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Tuesday, June 5th
7:00 – 9:00
Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:30–10:00
Tutorial T1A – Introduction to Storage
Area Networks
Instructor: Tom Clark, Nishan Systems Tutorial T1B – Flexible Data Management Using Storage Virtualization
Coordinator: Gerry Johnsen, XIOtech
Instructors: Said Rahmani, Pathlight Technology
Dan Schoffelman, StoreAge Networking Systems
Randy Narciso, Troika Networks
Tutorial T1C – Evolving SAN Transports: 2 GBps Fibre Channel, iSCI, and Infiniband
Instructors:: Andrew Lockey, Adaptec
Bill Lynn, Adaptec
Brent Ross, Adaptec
Erik Ottem, Gadzoox Networks
10:00–10:30
Break
10:30–12:00
Tutorial T1A - Introduction to Storage
Area Networks
Instructor: Tom Clark, Nishan Systems Tutorial T1B - Flexible Data Management Using Storage Virtualization
Coordinator: Gerry Johnsen, XIOtech
Instructors: Said Rahmani, Pathlight Technology
Dan Schoffelman, StoreAge Networking Systems
Randy Narciso, Troika Networks Technology
Tutorial T1C Evolving SAN Transports: 2 GBps Fibre Channel, iSCI, and Infiniband
Instructors: Andrew Lockey, Adaptec
Bill Lynn, Adaptec
Brent Ross, Adaptec
Erik Ottem, Gadzoox Networks
12:00 – 1:30
Lunch Break
1:30 – 3:00
Tutorial T2A – Managing the SAN: From Components to Systems
Instructor: Joe Mathis, Medusa Labs
Tutorial T2B – Storage Over Ethernet and IP
Coordinator: Marc Staimer, Dragon Slayer Consulting
Instructors: Ahmad Zamer, Intel
Simon Fok, NetConvergence
John Hufferd, IBM
Doug Ingraham, Cisco Systems
Tutorial T2C – Global SANs
Instructors: Camden Ford, Brocade Communications
Michel Susai, NetScaler
Gadi Erlich, SANRAD
3:00 – 3:30
Break
3:30 – 5:00
Tutorial T2A– Managing the SAN: From Components to Systems
Instructor: Joe Mathis, Medusa Labs
Tutorial T2B – Storage Over Ethernet and IP
Coordinator: Marc Staimer, Dragon Slayer Consulting
Instructors: Ahmad Zamer, Intel
Simon Fok, NetConvergence
John Hufferd, IBM
Doug Ingraham, Cisco Systems
Tutorial T2C – Global SANs
Instructors: Camden Ford, Brocade Communications
Michel Susai, NetScaler
Gadi Erlich, SANRAD
5:15 -7:00
Issues Roundtable “RAID, NAS, SAN, IP, Fibre Channel-Where Do They All Fit in Today’s Storage Systems?”
Chair: James Opfer, Dataquest
Panelists: Mike Flannery, SanOne
Tom Petrocelli, Entrada Networks
Eyal Felstaine,SANRAD
Dr. Tom Rauscher, Digi-Data
Mark Delsman, Adaptec
Erik Ottem, Gadzoox Networks
Rick Ruskin, MTI Technologies
Bill Terrell, Troika Networks
Wednesday, June 6th
TIME/TRACK
7:00 – 9:00
Registration /Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00
KEYNOTE ADDRESS : Liquid Data, Virtual Information: The New Storage Networking Platform
Introduction: Mark Ferelli, Computer Technology Review
Speaker: Greg Reyes, Brocade Communications
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break
Short Papers & Panels
10:30-12:00
Session 101 SAN Management
Chair: Oliver Masciarotte, Data Storage Technologies
Presenters: Elizabeth Ferrarini, The Swive Group, “Storage Resource Management Secrets of the Fortune 1000”
Ted Chen, Prisa Networks, “Integrating SAN Management Applications Within an Appliance”
Joel Warford, Rhapsody Networks, “Managing SANs Designed for Large Scale Storage Consolidation”
Mike Koclanes, CreekPath, “Integrating SAN Storage Services into the Global Service Provider Environment”
Denise Reier, SCH Technologies, “Ensuring SAN Success: Realizing the Benefits of Tape Device and Library Sharing”
