Building Infrastructure to Enable the Digital Enterprise

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Building Infrastructure to Enable the Digital Enterprise

The leading conference for IT infrastructure & operations professionals focused on the

next generation digital infrastructure.

Growing demand from employees and customers for new application capabilities and IT services

is putting a strain on your current IT infrastructure. These systems were never designed to support

the need to access data and applications “from anywhere” and “at any time” and the constantly

evolving requirements are impacting everything in your organization’s data center environment,

from storage and servers to networking and security.

From ‘software defined’ and ‘converged infrastructure’ through to Open Stack , new and

emerging IT tools are demonstrating the potential to drive agility, efficiency and scale while third

party service providers are playing an increasingly important role, enabled by advancements in

technology and the evolution of their business models.

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Featured Speakers

David Giambruno Chief Information Officer

Tribune Media William Fellows Research Vice President

451 Research

Jonathan Reichental CIO City of Palo Alto

Al Sadowski

Building Infrastructure to Enable the Digital Enterprise

In today’s always-on, always-connected economy, every business is a digital business and every business relies on Digital Infrastructure – the backbone of the ‘digital enterprise’ that includes IT infrastructure, datacenter facilities and third party service providers.

Digital Infrastructure Summit 2015 provides senior IT Infrastructure and operations professionals with unique insight into the emerging and disruptive technologies that will impact their IT infrastructure strategy. Attending this summit will help you develop and execute your enterprise infrastructure strategy and understand the most important topics, trends and technologies from the data center core to the network edge.

The 451 Research Digital Infrastructure Summit is co-located with its sister event, the Uptime Institute Symposium. Across both events, no other destination has the capability to bring together an organization’s full Datacenter Infrastructure team from facilities through IT infrastructure to IT executives.

The agenda is driven by 451 Research analysts and complemented by a 360° perspective from industry leaders and cutting-edge providers in this field. The keynote, track and breakout sessions provide the ideal opportunity to learn about key strategies, best practices and solutions when building your organization’s Digital Infrastructure.

Summit Tracks:

• Building the on-premise foundations for Digital Infrastructure. How do you modernize existing IT infrastructure using integrated platform technologies and assess the potential of software-defined networks/storage/data centers to build the foundation for a Digital Infrastructure?

• Optimizing cloud options for your enterprise. How do you evaluate and leverage the cloud ecosystem to develop an effective hybrid strategy that matches your workloads to the right resources across public and private clouds both on premise and through outsourced data centers?

Sessions at the Digital Infrastructure Summit include:

• Leveraging the Digital Infrastructure Revolution

• Converged and Integrated Platforms: The Great Datacenter Tug o’ War

• Apps and BEVs: The Tasty Combination of New Application Architectures and Best Execution Venue

• The Software-Defined Data Center: Why, What, How and the Implications

• Uber-ing the Cloud: Taking Hybrid Cloud to the Next Level • Open Stack: Is Your Organization Ready To Adopt it? • Hybrid Cloud Security: Potential to be the Stuff of Dreams,

not Nightmares

• Enterprise Data Center Strategy: Where Are Users On Their Journey To The Cloud

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TIME ON-PREMISE FOUNDATIONS FOR DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE OPTIMIZING CLOUD OPTIONS FOR YOUR ENTERPRISE 2:00 - 7:00 PM CONVENTION CENTER LOBBY

REGISTRATION

3:30 - 5:30 PM GRAND BALLROOM F

ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS

Moderated by analysts; delegates can discuss topics relevant to the event with analysts and peers.

5:30 - 7:00 PM

EXHIBIT HALL A

OPENING NETWORKING RECEPTION

Join us to network and celebrate the launch of the leading conference for IT infrastructure & operations professionals focused on the next generation digital infrastructure.

