Dell Booth Presentation Schedule
Below is a schedule of in booth presentations (subject to change)
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Wednesday, May 8 | Wednesday Show Hours: 10:30a - 6:00p | |||
10:45a | Mik Lernout | AppsBPO | Application modernization: reducing cost, enabling agility and developing understanding | Legacy applications are a key driver in increasing operational costs and can limit the ability for IT enable new business initiatives. Dell Application Modernization services help you move legacy applications to the cloud. The result – you’ll reduce costs, enhance business agility and adopt technologies such as mobile and big data. |
11:15a | Nikul Sheth or | DellNetworking | LAN & SAN Convergence with Dell Networking S5000 | Maximize efficiency in your data center network while advancing your critical networking initiatives. Dell delivers a welcome alternative to oversized, expensive network platforms, putting within reach of data centers of all sizes the flexible, simple, future-proof technology needed to drive innovations enabled by LAN/SAN convergence. Learn how first-of-its-kind technology from Dell can help you simplify migration from 1 to 10GbE and FC to FCoE—with only a single RU space requirement—as well as how our flat, fast next generation architectures can help you meet today’s needs while building a scalable foundation for tomorrow’s growth in virtualized data centers and private clouds. |
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11:45p | Preethy Padmanabhan | DellWyse | Simple, Cost Effective, high performing solutions for virtualization | WSM starter kit provides a cost-effective, Plug n Play, high performance desktop and application virtualization solution with 3 virtual desktops, expandable up to 12 for a Proof of Concept (PoC). |
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12:15p | Michael Elliott | DellCloud | Hybrid Clouds in the Data Center - The End State | |
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12:45p | Michael Foreman | Quest | Foglight NMS | Today’s network infrastructure is becoming more and more complex, while demands on the Network Administrator to ensure network availability and performance are higher than ever. Foglight NMS helps you visualize, analyze and optimize your entire network infrastructure easily. You can easily discover, map, and monitor network components in disparate locations across the globe. Ensure your network’s performance and availability with actionable insights that help detect, diagnose and resolve potential issues anywhere in the stack. |
1:15p | Kamesh Pemmaraju | ESGDataInsights | SDN and OpenStack: Shaping the Future of Cloud Networking Innovation | Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a hotbed of activity with companies tackling the largely unsolved problem of large-scale network virtualization in cloud deployments. OpenStack Quantum provides the foundational interfaces to bring SDN technologies to OpenStack environments. The goal is to free applications from being aware of specific networking details while reducing operational costs for managing the switching fabric in cloud and mobile computing. |
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1:45p | Rafael Zamora introducing Dr. Shen, Cloudmosa | ESGCloud | Accelerating the Web Experience | Dell customer, CloudMosa, faced a challenge when they needed a scalable, highly efficient computing infrastructure to provide cloud-based processing power for its Puffin mobile web browser. After collaborating on options available, CloudMosa founder, Dr. Shioupyn Shen, worked with Dell to deploy Dell™ PowerEdge™ C5220 microservers, equipped with Samsung memory and storage, in a colocation data center. |
2:15p | Suresh Katukam | DellNetworking | Dell Mobility Solutions | As smartphone and tablet ownership and usage grow, individuals are bringing personal devices into the workplace. Users are demanding seamless application experience on their own devices. Dell is announcing two key new products – 7200 controller and ClearPasss olution – that address BYOD challenges and provide seamless application experience for all users. |
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2:45p | Ken Drachnik | DellKACE | BYOD is Becoming A Reality - Are You Ready? | Mobile device proliferation poses new challenges–enforcing security policies, maintaining accurate inventory and ensuring controlled access to corporate applications and content. The Dell KACE K3000 Mobile Management Appliance offers management of iOS and Android-based devices, either stand alone or as an extension of existing systems management with the K1000 Appliance. |
