The confluence of several mature architectural paradigms with new user-centric paradigms will drive the next generation of IT. Next generation IT will be based on the combination of model-driven architecture and service-oriented architecture applied to applications, information delivery, and IT resources alike. The agility gained in IT infrastructure coupled with highly configurable, lightweight, 'last mile' visualization technologies will dramatically increase the relevance and reactivity of IT to the business. By applying these architectures, technologies and open standards to the problems faced by IT we can focus on qualities of service delivery of IT in support of business value. At the end of this keynote presentation by the CTO of EMC, you will

Understand the relevant architectures, technologies and standards

Discover the approaches for utilization of these tools and their importance to the business

Keynote: Tuesday, June 26th - 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM

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SOAWorld 2007/ Virtualization Conference - Keynote:
David Greschler,
Director of virtualization strategy, System Center division at Microsoft Corp

David Greschler is the director of virtualization strategy, System Center division at Microsoft Corp. Greschler is a director of System Center marketing, and is focused on virtualization management tools for the desktop and datacenter. Greschler came to Microsoft with the July 2006 acquisition of Softricity. Prior to joining Microsoft, Greschler was co-Founder of Softricity, developers of SoftGrid and the originator and leading vendor of the application virtualization industry. With more than 20 years of pioneering experience in the computer field, Greschler has held various positions at the MIT Media Lab and The Computer Museum, and holds numerous virtualization patents.

Keynote: Monday, June 25th - 10:00 AM- 10:50 AM

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In his more than 13 years with Sun, Stern has been Chief Technology Officer, Sun Services; Chief Architect of Sun Professional Services; CTO for the Sun ONE (iPlanet) infrastructure products division and the Chief Technologist of Sun's Northeast US Sales Area. He has done architecture, performance and reliability work for Major League Baseball, mlb.com, several financial information and transaction clearing networks, and defined next-generation interactive services as part of Sun's technology partnership with the National Hockey League. He is listed as inventor or co-inventor on three networking technology patents and has co-authored technical books on networking and high availability techniques. Before joining Sun, Stern developed molecular modeling software for a Boston area start-up company and was on the research staff at Princeton University.

Keynote: Monday, June 25th - 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

Virtualization is fast becoming a key requirement for every server in the data center, enabling workloads such as server consolidation, efficient software development and testing, resource management for dynamic data centers, application re-hosting and compatibility, and high-availability partitions. The Virtualization Power Panel will discuss all the latest issues and implementation strategies for Virtualization technologies.

Alessandro Perilli operates as an evangelist in Virtualization industry since 2003, with its popular blog virtualization.info. As Industry Analyst his work is mostly focused in observing and reporting on new and ongoing market trends, maintaining a tight relationship with consolidated vendors and emerging startups.

Power Panel: Monday, June 25th - 3:40 PM - 4:10 PM