Thursday, October 24, 2013 | |||||
7:30 am - 8:15 am | Registration and Breakfast (sponsored by CommScope) | ||||
8:15 am - 8:30 am | Welcome and Overview John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World | ||||
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Using Technology to Transform a Legend: Innovation at Sears Aashish Chandra, Divisional VP, Sears Holdings Corp./GM, MetaScale | ||||
9:00 am - 9:30 am | IT Risk and Security Rewards in a Rapidly Changing Cyber Environment Terry Hect, Director, Security Strategy, AT&T | ||||
9:30 am - 10:00 am | Industry 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 am | Morning Break | ||||
10:10 am - 12:00 pm | Morning Breakout Sessions | ||||
10:10 am - 10:40 am | How 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 am | Keys to Infrastructure Consolidation and Improved End-User Performance Eric Carter, Director, Granite Product Marketing, Riverbed Technology Parimal Puranik, Senior Product Manager, Riverbed Technology | Industry Perspective Presentation | Industry Perspective Presentation | Industry Perspective Presentation | Industry Perspective Presentation |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | How 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 pm | Noisy Times in Wireless: Getting Wi-Fi to Stink Less Rob Mustarde, Vice President of Marketing, Ruckus Wireless | ||||
12:35 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch & Expo (sponsored by CommScope - Lunch served until 2:00pm; Expo open until 4:30pm) | ||||
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm | Expo Hall Theater | ||||
2:10 pm - 3:20 pm | Afternoon Breakout Sessions | ||||
2:10 pm - 2:40 pm | The 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 pm | Effective 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 pm | Your 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 pm | Closing Remarks John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World | ||||
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Reception & Prize Passport Drawing (in the Expo) |