Join CIO at an exclusive breakfast briefing to examine best practices for avoiding common virtualisation headaches, as well as how to reap the maximum efficiencies and cost-savings from virtualisation technologies

Our line-up of expert speakers will address:

Virtualisation Trends
JEAN-MARC ANNONIER
Research Manager for IT Spending,IDC Australia

IDC's research shows that 86% of Australian organisations have adopted server virtualisation to some degree. Virtualisation technologies are now evolving towards feature rich products that allow use cases to move from development environments and basic server consolidation to mission critical applications, by integrating functions such as unplanned downtime and workload balancing.
However, virtualisation creates significant challenges regarding increased systems management, additional storage capacity and specialised technical skills. These challenges will be even more acute as virtualisation progresses in other areas such as desktops, storage and network. The coming years will not be easy for decision takers who will have to decide on the best strategy for modernising their aging IT systems in a strained economic environment. Virtualisation will undoubtedly play an important role in these decisions, along with its natural extension, cloud computing, as virtual workloads will need to be easily and securely moved between in-house systems and cloud-based systems.
In this breakfast briefing, IDC will present how the economic recession is influencing technology choices, the current trends in virtualisation, what barriers remain to the adoption and the roadmap for the various virtualisation technologies

Case Study:
Driving IT Transformation with Virtualisation
BRIAN OTT
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Unisys internal IT organization

Brian will talk to the challenges organisations face as they drive IT transformation in their business, and how to address them to maximise cost savings and business agility. Brian will share Unisys own experiences during his tenure as global CIO of Unisys, when he was responsible for a virtualisation and IT transformation project that resulted in the reduction of global data centres from 52 to 1, a reduction in consolidated applications from over 900 to 300, the decommissioning of over 700 infrastructure servers and significant multi-million dollar savings.

Panel Session: Interactive Q&A with our panel of experts

Learn: -

• Latest virtualisation trends and forecasts
• Strategies and tools to address common virtualisation challenges
• Key lessons from successful virtualisation projects
• Roadmap for virtualisation technologies - How cloud computing will impact virtualisation
• Typical challenges as virtualisation heads to the desktop, storage and network

PLUS: Expert advice on how to avoid common virtualisation pitfalls like:

• Redeploying the wrong servers
• Underestimating storage needs for virtual servers
• Taking an ad-hoc approach to virtualisation
• And harbouring false hopes for virtualisation.

About the speakers:

Jean-Marc Annonier Research Manager for IT Spending,IDC Australia

Jean-Marc is a specialist in economic analysis and modelling. Before joining IDC, Jean-Marc spent 10 years as a senior economist working for the French National Bureau of Statistics (INSEE) in the French territories of the Pacific. He specialised in National Accounts and Econometric Modelling and was involved in major studies such as the economic impact of a new Value Added Tax. Jean-Marc also spent 8 years in IT in various positions ranging from Solutions Manager for Ericsson Australia to pre-sales consultant for a global IT integrator, he was also involved in the design, project management and delivery of outsourcing solutions for large Australian customers. >Jean-Marc's main strength is his ability to combine rigorous micro and macroeconomic study methodologies with his in-depth knowledge of the Australian ICT market.

Brian Ott Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Unisys internal IT organization

Brian is vice president of the Systems & Technology (S&T) Global Service Lines organization at Unisys, responsible for leading and ensuring consistent and successful worldwide implementation of our five strategic service lines - IT Management Advisory Services, Microsoft Services, Infrastructure Optimization Services, Storage Services and ClearPath Services. He also provides senior level consulting to our key clients around the globe. Prior to his current role, Brian was the vice president and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Unisys Systems and Technology organization responsible for setting the enterprise architecture and technology strategy for Unisys solutions portfolio. He also provided global leadership of Unisys Real Time Infrastructure Strategic Program Office (RTI SPO).

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