Gartner analysts go one-on-one with each Keynote guest. Trends confirmed. Illusions shattered. News broken.
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Making the right platform technology investments has never carried higher risks and rewards than today. This track analyzes long-term trends and provides tactical advice for server and storage deployment.
Technical architects, data center managers, storage administrators and procurement specialists who negotiate with system and storage vendors
Tutorial: Reducing Management Costs Through Improved Server Provisioning
(03C)
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm 23 March 2003
Scott, Donna
Server deployment and configuration is becoming a weekly or even daily requirement, taxing already stretched administration resources. We discuss best practices in server configuration management and emerging real-time tools.
- What is driving the need for automated server-provisioning tools?
- What best practices should enterprises pursue for efficient and timely server provisioning?
- Which vendors provide server-provisioning tools, and how are they positioned in the market?
Lead Presentation: Future of the Server
(13G)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm 24 March 2003
Weiss, George Enck, John
Next-generation servers will deliver new technology architectures and new value propositions that will impact data center server procurements and infrastructure designs. This session examines the server’s rapidly changing and expanding IT role with a view toward maximizing value.
- How will servers and server infrastructures evolve in the next five years?
- How will Linux change the operating system landscape?
- How should enterprises evaluate existing and emerging technology to maximize server returns?
The Evolution Toward the Real-Time Infrastructure
(22I)
10:00 am - 11:00 am 25 March 2003
Scott, Donna Bittman, Tom
Enterprises are seeking more from IT services -- better service, greater adaptability and lower cost. Yet, today’s computing is built on a static, non-shared and expensive foundation. We focus on trends toward a new generation of policy-based computing services.
- What challenges are IT executives facing in managing the distributed computing environment?
- What are policy-based computing services, and what do they mean to enterprises?
- What suppliers envision for the future of policy-based computing services, and how complete are their visions?
Storage Trends and Directions Scenario
(25I)
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm 25 March 2003
Allen, Nick
Storage prices are falling, capacities are climbing, and networks are providing more than consolidation to deal with ever-rising complexity. But much of needed management functionality is still little but a promise.
- How is the value proposition for storage changing?
- How will users scale and manage large SANs?
- What benefits should users expect from virtualization?
Sun, Hewlett-Packard and Dell Collide
(35G)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm 26 March 2003
McGuckin, Paul Smulders, Charles
HP senior management faces the difficult work of merging the two companies the competitive challenge posed by IBM, Dell and others. Sun is in the middle of a transition, as it tries to focus on more business-solution-oriented benefits. Dell Computer's direct sales model and supply chain methodology presents a challenge to HP and Sun, but faces challenges becoming a trusted enterprise supplier.
- How will the new HP compete with a complete post-merger strategy?
- How will Sun Microsystems’ business model and strategy evolve during the next five years?
- How will Dell compete in the market without a software and services strength?
The Future of Windows in the Data Center
(37E)
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm 26 March 2003
Bittman, Tom
Windows is evolving to accommodate more data center requirements every year, becoming very competitive with Unix platforms. We discuss Windows scalability, reliability, workload management, virtual machines, partitioning, limitations and references.
- How well does Windows satisfy data center platform requirements today, and what can users expect over the next three years?
- What products and best practices should users employ to create better Windows solutions in the data center, and how effective are they?
- How will Windows evolve as a data center platform over the next three years?
Managing Nightmare Contracts
(41C)
8:00 am - 9:00 am 27 March 2003
Park, Alvin Heine, Jack
Many contracts, though negotiated with high expectations, end up being long-term nightmares. This presentation identifies several effective tactics that can be used to get contractor performance back on track, and change the environment from confrontation to cooperation.
- Where do opportunities lie to improve contractor/vendor communications and performance?
- What opportunities are there to improve the financial aspects of the contract?
- What guidelines should contract managers follow to address problems with system integration?
- How should problem relationships be addressed and resolved?
IT Asset Management: From Best Practices to Next Practices
(45B)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm 27 March 2003
O'Brien, Frances
By 2010, IT spending is expected to reach 50 percent of the total corporate capital budget. As the value and accountability for IT assets rises to strategic priority lists of many enterprises, so does the need for industry-accepted best practices for dealing with those assets.
- How will the executive value proposition for IT asset management evolve through 2006?
- How will changing IT business management and infrastructure administration processes impact the role for IT asset management?
- What are the next-practices being utilized by market leaders to reshape their IT asset management programs to meet the evolving requirements?
The Future of Linux in the Enterprise
(46D)
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm 27 March 2003
Weiss, George
Linux continues making inroads into the enterprise. This session will examine the benefits and tradeoffs of commercial adoption of Linux as a technology foundation in mainstream IT.
- What is the progress in the adoption of Linux and open source software by corporate IT organizations?
- What impact will Linux and open source have on other operating systems and the competitive landscape?
- What user strategies and tactics will lead to successful Linux and open source software deployments?
Recommendations for Successful Server Consolidation Using Technology
(47D)
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm 27 March 2003
Phelps, John
Enterprises continue to look to consolidation to increase efficiency and lower costs. Can these benefits be achieved with today’s technology? We examine the latest consolidation capabilities now being provided and their future.
- How are enterprises approaching server consolidation?
- What technologies are evolving to aid in server consolidation?
- How do the different vendor platform consolidation offerings compare?
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