Data Center World brings together the best of the best—the best speakers, the best vendors, the best networking and social activities—all in a beautiful venue. Our goal? To provide you an educational experience facilitated by only the most respected minds in data center and facilities management so you can return to your office with a solid action plan and valuable business contacts.
Don’t miss what this five-day conference includes
- More than 80 informative presentations
- An engaging keynote presentation
- Powerful networking opportunities and luncheon
- Expo welcome reception
- Data Center Manager of the Year Award ceremony and dinner
SUNDAY, MARCH 18
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| 8:00am-5:00pm | Registration |
| 2:00–3:00pm | Virtual Data Center Tour |
| 3:15–4:15pm | Virtual Data Center Tour |
MONDAY, MARCH 19
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| 8:00am-5:00pm | Registration |
| 8:30–9:00am | Tutorial Continental Breakfast (For Tutorial attendees only) |
| 9:00am–3:00pm | Tutorials |
| 11:30am–12:30pm | Tutorial Luncheon (For Tutorial attendees only) |
| 3:15–3:45pm | New Attendee Welcome Session |
TUESDAY, MARCH 20
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| 6:30am–5:00pm | Registration |
| 7:00–7:30am | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:45–9:15am | Keynote Session |
| 9:30–10:30am | Educational Sessions |
| Rapid Infrastructure Deployment Through the Use of POD’s | |
| Develop an Elite Data Center Operations Staff: Protocols and Procedures for Success | |
| I’ve Got the Power (Savings) | |
| Data Center Location Strategy: Optimizing Location Decisions to Migrate Risks | |
| Buy vs. Build: Considerations in Today’s Data Center Marketplace | |
| Best Practices to Migrate Risks When Retiring IT Assets | |
| Optimizing Your Cooling Energy Consumption in New and Existing Data Centers | |
| Visibility and Control: Crucial Factors to Cloud Computing Success | |
| 10:30–10:45am | Coffee Break |
| 10:45–11:45am | Educational & Product Information Sessions |
| Taming the DCIM Wave With ITIL | |
| Simplifying Compliance with Automated and Auditable Data Erasure | |
| The Impact of Direct Current on the Data Center | |
| Physical Security and Regulatory Compliance in the Data Center | |
| Using CoolSim to Reduce Data Center Operating Costs, Applied Math Modeling, Inc | |
| Rethinking The Data Center Design Process, Eaton | |
| Data Center Design and Operations with CFD, Future Facilities | |
| Automating Data Center Asset Management, Raritan | |
| Efficient Cooling for Today’s Data Center, Data Aire | |
| 12:00–1:00pm | Peer Connection Luncheon |
| 1:15–2:15pm | Educational & Product Information Sessions |
| One Company’s Journey to 100% Virtualization | |
| Data Center Infrastructure Management: Where Brian Meets Brawn | |
| Leveraging the Cloud for Effective Development and Test | |
| Increasing Space Without Adding “Bricks and Mortar” | |
| Cloud-Based Storage Reporting and Analysis, Blue Data Partners | |
| Adding Intelligence to your DCIM Solution, RF Code | |
| Needs Analysis and Justification of Costs, Siemon | |
| Economics of Data Center Airflow Containment, Chatsworth | |
| Battery Basics: Maintenance, Load Testing & Monitoring, API, Inc | |
| 2:15–2:30pm | Coffee Break |
| 2:30–3:30pm | Educational & Product Information Sessions |
| Understanding and Evaluating Colocation | |
| Does the Technology You Purchase Make Business Sense | |
| Protecting the Data Center from Electric Grid Emergencies | |
| Visibiltiy and Control: Crucial Factors to Cloud Computing Success | |
| Predictability through BIM: Design, Construction, and Beyond, MDI Access | |
| Case Study: Designing for 415V to Maximize Data Center Efficiencies, Active Power | |
| Putting the Pieces Together: The Complete DCIM Solution, Geist Intelligent Facilities | |
| DCIM: Doubt, Confusion, Intrigue and Mystery, Fieldview Solutions | |
| Changing Rack Design with the World’s Smallest Transfer Switch, Zonit Structured Solutions | |
| 3:45–6:45pm | Data Center World Expo & Cocktail Reception |
