Media Alert: Gartner Announces Data Center Conference 2010

Gartner, Inc.:

When: December 6-9, 2010

Where: Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV.

For complete event details, please visit the Gartner Data Center Conference web site at www.gartner.com/us/datacenter.

Members of the media can register for the event by contacting Christy Pettey at christy.pettey@gartner.com.

Details: The Gartner Data Center Conference delivers tactics and strategies to address the hottest issues: next-stage virtualization, the impact of cloud computing, best practices in cost optimization, managing escalating energy costs, the aging infrastructure, and more.

This year’s conference delivers a wealth of strategic guidance and tactical recommendations on key topics including:

• Virtualization: It's the most important and impactful trend in infrastructure and operations through 2012. Get ready to take it to the next level with best practices focused on disaster recovery, flexibility, agility and more.
• Cloud Computing: What should you be doing about cloud right now? Learn what's practical and possible in the short term as you separate market hype from reality.
• New Business Initiatives: See how to lower the costs of maintaining legacy workloads and channel precious budget dollars toward funding and supporting 2011's new business initiatives.

Plus, dedicated tracks on storage technologies and architectures, business continuity management, servers and operating systems, IT operations excellence, and data center modernization strategies.

Keynotes:

*Mazen Rawashdeh, Vice president of Technology Operations, eBay Marketplaces: eBay – How One Fast Growing Company is Solving its Infrastructure and Data Center Challenges

*The Infrastructure and Operations Scenario – Crucial Trends You Need to Watch: David J. Cappuccio, Gartner Research VP

*The Virtualization Scenario: 2010 to 2015: Philip Dawson, Gartner Research VP & Raymond Paquet, Gartner Managing VP

*Cloud Computing: Riding Out the Storm: Tom Bittman, Gartner VP & Distinguished Analyst

*The Wit and Wisdom of Dave Barry, Humorist and Author

And in a special keynote session at the end of the event, Gartner analysts will reveal the results from real-time interactive polling that is done during the conference. This session sorts through the results of hundreds of polling question asked to highlight the most interesting and significant findings, in near real time, that should be part of very attendee’s trip report.

The latest data center technologies will be demonstrated by the more than 100 companies that will be exhibiting at the conference. A listing of current sponsors is available on the Exhibitor Directory at http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/exhibitor_directory.jsp.

Get connected with other Data Center professionals by joining the Gartner Data Center Conference LinkedIn Group at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=2305712&trk=anet_ug_grppro.

Additional information from the event will be shared on Twitter at http://twitter.com/Gartner_inc and using #GartnerDC.

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