TIME ON-PREMISE FOUNDATIONS FOR DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE OPTIMIZING CLOUD OPTIONS FOR YOUR ENTERPRISE

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM

CONVENTION CENTER

LOBBY

REGISTRATION & INFORMATION

7:15 - 8:15 AM

MISSION CITY FOYER

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

DAY ONE

• MAY 19, 2015

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8:15 - 8:30 AM

THEATER

WELCOME

A formal welcome and kick off to the inaugural Digital Infrastructure Summit. Martin McCarthy, CEO, The 451 Group

8:30 - 9:15 AM

THEATER

OPENING KEYNOTE: IT’S EXECUTIVE CHALLENGE: BALANCING OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE TODAY WHILE PREPARING

FOR DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSFORMATION

IT Executives face the daunting challenge of maximizing return on current investment through improved efficiency while ensuring reliability and security. At the same time, these same executives are expected to prepare their organizations and companies for impending transformation in Digital Infrastructure. In this keynote, Uptime Institute Chief Operating Officer Julian Kudritzki will identify the key challenges, both operational and strategic for IT organizations through 2020, and offer insight from Uptime Institute and 451 Research’s global perspective on the IT industry.

Julian Kudritzki, COO, Uptime Insitute

9:15 - 10:00 AM

THEATER

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION

Thought Leadership session from a senior executive of leading technology provider discussing their strategy and relevance to Digital Infrastructure.

10:00 - 10:15 AM

COFFEE BREAK

Network with your colleagues over coffee and refreshments.

10:20 - 11:05 AM

GRAND BALLROOMS C & D GENERAL SESSION I

DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE KEYNOTE: LEVERAGING DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSFORMATION

Digital Infrastructure Transformation offers IT Executives the prospect of greater business agility coupled with lower cost. Rapid developments in Converged and Integrated Platforms, coupled with evolution of the Software Defined Datacenter, and creation of ITaaS business models will enable unprecedented IT agility for the enterprise. By leveraging Hybrid-Cloud deployment approaches, enterprises can also fine tune their CapEx to OpEx mix. In this session, 451 Research will present ways in which IT Executives can take advantage of innovation in Digital Infrastructure.

11:10 - 11:55 AM

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION

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11:55 AM - 1:15 PM

EXHIBIT HALL B

LUNCH AND EXHIBITION HALL

Opportunity to network with attendees and leading technology solution providers over lunch and in the exhibition hall.

1:15 - 1:45 PM TRACK 1: GRAND BALLROOMS C & D GENERAL SESSION I TRACK 2: GRAND BALLROOMS A & B GENERAL SESSION II

CONVERGED AND INTEGRATED PLATFORMS:

THE GREAT DATACENTER TUG O’ WAR

The market for integrated and converged IT infrastructure has exploded in recent years. Proponents claim that convergence is the key to achieving simplicity and agility in IT operations, as well as forming a foundation for next-generation applications and workloads. However, as interest and adoption grows, the market choices are becoming less clear-cut, and a plethora of converged approaches – from fully baked appliances and SKUs, to reference architectures, to newer hyper-converged approaches – are now available from a range of both well-established vendors and emerging startups. In this session, distinguished analyst John Abbott and Research VP Simon Robinson will answer the following questions:

• What are the benefits and limitations of the various approaches in the integrated infrastructure market?

• Who are the key players and what factors should IT organizations consider as they seek to modernize their server and storage infrastructure for the cloud era?

John Abbott, Founder & Distinguished Analyst, 451 Research Simon Robinson, Research Vice President - Storage, 451 Research

APPS AND BEVS: THE TASTY COMBINATION OF

NEW APPLICATION ARCHITECTURES AND BEST

EXECUTION VENUE

Application architectures are evolving and are opening up possibilities for targeted execution planning for workloads. But it’s not a simple transition and there are potential pitfalls, but the payoffs can be significant. The session will look at how to leverage changes in application architectures and data distribution techniques to take advantage of best execution venue deployment. Enterprises don’t need to be Facebook or eBay to master the balance in cost, performance and resilience that improved architectures can deliver. We’ll explore the automation and integration requirements to get to this level, as we as the operational impacts. In this session you’ll learn:

• How application architectures are changing and the impact on venue suitability

• Changes in databases, data replication and synchronization enabling enhanced data availability

• Impacts of data and architecture changes on storage, networks and infrastructure reliability requirements

Eric Hanselman, Chief Analyst, 451 Research

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION

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TIME ON-PREMISE FOUNDATIONS FOR DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE OPTIMIZING CLOUD OPTIONS FOR YOUR ENTERPRISE 2:25 - 2:55 PM TRACK 1: GRAND BALLROOMS C & D GENERAL SESSION I TRACK 2: GRAND BALLROOMS A & B GENERAL SESSION II

THE SOFTWARE-DEFINED DATA CENTER: WHY, WHAT,

HOW AND THE IMPLICATIONS

Automated, business-driven IT is at the center of many current IT discussions ranging from the future of server virtualization to the use of cloud computing. In contrast to much of the history of IT, this is a long-standing IT vision that new technology finally enables, not new technology in search of a problem to solve. In this session, Peter Christy will answer the following questions:

• Why the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) is a desired outcome for enterprise IT leaders and how do you prepare for the transition? • What are the opportunities and key challenges that enterprises face

dealing with SDDC?

