Data Center World offers optional programming to enhance your educational experience. Take advantage of full-day Tutorials, data center tours, and more by signing up early for these events.
The following sessions are from the Spring 2008 conference:
Tutorials
ALL-DAY, IN-DEPTH AND IN-FOCUS
These optional, full-day tutorials provide attendees with professional training and insight into today’s key issues of data center management. Tutorials will take place on Sunday, October 5, from 8:00am–2:00pm and include continental breakfast at 7:30am and a luncheon held at 11:00am.
Cost: $200 (Tutorials run concurrently. Please choose only one.)
TUTORIAL 01
Building Effective Teams in a Data Center Environment
Donna Manley, IT Sr. Director, University of Pennsylvania
TUTORIAL 02
How to Conduct a Data Center Vulnerability Assessment
Ray Baumann, Data Center Operations Manager, Arch Chemicals
TUTORIAL 03
How Healthy is Your Data Center?
Michael Fluegeman, Sr. Consultant, PlanNet Consulting
Darrell Gardner, Principal Consultant, PlanNet Consulting
Data Center Tours **SOLD OUT**
Are you interested in seeing how today’s state-of-the-art data centers run without even leaving the room? Register for one of the hottest features at this conference: Data Center Tours. This optional program gives you a bird’s eye view of two data center facilities that use best practices and cutting-edge technology to run seamlessly 365 days a year. The Data Center Tours will take place on Sunday, October 5, from 2:.30 to 4:45pm.
Cost: $150 (for both tours)
Data Center Tour 1: L.L. Bean Builds a Green Data Center **SOLD OUT**
Rocko Graziano, Manager of Infrastructure Operations and Services
Last summer, L.L. Bean broke ground on an 18,000-square-foot data center to support projected business growth and the space needs driven by a self-supporting business continuity strategy. Company policy dictates that all new construction adhere to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification standards—an interesting challenge for a stand-alone computing facility. Come and learn how L.L. Bean and its design partner, the id Group from Boston, Mass., tackled the LEED challenge, and take a tour of a construction project nearing completion.
Data Center Tour 2: Tour the Miami Network Access Point of the Americas
**SOLD OUT**
Ben Stewart, Sr. VP Facility Engineering, Terremark Worldwide, Inc.
The Network Access Point (NAP) of the Americas is a 750,000-square-foot carrier neutral
collocation center located in downtown Miami. This highly visual presentation will define a NAP, show how it is hardened against hurricanes and protected in a dense urban environment. Attendees will learn how managed services such as Internet peering, global top-level domain services and zero-mile connectivity are delivered and will tour the implementation of a rotary UPS system and use of chilled water from a municipal utility.
