United Devices’ Annual Conference Adds Virtualization Thought Leaders

United Devices is hosting its third annual conference, dubbed UD:07, to be held on March 7th and 8th in Boston at the Sheraton Hotel near Copley Square.

This year’s theme, “Grid in 2007: Virtual Reality”, hopes to cut through the noise surrounding mainstream virtualization by showcasing practical implementations that prove value in the data center and managed services arenas.

A Who’s Who of global virtualization innovators are planned for attendance. Early confirmed speakers at UD:07 include:

• BMC: Tom Bishop, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

• SAP: Roland Wartenberg, Platform Ecosystem Evangelist

• Bristol-Myers Squibb: Tim Wagner, Director, Scientific Computing Services

• Corus Automotive: Mike Twelves, Manager, KBE and IT Systems

• Hewlett Packard: Norm Lindsey, Chief Architect, Flexible Computing Business Unit

• Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development LLC: Jeff Mathers, director, Technology Office Strategy & Delivery

• Raytheon: Les Stewart, Manager, Senior Principal Technologist, Raytheon Missile Systems IT

• Schrodinger: Peter Shenkin, Vice President

• Satyam Computer Services: Grid Computing Experts

• United Devices: Jikku Venkat, Chief Information Officer

• Economic Strategy Institute: Dr. Robert B. Cohen, Senior Fellow

• Open Grid Forum: Mark Linesch, President

• The 451 Group: William Fellows, Principal Analyst, and Steve Wallage, Director of Research

The conference is targeted toward business sponsors and executive decision-makers who want to connect with colleagues who are now deploying advanced virtualization strategies, including higher level automation in data centers and for managed services.

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