IT Roadmap San Jose 2013
 
Thursday, October 24, 2013
7:30 am - 8:15 amRegistration and Breakfast (sponsored by CommScope)
8:15 am - 8:30 amWelcome and Overview
John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World
8:30 am - 9:00 amUsing Technology to Transform a Legend: Innovation at Sears
Aashish Chandra, Divisional VP, Sears Holdings Corp./GM, MetaScale
9:00 am - 9:30 amIT Risk and Security Rewards in a Rapidly Changing Cyber Environment
Terry Hect, Director, Security Strategy, AT&T
9:30 am - 10:00 amIndustry Shifts, Customer Demands, Shrinking Resources—How can Converged Infrastructure Help?
Robert Beliles, Director of Product Line Management, HP Networking - Americas
10:00 am - 10:10 amMorning Break
10:10 am - 12:00 pmMorning Breakout Sessions
10:10 am - 10:40 amHow Mobility and Consumerization Drive Innovation: The Science of High-Performing Organizations
David K. Johnson, Senior Analyst , Forrester Research
BYOD: Where do Security and Risk Fit In?
Pete Lindstrom, Principal, Spire Security
The Data Avalanche: Using the Cloud to Embrace Big Data and Analytics
Holger Mueller, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Constellation Research
Network From Edge to Core: The Path to the Future
Zeus Kerravala, Founder & Principal Analyst, ZK Research
The New Enterprise Network in the Era of the Cloud
Rohit Mehra, Vice President, Network Infrastructure, IDC
10:50 am - 11:20 amKeys to Infrastructure Consolidation and Improved End-User Performance
Eric Carter, Director, Granite Product Marketing, Riverbed Technology
Parimal Puranik, Senior Product Manager, Riverbed Technology
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11:30 am - 12:00 pmHow to Enable Faster, Better Mobile Applications Development
Gregory Fina, Former VP of App Dev at Shaklee Corp./Service Delivery Manager , Wipro
Making Mobility Work for Your Organization
Gregory Postulka, Project Manager, CalFresh Mobile Application, State of California Welfare Client Data Systems (WCDS)
Larry Risser, Senior Business Consultant, CalWIN
The Virtual Future: Building a Network to Enable Collaboration in the Cloud
Doug Saunders, Director, Information Technology, Republic Services
IPv6 - Now is the Time
Ed Horley, Principal Solutions Architect, Groupware Technology; Co-Chair, California IPv6 Task Force
John Hoffmann, Network Architect, Oracle, Managed Cloud Solutions Division
Retail Magic: Leveraging Big Data technologies to Improve Customer Experience at Sears
Ankur Gupta, IT Director, Sears Holdings Corporation
Rohit Mehra, Vice President, Network Infrastructure, IDC
12:05 pm - 12:35 pmNoisy Times in Wireless: Getting Wi-Fi to Stink Less
Rob Mustarde, Vice President of Marketing, Ruckus Wireless
12:35 pm - 2:00 pmLunch & Expo (sponsored by CommScope - Lunch served until 2:00pm; Expo open until 4:30pm)
1:15 pm - 1:45 pmExpo Hall Theater
2:10 pm - 3:20 pmAfternoon Breakout Sessions
2:10 pm - 2:40 pmThe Path to Network Video Surveillance
Vince Ricco, Business Development Manager – Technology Partner Program, Axis Communications
Are You Ready for 802.11ac?
Rob Mustarde, Vice President of Marketing, Ruckus Wireless
The Hybrid Cloud: Separating Semantics & Reality
Satish Hemachandran, Senior Director of Product Management, Cloud Services, Cbeyond
Ransomware Revealed: Scareware demo from ’89 – ‘13
John Shier, Senior Security Expert, Sophos
2:50 pm - 3:20 pmEffective Solutions to Application Delivery Challenges with a Unified Application Service Gateway
Moiz Syed, Product Marketing Manager, A10 Networks
Systems Management Nirvana: Balancing Demands, Dollars and the Day-to-Day
Ken Drachnik, Director of Product Marketing, Dell, Inc
Maximizing Investment in the Data Center Infrastructure
Jennifer Roback, Regional Technical Manager - West, CommScope
Industry Perspective Presentation
3:25 pm - 3:55 pmYour IT Career Roadmap: Success Strategies to Build Your Personal Brand and Advance Your Career
Renee Baker Arrington, Senior Vice President, Pearson Partners International, Inc.
3:55 pm - 4:00 pmClosing Remarks
John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World
4:00 pm - 4:30 pmReception & Prize Passport Drawing (in the Expo)