IIM WA Branch AGM & Branch Seminar "VIRTUALISATION, THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON INFORMATION MANAGEMENT"
Type:
Meeting
Date:
06/08/2008 to 06/08/2008
Time:
16:45
Cost:
Member $35
Public $50
Affiliates $50
Venue:
The Brass Monkey
209 William Street Northbridge (cnr James & William Sts)
Summary:
Details:
The Institute for Information Management (IIM) Ltd, WA Branch, extends a warm invitation to all IIM members and other interested ICT professionals to attend our August event which also includes the 2008 Annual General Meeting.
Date: Wednesday, 06 August, 2008
Event Time: 4.45pm for 5.00pm start
Venue: The Brass Monkey, 209 William Street, Northbridge WA 6003 (Note: Cnr James and William)
Cost: IIM Members: $35.00; Non-members: $50.00; Students: $26
RSVP: Please RSVP using the Online Registration Form available at
http://www.starsevents.com.au/form/IIMAugust20082008 - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
Opening and Welcome
IIM WA Branch AGM
The formal part of the AGM will take approximately 15 minutes. Follow this _link_ to the Committee Nomination and Proxy Forms.
VIRTUALISATION, THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
The trend of “Virtualisation” is one of the most significant strategic trends within the IT industry. All Information Management (IM) professional will need to be aware of this trend and what it means to the IT environment in which they operate. They need to ensure they understand what virtualisation is (and isn’t) so they are not confused about the impact that it will have own the environment. Not only do ICT/IM Professionals need to understand what changes to make; also they will need to know the difference between the correct changes and the sales pitch. Data will be transitioned to new environments leading to migration questions. Physical servers will be removed and replace with virtual servers; INFORMATION WILL BE STORED AND MANAGED IN DIFFERENT WAYS. All of these will impact on Information Management as disaster recovery and business continuity come heavily under the microscope.
However, this is just the beginning! Over the next 7 years the typical commodity IT infrastructure will be ‘reinvented’ from today’s network of independent servers and storage into a unified computing resource that looks and behaves remarkably like the old main_frame_. This new infrastructure will blend the best attributes from each architecture to create a highly agile, robust and cost effective environment that is _base_d on commodity components. While the key technologies are available today, due to the inertia of the existing environment, and the cultural barriers in IT and the business, this journey will take most organisations 5-7 years to complete. The key component in this new infrastructure stack is server virtualisation, which becomes the data centre operating system.
If you are a CIO, ICT Manager or Information Manager concerned about the impact on your organisation of virtualisation then the IIM August event is a must.
GUEST SPEAKER
Dr Kevin McIsaac, Intelligent Business Research Services (IBRS)
Join IBRS Advisor Kevin McIsaac as he leads us through the virtualisation landscape providing insight and advice on how this key trend will impact the information management environment.
What you will take away:
* What Virtualisation is and what you need to do about it.
* Why virtualisation is the most important IT infrastructure trend of the decade.
* The hype from the facts of Storage and Server virtualisations
* How to use virtualisation to create an agile and cost effective IT infrastructure that enables robust, low cost HA & DR.
* Who are the virtualisation market leaders and where is the industry going
* How virtualisations relates to information and records management
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
Dr Kevin McIsaac has over 20 years of IT experience and is a recognised expert in infrastructure, operations, vendor management and the art of running IT as a business. He has 9 years experience as an IT Analyst researching, distilling and disseminating best practices in IT. For the last 3 years he has worked as an Advisor at IBRS, and for the 6 years prior to that at _meta_ Group as the Research Director Asia-Pacific, advising the CIOs and the IT management teams of leading Asia-Pacific organisations. Prior to joining _meta_ Group, Dr McIsaac held leadership positions at Computer Associates and Functional Software. Dr McIsaac is a highly sought after speaker who is regularly quoted in the global press.
Areas of coverage: Servers, Storage, Virtualisation, Desktop Deployment, Data Centre infrastructure.
OUR EVENTS ARE VERY POPULAR AND FILL QUICKLY, SO PLEASE ENSURE YOU BOOK IMMEDIATELY TO SECURE YOUR ATTENDANCE
ENQUIRIES OTHER THAN REGISTRATION should be directed to Justain O’Flaherty, WA Branch Councillor, at
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to become a member or know someone who does? Follow the _link_ to membership information.
BOOKINGS AND PAYMENTS (Event registration includes light refreshments and snacks)
Please register using the online registration form
http://www.starsevents.com.au/form/IIMAugust2008 Pre-payment by Friday 1st August 2008 is essential. All booking and payment enquiries to Sue McLennan, Stars Event Management. When using the secure online registration you will automatically receive a tax invoice/receipt.
If you are paying by cheque (made out to IIM),
Post to: Stars Event Management,
PO Box 26,
WOODVALE WA 6026
Ph: 9409 7649; Fax: 9409 6278; Mobile: 0409 370 749
Email:
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ABN for IIM: 79 078 159 083
CANCELLATION POLICY:
IIM is charged for the number of bookings made, regardless of attendance. If you register and find you are unable to attend, and unless you have cancelled your booking by close of business on Friday 1st August 2008, IIM will invoice those people who book but do not attend.
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