VMXpo Presentation Details
VMXpo 2014 held in Austin, TX, is about learning, having fun and finding content that is meaningful to your perspective. VMXpo 2014 has 27 breakout sessions running throughout the day.
Session Details
KEYNOTE: The Amazing World Where You Live & What That Means for ITDouglas Brown - Founder and President, DABCC.com In this session, Doug will paint you an amazing picture of the high tech world we find ourselves in and what that really means for IT. Doug will walk you through hot topic areas such as, BYO, Mobility, 3D Graphics, the changing 'app', keeping up with scale, the dreaded disaster recovery, and a reality check on the ‘cloud'. Big changes are a foot, it’s a wonderful time to be in IT! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
KEYNOTE: ME: IT = Information Technology Centered Around MEVal King - President & CEO Consumer driven technologies like iTunes have simplified previously complex processes enough for mass adoption. This has employees rightfully asking when this “consumerization” or simplification, is going to be available to simplify and improve productivity. Virtualization is at the foundation of “Me: IT”, enabling this shift with the democratization of redundant systems, moving us away from traditional duplicate hardware DR sights that were cost prohibitive for all but the most critical systems. We are in the early stages of this technology cross roads (virtualization, proactive monitoring, automation, self-service technologies for the corporate user), but they are definitely coming. Val will describe and demonstrate many of these concepts and technologies in this address. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Citrix Systems (Virtualization): The Citrix Workspace Suite: The Complete Desktop Virtualization SolutionDoug Darby - Sr. Channel Manager Citrix Workspace Suite is the most complete, integrated mobility solution for helping people and business become more productive with an on-demand mobile workspace. Citrix Workspace Suite provides workers with access to all of their applications, data and personalized desktops, optimized to meet the security, performance, personalization and mobility requirements of each individual. Citrix Workspace Suite provides a unified app store that aggregates Windows, web, SaaS and mobile apps for delivery to any device. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Citrix Systems (Networking): Elevate the visibility, availability, & user experience when delivering applications with CitrixSam Spence - Sr. Systems Engineering Director Citrix Networking is the 500 pound gorilla in application delivery with its NetScaler application delivery controllers and CloudBridge WAN accelerators. Citrix NetScaler is deployed in thousands of networks around the globe to optimize, secure and control the delivery of all enterprise and cloud services, and to maximize the end user experience for all users including mobile clients. CloudBridge connects and accelerates applications, optimizes bandwidth utilization across third-party public cloud and private networks, offers a platform for cloud-enabling third-party applications, and provides visibility into application performance to optimize the user experience. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Dell Desktop Virtualization/Cloud-Client Computing: The Office of the FutureKen Kelleher - Channel Sales Manager, Cloud-Client Computing Dell cloud client-computing lets any user access any application on any device — personal or corporate-owned — while keeping your organization’s systems and data secure, manageable and reliable. Dell offers a complete spectrum of virtual desktop solution and service delivery models including both pre-configured and customizable options, hosted and managed services offerings, and subscription-based Dell cloud desktop-as-a service. Dell’s partnership with Whitehat Virtual Technologies leverages Whitehats outstanding services delivery capabilities to help you transform your IT landscape by helping you understand the implications of new technologies through workshops and assess your infrastructure to identify opportunities for improvement. Dell and Whitehat can work together with you to design a customized plan to address your organization’s specific needs and implement solutions that help your business grow and thrive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Dell Enterprise Mobility: Sonic Wall, KACE and EMM: Dell's Winning Combination for Securing and Managing Any Endpoint!Jason Moody - Enterprise Solutions Specialist, Dell EMThis session will discuss the state of IT mobility and BYOD today and in the future. Mobility models in the workplace currently are grouped by end user type, LOB, and IT. We will then describe Dell’s vision of Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) and how they affect management, infrastructure, applications, and security. This will lead to how you can provide security across your enterprise. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Dell Storage: Increasing Your Application Performance by Bringing Data Closer to the CPURichard Percaccio - Channel Storage Executive Briggs Horne -Sr. Storage Enginee During this presentation you will learn how DELL is bringing customer data closer to the CPU in order to increase your application performance. Dell is challenging traditional storage architectures with solutions such a server side caching, flash and hybrid arrays as well as a recently announced partnership with Nutanix. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Dell Networking: Complete Networking Solutions at a Price You Can AffordMark Ferro - Channel Solutions Executive Dan Garbacz - Channel Sales Enginee You don’t have to go to Cisco to find a complete, enterprise ready array of networking solutions anymore, and that means you can save lots of money. Dell has a robust line of:
This session will give you a comprehensive overview of all these solution. Come and see what you have been missing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Goliath Technologies: Proactive IT Operations-On Premise or in the CloudBill Karounos - VP, Technical Operations Where is it written that IT operations must be reactive? Join Bill as he describes how Goliath Technologies Performance monitoring, analysis, reporting and remediation tools allow administrators to be proactive in today’s hybrid virtual desktop, virtual server and physical infrastructure whether on premise or in the cloud. Learn how Proactive is possible.
