Midwest CMG

Friday, June 16, 2006 Meeting

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Agenda:

8:30 AM	Registration and Coffee in the Marquette Room on the 16th Floor
9:00 AM	Opening - Welcome – Donna Folkerts, MCMG President
9:15 AM	Enterprise Tape Library Bob Piepenbrink, Sun/STK Bob will provide an overview of high-end enterprise automated tape libraries. The new generation of enterprise tape libraries provides extreme scalability and support for heterogeneous environments enabling consolidation of multiple platforms into the same library. This session will provide an update of current technology, configuration options, and best practices.
10:30 AM	Morning Break
10:45 AM	Data Encryption Overview Bob Piepenbrink, Sun/STK Data security is now one of the biggest issues corporations are facing today – the need to avoid a “CNN moment.” Various options are available for encrypting data: host-based, in-band, and device-based. Bob will present an overview of industry trends surrounding data encryption and provide pros and cons of the choices available today for encrypting data.
12:00 PM	Lunch in Brio on 15th floor
1:15 PM	The BOF is Back! And a book review too Greg Scriba, BMC Greg Scriba will give a review of Fred Moore’s book, Storage New Horizons, and follow it with answers to some previously submitted storage questions. Many of us have lamented the demise of the famous MCMG BOF, previously very aptly led by Henry Steinhauer. Please bring your own questions and comments on storage. Powerpoint Presentation
2:30 PM	Afternoon Break
2:45 PM	Storage Virtualization Technologies - How to Determine What’s Right for Your Organization Tom Trainer, Evaluator Group Storage virtualization separates virtual volumes from physical volumes through abstraction. Systems are then attached to virtual volumes which are managed 'behind the scenes" on Storage Area Networks (SANS). There are two approaches to SANS configurations. This session will review and discuss asymmetric (1) (out-of-the-data-path) and symmetric (2) (in-the-data-path) virtualization technologies. How can you determine what virtualization solution is right for you, or if you need virtualization at all? What you learn may surprise you! Note: (1) Separate appliances installed out of the data path of the Storage Network Infrastructure. (2) Separate appliances installed in the data path of the Storage Network Infrastructure.
4:00 PM
4:00 PM	Meeting Adjourned

Attendance Special: Storage New Horizons, a book by Fred Moore. Here you will find the latest knowledge on key storage directions, technologies and architectures that are taking the storage industry to the next level. A copy of Mr. Moore's book will be available to the first 60 people who attend this meeting. No copies will be mailed by MCMG.

The Speakers:

Bob Piepenbrink

Bob is a regional tape solution specialist with Sun Microsystems’ Storage Group (formerly StorageTek). Bob has detailed knowledge of enterprise tape product technologies such as high-end enterprise libraries, tape drives, and virtual tape solutions. He is responsible for presenting technology overviews and product futures to Sun’s largest enterprise tape customers in the Midwest.

Tom Trainer

Tom Trainer is a Senior Analyst at Evaluator Group responsible for researching and analyzing products and technology for the modular product group. He also teaches Advanced Education for Storage Professionals classes.

Tom has a noteworthy twenty-five year career experience in storage that includes strategic positions within engineering, product support, sales, product management, and marketing. He has placed continual contact with customers as a top priority in order to keep his finger on the pulse of end-user needs and requirements, both in the US and abroad.

Tom leads a team that covers storage area networking and is responsible for NAS and iSCSI products. He responsible for all research at Evaluator Group.

Prior to joining Evaluator Group, Tom held varied positions at EMC, Auspex and Hitachi Data Systems. He has also held senior marketing and field support positions at StorageTek, IPL Systems and Memorex Telex. Consistent throughout his career, Tom has won numerous awards for outstanding performance, customer care and product management.

Location:

Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza (click for map)
350 North Orleans Street
Chicago, IL 60654

Note: Please come to the 16th floor. All meeting events, including breaks and registration, will be in the
Marquette. Lunch will be served in the Brio on the 15^th floor.

If you are parking in the garage, be sure to bring the ticket to the reservation desk to be stamped. The fee
will be $10; otherwise, an unstamped ticket will be charged at the daily rate.

Directions:

MAPQuest Map with Directions to Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza

CTA Downtown Map

METRA System Map

Cost:

Preregistration:	$ 85.00
Walk-in registration:	$100.00

Preregistration helps significantly with planning.

Registration:

Preregistration must be received by Friday, June 9th.

Please include the following information with your registration:

Name and Title
eMail Address
Company Name
Company Address
Business Phone Number

Make the check out to MCMG and send your registration to:

Gary Schneier, Treasurer
MCMG
P. O. Box 1061
Morton Grove, IL 60053-1061

Mr. Schneier will be glad to answer your questions via phone (847-673-4815) or eMail: MCMG_Treasurer@cmg.org.

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