3:15p | Dmitriy Ayrapetov | DellSonicWALL | Dell SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewalls – No tradeoff required | Dell™ SonicWALL™ Next-Generation Firewalls don’t force your customers into a trade-off so they can be secure and productive without compromising network performance. We use the same architecture found in our flagship SuperMassive Series, developed for the most demanding carriers and enterprises, in virtually every Dell SonicWALL firewall while also delivering our acclaimed ease of use and high value. |
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3:45p | Kamesh Pemmaraju | ESG | OpenStack Wicked Easy Ceph Block Storage & OpenStack Deployment with Crowbar | Hear how OpenStack users address storage deployment challenges with important considerations when selecting a cloud storage system. |
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| • Overview of the Inktank Ceph architecture with unique features and benefits for a transformational open source storage solution fully integrated into OpenStack providing scalable storage using commodity servers | |
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| • Overview of Dell Crowbar and how it can automate and simplify Ceph/OpenStack deployments | |
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| • Best practices with Ceph and OpenStack for a cloud that is tightly integrated and cost-optimized | |
4:15p | Kevin Burchett | DDPE | Removing the complexity of keeping your DATA protected. | The evolving landscape of BYOD is creating a new security equilibrium. This new equilibrium is giving rise to a new mandate: to protect end user data across its entire lifecycle. Organizations need to be vigilant about how data travels from PC to mobile devices and to the cloud, and implement an adaptable platform to secure data at each endpoint - all while complying with state, federal and international laws around data protection. Come learn how Dell Data Protection | Encryption can deliver connected security that relies on context-aware and predictive intelligence that works with your enterprise. |
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4:45p | Art Fewell or Mahesh Natarajan | DellNetworking | Transform your Data Center with efficient Fabric solutions | Dell’s innovative fabric solutions can reduce costs by up to 59% and consume up to 77% less power than competing approaches, providing you a cost-effective, high-performance modern network architecture that takes advantage of today’s technology and offers an easily scalable path for future growth. In addition, find out how you can reduce fabric deployment time by up to 86% with unique, first-of-its kind software from Dell that automates the tasks associated with planning, designing, building and monitoring fabrics. The first 25 attendees will receive a FREE evaluation copy of Active Fabric Manager. |
5:15p | Dan O'Farrrell | ClientComputing | Powerful, Secure Desktops from the Cloud | Dell Cloud Client Computing end-to-end desktop virtualization story with a slight bit of emphasis on WSM since that’s what we’ll be demonstrating at our pod |
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Thursday, May 9 | Thursday Show Hours: 10:30a - 6:00p | |||
10:45a | Preethy Padmanabhan | DellWyse | Simple, Cost Effective, high performing solutions for virtualization | WSM starter kit provides a cost-effective, Plug n Play, high performance desktop and application virtualization solution with 3 virtual desktops, expandable up to 12 for a Proof of Concept (PoC). |
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11:15a | Art Fewell or Mahesh Natarajan | DellNetworking | Transform your Data Center with Active Fabric | Dell’s innovative fabric solutions can reduce costs by up to 59% and consume up to 77% less power than competing approaches, providing you a cost-effective, high-performance modern network architecture that takes advantage of today’s technology and offers an easily scalable path for future growth. In addition, find out how you can reduce fabric deployment time by up to 86% with unique, first-of-its kind software from Dell that automates the tasks associated with planning, designing, building and monitoring fabrics. The first 25 attendees will receive a FREE evaluation copy of Active Fabric Manager. |
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11:45p | Suresh Katukam | Dell Networking | Dell Mobility Solutions | As smartphone and tablet ownership and usage grow, individuals are bringing personal devices into the workplace. Users are demanding seamless application experience on their own devices. Dell is announcing two key new products – 7200 controller and ClearPasss olution – that address BYOD challenges and provide seamless application experience for all users. |
12:15p | Brandon Draeger | BigDataSolutions | Hadoop for OpenStack Log Analysis | Let’s discuss Hadoop for OpenStack log analysis! Hadoop can support operational monitoring, troubleshooting, and capacity planning in a consistent and open way. We’ll share the work we’ve started, and lead an interactive discussion of different approaches already in play. Our goal is to collaborate on the best patterns for different deployment environments. |
