Gartner Data center, Infrastructure & Operations Management summit 2014

celebrating 10 Years Gartner Data center, Infrastructure & Operations Management summit 2014 24 25 November London, UK gartner.com/eu/datacenter Leading I&O: Delivering New Levels of Innovation and Productivity TOPICS BEING ADDRESSED: Deliver I&O projects that enable business growth Improve quality and demonstrate value of IT services Align costs relative to business value Build business skills in the IT organization Changing the culture of the data center and IT operations Develop cloud and virtualization strategic roadmaps save 300 Register by 26 September by visiting gartner.com/eu/ datacenter 3 Gartner Data Center, Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit 2014

Leading I&O: Delivering New Levels of Innovation and Productivity As the current of I&O change grows stronger, IT leaders must act quickly to take charge and lead data center transformation or risk being left behind. Gartner Data Center, Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit 2014 will help I&O decision-makers successfully balance the need to reliably deliver IT services and simultaneously drive innovation. With a renewed focus on people, processes, technology and culture, attendees will learn how to select and prioritize I&O initiatives, manage ongoing volatility, and elevate their own strategic leadership in the digital enterprise of the future. Benefits of attending/key learnings How should IT operations transform their people and processes to improve business agility and effectiveness? How should I&O leaders evaluate emerging technologies and assess whether they will benefit the organization? How will cloud computing, big data and mobility influence I&O business models and investment priorities? How does an I&O leader build an I&O vision, strategy and governance framework? How are emerging philosophies such as DevOps changing the IT operations management environment? How should I&O leaders manage their technology infrastructures and sourcing portfolios to deliver IT services effectively? Need more information? Visit gartner.com/eu/datacenter for: Agenda Speakers Gartner analysts, Guest keynotes, Case studies Event approval tools See who s attending Sessions mapped to your key priorities Venue information and hotel discount Registration and pricing 3 easy ways to register Web: gartner.com/eu/datacenter Email: emea.registration@gartner.com Telephone: +44 20 8879 2430 Pricing Early-bird Price: 2,095 + VAT (offer ends 26 September) Standard Price: 2,395 + VAT Public Sector Price: 1,875 + VAT Gartner Clients A Gartner ticket covers both days of the Summit. Contact your Account Manager or email emea.events@gartner.com to register using a ticket. Which vendors will play leading roles in the evolution of IT infrastructure? Your enterprise is going digital. How can you be the indispensible partner? Bring your group Gain a much richer experience of the event and save! Maximize your learning by attending with your group. Participate together in relevant sessions or split up to cover more topics, sharing your session take-aways later. Complimentary registrations: 1 for every 3 paid registrations 2 for every 5 paid registrations 3 for every 7 paid registrations For more information, email emea.teamsend@gartner.com or contact your Gartner account manager. 2 Gartner Data Center, Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit 2014

What s New Mobility managing demands for anywhere-anytime mobile across the enterprise Evolution of networking in a software defined world Implementing an effective operations strategy based on the emerging DevOps philosophy Institutionalize a global BCM program to manage all risks to business operations Big data strategy what it is and how it can benefit the organization Cost optimization how to show the ROI of data center optimization Digital business how to implement I&O and cloud automation to deliver bi-modal capabilities Culture and people making people and process investments for service improvement Case study speakers Hear real hands-on this is how we made it happen insight, from international organizations whose senior executives are working on the best and most successful I&O initiatives in Europe. The latest case study information will be added to the agenda as it is confirmed at gartner.com/eu/datacenter How Much? A study into accounting for Carbon and power in the Data Center Stephen Bowes-Phipps, Data Centers Manager, University of Hertfordshire Meet the Gartner