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Tuesday
1 December 2015
30 November 2015
Agenda at a Glance
Agenda as of 18 August 2015, and subject to change.
During the event, please refer to the printed Agenda or the Gartner Events mobile app for complete, up to the minute session information.
07:30 – 20:00
Registration, Information and Refreshments
08:00 – 08:45
Tutorial: Getting to Know Gartner Nathan Hill and Andrew Butler
09:00 – 09:15
Summit Opening and Welcome Presentation Nathan Hill and Andrew Butler
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09:15 – 10:00
Gartner Opening Keynote: Top 10 impacts of Bimodal IT on Infrastructure and Operations Milind Govekar 10:00 – 10:45
Guest Keynote: The Bimodal Strategy to Winning Michael Johnson, Four-time Olympic Gold Medallist and Sprinting Legend 10:45 – 11:15
Refreshment Break in Solution Showcase
Tracks
A.Creating and Sustaining an
Agile Infrastructure
B.Achieving IT Operations
Excellence in a Fast Moving
World
C.Navigating the Journey to
Cloud-delivered Services
D.Data Center Modernization:
Staying Nimble in Chaotic
Times
E.Technologies that Power the
Digital Enterprise
11:15 – 12:00
Building an Agile Infrastructure —
Whether You Own it or Not
Thomas Bittman
Enabling Continuous Improvement
via the ‘Antifragile Infrastructure’
Ian Head Driving New Colocation Models to
Enable Digital Business Tiny Haynes The Impact of the Internet of Things
(IoT) on Data Centers David Cappuccio
The Server Scenario: How the
Server Market is Being Shaped by
Macro, Technology and Vendor
Related Trends Carl Claunch 12:00 – 13:15
Lunch in the Solution Showcase
13:15 – 13:45
Solution Provider Sessions
14:00 – 14:45
The Future of Hyperconvergence
and its Impact in the Data Center
Andrew Butler and Errol Rasit 15:00 – 15:30
Solution Provider Sessions
15:30 – 16:00
Refreshment Break in Solution Showcase
16:00 – 16:30
Case Study: How to Transform the
Vendor/Client Relationship – The
Airbus Experience Peter Radig
Vice President, Head of Hosting Services,
Airbus Operations GmbH
16:45 – 17:15
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12:10 – 12:30 Magic Quadrant for Backup Technologies Robert Rhame
Creating a Vision for your IT
Infrastructure, Operations and Data
Center John Rivard G
How to Create a Mobile Strategy
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Michael Disabato Case Study: How to Optimize
Business Operations Through
Automation to Deliver Business
Value Stefanie Seidl-Walz, Director
Projects and Programs, Global Brands –
Digital Experience, adidas Group
Case Study: How to Reset I&O
Leaders Approach on why Cloud,
why Now? Ben Naylor,
Regional IT Technology Manager,
Belron International Ltd
Case Study: How to Modernize
Your Data Center to Achieve
Bimodal Capabilities Mike Cashin, IT Operations Manager,
United Utilities
Case Study
To the Point: Data Center
Transformation for a Modern
Information Infrastructure
Donald Feinberg To the Point: Predicting Service
Outages Chris Matchett To the Point: New WAN
Architectures to Support Cloud
Neil Rickard To the Point: The Impact of
Technology Trends on Data Center
Facilities Rakesh Kumar
To the Point: Modernizing Backup
Strategy in an Era of Cloud and Big
Data Robert Rhame 17:30 – 18:00
To the Point: Mastering the Risks
and the Realities of Software
Defined Everything (SDx)
Milind Govekar and Philip Dawson To the Point: Cloud SaaS — Data
Asset Security? Brian Lowans To the Point: How to Select and
Deploy Cloud Services in Europe
Tiny Haynes To the Point: Achieving IT Service
Continuity in the Digital Business
Carl Claunch To the Point: Debunking the Myths
of Open Source Storage Valdis Filks 18:15 – 20:00
Networking Reception in the Solution Showcase
08:00 – 17:15
Registration
08:30 – 09:15
Gartner Keynote: The Journey to a ‘Best-in-Class Enterprise-Defined Data Center’ Starts Now Thomas Bittman and David Cappuccio 09:15 – 10:00
Guest Keynote: After the Storm The Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable, Ex-UK Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills G
10:00 – 10:30
Refreshment Break in Solution Showcase
10:30 – 11:15
The Impact of New Technology
Trends on ERP Infrastructure
Donald Feinberg and Philip Dawson
11:30 – 12:00
Solution Provider Sessions
12:00 – 13:15
Lunch in the Solution Showcase
13:15 – 14:00
Applying a Bimodal Approach to
End-User Computing Federica Troni
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Solution Provider Sessions
15:00 – 15:30
Case Study
The IT Operations Scenario:
Embracing an Unpredictable Future
Chris Matchett Making Private and Hybrid Cloud
Work Thomas Bittman Capacity Management: Creating
and Governing This Key Process
Ian Head Best Practices for Cloud Service
Governance and Management
Milind Govekar Case Study
Refreshment Break in Solution Showcase
To the Point: Secure the Digital
Business by Revamping Your
Identity Security Strategy Robert Smith H
To the Point: Fundamental
Principles of Software Asset
Management Victoria Barber To the Point: How Will the Data
Center Workforce Evolve in the Age
of Cloud and Bi-Modal IT? Bob Gill G
To the Point: Getting Top
Performance out of your
Understaffed IT Service Desk
Chris Matchett 17:15
14:00 – 15:00 Roundtable: What's
Really Happening in the Data
Center Network? Neil Rickard 16:00 – 17:00 Roundtable:
Planning, Sourcing, and
Implementing Colocation
Bob Gill 14:00 – 15:30 Workshop: How do
you Maximize the Business Value
From Your SAP Investment?
