May 3, 2007
Saint Regis Hotel
San Francisco, California

At Computerworld’s upcoming IT Executive Summit on Reducing IT Cost and Complexity, a select group of senior IT executives like you will explore and discuss the issues, and will get an up-to-date education on where grid, SOA and virtualization are headed. Through a concise, morning-long program of analyst/industry expert and end-user presentations concluding with a rich, interactive panel discussion, participants will gain a fresh perspective from presenters and each other.

Why You Should Attend
You’ll learn from formal presentations and moderated discussion that will surround how today’s enterprise environments are pushing the envelope with grid, SOA and virtualization. From the morning’s program, you’ll rapidly gather answers to the following questions:

• How can reducing IT cost and complexity via grid, SOA and virtualization offer businesses more cost effective, flexible and available applications and infrastructure?
• What techniques are businesses using to deploy grid, SOA and virtualization to lower the time and cost of server farm and storage management?
• What are the pitfalls to avoid?
• How have some businesses maximized on the promise of improving IT service quality and productivity while reducing IT cost and complexity?

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Agenda

8:00-8:45 a.m.	Registration and Networking Breakfast
8:45-9:00 a.m.	Introduction and Overview Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld
9:00-9:40 a.m.	How Do IT Professionals View Grid Computing and Server Virtualization? Bob Gill, Managing Director, Servers, The Info Pro
9:40-10:20 a.m.	Golden Gate University: Business Value via Reducing IT Complexity Anthony Hill, Chief Technology Officer, Golden Gate University Karl Ehr, Information Technology Infrastructure Architect, Golden Gate University
10:20-10:35 a.m.	Refreshment and Networking Break
10:35-11:15 a.m.	Enabling a Dynamic IT Infrastructure Phil Brotherton, Senior Director, Network Appliance
11:15-Noon	Moderated Panel Discussion Moderator: Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld Panelists: Bob Gill, Managing Director, Servers, The Info Pro; Anthony Hill, Chief Technology Officer, Golden Gate University; Karl Ehr, Information Technology Operations Manager, Golden Gate University; Phil Brotherton, Senior Director, Network Appliance; Ashish Mohindroo, Senior Director, Oracle; Ed Franklin, Senior Director, Fujitsu Computer Systems
Noon	Program Concludes

 

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Presenters

Phil Brotherton, Senior Director, Network Appliance
Philip Brotherton is the senior director of marketing for the Enterprise Data Center Applications Business Unit at Network Appliance. He oversees the company's strategic alliance efforts with Oracle, Microsoft, SAP and VMWare, and spearheads all marketing initiatives for the Enterprise Data Center Applications Business Unit.

Prior to Network Appliance, Brotherton was vice president of marketing at JNI Corp., a leading provider of storage and system area networking infrastructure. He was also a vice president of marketing at Acta Technologies, a data integration software company, and worked with Hewlett-Packard for nearly a decade, serving in various executive marketing and engineering roles focusing on RISC/UNIX servers, PC servers, enterprise I/O, and storage systems. Brotherton also held positions with Teledyne and Hughes Aircraft Company.

Brotherton has a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and a Mechanical Engineering Bachelor of Science (BS) degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Ron Milton, Executive Vice President, Computerworld
Ron manages the events business and strategic business programs for IT executive titles in storage networking, mobile and wireless, data center and business intelligence market sectors. Milton leads the team responsible for creating content, sponsor sales, operations, marketing and audience development for all of Computerworld's events, such as brands like Premier 100 IT Leaders, Storage Networking World, Mobile & Wireless World, Business Intelligence Perspectives and IT Executive Summit Series. He has 20+ years of experience in information technology, serving in both vendor and information services management positions. Before his current role at IDG, Ron was Senior Vice President of CXO Media and General Manager of CIO Magazine's Executive Program Divisions.

Prior to joining Computerworld in 1999, he was President and CEO of IDG's Internet Commerce (ICE) business unit, which he founded in 1996 as a start-up business, and was a pioneer in using e-commerce systems and web marketing. He was a 1996 recipient of the coveted IDG Chairman's Award for the most successful start-up business globally. Before joining IDG, Milton spent five years as Vice President/Partner of GLA computer Systems, a software developer and channel integrator with market share leadership in wholesale travel solutions. Prior to GLA, he also held a variety of management positions in channel management, field sales and marketing at Honeywell Information Systems and Bull HN. He holds degrees from Concordia University and Sir George Williams University.

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Bob Gill, Managing Director, Servers, The Info Pro
As Managing Director for TheInfoPro’s Server Sector, Bob is the industry source on Server Virtualization, Blade Servers, and Operating systems including Windows and Linux. Bob has over 25 years experience in Information Technology. Prior to TheInfoPro, Bob spent 15 years in senior management and analyst positions with Gartner Group. As an analyst, his areas of expertise involved networking, operating systems, media management and rights technology, and security. His major accomplishments included the launch of a business unit that synthesized findings from statistically-driven quantitative market research, combined with technology and vertical market expertise. His previous experience includes technical, development, sales, and management positions at AT&T, Western Electric, and Bell Labs. He also ran his own IT implementation consultancy, and was VP of Business Development for an IT VAR. Bob has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Notre Dame, and a Masters of Science in MIS from Stevens.

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