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1:15p | Kevin Burchett | DDPE | Removing the complexity of keeping your DATA protected. | The evolving landscape of BYOD is creating a new security equilibrium. This new equilibrium is giving rise to a new mandate: to protect end user data across its entire lifecycle. Organizations need to be vigilant about how data travels from PC to mobile devices and to the cloud, and implement an adaptable platform to secure data at each endpoint - all while complying with state, federal and international laws around data protection. Come learn how Dell Data Protection | Encryption can deliver connected security that relies on context-aware and predictive intelligence that works with your enterprise. |
1:45p | Nikul Sheth or | DellNetworking | LAN & SAN Convergence with Dell Networking S5000 | Maximize efficiency in your data center network while advancing your critical networking initiatives. Dell delivers a welcome alternative to oversized, expensive network platforms, putting within reach of data centers of all sizes the flexible, simple, future-proof technology needed to drive innovations enabled by LAN/SAN convergence. Learn how first-of-its-kind technology from Dell can help you simplify migration from 1 to 10GbE and FC to FCoE—with only a single RU space requirement—as well as how our flat, fast next generation architectures can help you meet today’s needs while building a scalable foundation for tomorrow’s growth in virtualized data centers and private clouds. |
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2:15p | Joseph George and Brandon Draeger | ESG | IT Operations needs an Industrial Revolution | TITLE: IT Operations needs an Industrial RevolutionNew applications and cloud deployment models have led to operators being responsible for more infrastructure. “Manual production” in IT operations is no longer sustainable. Introducing the Crowbar Project, an effort to build a complete, easy to use operational platform where physical nodes go from bare-metal to a production cluster within hours. Applications include Hadoop and OpenStack. |
2:45p | Ken Drachnik | DellKACE | Security Threats are Changing Every Day. Are Your Endpoints Secure? | So many devices, operating systems and remote locations. So little time. With the Dell KACE K1000 Management Appliance you can protect all your endpoints from a single console—streamlining patching, configuration and compliance, and well, your life. |
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3:15p | Dmitriy Ayrapetov | DellSonicWALL | Dell SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewalls – No tradeoff required | Dell™ SonicWALL™ Next-Generation Firewalls don’t force your customers into a trade-off so they can be secure and productive without compromising network performance. We use the same architecture found in our flagship SuperMassive Series, developed for the most demanding carriers and enterprises, in virtually every Dell SonicWALL firewall while also delivering our acclaimed ease of use and high value. |
3:45p | Kamesh Pemmaraju | ESGCloud | Lower Cost of Content Delivery Using OpenStack Clouds | Businesses are increasing challenged to deliver high volume, highly variable and static and streaming content to end users. Dell will highlight the key Content Delivery Network (CDN) use cases, customer requirements, and a complete end-to-end OpenStack-based CDN solution to addresses those challenges. |
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4:15p | Kishore Gagrani | FluidCache | Accelerate Application Performance with Dell’s Fluid Cache | This presentation describes how Dell Fluid Cache, a server-side caching solution, allows to create a large-scale, low latency cache by pooling the Dell Express Flash PCIe SSDs within a server and improve the application performance significantly in a DAS environment. It shows how Fluid Cache can easily be added and configured on top of an existing DAS solution. |
4:45p | Dan O'Farrrell | ClientComputing | Powerful, Secure Desktops from the Cloud | Dell Cloud Client Computing end-to-end desktop virtualization story with a slight bit of emphasis on WSM since that’s what we’ll be demonstrating at our pod |
5:15p | Michael Foreman | Quest | Foglight NMS | Today’s network infrastructure is becoming more and more complex, while demands on the Network Administrator to ensure network availability and performance are higher than ever. Foglight NMS helps you visualize, analyze and optimize your entire network infrastructure easily. You can easily discover, map, and monitor network components in disparate locations across the globe. Ensure your network’s performance and availability with actionable insights that help detect, diagnose and resolve potential issues anywhere in the stack. |
5:45p | GRAND PRIZE SWEEPSTAKES | |||