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RES Software: Bridging the Gap for Better IT ServicesTrey McGlaun - Solutions Architect RES Software transforms the way users consume IT services through proactive, secure and on-demand delivery and return of IT services, with a great user experience. Now, IT can be seen as a trusted provider of IT services that allows IT to shift its focus from fighting fires to strategic projects that support the business. For the business, users finally get the great IT experience they want and expect from an agile IT department that is aligned with their needs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
NVIDIA: Optimal VDI Experience with NVIDIA GRID virtual GPU TechnologyEric Anthony Puccio - GRID Sr. Business Development Manager Luke Wignall - GRID Sr. Solution Architec Users of VDI demand a like-local experience. With NVIDIA GRID technology, you can now deliver 2D, 3D and multi-media content within a VDI desktop and deliver a visually stunning experience to all. You can have your cake and eat it too! Join us to see how NVIDIA is changing the game in VDI. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
AppSense: Workspace Management and the User ExperienceJosh Donelson - Pre-Sales Manager See how AppSense can provide you with a platform for managing the User Experience in your ever changing desktop and application workspace. This strategic advantage enables effortless on-time, lower cost OS migrations, simplifies and streamlines hardware refreshes, and drives increased adoption rates for desktop transformation initiatives. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Atlantis Computing: ILIO and USX-- All Flash Performance at Half the CostGreg Dietrich - Sr. Solution Architec Atlantis USX™ is a software-defined storage solution that recently won Best of VMworld 2014 Gold Award in the Storage & Backup Category. With Atlantis USX, enterprises can Pool any SAN, NAS or DAS storage and accelerate its performance by up to 10 times, while at the same time consolidating storage to increase storage capacity by up to 10 times. End result, All-Flash Performance at Half the Cost of SAN! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
VMware: Horizon 6 VIEW is Ready for Prime TimeTom Baella - End-User Computing Specialist Extend the power of virtualization from the data center to devices. VMware® Horizon™ 6 delivers virtualized or remote desktops and applications through a single platform to end users. These desktop and application services—including RDS hosted apps, packaged apps with VMware ThinApp®, SaaS apps, and even virtualized apps from Citrix— can all be accessed from one unified workspace across devices, locations, media and connections. Leveraging closed loop management and optimized for the software - defined data center, Horizon 6 helps IT control, manage and protect all of the Windows resources end users want, at the speed they expect, with the efficiency business demands. This session will provide the latest updates and a description on this solution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
Microsoft: Microsoft Cloud OS is the Basis for a Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
Gary Geddes-CISSP, ITIL v3 - Data Center Solutions Specialis Whether you want to virtualize workloads, build a private cloud, scale your services through a public cloud, or combine all three, Microsoft’s Cloud OS - built on Windows Server, System Center, and Azure - can help you better manage resources and offer IT as a service. Cloud computing offers great benefits such as increased scale, flexibility and lower costs. However, all that is called cloud may not be cloud, and not all cloud vendors are alike. Come to this session to learn how the Microsoft Cloud OS can provide a true Hybrid Cloud capability for your organization.
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