Storage Decisions Chicago 2013 spans 2 days – Tuesday, June 11 & Wednesday, June 12 – and will host over 250 IT professionals at downtown Chicago’s Westin Michigan Avenue Hotel. With over 15 technical sessions, the program tackles today’s biggest storage topics, system challenges and technologies. Plus, every presentation is delivered by one of 7 independent experts, including: Jon Toigo, Curtis Preston (“Mr. Backup”), Marc Staimer, Howard Marks, Dennis Martin, Ben Woo and Phil Goodwin.

Attending Storage Decisions is like money in your pocket. Your organization wins and you win. With FREE registration, access to today’s top independent experts and reps from 20+ tech vendors – we’ll save you time, money and countless headaches by fulfilling your research needs in just one place – covering everything from storage networking for virtual environments, the state of NAS, what’s new in SSD, backup and recovery, LFTS, cloud services, converged systems and alternative storage architectures to support growing data demands.

Storage Decisions New York is our flagship event, bringing together over 500 end-users, independent experts, analysts and top solution providers to engage in thought-provoking presentations, interactive networking opportunities, and sponsor showcases featuring the latest trends and technologies impacting the storage industry. This 2-day conference is the only place you can find the industry’s foremost independent experts – and the most qualified group of storage professionals – under one roof!

This year we’ll be celebrating 13 years of providing independent and actionable advice to storage-focused IT pros. Attending is like money in your pocket. Your organization wins and you win. With FREE registration, access to today’s top independent experts and reps from 30+ tech vendors – we’ll save you time, money and countless headaches by fulfilling your research needs in just one place.

Storage Decisions San Francisco brings together 200 of your storage peers from the San Francisco bay-area, along with the industry’s top independent experts, analysts and several of the top storage vendors to provide cutting-edge perspective and un-paralleled advice for meeting the storage demands of today’s ever-changing business environment.

This event combines the multi-track content of a full conference with innovative vendor showcases and interactive sessions, resulting in 1 jam-packed day of expert content and quality networking time. Attending is like money in your pocket. Your organization wins and you win. With FREE registration, access to today’s top independent experts and reps from 30+ tech vendors – we’ll save you time, money and countless headaches by fulfilling your research needs in just one place.

BriForum is the only technical event that is 100% dedicated to desktop virtualization, VDI, application virtualization, Remote Desktop Services, and the consumerization of IT. This is your exclusive opportunity to participate in 40+ technical breakout sessions led by expert speakers who provide the most independent, advanced, technical information and best practices around this constantly evolving space. Top-notch industry analysts, bloggers and best-selling authors will tackle these issues and technologies head on and offer the latest tips, tricks, and verified techniques that can be applied immediately within your organization. They talk honestly and openly about technical challenges they have faced, how they solved them, what works and what does not work. This unique event is coming back in 2013 to London and Chicago! Vist our website for more information about what to expect.

Coming to 23 cities across the globe this year, independent industry experts will guide you through proven ways to deal with Windows apps and desktops in a world of tablets, BYO, and web. Spend just a few hours out of the office to take advantage of a live Q&A, peer networking opportunities and tons of valuable information regarding how to effectively manage your users’ desktops in the consumerization era.

In response to rising server and desktop virtualization adoption rates – we have developed this seminar to help IT pros like you overcome the many challenges of configuring storage for virtual servers and desktops - and to help make the evaluation and implementation of storage products easier on you and your budget. Our keynote speaker, Howard Marks discusses the complications virtualization presents for storage management and the new processes, tools and technologies you can use to overcome these challenges – and all around enhance the capabilities of virtualization in your IT shop.

During this complimentary half-day event, independent experts, Brian Madden and Jack Madden, examine IT consumerization trends – “BYOD”, mobile device management (MDM), etc. – and explore how technologies like desktop virtualization, MDM software, cloud computing and others can help you regain control of IT. When you leave this exclusive seminar, you’ll understand what the consumerization of IT really is and what steps you need to take to address it in your organization.