Analysts 24 leading Infrastructure & Operations analysts will be presenting at the Summit and are available to discuss your current challenges. With vast coverage of the latest I&O research the analysts will cover key focus areas such as: Storage Data Center Modernization & Consolidation IT Cost Optimization Process Improvement Cloud Computing IT Strategic Planning Mobile Enterprise Strategy Virtualization Sustainability IT Asset Management Vendor Management Infrastructure and Operations Leaders IT Governance Business Continuity Management IT Budgeting Contract Negotiation View each Gartner analysts focus areas at gartner.com/eu/datacenter IT Service Frameworks: Driving Business and IT Performance Andy McCleod, Head of IT Service Delivery, Managing Director, YBS Group Danny Potts, Transition Services, YBS Group In the Pursuit of Speed: The Journey of a Process Heavy Bank to Become Fast and Resilient Henk Kolk, Chief Architect, ING Nederland How to Restore Mission Critical Applications Without Undergoing an Economical Crash Giovanni Michelini, Infrastructures,Service Management and ICT Security Manager, Saipem Sp Gartner Predicts: By 2018, infrastructure and operations (I&O) organizations that fail to reduce complexity of their systems of innovation will see their time to production double. Who Should Attend To see what job titles this Summit is aimed at please visit gartner.com/eu/datacenter Media Partners Visit gartner.com/eu/datacenter for more information and to register 3

Agenda at a Glance Conference Chair Recommendations Monday 24 November 2014 07:30 20:00 Registration, Information and Refreshments 08:00 08:45 Tutorial: Getting to Know Gartner Federica Troni, Nathan Hill, Andrew Butler, Rakesh Kumar, Philip Dawson, Ian Head and Cameron Haight 09:00 09:15 Summit Opening and Welcome Presentation Andrew Butler and Nathan Hill 09:15 10:00 Gartner Keynote: Non-Stop IT: Delivering the Integrated Data Center David Cappuccio and Rakesh Kumar 10:00 10:30 Premier Panel Session Moderator: Milind Govekar 10:30 11:00 Refreshment Break in Solution Showcase 11:00 12:00 Guest Keynote: Trains, Planes and Toilet Cleaners! Creating a Success Culture in an IT Environment Hamish Taylor, Expert on Leadership, Innovat 12:00 13:15 Lunch in the Solution Showcase TRACK A TRACK B TRACK C TRACK D IT Operations Excelling in a Brave New World Developing and Implementing Your Short/Long-term Cloud Strategy The Mobility Factor Driving Every Aspect of Computing Ensuring Your Data Center Infrastructure Reflects Todays Realities and Tomorrow s Challenges 13:15 14:00 The IT Operations Scenario: Preparing for the Bi-Modal Future Ian Head Building Successful Private and Hybrid Cloud Services Philip Dawson 14:15 15:00 Data Center Consolidation and Where Does the Cloud Fit in With Migration Strategies Getting from Your Data Center Migration Strategy Here to There David Cappuccio Tiny Haynes 15:15 15:45 Solution Provider Sessions 15:45 16:15 Refreshment Break in Solution Showcase 16:15 16:45 : IT Service Frameworks: : How Much? A Study Driving Business and IT into Accounting for Carbon and Performance Andy McCleod, Head Power in the Data Center of IT Service Delivery, Managing Director Stephen Bowes-Phipps, Data Centers and Danny Potts, Transition Services, Manager University of Hertfordshire YBS Group 17:00 17:30 To the Point: Magic Quadrant for To the Point: Where Software Network Performance Monitoring Defined Anything (SDx) Meets Cloud and Diagnostics Vivek Bhalla Computing Philip Dawson 17:45 18:15 To the Point: Significantly Reducing I&O To the Costs: Point: The Significantly Next Round Reducing Sanil I&O Costs: Solanki The Next Round Sanil Solanki To the Point: How to Leverage Cloud and Datacenter Services on Your Way to Becoming a Digital Business Tiny Haynes The Future of Endpoint Management Federica Troni Best Practices to Create a Successful Mobile Strategy Michael Disabato To the Point: The Dark Side of the Nexus: Enterprise Mobility Security Failures, Trends and Threats Failures, Trends and Threats Dionisio Zumerle To the Point: Avoid Licencing Pitfalls To the When Point: Adopting Avoid Licencing Virtual Desktops Pitfalls When Nathan Adopting Hill Virtual Desktops Nathan Hill The The 5 Year Year Storage Storage Scenario Scenario Stanley Stanley Zaffos Zaffos and and Valdis Valdis Filks Filks Unix: Shrinking Legacy Niche or Reincarnated Spirit/Cloud? Andrew Butler To the Point: Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure Errol Rasit To the Point: Software Asset Management: The