Session 102 Real Life Applications
Chair: Marc Staimer, Dragon Slayer Consulting
Presenters: Scott Robinson, Datalink, “The Evolution of Large-Scale SAN Environments”
Karen Dutch, Brocade Communications, “Creating Scalable, Reliable and Highly Available SAN Environments in the Real-World”
Dino Balafas, QLogic Corporation, “Core/Edge Switch Strategies for Winning xSP Applications”
Bob Woolery, DataDirect Networks, “SAN Enabled Rich-Media Infrastructure”
Richard Lyford, McDATA, “Performance Considerations for Large Scale SANs”
James Philbin, Emphora, “Database Storage Acceleration”
12:00 – 1:30
Lunch-Exhibit Hall
12:00 – 6:30
Exhibits
1:30 – 3:00
Session 103 Storage Over Ethernet and IP
Chair: Brian Berg, Berg Software Design
Presenters: Milan Merhar, Pirus Networks, “A New Generation of Storage Networking”
Brian Reed, Vixel Corporation, “Globalizing Storage with Fibre Channel Over IP”
Robert Horst, 3ware, “GbE: To Be or Not To BE”
Brian Larsen, CNT, “Using Fibre Channel Over IP for Remote Storage Movement”
Glen Shok, SAN Valley Systems, “Connecting Storage Area Network Resources Across IP Networks”
Joe Gervais, Alacritech, “Advancing Host Bus for IP Storage Solutions”
Session 104 Interoperability Panel
Chair: Ted Chen, Prisa Networks
Panelists: Scott Robinson, Datalink
Claude Lorenson, Vixel Corporation
A.J. Casamento, Brocade Communications
Chris Bennett, Network Appliances
Rory Bolt, Quantum/ATL
Paul Williams, INRANGE Technologies
Jim Geronaitis, Pathlight Technology
3:00 – 3:45
Coffee Break
3:45 – 5:15
Session 105 Hardware
Chair: Tom Ruwart, Ciprico
Presenters: Jim Campbell, Exabyte, “Serverless Backup in a Native Fibre Channel Environment”
Enrico Pesatori, BlueArc, “Eliminating the Storage I/O Bottleneck”
Bob Hansen, Agilent Technologies, “Storage Networking: The Road to 10Gb”
Chris Simoneaux, Picolight Inc, “Trends in Optical Transceivers for the SAN Market”
Rich Lautzenheiser, Crossroads Systems, “SAN-SAN Extensions”
Troy Pesola, StorageTek, “Managing the Data Growth Explosion with Storage Domain Managers”
Session 106 Users’ Roundtable Panel
Chair: Shannon Lampe, Business Solutions
Magazine
Panelists: Seiki Okada, iTransform
Glenn Bonner, MGM/Mirage Hotels
5:00 – 6:30
All-Industry Reception – Exhibit Hall
10:00 – 5:00
OPEN TUTORIALS
10:00 – 11:00
Open Tutorial A1 –Making SANs Easy to Manage
Presenter: Abbott Schindler, Compaq Enterprise Storage Software
11:00 –12:00
Open Tutorial A2 – Designing Strategic Storage Solutions
Presenter: Magdy Assem, Hewlett Packard Network Storage Organization
12:00 – 1:00
Open Tutorial A3 – The Information-Centric Evolution: Capitalizing on the Opportunity
Presenters: Stephen Widen, EMC
1:00 – 2:00
Open Tutorial A4 – This Doesn’t Have to Hurt-Simplifying SAN Deployment
Presenter: Dave Hubbard, QLogic Corporation
2:00 – 3:00
Open Tutorial A5– Integrating SAN Management and Clustering Technologies
Presenter: Werner Zurcher, VERITAS Software
3:00 – 4:00
Open Tutorial A6 Data Security for Storage Area Networks
Chair: Vijay Ahuja, Arsenal Digital Solutions
Panelists: Kamy Kavianian, Brocade Communications
Gadi Erlich, SANRAD
Roger Cummings, VERITAS Software
Jim Hughes, StorageTek
4:00 – 5:00
Open Tutorial A7 – Market Analysis Panel
Chair: Steve Garceau, CMD Technology
Panelists: Ben Thompson, Dataquest/Gartner Group
Anil Vasudeva, IMEX Research
Zachary Shess, Aberdeen Group
Cliff Miller, Mountain View Data
Robin Harris, Yotta Yotta
