Agenda

Welcome and Introduction
The National Computer Centre

The UK market - an overview
Mateen Greenway
Enterprise architect, EDS

Mateen will give us a UK perspective on the market in general. He is a member of the EMEA Architects Practice and Chief Technology Officer for the EMEA Government & Healthcare Industry Group. He frequently leads innovation sessions with EDS client CXOs to demonstrate how they can achieve value. He mentors EDS architects, supporting their transition to the EMEA architects practice. Mateen has met the requirements of the Open Group’s IT Architecture Certification program and has been awarded the title of Distinguished Certified IT Architect.

Best Practices For Reducing Storage Cost
Claire Rolland
Practice Lead, Storage and Availability Group, Symantec

With an average utilization of 35-40% organisations aren’t making efficient use of the resources they’ve already purchased. The answer to this challenge is both technology and process focused. Because of budget freezes, head count reduction and the like, now and in the immediate future organisations need to get a “Return on Yesterday.” ROY means that storage managers need to find a way to take what they bought yesterday and get more return out of it today. Claire will give insight as to Symantec point of view and approach to tackling the issue of storage costs in the modern Data Centre.

Reducing Storage Costs - Customer Case Studies
Nick Wood
Storage and Availability Technology Practice, Symantec

Nick will examine several actual case studies showing how they reduced their storage costs using Symantec solutions and services.

DataCentre efficiency - interactive debate
Facilitated by The National Computer Centre

This will be a facilitated discussion on Data Centre efficiency from a Management perspective.

Questions & answers