• What indicators should IT leaders look for to track this important technology and architectural inflection?

Peter Christy, Research Director, Networks, 451 Research

UBER-ING THE CLOUD: TAKING HYBRID CLOUD

TO THE NEXT LEVEL

If cloud is the on-demand version of computing, cloud brokering is the on-demand version of IT procurement, providing access to multiple cloud suppliers and a wide range of venues and services. A cloud broker can also take care of delivery, fulfillment, APIs handling, configuration management, resource behavior differences and other complex tasks. As a result, a cloud broker capability should be regarded a mandatory function for any credible end-to-end cloud management platform and an important part of cloud transformation strategy. In this session, we will address these key questions:

• How do cloud brokers add value to the enterprise hybrid cloud initiatives? • How will service providers and integrators offer and package these

services?

• What criteria should enterprise uses to determine best-fit solutions? William Fellows, Research Vice President, 451 Research

2:55 - 3:10 PM

COFFEE BREAK

3:10 - 3:40 PM

GRAND BALLROOMS C & D

ENTERPRISE PANEL

An interactive panel of senior IT executives from enterprise organizations engaged in lively discussion of important and controversial issues. Don Crabtree, Infrastructure Architect, Delta Airlines, Jonathan Reichental, CIO, City of Palo Alto

and Watson Wat, Director of Strategy, Suning Commerce R & D Center USA 3:45 - 4:15 PM

TRACK 1:

GRAND BALLROOMS C & D GENERAL SESSION I

TRACK 2: GRAND BALLROOMS A & B

GENERAL SESSION II

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION

4:20 - 4:50 PM

TRACK 1:

GRAND BALLROOMS C & D GENERAL SESSION I

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION

Thought Leadership session from a senior executive of leading technology provider discussing their strategy and relevance to Digital

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION

Thought Leadership session from a senior executive of leading technology provider discussing their strategy and relevance to Digital

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DAY THREE

• MAY 21, 2015

7:00 AM - 3:30 PM

CONVENTION CENTER

LOBBY

REGISTRATION & INFORMATION

7:15 - 8:15 AM

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

8:15 - 8:30 AM

THEATER

WELCOME

Welcome back for the final day of DIS 2015.

8:30 - 9:10 AM

THEATER

DATA CENTERS IN THE CLOUD: A NEW HIERARCHY OF NEEDS?

Data center operators mostly know with certainty what their clients need: high availability, power, connectivity, and security are usually right at the top. But does the cloud change any of this? As more functions move into software, and software into the cloud, will the priorities of the business customers change? And will data centers change with them?

Andy Lawrence, Research Vice President - Datacenter Technologies & Eco-Efficient IT, 451 Research

DAY TWO

• MAY 20, 2015

4:55 - 5:30 PM

THEATER

EXTERNAL KEYNOTE

Our guest speaker will be announced shortly.

5:30 - 7:00 PM

EXHIBIT HALL A

NETWORKING RECEPTION

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9:15 - 10:00 AM

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP PRESENTATION

10:00 - 10:15 AM

COFFEE BREAK

10:15 - 11:00 AM

FROM GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH TO THE FRICTIONLESS ENTERPRISE

In this highly entertaining session, David Giambruno, the award winning CIO from leading broadcaster and publisher Tribune Media Company, will discuss the transformation project and the digital infrastructure decisions that have enabled him and his team to drive an effective, efficient and truly “Hyper Agile” enterprise. David will discuss the preparation, the Big Rules, the outcomes and future plans.

David Giambruno, Chief Information Officer, Tribune Media

11:05 - 11:35 AM

GRAND BALLROOM E, F, G & H

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PRESENTATIONS

Concise insight sessions from technology providers providing highly useful information and value for attendees.

