Most organisations have gone through some sort of data
center refresh over the last few years implementing Virtualised architectures,
creating more application aware and responsive networks and enhancing storage arrays
to cater for the increased volume and variety of data.
However the pace of change is accelerating with the need not
only to support Big Data & Analytics applications but also a whole variety
of real time and mobile applications. So maybe, rather than implementing data
center upgrades in a ‘piecemeal’ fashion, it is time to rethink the whole of
the data center in a more holistic manner.
With this in mind one of our Spotlight Sessions at this
year’s ‘Powering the Cloud’ event will look at the driving forces behind this
need and what are the possible scenarios that a CIO needs to understand.
In the first session we will explore the role of the data
center in this new IT world and how it is changing at an ever increasing pace.
In particular this session will address the need to support more dynamic and
varied business applications, cater for huge increases in data, support a
diverse range of users and ensure security and performance.
In the second session we will look at some of the innovative
storage, virtualisation, networking and security solutions that enable the data
center manager to meet the challenges of this interactive, multimedia and
mobile IT world.
In particular we will look at how hardware and software
vendors are continually striving to provide ‘best of breed’ solutions to meet
the complex needs of the modern data center. Some of these solutions are trying
to address the broader issues the data center manager now faces and others are
focused on a particular problem.
Having looked at ‘best of breed’ solutions, in our final
session, we will turn our attention to the case for ‘Convergence’ in the data
center.
Convergence is being driven by the need to move away from
the ‘siloed’ architecture of past data centers and deliver a more flexible,
responsive, scalable and cost effective solution.
Virtualisation and the ability to provision processing and
storage ‘on-the-fly’ has been the catalyst behind the move to convergence.
However are there any pitfalls to avoid from going the converged architecture
route.
In this session we will explore the benefits and potential
dangers of convergence and debate the issues that are raised. Within the
overall theme we will also address some of the ‘green issues’ and the rise in
popularity of modular or containerized solutions.
The objective of these sessions, which will be made up of
presentations and panel debates by industry analysts, sponsor spokespersons and
data center managers, will be to explore all the issues surrounding the role of
the data center, possible scenarios for future architectures and most
importantly give delegates ideas that they can go back and implement in their
own data centers.
Would be an interesting session.
ReplyDeleteBut the main change is not moving to a virtualized solution, but moving to a cloud (or a Software Defined DataCenter) solution.
Hi Andrea,
DeleteRe-defining the datacenter is one of the sessions within the Spotlight Sessions.
There will also be talks on Software Defined Datacenters in our Hot topics streams.
Come along and join in the discussions.
best regards
John
Data center management plays vital role in providing data center solutions
ReplyDeleteThanks Andrea for nice session! Growing business industries need to be move onto the cloud storage for secure data storage and ease of access. They may choose VPS Hosting India and rethink about their data center.
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