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Another conference, this time in WA and it looks the goods. The topic is "VIRTUALISATION, THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON INFORMATION MANAGEMENT "
Summary of what you should take away from the event is :
- 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
The guest speaker is Dr Kevin McIsaac, Intelligent Business Research Services (IBRS).
Read on for the full detail.
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)
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
Opening and Welcome
IIM WA Branch AGM
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 mainframe. This new infrastructure will blend the best
attributes from each architecture to create a highly agile, robust and
cost effective environment that is based 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
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
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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