwartz, CEO and President, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
David Douglas, Vice President, Eco-Responsibility and Storage, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Jon Benson, Senior Vice President, Storage, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
John Fowler, Executive Vice President, Systems, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Break

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Technology Town Halls

TCO Analysis Tools
Increasing Revenue, Reducing Expenses and Mitigating Risk
(Governor's Square 11)
Secure Archiving
Secure Archiving and Information Access
(Governor's Square 14)
Mainframe Community
Community Meeting for Mainframe Users
(Plaza Ballroom A,B,C)
Virtualization
Reducing Complexity in Your Storage Environment
(Governor's Square 12)
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch and Solutions Pavilion


1:30 pm - 2:30 pm 

Customer Led Track Sessions

Resource Optimization/
Virtualization

Enterprise Data De-Duplication Strategies & Real-World Deployments
(Governor's Square 11)
Resource Optimization/
Virtualization

Virtualizing An OPEN SYSTEMS Tape Backup Environment
(Governor's Square 12)
Accessing Information
Surviving the Warzone: ZFS
(Governor's Square 14)
Data Protection/
Business Continuity

How JPMorgan Chase Became an Information Week Top 20 Innovator for 2007
(Governor's Square 15)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Break


3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Customer Led Track Sessions

Resource Optimization/
Virtualization

Where Were You When Storage Grew Up? It Might be Sexier Than You Think!
(Governor's Square 11)
Resource Optimization/
Virtualization

EDS: Leveraging Virtualization to Optimize your Sun Storage Infrastructure
(Governor's Square 12)
Data Protection/
Business Continuity

Review of Sun's Comprehensive Volume Server and Storage Line-Up
(Governor's Square 14)
Secure Archiving
Thought Equity Dramatically Improves Their On-Demand Content Delivery and Digital Archiving
(Governor's Square 15)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Solutions Pavilion
6:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Evening Reception and Entertainment


Thursday, October 11, 2007
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Registration
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Breakfast
8:00 am - 10:30 am
General Session
Ian Murdock, Chief OS Platform Strategist, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Jon Toigo, CEO, Toigo Partners International
Anil Gadre, Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Break



10:45 am - 11:45 am

Customer Led Track Sessions

Resource Optimization/
Virtualization

Enterprise Data De-Duplication Strategies & Real-World Deployments
(Governor's Square 11)
Resource Optimization/
Virtualization

Virtualizing An OPEN SYSTEMS Tape Backup Environment
(Governor's Square 12)
Data Protection/
Business Continuity

Review of Sun's Comprehensive Volume Server and Storage Line-Up
(Governor's Square 14)
Accessing Information
Magma Design Automation: A Sun Content Infrastructure System - Sun StorageTek Storage Archive Implementation Story
(Governor's Square 15)
11:45 am - 1:15 pm 
Lunch and Solutions Pavilion


1:15 pm - 2:15 pm

Customer Led Track Sessions

Resource Optimization/
Virtualization

Where Were You When Storage Grew Up? It Might be Sexier Than You Think!
(Governor's Square 11)
Resource Optimization/
Virtualization

EDS: Leveraging Virtualization to Optimize your Sun Storage Infrastructure
(Governor's Square 12)
Accessing Information
Surviving the Warzone: ZFS
(Governor's Square 14)
Data Protection/
Business Continuity

How JPMorgan Chase Became an Information Week Top 20 Innovator for 2007
(Governor's Square 15)
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Break

2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Technology Town Halls

TCO Analysis Tools
Increasing Revenue, Reducing Expenses and Mitigating Risk
(Governor's Square 11)
Secure Archiving
Secure Archiving and Information Access
(Governor's Square 14)
Mainframe Community
Community Meeting for Mainframe Users
(Governor's Square 15)
Virtualization
Reducing Complexity in Your Storage Environment
(Governor's Square 12)
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm
Break
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
General Session
Ian White, Senior Vice President, Global Customer Services, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Joe Heel, Senior Vice President, Global Storage Practice, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

*Note: Content and Agenda are subject to change