Infrastructure Optimization and Planning Best Practices 2009: Doing more with less without sacrificing storage, system or network capabilities

Your data, servers, storage, systems and mission-critical applications don’t care about the state of the economy.

But your bosses do. So you’re charged with reducing overhead and managing your IT infrastructure with less budget, fewer people and limited resources. But you can’t afford downtime, and you can’t sacrifice performance or capacity. And you know that physical consolidation alone isn’t enough. So what else can you do?

This free seminar may be the most valuable half-day you spend out of the office this year. Join independent storage and IT efficiency expert Greg Schulz and technology experts from CDW and its partners to get rock-solid, tactical tips and strategic advice on ways to optimize your infrastructure to support near-term growth and long-term scalability and performance.

To reserve your seat, apply online or call Delegate Relations Manager Jen Tobin at (781) 657-1329.

Your Peers Have Spoken…

In the first half of the year, over 400+ IT pros in attendance have rated keynote speaker Greg Schulz’s presentation ‘excellent’. Walk away from this seminar with concrete tactics focusing on where and how to optimize – and find out why your peers are saying things like…

 “Clear presentation, very informative, extremely knowledgeable of optimization to improve the budget while keeping the data flowing -- which keeps management happy.”

 “Smart, very informative with great new ideas and concepts”

 “Greg did an excellent job in addressing all of the key topics and strategies which have been implemented or is in the process of being implemented at my organization.”

 “I liked the "selling strategy" for gaining funding from upper management.”

 “Upbeat, interesting, power packed presentation”

 “One of the best presentations that I've witnessed at a seminar”

 

About this Seminar

Even in the best of times, IT is asked to do more with less. So in a down economy, you can expect budget cuts, fewer resources and intensified scrutiny over proposed new projects and technology deployments. But quality of service, performance and availability can’t suffer – while more data needs to be processed and stored for business sustainability. When these realities collide, the result is decisions being made for you that you don’t see as being rational or informed.

So you can start with the use of virtualization for consolidation, but that isn’t enough. This seminar covers ways to optimize your infrastructure to boost productivity, business agility and survivability while stretching your IT budget dollar and staffing capabilities. You’ll walk away with ideas and tips that will not only help you survive the current economic instability, but will help you gain competitive advantages in the short term – and when the economy turns around.

Get tips and advice on ways to increase performance in areas such as:

• Optimizing servers that can’t be consolidated to boost productivity
• Virtualization benefits beyond consolidation to support business agility
• Technology investments that make sense now and for the future
• Convincing management to green light important projects
• Infrastructure management, floor space and heating and cooling tips
• Managing people and processes to add efficiencies
• Streamlining backup operations
• What can be automated that isn’t already?
• Managing data growth with flat resources
• Data management for more efficient utilization
• Streamlining operations without cutting corners

If you manage servers, storage, the data center, systems or networks, this seminar is your survival guide for 2009. Seats for this seminar are guaranteed to be claimed quickly, so act today by calling Jen Tobin at (781) 657-1329 or apply online.

About Greg Schulz

Founder, Sr. Consulting Analyst, The StorageIO Group

As founder of the IT industry analyst and consultancy firm StorageIO (www.storageio.com), Mr. Schulz has worked as a programmer, systems administrator, disaster recovery consultant, and capacity planner for various IT organizations. He has worked for several vendors before joining an industry analyst firm and later forming StorageIO. In addition to his analyst and research duties, Greg is a prolific writer, blogger, and sought after speaker appearing regularly at venues around the world. Greg is author of the books "The Green and Virtual Data Center” (Auerbach) and "Resilient Storage Networks (Elsevier)". Learn more at www.thegreenandvirtualdatacenter.com.

 

About CDW

CDW provides virtualization solutions that reclaim real estate, reduce operating expenses, simplify management and improve availability. Best of all, it's delivered by CDW's dedicated teams of server and storage specialists. CDW, ranked No. 39 on Forbes' list of America's Largest Private Companies, is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government and education and was founded in 1984. For more information, visit CDW.com.

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