11:40 AM - 12:10 PM TRACK 1: GRAND BALLROOMS C & D GENERAL SESSION I TRACK 2: GRAND BALLROOMS A & B GENERAL SESSION II

OPEN STACK: IS YOUR ORGANIZATION READY TO

ADOPT IT?

Thinking about wading into the world of OpenStack cloud platforms? A growing number of enterprises are kicking the tires on OpenStack -- lured by the promise of flexibility, lower cost and no vendor lock-in for their own cloud implementations. But it’s not for the faint of heart. The fear of the do-it-yourself open source engineering model, hidden costs and, the unpredictable path to maturity in the various component of the platform all give enterprises pause. This session will tell you what you need to know to ensure that your OpenStack initiative has the best chance of success and will answer these questions:

• How mature and enterprise-ready are the technology components of OpenStack?

• Who are the major players in the OpenStack Ecosystem and how will the market evolve?

• What are the critical considerations that enterprise IT leaders need to address today?

HYBRID CLOUD SECURITY: POTENTIAL TO BE THE STUFF

OF DREAMS, NOT NIGHTMARES

Every company is on a journey to the cloud – some fast, some slow – but you can’t ignore the agility and economic opportunities that the cloud offers. Crafting a strategy that opens the door to opportunity without letting evil-doers through the front door is a multi-dimensional challenge. How can IT leaders pushing cloud initiatives forward help the Security team understand and mitigate risks without sacrificing the benefits that clouds bring? In this session, Adrian Sanabria will share our latest thinking on cloud security, including the risks associated with DevOps, containers like Docker and IaaS, and how to mitigate them. You will learn how to help security leaders address the following questions:

• What new or hidden risks exist in the hybrid cloud world?

• How do you put the risks in context based on the application being considered?

• How can you help the security team craft a strategy that balances risk and opportunity in a practical way?

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12:10 - 1:40 PM

EXHIBIT HALL B

LUNCH AND EXHIBITION HALL

Opportunity to network with attendees and leading technology solution providers over lunch and in the exhibition hall.

1:40 - 2:10 PM

GRAND BALLROOMS E, F, G & H

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PRESENTATIONS

2:15 - 2:45 PM

GRAND BALLROOMS E, F, G & H

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PRESENTATIONS

2:45 - 3:00 PM

COFFEE BREAK

ENTERPRISE DATACENTER STRATEGY: WHERE ARE

USERS ON THEIR JOURNEY TO THE CLOUD

Despite the continuing journey to the cloud for certain workloads, enterprises still need to design, build, equip, maintain and upgrade their datacenters. So what is everyone doing today and how will their strategies evolve in the coming months and years? In this session, we’ll discuss the findings of the 451 Research Voice of the Enterprise Datacenter 900+ respondent study including profiles for today’s typical enterprise datacenter, which projects are top priority and datacenter building intentions for the next two years and the drivers behind these decisions. In this session, you will learn:

• How your datacenter strategy aligns with the enterprise sector as a whole • The impact of changing datacenter plans on budgets and planning • The impact of maturing third party colocation and service provider

offerings on capacity planning.

Dan Harrington, Research Manager, Enterprise Datacenters, 451 Research

ITAAS: NEW STYLE IT SERVICES FOR THE AGILE

ENTERPRISE

Enterprises are looking to add business value driven by the capabilities of the technology SMAC stack: social media tooling, mobile capabilities, analytics and cloud delivery. With the rise of these digital services, internal IT organizations need to consider cloud brokerage and orchestration, data integration, cloud managed services, and the provision of custom applications consumed as a service, as well the role of external Business as a Service (BaaS) offerings. In this session, we will address these key questions:

• How are enterprises adapting to embrace “ITaaS” creation and consumption models?

• What is the role of internal IT in emerging digital service ecosystems? • How can BaaS offerings help enterprise IT?

Katy Ring, Research Director, Global IT Services, 451 Research

3:35 - 4:05 PM

THEATER

CLOSING KEYNOTE: THE PATH FORWARD

Pitt Turner, Uptime Institute, wraps up DIS 2015 with a lively discussion of the current issues and what the future holds. Pitt Turner, Executive Director Emeritus, Uptime Insitute