What does the former CTO of XenSource - now CTO of the virtualization and management division at Citrix - have in common with the founder and CEO of PlateSpin, now VP of Business Development at Novell? And what do both of them have in common with the CTO of VMware?

The answer is that all three are speaking in June at the 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo in New York City, June 23-24, 2008, along with the CTO of Egenera, the Technical Director and Chief Technologist at Sun, the VP& CTO of Hitachi Data Systems, the CTO of BMC Software, the VP & CTO of EMC, the co-founder & CTO of Neocleus, the CTO of Xsigo Systems, the CTO of Brocade, the Chairman and CEO of SIMtone, the Founder & CEO of ScaleMP, the founder and CTO of VirtualLogix, the Chief Strategist of Appistry, the CTO of Marathon Technologies, the CTO & Co-Founder of Reflex Security, the VP of Research and Development at DataDirect Technologies, the CMO of GigaSpaces, the IT Director at Fidelity Investments, and others.

New York Keynote

June 24, 2008 7:30-8:20am       Using Virtualization to Transform Your Datacenter by Stephen Herrod How can virtualization help transform your IT environment into a dynamic datacenter? Dr Stephen Herrod will explore how a virtualized IT infrastructure gives any organization a sustainable competitive advantage. The industry is shifting, Herrod believes, and the power of virtualization is being unleashed, allowing for reduced costs, more efficient use of resources, increased availability of applications and faster responsiveness to business needs.

In short, key opinion-formers in the field of infrastructure and pioneers of virtualization technologies of all types are speaking at the 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo 2008 East. You will hear from leading domain experts who will tell and show you how - once the server, IO, data, and applications are virtualized - the resulting possibilities and opportunities really are endless. These cornerstones open the market for management, security, converged fabrics, and a whole host of technologies that can free up the data center and open new markets.

A Trio of Power Panels
This year's conference, co-located with the 13th International SOA World Conference & Expo, will also feature three Power Panels, transmitted Web-wide on SYS-CON.TV. The Power Panels are FREE to all attendees.

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Two Information-Packed Days!
"Golden Pass" registration provides full access to all general sessions, breakout sessions, presentations, industry discussion panels, and the Expo Floor, together with a Welcome Reception and various other Special Events in the course of the show. It also entitles you to attend all sessions at the 13th International SOA World Conference & Expo, which is co-located at The Roosevelt Hotel, also June 23-24, 2008.

Additionally, after the conference we will mail you the complete content from all of the conference sessions in convenient DVDs. This on-demand DVD archive set is sold separately for $695. The DVD set includes all sessions from the simultaneous tracks that you can't attend in person.

San Jose Keynote

Nov 20, 2008 7:30-8:20am     Virtualization Futures, from the Desktop to the Datacenter by Mike Neil Mike Neil is general manager for virtualization strategy in the Windows Server Division at Microsoft. He is focused on the delivery of the Windows virtualization technology, including Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Microsoft Hyper-V Server. He directs the technical enablement of Microsoft’s broader vision for virtualization to include virtualization management tools and virtualized desktop infrastructure.