Foundation for Effective IT Controls Victoria Barber 18:15 20:00 Networking Reception in the Solution Showcase Tuesday 25 November 2014 07:30 17:00 Registration 08:00 08:45 Software Defined Anything SDx Scenario Beyond Virtualization Philip Dawson I&O and Cloud Automation: The Foundation For Digital Business Milind Govekar 09:00 09:30 Solution Provider Sessions 09:30 10:00 Refreshment Break in Solution Showcase 10:00 10:45 Top 10 Emerging Trends That Will Hybrid IT: Bringing Clouds Together Impact Top 10 Your Emerging Data Center Trends That Operation Will Milind Govekar and John Rivard David Impact Cappuccio Your Data Center Operation David Cappuccio Success (and Failure) Scenarios for BYO PCs and Tablets Federica Troni How to Leverage BYOD to Improve Productivity How to Leverage Michael BYOD Disabato Improve Productivity Michael Disabato Server Scenario: Evolution of Server Technologies, Providers and Best Practices Carl Claunch What You Should Know Before Spending 100 Million on a New Data Center Rakesh Kumar 11:00 11:30 Solution Provider Sessions 11:45 12:15 : In the Pursuit of Speed: The Journey of a Process Heavy Bank to Become Fast and Resilient Henk Kolk, Chief Architect, ING Nederland : How to Restore Mission Critical Applications without Undergoing an Economical Crash Giovanni Michelini, Infrastructures, Service Management and ICT Security Manager, Saipem Spa 12:15 13:30 Lunch in the Solution Showcase 13:30 14:00 To the Point: IT OPS Hype Cycle Ian Head To the Point: The Impact of Hybrid Cloud on IT Disaster Recovery Management Kevin Knox To the Point: Desktop as a Service the Future of Workspace Delivery? Nathan Hill To the Point: Big Data and Hadoop Descend on the Data Center Donald Feinberg 14:15 14:45 To the Point: Achieveing a DevOps Culture John Rivard and Cameron Haight To the Point: Magic Quadrant for Cloud Enabled Managed Hosting, Europe 2014 Tiny Haynes To the Point: Magic Quadrant for Client Management Tools Kevin Knox To the Point: Introducing the Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems Andrew Butler 14:45 15:30 Refreshment Break in Solution Showcase 15:30 16:15 Gartner Closing Keynote: Bi-modal IT: Managing the Dichotomy in the Data Center Raymond Paquet 16:15 17:00 Closing Guest Keynote: Key Drivers of the Digital Future: What the Next 10 Years Hold Ray Hammond, Futurologist 4 Gartner Data Center, Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit 2014

At the Summit, please refer to the agenda handout provided for the most up to date session and location information Agenda correct as of 23 July 2014 Guest Keynotes Trains, Planes and Toilet Cleaners! Creating a Success Culture in an IT Environment ion and Branding TRACK E The Revolutionary Impact of Innovative Technology and New Business Processes Take Control of Your Innovation Via Web-scale IT Cameron Haight What's Happening in High Performance Computing Carl Claunch Roundtables Analyst-User Roundtables 13:00 14:00 Roundtable: Network Disruption in the Data Center Neil Rickard 14:15 15:15 Roundtable: Web-scale IT Roundtable Cameron Haight 16:00 17:00 Roundtable: Early Experiences with Next Generation Storage Solutions Stanley Zaffos and Valdis Filks Workshops Interactive Sessions 14:00 15:45 Workshop: Leveraging Gartner's Gartner s I&O Maturity Model to Drive Improvements John Rivard and Sanil Solanki Hamish will use war stories from his own experiences both as a CEO/customer of IT and as a driver of growth and innovation, to challenge us in four key areas that will help us to think differently about the role we can play at the forefront of business success. 1. Challenging the way we understand our customers 2. Changing the platform for IT activities 3. Changing the way we engage with our team to drive performance 4. Challenging our thinking! Hamish Taylor Expert on Leadership, Innovation and Branding Key Drivers of the Digital Future: What the Next 10 Years Hold To the Point: 2015 CIO Agenda: Implications to I&O Andrew Butler and Nathan Hill To the Point: Thinking the Unthinkable: Innovating via Inmemory Computing Technologies and Architectures Donald Feinberg and Errol Rasit Planning Your SDN Roadmap Neil Rickard 08:00 09:00 Roundtable: Enterprise Mobility Management Roundtable Michael Disabato 16:45 18:15 Workshop: Sustainable Strategies Connecting DC Performance to Business Value Bettina Tratz-Ryan and Rakesh Kumar 08:00 09:30 Workshop: Big Data Strategy Essentials Donald Feinberg Ray Hammond is Europe s most experienced and most widely published futurologist. For