Philip Black, IN_fusion
5:00 – 5:30
Open Tutorial A8 - SPECIAL KEYNOTE – The New Model for Network Storage Infrastructure
Rei-Jane Huai, FalconStor Inc
Thursday, June 7th
TIME/TRACK
8:00 – 8:30
Registration / Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00
Session 201 Future of Storage Area Networks
Chair: Anvil Vasudeva, IMEX Research
Panelists: Steven Berens, Benchmark Storage Innovations
Milan Merhar, Pirus Networks
Joel Warford, Rhapsody Networks
Rob Davis, QLogic Corporation
Jim Morin, CNT
Mike Koclanes, CreekPath
Session 202 – High-Availability Systems
Chair: Dr Tom Rauscher, Digi-Data
Presenters: Bob Guilbert, NSI Software, “Building Highly Available Exchange Environments Using SAN Technology”
Greg Schulz, INRANGE Technologies, “Storage Networking for the Enterprise”
Dino Balafas, QLogic Corporation, “Building High Availability SANs for Disaster Recovery Applications”
Randy Narciso, Troika Networks, “Clustering Goes Mainstream”
Bob Rogers, BMC Software, “Optimize Your Storage to Meet Business Goals with Applications-Centric Management”
10:00 – 2:00
Exhibits Open
10:00 – 10:45
Break
10:45 – 12:15
Session 203 – Storage Management Software
Chair: Lee Elizer, DataThink
Presenters: Lisa Haut-Mikkelsen, VERITAS Software, “Exploring Virtualization-Applying Old Paradigms to a New World”
Dr Claudia Chandra, Vicom Systems, “Storage Virtualization: Where Is It and Where Is It Going?”
Robert Wright, SANavigator Inc., “Optimizing SAN Performance”
Truls Myklebust, InterSan, “Managing Storage as a Utility”
Ted Chen, Prisa Networks, “SAN Network Management Software”
Tony Cerquiera, BakBone Software, “Immediate SAN/NAS Convergence”
Session 204 – SAN/LAN/WAN Connections
Chair: John Lawler, Infonetics Research
Presenters: Camden Ford, Brocade Communications, “SAN Internetworking: Scaling SANs Beyond the Data Center”
Jason Baim, Lucent Technologies, “Interconnecting Today’s SANs over IP WANs”
Greg Farris, LuxN, “Cost-Effective Solutions for Multi Protocol Storage Services”
Joe Scala, Akara, “Enabling Optical Storage Services Across the MAN”
Bill North, Adaptec, “LAN-Free Backup Using Fibre Channel”
Eyal Felstaine, SANRAD, “Connecting SAN to WAN-The Stack Wars”
12:15 – 2:00
Lunch
2:00 – 4:00
Tutorial T3A – Linux Storage Management
Instructor: Dr. Peter Braam, Mountain View Data
Tutorial T3B – Making SANs Into Valuable Enterprise Resources
Instructors: Norm Lansing, INRANGE
Technologies
Paul Williams, INRANGE Technologies
3:00– 3:15
Coffee Break
9:00 – 2:00
OPEN TUTORIALS
9:00 – 10:00
Open Tutorial B1 – Building Highly Available Global SANs
Presenter: Kelly Polanski, Legato Systems
10:00 – 11:00
Open Tutorial B2 –Clearing the Confusion: A Primer on IP Storage Protocols
Presenter: Doug Ingraham, Cisco Systems
11:00 – 12:00
Open Tutorial B3 – Stable, Scalable Storage Networks
Presenter: Greg Schulz, INRANGE Technologies
12:00 – 1:00
Open Tutorial B4 – Gigabit Ethernet & Fibre Channel: Friends or Foes?
Chairperson: Mark Ferelli, Computer Technology Review
Panelists: Beau Vrolyk, 3ware
Bill Lynn, Adaptec
Andy Mehta, Entrada Networks
Marc Farley, Independent Consultant
Jay Kramer, Infinity I/O
Rob Davis, QLogic Corporation
1:00 – 2:00
Open Tutorial B5 – Testing/Maintenance Panel
Chair: Tom Coughlin, Peripheral Research
Panelists: Tom Robinson, I-TECH Corp
Ellis Goldberg, Finisar
Jan Dedek, Ancot
Rick Brechtlein, Shugart Technology
Roger Gagnon, Extreme Protocol Solutions |
