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Tue. Mar. 4	Washington, DC Washington Plaza Hotel
Thu. Mar. 6	Durham, NC Hilton Durham
Tue. Jun. 24	Atlanta, GA Doubletree Hotel Atlanta-Buckhead
Thu. Jun. 26	San Francisco, CA Hyatt Regency San Francisco
Tue. Jul. 15	New York, NY Embassy Suites New York
Thu. Jul. 17	Philadelphia, PA Loews Philadelphia Hotel
Tue. Oct. 21	Charlotte, NC Hilton Charlotte Center City
Tue. Dec. 9	Toronto, ON The Westin Harbour Castle

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According to Stephen Foskett, the vision of a true storage area network (SAN) will be realized by storage virtualization. But, the tricky part will be understanding how to complete the puzzle using virtualization. This seminar series with the Director of Data Practice at Contoural will take an in-depth look at how storage virtualization is being thought of and deployed today. Foskett will discuss why virtualization is back en vogue with forward-thinking storage and server managers.

During this one-day event you will hear how virtualization has progressed from vaporware to an actual concept storage managers are using to minimize the amount of machines needed to manage, centralize data and change the economics of storage. Foskett will also look at how storage virtualization makes heterogeneous storage compatible, eases data migration and enables consolidation.

While virtualization is still a burgeoning technology for storage, the merits are many. Understanding the benefits and drawbacks of virtualization can help streamline your storage environment. This seminar will provide the answers to many of the virtualization questions swirling in storage today.

Keynote Speaker

Stephen Foskett, Director of Data Practice, Contoural

Stephen Foskett is Director of Contoural's Data Practice. This group provides strategic consulting to Fortune 500 companies which assist enterprise customers in aligning their storage and computing infrastructures with their business objectives. For more than 10 years Stephen has provided vendor-independent end user consulting on storage topics. Previous work includes managing and delivering consulting services at GlassHouse Technologies, StorageNetworks and Sprint Paranet. He has been a storage columnist and has authored numerous articles for industry publications and is a popular presenter at industry events.

Topics include:

• In-band vs. out-of-band vs. hybrid approach
• Controller-based, network-based and host-based options
• Virtualization architecture options
• Improving application availability
• How virtualization can increase utilization, reporting and overall performance
• Thin provisioning, replication and future applications

What you can expect

In each seminar in this series, your morning starts out with a full buffet breakfast and ends with a giveaway from our event sponsors. The agenda includes time for Q&A, networking opportunities and tons of valuable information -- and you get it all for FREE.

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