"ROI”, “cooling”, “ flexibility”, “ protection” ....  The  drivers facing IT departments are increasingly challenging.  So the availability of first class data centre facilities providing responsive, reliable and flexible services whether in-house or through external partners is an increasingly important element in the mix.  But what makes for excellence in the data centre and what should you consider when deciding on data centre investments ?

We've assembled a range of industry experts to explore current data centre developments and discuss the issues, with break out sessions to unpick these in more detail.

Who should attend : This is for you if you have responsibility for running effective data centres, or procuring competitive and professional data centre services

Our speakers include industry experts from Google, Keysource and Microsoft, with breakout sessions being led by Internet for Business, Lumison, Iomart, McGrigors, Computacenter, Onyx Group and brightsolid.

Keynote Speakers:

Mike West, MD, Keysource
Alfred Biehler, Enterprise Channel Manager, Google UK Ltd
Ray Pinto, Director Environmental Policy, Microsoft EMEA

Agenda:

1.30 - 2.00 pm Registration

2.00 - 3.15 Plenary Session
Mike West, KeySource
Alfred Biehler, Google UK
Ray Pinto, Microsoft

3.15 - 3.45 Coffee Break

3.45 - 5.30 Break out sessions

Business Stream

• Sharing your Data Centre

• Protecting your Data

Technology Stream

• Really Cool DCs

• DC Optimisation

5.30 - 7.00pm Refreshments and networking (Wine and finger buffet)