over 30 years he has researched, written and spoken about how future trends will affect society and business. As faster technological innovation, globalization and the environmental challenge continue to be priorities Ray is one of a few commentators equipped to explain how these massive challenges will affect our futures, the way we do business and the far reaching implications socially, economically and politically. Ray Hammond Futurologist Do Technology Improvements and Budget Constraints Drive Storage Back In-house? Stanley Zaffos 09:45 10:45 Roundtable: Best Practices for SAP HANA and Engineered Systems Donald Feinberg, Philip Dawson 10:00 11:30 Workshop: We 10:00 Received 11:30 a Workshop: Software Audit Letter. We Received What do a Software we do now? Audit Victoria Letter. Barber What do and we Nathan do now? Hill Victoria Barber and Nathan Hill Gartner Keynotes Non-stop IT: Delivering the Integrated Data Center David Cappuccio and Rakesh Kumar To the Point: Manage Storage Growth Through Effective Data Policies Valdis Filks To the Point: The WAN is the New LAN Neil Rickard 13:45 14:45 Roundtable: Secure Mobility and BYOD in the Enterprise: Keeping Data Safe and Workforce Happy Dionisio Zumerle 13:45 15:15 Workshop: Explore and Understand Which APM (Application Performance Monitoring) Solutions are Right for You Vivek Bhalla and Milind Govekar Bi-modal IT: Managing the Dichotomy in the Data Center Raymond Paquet Visit gartner.com/eu/datacenter for more information and to register 5

Solution Showcase Develop a shortlist of technology and services providers who can meet your particular needs. We offer you exclusive access to some of the world s leading technology and service solution providers. Premier sponsor Sponsorship opportunities For further information about sponsoring this event: Telephone: +44 1784 267456 Email: european.exhibits@gartner.com Platinum sponsors Unisys is a global information technology company that solves complex IT challenges at the intersection of modern and mission critical. We work with many of the world s largest companies and government organizations to secure and keep their mission-critical operations running at peak performance. Our offerings include outsourcing and managed services, systems integration and consulting services, high-end server technology, cybersecurity and cloud management software, and maintenance and support services. www.unisys.com CiRBA s Automated Capacity Control software intelligently balances infrastructure supply and demand in virtual and cloud infrastructure in order to eliminate capacity risk and drive enterprise efficiency www.cirba.com Extreme Networks, Inc. is setting a new standard for superior customer experience by delivering networkpowered innovation and market leading service and support. The company delivers high-performance switching and routing products for data center and core-to-edge networks, wired/wireless LAN access, and unified network management and control. www.extremenetworks.com/ Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in security software, strives to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Our innovative security solutions for consumers, businesses and governments protect information on mobile devices, endpoints, gateways, servers and the cloud. www.trendmicro.com Silver sponsors Automic is the world s largest, independently deployed automation platform powering business, application and infrastructure processes, while integrating next generation models Cloud, DevOps and Big Data. www.automic.com Business Value Dashboards, MoM, BSM and CMS integrated with your existing IT environment. Many of the largest organisations choose Interlink to manage their critical services. www.interlinksoftware.com At SanDisk, we re expanding the possibilities of data storage. Our solid-state drives and flash optimizing software maximize application performance and efficiency for enterprise IT, systems manufacturers, and hyperscale data centers. www.sandisk.com/enterprise/ Tintri builds smart storage that sees, learns, and adapts, enabling IT organizations to focus on virtualized applications and business services instead of managing storage infrastructure. www.tintri.com Cisco Unified Data Center and Application-Centric infrastructure solutions offer the broadest data center switching, compute, management, security, storage and integrated services solution. Cisco solutions for business applications, big data, desktop virtualization, and data center mobility help ensure