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Speakers

Currently scheduled to attend.

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.

John Burke
Principal Research Analyst
Nemertes Research

John Burke is a Principal Research Analyst with Nemertes Research, where he focuses on software-oriented architectures and management. As an analyst, John draws on his experiences as a practitioner and director of IT to better understand the needs of IT executives and the challenges facing vendors trying to sell to them.

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

Steve Goldman, The Technology Engineering group at CME Group, the big Chicago-based financial exchange company. Steve will offer up strategies for managing IT in a down economy, including tips for not only weathering the storm, but making strategic investments that will have your company well positioned when the economic picture brightens.

IT Track Session Speakers Announced...

Sergey Chernov, Assistant Director of IT Strategy & Planning for Northeastern Illinois University will talk about his experiences using hosted applications and why the SaaS concept is attractive to higher-ed.
Glenn Allison, Manager, Network Services at Grainger, who will explain the framework he uses to save millions on telecom costs by assessing the proper level of redundancy required at each site.
Douglas Davis, Information Systems Coordinator at Monical Pizza Corporation, will discuss how he brought PCI compliance to his restaurant chain and the security strategy that offers day-to-day protection.
Dan Miller, Director of IT at Optima, will talk about the cost savings and added business agility his firm has received from a thorough implementation of virtualization techology.
John Lindemer, Director of Technology for Hebron & Porter Township Schools in Illinois, will talk about his experiences implementing both voice and video over IP as well as some early experiences with collaborative applications.

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