Derek Prior and Donald Feinberg Case Study
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16:00 – 17:30 Workshop:
The Digital Workforce
Transformation — How do we get
There? John Rivard G
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How to Run a Data Center
Optimised for the Digital World
Rakesh Kumar F G
Who is Driving Your Software Defined
Networking (SDN) Strategy — You or
Your Vendor? Neil Rickard How to Reduce IT Costs to Spend
More Where IT Matters Most
Nathan Hill F
How Will Bi-Modal IT Impact the
Storage Market Valdis Filks Case Study: How Amadeus
Successfully Mastered its Bi-Modal
Challenge: Value Chain. People.
Leadership Dr. Udo Seidel,
Digital Evangelist and Chief Architect,
Amadeus Data Processing GmbH
Case Study
To the Point: Success by Design
— Planning Cloud Migration and/or
Exit Strategies Tiny Haynes To the Point: The Gartner Hype
Cycle for Data Center Power,
Cooling and Facilities David Cappuccio To the Point: Introducing the
Modular Server Magic Quadrant
Errol Rasit and Carl Claunch To the Point: What Every I&O
Leader Should Know About
Containers Thomas Bittman To the Point: Facts and Myths
About Strategies to Reduce EndUser Computing Costs Federica Troni F H
To the Point: Magic Quadrant for
Data Center Networking
Neil Rickard Agenda Tracks
A. Creating and Sustaining an Agile Infrastructure
The pressure to deliver business solutions more quickly
to market, and I&O’s role supporting that, has never
been greater. This track helps I&O leaders optimize their
data center strategies and evolve to become a valued
strategic partner to the business and meet the needs of
external customers.
B. Achieving IT Operations Excellence in a FastMoving World
IT operations management works “behind the curtain”
in many IT organizations, ensuring that infrastructure
components are operational, business applications
remain available and users are satisfied. This track
guides I&O leaders through new ways of evaluating and
investing in technology, maturity, process improvement
and IT service management.
C. Navigating the Journey to Cloud-Delivered Services
Cloud computing is now a mainstream component of
enterprise IT, but confusion over it still runs rampant.
This track helps attendees build and progress their cloud
strategy as they move toward a digital business.
D. Data Center Modernization: Staying Agile in
Chaotic Times
The value proposition of the traditional data center is
undergoing increased scrutiny. This track helps define
the path data center managers must chart — both
near- and longer-term — to drive forward initiatives for
cost optimization and facilities planning.
E. Technologies that Power the Digital Enterprise
In order to power the move to digital business, enterprises
need to adopt technologies that enable new ways of
working, evolving end-user facing services such as client
computing and embracing systems that enable mobility.
This track will focus on how with smart planning and
investment in novel technologies, enterprises can improve
their business agility and deliver effective services while
keeping cost and risk under control.
10:15 – 11:15 Roundtable:
Executing Your Mobile Strategy:
Getting Past Email Michael Disabato
and Robert Smith H
12:10 – 12:30 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Based Storage Valdis Filks
16:00 – 16:30
Workshops
15:35 – 15:55 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Tiny Haynes
How to Develop and Implement
DevOps Processes Ian Head 15:30 – 16:00
16:45 – 17:15
Analyst-User Roundtables
12:45 – 13:45 Roundtable:
Reasons Private Clouds Are Failing,
and How to Succeed Thomas Bittman What Goes Where, and When?
Creating the Right Cloud Strategy
Bob Gill 14:15 – 14:45
EARLY-BIRD
Discount
13:00 – 14:00 Roundtable:
Who is Doing What in ‘Software
Defined Anything’ World? Philip Dawson 10:30 – 12:00 Workshop: Managing
Software Vendor Audits to Minimise
Financial and Operational
Risk Victoria Barber F
12:45 – 14:15 Workshop: What is
Your Enterprise Personality and How
Can you Use it to Improve I&O
Sourcing Relationships and
Decision Making? Errol Rasit Agenda Key
Maturity Level
Foundational: Offers the necessary understanding
and first steps to those in the early stages of
initiatives
Advanced: Uses complex concepts requiring
foundational knowledge and prior experience to
take initiatives to the next level
Focus
Tactical: Provides tactical information that can be
used straightaway, with a focus on how-to’s, do’s
and don’ts and best practices
15:45 – 16:45 Roundtable:
DevOps Lessons Learned
Ian Head 15:45 – 17:15 Workshop:
How to Best Demonstrate IT Value
and Defend Your IT Budget
Sanil Solanki F
Strategic: Focuses on the strategic insight
supporting the development and implementation of
an action plan
F Virtual Track: Cost and Value Optimization
G Virtual Track: IT Leadership
H Virtual Track: Mobility
Summit Close
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