Increasing Resiliency and Delivering Agility
Learn from Industry Leaders IBM and Cisco how to harness the power of the ?>
Today's government data center needs to be able to respond to change as the nation readies for a new administration with new programs and priorities. IT is woven into Federal agency COOP plans and as such the data center is the information trust of every agency. Learn how the 21st Century Data Center responds to ever increasing service level requests with new levels of efficiency and contributes to meeting the evolving mission demands of federal agencies.
IBM's
- Enable a secure architecture for the data center
- Be more responsive to business needs
- Scale the
Virtualize Data Center Resources for rapid provisioning of new services
Automate the
5 Critical Issues to Discuss
- Can your Data Center support increasing demands from the evolving Federal work force?
- How automated is your Data Center?
- Is your Data Center optimized for efficiency relative to utilization and energy usage?
- How Secure is your Data Center?
- How quickly can your Data Center adapt to change and provision new services?
Who Should Attend
Federal Government IT professionals, Systems Integrators, Federal IT Managers, Systems Administrators, Network Administrators, Lines of Business Managers interested in IT service delivery, Program Managers and others involved in the deliver of IT services from the US Federal Government.
Speakers
Robert Ames, Director and Deputy CTO, IBM Federal
Robert Ames is Director and Deputy CTO of IBM Federal. Throughout his IBM career, Robert has worked with senior technical leaders from government, Federal Systems Integrators and industry partners to develop solutions that will modernize and optimize the enterprise, while bringing flexibility, agility and efficiency to the IT infrastructure. Through this work, Robert has comprehensive knowledge of the IT strategy and directions in place across government, from the DoD to the Intelligence Community and Civilian agencies. Robert is an expert in the area of Systems Virtualization, Management and Middleware, and is focused on the drive to greener IT.
Chris Wiborg, Enterprise Architecture Manager, SONA – Service-Oriented Network Architecture, Cisco
Chris Wiborg helps drive understanding and adoption of Cisco's Service-Oriented Network Architecture (SONA), with broad practical experience derived from more than 13 years as a practitioner in the IT and applications world. Most recently, Chris worked within Cisco's Applications-Oriented Networking team where he was a key contributor to initial AON product concepts, developed vertical solution architectures and established key strategic partnerships. Previously, Chris was a founding member of Cisco IT's Enterprise Architecture team while part of Cisco's internal IT Infrastructure organization. In that role, Chris led the establish¬ment of Cisco standards for enterprise-class Web services, application messaging infrastructure, and SOA best practices.
