Monday
Tuesday
19 May 2015
18 May 2015
Agenda at a glance
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Agenda as of 5 February 2015, and subject to change
07:30 – 19:30
Registration
08:30 – 09:15
Tutorial: Top 10 Emerging Trends That Will Impact
Your Data Center Operation David Cappuccio
09:30 – 10:15
Gartner Opening Keynote: Non-Stop IT — Delivering the Integrated Data Center Matthew Boon and Michele Caminos
10:15 – 10:30
Welcome to the 10th Annual Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Data Center Summit 2015 Michael Warrilow
10:30 – 11:00
Industry Panel Discussion Moderator: Matthew Boon
11:00 – 11:30
Refreshment Break in the Solution Showcase
Tracks
A.End-User Computing — Delivering
Mobility, Productivity and Innovation
B.Service Management — Improving IT
Operations for Digital Business
C.Data Center Infrastructures —
From Current Implementations to
Future Architectures
Workshops
Roundtables
11:30 – 12:15
Best Practices to Create a Successful Mobile
Strategy Adrian Leow
The IT Operations Scenario — Preparing for the
Bimodal Future Robert Naegle
The Five Year Storage Scenario Roger Cox
Analyst-User Roundtable: DevOps Cameron Haight
12:30 – 13:00
To the Point: The Case for a Continuous User
Segmentation Federica Troni
To the Point: OpenStack for Private Clouds —
Technology, Market Landscape, Use Cases
Alan Waite
To the Point: What is Beyond the Integrated
Systems of Today? Andrew Butler
11:30 –13:00 Workshop:
Spend Less, Drive More Value — How Best in
Class Organizations Do It Moderator: Sanil Solanki
13:00 – 14:15
Lunch in the Solution Showcase
13:15 – 13:30 Magic Quadrant: Cloud IaaS Lydia Leong
13:45 – 14:00 Magic Quadrant: Enterprise Mobility Management Adrian Leow
14:15 – 15:00
Creating the End User Workplace of the Future
Federica Troni
The Future of Cloud IaaS Lydia Leong
I'm Using Cloud Services — Do I Still Need a
WAN? Neil Rickard
14:15 – 15:45 Workshop:
ITScore for I&O — How to Build a More Mature
I&O Organization Moderator: Robert Naegle
Analyst-User Roundtable: Exiting from Cloud
Services Deals — What Worked for You and
What Didn’t? Jim Longwood
15:15 – 15:45
Solution Provider Sessions
15:45 – 16:15
Refreshment Break in the Solution Showcase
16:15 – 17:00
Combine Availability and Performance Monitoring
to Manage Digital Business Cameron Haight
End-User Case Study:
Check website for updates
Server Scenario —Evolution of Server
Technologies, Providers and Best Practices
Andrew Butler
Analyst-User Roundtable: Public Cloud IaaS for
Regulated Businesses Lydia Leong
Analyst-User Roundtable: Solid State Arrays
Roger Cox
17:15 – 18:00
Guest Keynote: Check website for updates
18:00 – 19:30
Networking Reception in the Solution Showcase
07:30 – 17:30
Registration
07:30 – 08:15
Breakfast: Public Cloud IaaS for Public Sector Lydia Leong
08:30 – 09:15
Guest Keynote: Leadership, Action and Inspiration Anna Bligh
09:30 – 10:00
Solution Provider Sessions
10:00 – 10:30
Refreshment Break in the Solution Showcase
10:30 – 11:15
Five Techniques to Defend the IT Budget and
Demonstrate Value in IT Sanil Solanki
Use Services Integration and Brokerage to
Optimize Hybrid IT (Infrastructure) Services
Delivery Jim Longwood
The Impact of Data Center Automation on
Security Eric Ahlm
10:30 – 12:00 Workshop:
Maturing Your Cloud IaaS Strategy
Moderators: Lydia Leong and Michael Warrilow
Analyst-User Roundtable: Chargeback,
Showback or IT Financial Management (IFTM) —
What Are You Using? Robert Naegle
11:30 – 12:00
Solution Provider Sessions
12:00 – 13:15
Lunch in the Solution Showcase
13:15 – 13:45
To the Point: Five CFO Myths Dismissed Sanil Solanki
To the Point: Private Cloud — Keys to Success Alan Waite
To the Point: The Economics of Storage Defined
Software Roger Cox
14:00 – 14:45
End-User Case Study:
Check website for updates
Automation — Big Benefits for the Digital
Datacenter Robert Naegle
Software-Defined Anything (SDx) Scenario —
Beyond Virtualization Michael Warrilow
14:45 – 15:15
Refreshment Break in the Solution Showcase
15:15 – 16:00
Ready, Set, Go — Preparing You and Your Team
for the Digital Age Michele Caminos
End-User Case Study:
Check website for updates
Data Center Consolidation and Migration
Strategies — Getting from Here to There
David Cappuccio
16:15 – 17:00
Gartner Closing Keynote: The Top Ten Takeaways — Your Action Plan for 2015/2016 Moderator: Michael Warrilow
17:00 – 17:15
Closing Remarks Michael Warrilow
Tutorial: The Three Year Outlook for Advanced
Threat Solutions Eric Ahlm
Tutorial: Planning Your Software-Defined
Networking (SDN) Roadmap Neil Rickard
Tutorial: Mitigating Risks in Developing and
Executing a Cloud Sourcing Strategy Jim Longwood
Ask the Analyst: Data Center Security
Eric Ahlm
12:15 – 12:30 Magic Quadrant: Integrated Systems Andrew Butler
Gartner IT Infrastructure,
Operations & Data Center Summit 2015
18 – 19 May | Hilton Sydney | gartner.com/ap/datacenter
13:15 – 14:45 Workshop:
Creating an End User Computing Roadmap
Moderators: Federica Troni and Adrian Leow
Ask the Analyst: Optimizing Infrastructure Service
Provider Delivery Behaviours Jim Longwood
Analyst-User Roundtable: IT Process Automation Robert Naegle
Analyst-User Roundtable: The Impact of
Mobilization on the IT Organization Adrian Leow and Federica Troni
Analyst-User Roundtable: Choosing the Right
Depth of Private Cloud Implementation Alan Waite