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John Gallant
Executive Vice President/General Manager
Network World

He sets the strategy for one of the world’s fastest-growing media companies. He guides the content and business development for No. 1 newsweekly of network professionals. John Gallant: Named by Technology Marketing as one of the most influential people in computer journalism. Cited as "most visionary" by Press Access. Executive producer for several of IT’s most-acclaimed conferences. And highly sought after for on-air expertise by CNN, CNBC, NPR and Bloomberg. John is the driving force behind Network World’s IT Roadmap 2008.

IT’s most influential analysts on every track

Andreas Antonopoulos
Senior Vice President & Founding Partner
Nemertes Research

A leading expert in new processes, complex systems, emerging technologies, and winning strategies. Andreas is a highly-valued consultant to the Fortune 100.

Robin Gareiss
Chief Research Officer
Nemertes Research

A pioneering researcher who helped guide the emergence of VoIP from an idea to an industry, Robin is now a preeminent advisor to IT vendors and buyers enterprisewide.

Johna Till Johnson
President & Senior Founding Partner
Nemertes Research

Visionary researcher, influential consultant, widely-published analyst: Johna is a member of the IEEE, ACM, and Internet Engineering Task Force.

Jeff Kaplan
Founder and Managing Director of THINKstrategies, and founder of the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Showplace® and Managed Service Showplace

Frequent speaker at industry conferences, a contributing columnist for major publications. Member of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council, and the Advisory Board of SaaScon, an IDG World Expo Conference.

Jim Metzler
President
Ashton Metzler & Associates

Highly-respected authority on network technology and its business applications, Jim is an industry-leading strategic advisor.

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Keynote Speaker

Kevin W. Fuller, Global Network Architect - The Coca-Cola Company
Kevin Fuller, Global Network Architect for The Coca-Cola Company, will outline the key challenges he's dealing with in creating a network that supports some 300 sites around the globe. He'll explain how he's dealing with dramatic growth in storage, server and network requirements amid pressure to keep costs down - all the while keeping up with demand for new applications and capabilities. His strategy is to wring savings and efficiencies from areas including telecom expense management, application delivery and software-as-a-service to Green IT and real-time communications.

IT Track Session Speakers Announced...

APPLICATION DELIVERY
James Robertson, VP IT Infrastructure and Broadcast Transmissions - Turner Broadcasting
James Robertson is responsible for "anything that moves" at Turner Broadcasting, which includes a whole lot of video in addition to plenty of traditional office applications. He'll talk about the tools and techniques he uses to ensure good performance for applications, including those that must be delivered to sites across the globe.
GREEN IT
Brett Coryell , Deputy CIO - Emory University
Bretty Coryell, Deputy CIO at Emory University, will discuss the wide-ranging green IT initiatives underway at his organization. They range from printer consolidation and telecommuting policies to server and desktop virtualization, more power-efficient computers and UPSs, and desktop power management capabilities that are producing impressive cost savings.
NETWORK MANAGEMENT, AUTOMATION & CONTROL
Basit Saeed, Director of Infrastructure - Deloitte LP
Basit Saeed, director of infrastructure at Deloitte LP, will discuss how his group has followed ITIL and COBIT best practices and implemented some crucial automation tools to dramatically increase reliability and performance in the Deloitte network, bringing it to 3 9s availability.
SAAS, CLOUD COMPUTING & MANAGED SERVICES
David C. Snyder, CISSP Chief Infrastructure Engineer - Digital Media Technologies Division,
Turner Broadcasting
As chief infrastructure engineer for the Digital Media Technologies Division of Turner Broadcasting, David Snyder has a hand in determining the architecture that drives the Turner engine. He'll talk about the research he's done into where cloud computing technology will fit into the mix at Turner.
SECURITY & COMPLIANCE
Mitchell Brockbank, Information Security Manager - Panasonic Automotive Systems
Company of America
Mitchell Brockbank, Information Security Manager at Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, will discuss the practical approach he took to achieving ISO 27001 certification on a global basis.
UC, VOIP & COLLABORATION
Robert Stephens Senior Vice President, CTO - PreVisor
Robert Stephens, Senior Vice President and CTO at employee pre-assessment firm PreVisor, will detail the extensive VoIP and collaboration implementation at his company, which includes shared white boards and desktops, an innovative auto-attendant application that incorporates instant messaging, and videoconferencing.
VIRTUALIZATION
Kevin Nolan, Sr. Manager, Infrastructure - Mohawk Industries
Virtualization veteran Kevin Nolan of Mohawk Industries will detail the lessons learned from his more than 5 years of experience with the technology and implementing some 500 virtual servers - more than 70% of Mohawk's environment.
WAN, WIRELESS & MOBILITY STRATEGIES
Tom Cotney, CEO - Air2Web

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