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Many server workloads can exhaust the 32-bit virtual address space in Windows Server 2003 with machines having 2 GB or more of RAM being particularly vulnerable to this condition. This presentation discusses the signs that indicate a machine is suffering from a virtual memory constraint and presents options to keep this from happening: (1) changing the way 32-bit virtual address spaces are partitioned into private and shared ranges, (2) settings that govern the size of system memory pools, and (3) hardware that supports 36-bit addressing.

The topic of storage continues to be a hot computer infrastructure subject. Rapid storage growth, technology advancements, evolving software products, SAN, and NAS are changing the view of storage management. Because mainframe, UNIX, Windows, Linux, and other platforms can play in the same storage sandbox, this presentation will focus on the concept of a Consolidated Storage Team.

Web Services provide a major step forward in the Internet computing model and are the next logical step in application development. There are many components and continual research going on in this area. This presentation will focus on the things you really need to know and care about with Web Services.

This session will be an excellent introduction to the art of data collection and management reporting. Emphasis is on obtaining cooperation of the line of business managers and reporting the value that IT brings to the organization. Topics include data collection methods, balanced scorecard, and key performance indicators. Reporting discussion ranges from capacity planning to SLAs.