It’s no surprise that IT infrastructure and operations professionals are busy – they’re responsible for building, managing and protecting the critical systems that keep their business running; thus consuming most (if not all) of their time. Yet, IT is under the gun to deliver services faster than ever before – and at better performance and service levels. Failure is simply not an option, as they run the risk of end users going behind their backs, circumventing corporate IT in favor of cloud services. So how do today’s IT pros avoid falling behind the changing marketplace while still keeping their operation intact? We’ve developed a comprehensive, half-day event with two of the field’s top independent experts – Scott Lowe and Michael Cote – designed specifically to help today’s busiest IT professionals keep pace with business demands.

Configuring storage to support the new server infrastructure has gotten tougher – making it more and more difficult for IT shops to reap the full benefits of virtualization. While networked storage is an essential piece of a virtualized infrastructure, most traditional storage systems are ill-equipped to deal with the fluctuating throughput, highly random writes/reads, high IOPs demands and latency issues common to virtualization. At our newest half-day seminar, independent expert Howard Marks – an industry leader with over 30 years of hands-on experience – uncovers best practices for optimizing storage configuration for the virtual environment.

The future of desktop delivery is here now. But you still have to design it right.

VDI has been on everyone’s hot list for almost ten years, but it’s only now that we’re seeing the breakthroughs that make it possible, and affordable. In just this past year alone, two major game changing technologies have come to light, including support for GPUs and high quality graphics in VDI alongside low-cost storage systems that support persistent desktops. You’ll learn how to make your VDI implementation a reality with today’s newest technologies and proven techniques for any environment.

This seminar breaks down the vendor-driven converged infrastructure hype by evaluating the viability of this data center design strategy, the value it can bring your business, and the key steps to take should this converged approach be the appropriate path for your organization.

This seminar examines the vendor-driven cloud hype so you can decipher fact from fiction to get the most from your investments.  Also, explore how converging IT resources can fill in the holes left by the cloud to help you minimize your data center footprint and centralize management.

This exclusive seminar examines the traditional PC refresh model and reveals why refreshing now can streamline the process of delivering an increasing array of applications to your users, regardless of device or location.

They say that every great journey begins with a single step – nowhere is that more true than with public cloud. As IT pros map out their plans for 2014, the benefits of the cloud just simply can’t be overlooked. Guest expert Robert Green – 15 year veteran in the technology and management field, including 5+ years as Chief Architect in cloud consulting – helps you identify the most promising use cases for cloud and reveals how to realistically evaluate cloud costs as compared with a traditional on-premise infrastructure. Whether you’re already up and running in the cloud and want to sanity check your current initiatives and go-forward plans for the next 6 months, or even if you’re just getting your feet wet, view our complete event agenda for this essential event that arrives right in your own backyard.