Sponsor: PANDUIT CORP.
Featured Analyst Firm: Gartner
Speakers: Joe Skorupa, Ram Velaga, Renato J Recio, Jack Tison
Type: Audio (40 minutes)
Today’s high performance computing clusters, storage area networks and IO consolidation are experiencing significant growth that require 10 gigabit deployments. And future bandwidth projections indicate there will soon be a market demand for 40 gigabit interfaces.
Are you ready to address the new demand for high-speed data transport?
Bandwidth requirements for computing and core networking applications are growing at exponential rates and driving the need for next generation technology and virtualization. In fact, Cisco projects that by 2013, 90 percent of all traffic on consumer IP and business networks will be video.
FEATURED PROGRAM - Drivers & Migration Strategy for High Speed Data Transport
Market leaders in enterprise switching, network adapters, and physical infrastructure, join together to deliver an innovative program, which provides information on data center optimization.
Hear industry experts from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and opinion leaders from Panduit, Cisco Systems, and IBM, provide best practices for:
- Network design and storage management.
- InfiniBand, fibre channel over Ethernet, 1 gigabit Ethernet, and 10 gigabit Ethernet.
- Implementing virtual machine relocation/virtual machine motion.
- Building out new physical infrastructure.
In this program you will also learn:
- How top of rack switching architectures are improving business agility
- The value proposition and challenges of fabric convergence.
- And what technologies and solutions are being deployed that require migration to 40g.
BONUS: Webcast Feature - Ask A Question
If you have specific questions regarding high speed data transport or any other topic covered in this program, simply click on the "Ask a Question" section of this Webcast and one of our experts will get back to you with the answers and information you're looking for.
FEATURED RESOURCES
And as a bonus for watching this program, you’ll have access to a number of white paper resources to help you further address smart data center solutions. Topics addressed in these white papers include:
- Implementing a 10 gigabit physical infrastructure to achieve I/O consolidation in the data center.
- Data Center Optimization – Ways to enhance performance and overcome challenges.
- Unified physical infrastructure strategies for storage networking.
PROGRAM SPEAKERS
- Jack Tison, Vice President of Technology for Panduit Corp.
- Ram Velaga, V.P. Product Management, Cisco Systems
- Renato J Recio, Distinguished Engineer and CTO, IBM Data Center Networking
- Joe Skorupa. Research Vice President, Gartner, Inc.
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About Jack Tison, Vice President of Technology for Panduit Corp.
Jack Tison is chartered with leading the company into new technologies and applications that enable business agility, application availability, and system reliability while reducing operating and capital expense for Panduit's customers.
He joined Panduit Corp. in 1983 and has held positions ranging from Chief Engineer of Corporate R&D to Division Manager of Network Systems. He has 5 patents in his name.
Currently, his expertise has been directed in bringing Panduit to the forefront of Unified Physical Infrastructure (UPI) based infrastructure solutions.
About Ram Velaga, Vice President, Product Management, Cisco Systems
Ram Velaga leads the Product Management team for Nexus 7000 and NX-OS. His previous responsibilities included Nexus 1000, Cisco Blade Switching Portfolio, and the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series. He has 10+ years of experience in the networking industry.
About Renato J Recio, DE, IBM DC Networking CTO
Renato Recio is IBM Distinguished Engineer & IBM Data Center Networking CTO, specializing in the areas of System I/O and Network Architecture, Strategy, and Standards. For the past 10 years, he has played a leadership role in the strategy, architecture and design of future IBM system IO and networks. He is currently responsible for the cross-IBM Data Center and Virtual Switch Networking product strategy and roadmap.
He has been a founding engineer and author of several system IO and Network industry standards, including: InfiniBand (cluster network), iWARP (Remote Direct Memory Access, RDMA, over TCP/IP), PCI IO Virtualization, Convergence Enhanced Ethernet (CEE), Fibre Channel over CEE and more recently IEEE 802.1Qbg Ethernet Virtual Bridging. He also created and chairs IBM's I/O Technical Community (IOTC), which serves the networking, education, and support needs of over 750 IBM IO and networking professionals.
He chairs the IBM Leadership Development Series that helps develop the business and leadership skills of early career professionals. He has filed 177 patents, of which 88 have been issued. He has also published dozens of refereed technical conference (e.g. IEEE and ACM) papers. He has received 3 external, professional awards for his contributions to the industry, including a Life Time Achievement Award in recognition for his contributions to Server I/O field.
About Joe Skorupa, Research VP, Gartner
Joe Skorupa is a research vice president in Gartner Research, where he is part of the Data Center Networking and Communications Research unit. His research focuses on maximizing application performance via advanced networking technologies, including Layer 4-7 switching, server offload and WAN optimization. He also covers delivery of rich media, including video within the enterprise. Mr. Skorupa also advises vendors on product, market and partnership strategies. Through extensive collaboration, Mr. Skorupa's research extends to intersections between networking and adjacent research areas, including storage, servers and data center optimization. The research covers topics including Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCOE), I/O virtualization, and emerging data center architectures, such as cloud computing and fabric-based computing.
Mr. Skorupa has more than 25 years of experience in enterprise, service provider and storage networking. He has held a variety of engineering, marketing and analyst roles at companies such as FORE Systems, Bytex, Motorola and RHK.
