At Congress Frankfurt on the 26th and 27th October, three of the leading IT conferences of their type SNW Europe, Datacenter Technologies and Virtualization World will welcome almost 2,000 delegates from across Europe for two days of highly educational and thought provoking sessions and an associated exhibition area.

Platinum sponsors Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, HP, Huawei Symantec, IBM, Oracle and Symantec join Gold-level 3PAR, F5 Networks, Hitachi Data Systems, Juniper Networks, Novell , OSL, Quantum and the Ultrium LTO program on the busy expo floor. 

With a record-number of participating organisations – 25% up on the 2009 figure - delegates  will also be able to meet with  new faces ADN, Akorri, Amplidata, Arkeia Software, Asigra, Blade Network Technologies, Coraid, Druva, Emerson Network Power, Fast LTA, Fusion I/O, GreenBytes, IntelliMagic, Peer Software, PoINT Software, Red Hat, REDNET AG, Riverbed, Samsung, Spectra Logic, Stordis, SVSoft, Trend Micro, and Virtual Instruments.

They  join regular supporters of the events Acronis, BlueArc, Brocade, Bull, CommVault, Consolidate IT, DataCore, Dot Hill, Emulex, Exagrid, FalconStor, FastLane, HMK, Infortrend, Isilon, NetApp, Novastor, Overland, QLogic, qSkills, Pillar Data Systems, SGI, SmartOptics, STEC, Syncsort, Tandberg and Texas Memory Systems.

Delegates get to chose from over 130 conference sessions over the two days across nine tracks two with dedicated cloud computing, data center technologies and converged networking sessions encompassing everything from network and I/O convergence to utilities and government incentives for improving energy efficiency in data centers. Conference tracks will focus on:

• Cloud Computing
• Datacenter Technologies
• Data Protection & Business Continuity Networking
• Storage Management
• Storage Technologies
• Virtualization

Each track will feature a mix of SNIA-led presentations coupled with papers presented by industry analysts, consultants and leading vendors in the field.  In addition to these technology-focussed tracks there will be a series of keynote presentations from the main sponsors, over 20 customer-presented case studies and a series of vendor tutorials highlighting solutions that address customer needs today. Over the next few pages you will find more details on some of the sessions you can choose from.

Keynote Presentations

Running throughout the two conference days the keynote program features speakers from our leading sponsors and conference partners. Each session runs for 40 minutes in the keynote theatre which can be accessed directly from the exhibition floor.

Enabling the Information-Centric Enterprise. Presented by Robert Mol, Director Product Marketing EMEA, Symantec.

New unified storage technology can cut your IT costs in half. Presented by Dan Maslowski, Director of Engineering, Backup, Archive, Security and Encryption Software Oracle Open Storage Systems

Four industry triggers that will change the way you think of storage in the data center. Presented by Garry Veale, Vice President StorageWorks Division, EMEA HP

The Next Steps for Data Deduplication and The Backup Redesign Initiative. Presented by Arnaud Christoffel, VP Backup & Recovery Systems Division, EMC Europe

Managing the Explosion of Data. Presented by Bob Cancilla, VP IBM Systems &Technology Group, Storage Platform.

Efficient Data Protection. Presented by Marcus Schneider, Director Product Segment Data Protection, Fujitsu Technology Solutions

Grid computing for the Large Hadron Collider: Massive computing at the limit of scale, space, power and budget.  Presented by Dr Helge Meinhard , Group Leader, Platform & Engineering Services, CERN

The Key Role of Storage in the Virtualized and Converged Data Center. Presented by Richard Villars, Vice President, Storage Systems & Executive Strategies, IDC

Cloud Computing Conference Sessions

Interoperable Cloud Storage with the CDMI Standard. Presented by Mark Carlson, SNIA & Oracle

Building the Business Case for Clouds. Presented by Vincent Franceschini , SNIA & HDS

The future is (in) the Cloud. Presented by Philipp Karmires, Manager Google Enterprise Accounts Google Europe.

Build a Mission Critical Cloud!? Presented by Guido Klenner, Product Manager , Hewlett-Packard GmbH.

Best Practices for Moving into the Cloud. Presented by Miki Sandorfi, Chief Strategist, File and Content Services, Hitachi Data Systems.

Cloud Based Data Protection for SMBs. Presented by Ismail Azeri, VP Business Development, Acronis.

Cloud Security Caution: Risks your provider covers, ignores & introduces - what you can do about it!  Presented by Andy Dancer, CTO Encryption, Trend Micro.

What’s Wrong with All-in-One? Why Best-of-Breed is Best for the Cloud. Presented by Rob Commins, Product Marketing Director, 3PAR.

Public Cloud Storage for the Enterprise. Presented by Matt Perkinson, Executive IT Consultant - IBM Global Cloud Services, IBM

Deploying Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud Environments. Presented by David Dale, SNIA & NetApp

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