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21
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| 7:00am–5:30pm | Registration |
| 7:00–7:30am | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:30–8:30am | Educational Sessions |
| Scaling the Wireless Landscape in Environmental and Power Monitoring | |
| The Practicality of Problem Management | |
| Raised Floor Cooling Optimized | |
| Integration of Generator Sets into Data Center Monitoring Network Topology | |
| Stretching the Life of Your Data Center | |
| Cabling Infrastructure for Advance Data Center Designs | |
| Cloudy With a Chance of Downtime | |
| Disaster Recovery: The New Imperative | |
| 8:45–9:45am | Educational & Product Information Sessions |
| Implementing ITIL Lite | |
| How to Design a Scalable Private Cloud | |
| Lowering Operating Costs Through Cooling System Design | |
| Benchmark the Relative Performance of Your Data Center | |
| Use CFD Simulation to Eliminate Hot Spots, Save Energy and Reduce Operating Costs, TileFlow | |
| DCIM Case Study: How to Reduce Costs and Improve Performance, Emerson Network Power | |
| Decathlon DCEM for Improved Operations and Energy Efficiency, ABB Inc | |
| Intel Data Center Manager: Gain Control of Power and Cooling, Intel | |
| Electronic Access Solutions at the Rack Level, Southco Inc | |
| 9:45–10:00am | Coffee Break |
| 10:00–11:00am | Educational & Product Information Sessions |
| 7 Misconceptions of IT Operations | |
| Simplifying Network Strategy in the Data Center | |
| Data Center Capacity Management and Forecasting Simplified | |
| Solutions For Managing Airflow Costs, Capacity & Reliability, Upsite Technologies | |
| Benefits of Containing Methods with Permitting Cooling, Schneider Electric | |
| The Original Air Flow Conditioner Makes a Comeback: Using Fog to Evaporatively Cool Your Data Center, MEE INDUSTRIES INC | |
| Retrofitting Existing CRACs with Variable Speed Fans, Bick Group Inc | |
| The Impact of 20 Minutes…, RLE Technologies | |
| 11:00am–12:00pm | Peer Connection Luncheon |
| 12:15am–3:30pm | Data Center World Expo: Dessert & Raffle |
| 3:45–4:45pm | Peer Moderated Roundtable Sessions |
| How to Communicate with Your CIO | |
| Data Center Consolidation | |
| Cloud Computing for the Data Center Manager | |
| Energy Efficiency Rebates for New and Existing Data Centers | |
| Disaster Recovery Testing | |
| 5:00–6:00pm | Educational Sessions |
| The Data Center as an Ecosystem: Bridging the Budget Silo Gap | |
| Maximizing the Life of Existing Equipment | |
| Effective Cooling Solutions for Large Scale Data Centers | |
| Reducing Total Cost of Ownership Through Cloud Technologies | |
| Conceive-Cost-Construct-Consolidate: The 4 C’s to your “Diamond” Level Data Center | |
| Balancing Trends in Data Center Migration, Site Selection and Operating Costs | |
| Waterless Fire Suppression 101 | |
| Planning, Building, and Managing Data Center Facilities at International Locations | |
| 7:00–9:00pm | Data Center Manager of the Year Award Ceremony & Dinner |
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2012 |
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| 8:00am–12:00pm | Registration |
| 8:00–8:30am | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30–9:30am | Educational Sessions |
| Assessing IT Efficiency Through Server Utilization Effectiveness | |
| Managing Older Data Centers Through Consolidation, Virtualization and Energy Saving Projects | |
| Innovations in the Data Center Facility Commissioning | |
| Backup is Dead: Introducing the Data Protection Lifecycle | |
| 9:45–10:45am | Educational Sessions |
| Measuring What You Manage | |
| Data Center Efficiencies: Cooling at the Device | |
| Modern Data Protection Strategies for Big Data Environments | |
| Today’s Design in Access Control Solutions for Data Centers | |
| Cyber Security for Mission Critical Infrastructure | |
| 11:00am–12:00pm | Closing Session: Data Center Q&A Presented by AFCOM’s Data Center Institute |
| 12:00pm | Conference Concludes |
Schedule is subject to change at any time.
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