Joe W., June isn't so far away. FC has NAB and I+O to show its stuff.
Here is a June conference........
periconcepts.com
Some old names finally sound ready for FC and some new names to keep track of....
Update 3/16/99
NETWORK STORAGE '99
STORAGE NETWORKING - AN
INDUSTRY REVOLUTION
BROCHURE - PRELIMINARY
Monday June 28, 1999 - Starts 1:00 pm
1:00 pm INTRODUCTION AND MARKET UPDATE: Farid Neema, President,
Peripheral Concepts, Inc.
1:30 pm KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: David Weiss, Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer, Storage Technology Corporation
SESSION 1: "SAN AND NAS - IMPLEMENTATIONS AND
APPLICATIONS"
2:00- 4: 30 PRESENTATIONS
"Total Solution: The Role of Integration"
Darren Thomas, Vice President, Multi-Vendor Storage,
Compaq Computer Corporation
Partner:
Flexible network storage architecture, value-added software
features, value-added component integration qualification and
technical services will be the key enablers for integrating storage
solutions in the SAN environment. These elements together will
enable the fulfillment of the storage as a utility vision for the
enterprise. This session will present Compaq's vision for the
Enterprise Network Storage Architecture. Discussion will cover:
· Interaction of SAN, NAS, and other direct storage components
· Storage partners value added in creating storage as a utility for
the customer
· Integration and qualification of multi-vendor heterogeneous SAN
components
"Storage Systems in a Database Environment - How Smart is
Smart Enough"
William Bridge, Architect, Data Storage Technology, Server
Technologies, Oracle Corporation
Partner:
Modern disk drives, controllers, and storage subsystems are
powerful computers in their own right with advanced processors,
memory, and control software. Some advocate the migration of
application, operating system, and database functionality from the
host to the storage subsystem. Concurrent with this is the
evolution of storage subsystems from being host-based to
network-based. This presentation will focus on the appropriate level
of functionality to implement in a network connected storage
subsystem. Key issues covered include:
· Trade-offs between functionality, performance, data availability
and reliability
· Principle of functionally autonomous disks
· Examples of useful, potentially useful, and harmful storage-based
functionality
"Fulfilling the Promise of SAN"
Joan Wrabetz, Vice President and General Manager,
Storage Area Networking Operations, Storage Technology
Corporation
Partner: End user to be named
To date, SANs have not been a plug and play experience.
Interoperability, compatibility, and standards development issues
present significant challenges and opportunities. This presentation
will discuss how an end-to-end approach involving partnerships,
experienced consulting and support services. Topics examined
include
· Constructing a storage utility model
· Turnkey application-oriented SAN solutions
· Interoperability Issues, and recommendations to resolve them
"The Synergy between NAS and SAN"
David Hitz, Co-Founder, Network appliance Corporation
Partner:
In large network data Infrastructures, all packets go through
switches and routers, and will eventually go in the future through
SAN and NAS. Similarities between SAN and NAS are great and
the differences are subtle, but together they provide a complete
data management solution from desktop to application server to
machine room. This presentation will discuss:
· Protocols, cabling and standards
· Implementations - Performance issues and solutions
· Application examples
"Outline In Process of Development"
Clod Barrera, Director, IBM
4:30- 5:30 PANEL DISCUSSION
Co- Moderator: Chris Wood, Vice President
5:00 - 9:30 pm OPEN RECEPTION AND NEW
TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITS
Tuesday June 29, 1999
8:00 am - 2:00 pm NEW TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITS CONTINUE
SESSION 2: "NEW CLASSES OF STORAGE MANAGEMENT"
8:30-11:20 PRESENTATIONS
"Outline In Process of Development"
Terry Cunningham, President and Chief Operating Officer, VERITAS
Software
" Storage Resource Management: Ready for Prime Time "
Bud Broomhead, Vice President, Highground Systems
Scott Hansburry, Director, Groupe Bull
This presentation will focus on the role that a common sub-framework can play
to seamlessly view & report on all components of heterogeneous storage
solutions. Solutions to integrate such technologies will be proposed.
Key issues will include:
· Neutral sub-frameworks
· Storage Resource Standards
· Practical responses; example solutions
" Beyond "server-less" backup: The real killer apps in a SAN"
" Beyond Server-less Backup: The Real Killer Apps in a SAN"
Larry Cormier, VP Marketing & Business Development, CommVault
Systems, Inc.
Bruce Thompson, Chief Technology Officer, Retrieve Inc.
This joint presentation discusses the fundamental storage management
requirements for the "killer apps" in a SAN environment. The presentation will
describe a framework for providing transparent access to multiple versions of
files regardless of their location -- on primary or secondary media -- from a single
virtual file directory view. Key issues will include:
· Facilitating data movement and host-less backup with a combination of
advanced SAN file system and embedded data movement agents,
· Providing a federated "file directory" view of all current and historical versions of
files,
· Enabling direct access of data regardless of its location on the SAN without
requiring a restore process.
"Outline In Process of Development"
Thomas M. Awe, Director of Network Storage Software, Sun
Microsystems
Other Companies invited include Legato, Tivoli
11:20-12:00 PANEL DISCUSSION
Co- Moderator:
12:00-1:45 LUNCH AND TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITS
SESSION 3: "SAN - THE INTERCONNECTING FABRIC"
1:45-3:00 PRESENTATIONS
"Implementing the large SAN -- A True Story"
Gary Wright Director of Solutions Marketing, McDATA Corporation
John Manera Director of Network Infrastructure, Polk Company
This presentation will focus on an actual end user SAN implementation and the
role that Enterprise Resource Connectivity played in architecting, managing and
securing the SAN.
· Assessment, planning and design of the SAN
· The role of Enterprise Resource Connectivity
· True value of the SAN in the enterprise
"The Next SAN Architecture: SANs over WANs"
Mark Knittel, Vice President Marketing, Computer Network Technology
Peter Tarrant, Vice President Marketing and Business Development,
Brocade Communications
Scott McIntyre, Legato Systems
Companies who need storage resources available on an enterprise basis will
need SANs deployed over wide-area networks (WANs). This presentation will
discuss the benefits of SAN/WANs. It will review the technical issues of
implementing and managing SANs over wide-area networks. Key topics
discussed will include:
· Identifying SAN/WAN applications
· Reviewing WAN connections and integration considerations
· Discussing how to manage channel-to-channel traffic, load leveling, pipelining,
alternate path routing, and data compression in a SAN/WAN environment
3:30 - 5:00 PM
EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE: "ASSESSING THE STORAGE
INDUSTRY"
Leading executives will assess today's situation and tomorrow's
opportunities for the user, as well as for the storage industry's major
participants, to include hardware and software suppliers, manufacturers
and distribution channels.
Marilyn Edling, General Manager, Enterprise Storage Solutions Division,
Hewlett-Packard Company
Mark Leslie, Chairman and CEO, Veritas Software
Janpieter Scheerder, President, Network Storage Division, Sun
Microsystems
Dan Warmenhoven, President and CEO, Network Appliance, Inc.
David Weiss, Chairman, President and CEO, Storage Technology
Corporation
Co- Moderator: Robert Eads, Vice President and Chief Information
Officer, American Protective Services, Inc.
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