data is transported securely, efficiently, and flexibly across a set of optimized data center resources. www.cisco.com Panduit is a world-class developer and provider of leading-edge solutions that help customers optimize the physical infrastructure through simplification, agility, and operational efficiency. Panduit s Unified Physical InfrastructureSM (UPI) based solutions give enterprises the capabilities to connect, manage, and automate communications, computing, power, control, and security systems for a smarter, unified business foundation. www.panduit.com Virtual Instruments delivers the industry s only real-time Infrastructure Performance Management solution. The VirtualWisdom platform provides unparalleled visibility into the performance, health and utilization of the entire open systems infrastructure empowering customers to guarantee the performance and availability of their mission critical applications across physical, virtual and cloud computing environments. www.virtualinstruments.com CTERA provides the world s leading and most secure cloud storage services platform used by service providers and enterprises to sync, serve and protect data. www.ctera.com Methode the Data Solutions Group supports the telecommunications, data communications and data center industries with innovative, versatile DCIM and physical layer infrastructure solutions. www.methode.com/data Sovereign Data Connect is a customer-centric data center provider with its Data Center in North London and teams of technical staff on site. www.sovereigndc.com A better way to address current and future data management needs guides CommVault in the development of its Simpana software suite of products. CommVault s exclusive single-platform architecture gives companies unprecedented control over data growth, costs and risk. Designed seamlessly from the ground up it shares a single code and common function set. www.commvault.com Splunk Inc. provides the leading platform for Operational Intelligence. Splunk software searches, monitors, analyzes and visualizes machine-generated big data from websites, applications, servers, networks, sensors and mobile devices. More than 7,400 organizations use Splunk software to deepen business and customer understanding, mitigate cybersecurity risk, improve service performance and reduce costs. www.splunk.com VMware, the industry-leading virtualization and cloud infrastructure software company, enables organizations to innovate by streamlining IT infrastructure and operations, freeing IT resources for investment in strategic innovation. A pioneer in the use of virtualization and policy-driven automation technologies, VMware simplifies IT complexity across the entire data center and out to user workspaces, empowering IT to move at the speed of business. www.vmware.com Curvature specializes in delivering 24x7 technical support, advanced hardware replacement, and lifecycle management of networking and data center equipment from corporate locations across the globe. www.curvature.com A leading global provider of innovative performance management solutions, Network Instruments helps organisations ensure the on-time delivery of applications and execution of critical business services. www.networkinstruments.com Plan, run and optimize your IT using Sumerian predictive capacity management. Helping you deploy the right resources, at the right time and right cost. www.sumerian.com EMC is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform operations and deliver information technology as-a-service. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their information in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. www.emc.com If you are planning or rethinking your current IT strategy and considering how your business can leverage colocation, managed hosting or exploit the power of the cloud to provide commercial and technical advantage, speak to TelecityGroup, we d welcome the opportunity to share our experience and help you execute your plans. www.telecity.com HGST, a Western Digital company (NASDAQ: WDC), provides advanced SSD, HDD, software and solutions for Enterprise, Cloud Computing and Hyperscale Data Center environments. www.hgst.com Pure Storage, the all-flash enterprise storage company, enables broad deployment of flash in the data center for less than the cost of performance disk. www.purestorage.com TeamQuest is the global leader in IT Service Optimization, specializing in IT Capacity Management. 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