Conference to address IT cost optimization and virtualization

Feb. 12, 2013 - PRLog -- IT Cost Optimization in the Era of Virtualization
March 12, 2013,  London, UK, The British Computer Society

This conference will help IT, financial and compliance professionals learn about new technologies and practices that will enable them to achieve IT cost optimization and lower the total cost of ownership of a server estate.

This one-day event will cover the following topics:

A guide to contract analysis and negotiating with major software vendors
Micro-level consolidation  techniques for optimization and workload streamlining
The 5 top things you can do for server estate cost optimization
Real-world case studies from European companies that have successfully optimized IT costs across large virtualized IT estates

Confirmed speakers for the day include:

Peter Barnes, Director, EMEA Product Marketing, VMware

Peter’s responsibilities cover the IT Business Management and the virtualization of Tier 1 applications. He has been working in IT since 1984 and has been a programmer, pre-sales specialist, consultant and marketeer. Much of his experience has been gained internationally in the areas of GIS, ERP and Business Intelligence and IT Governance.

David Phillips, SAMLeaders

With clients across enterprise and government, Dave’s customers rely on him to realize lasting business benefits from their SAM. In 2006 he founded the consultancy SAMleaders and helps managers and leaders continually improve SAM processes.

Additional speakers to be announced shortly.

The conference will be chaired by Jason Keogh, iQuate CTO and Co-chair of the ISO/IEC WG21 (ISO 19770) Communications and Evangelism Group.

Jason has over 15 years hands-on experience of leading innovative technology companies such as Cognotec, Intuition and Eontec (now part of Oracle) to establish leadership positions in their respective global markets.

If it is part of your remit to reduce costs, reduce non-compliance risk, or achieve IT optimization or transformation, this conference will help you reach those goals in 2013. You will also gain a chance to network with your peers and gain insight into which strategies and technology has helped organizations realize the full potential of virtualization.

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