Efm Events

Storage Asset Optimization:  A Model for Improved Business Efficiency and Bottom Line

sponsored by Affinity

Subash (Sam) S. Valanju
Vice President and Ex- Chief Information Officer
Johnson Controls, Inc.

The Impact of Virtualization at WS Packaging Group, Inc.

sponsored by EDCi

Rick Sackett
Corporate Infrastructure Manager
WS Packaging Group, Inc.

Mr. Sackett will share his experiences with virtualization at WS Packaging Group. Business drivers will be addressed that precipitated the move from 'fat architecture' to 'thin'.  Discussions will include perceived benefits planned and what was truly realized, how well virtualization met expectations, pitfalls that we experienced, and what we are doing moving forward.   

sponsored by Net Direct Systems

Milind Dere
VP Enterprise Architecture & Systems
Synovate

Effective management of content has become increasingly critical for organizations facing litigation, as they seek to manage potentially discoverable information.  Additionally, organizations face heightened oversight from both internal audit and external regulatory bodies.  The technology to manage content has become a key part of how an organization approaches its ability to capture, store, manage and produce information.

Today, an estimated 85 to 90 percent of the content created within an organization now exists electronically. Business operations are generating vast volumes of unstructured data – ranging from the content created in desktop applications to the web content and digital assets that are created and used in the course of business. Add to this the growing volume of digital communications – email, as well as the increasing use of instant messaging, PDAs, and voicemail – and it’s clear that today’s organization has many more sources of information to manage than the organization of even just five years ago. This presentation will share best practices and recommendations for how your organization can leverage investments in ECM to manage information for compliance, specifically:

• Where does Records Management fit into the discovery process for litigation, audit, and regulation?
• How does technology serve as the foundation for discovery initiatives?
• Why do we need a program to address discovery issues?
• What does it take to develop and implement a compliance program?
• What is the business case for these programs in the absence of large scale litigations

Five Ways to Save Money and Your Sanity

Don Jones
Author

These days, "do more with less" has become the slogan of many IT departments, and it's driving most of us crazy. But a clever and thrifty IT manager actually can improve operational efficiency, save money, and even improve service levels. Industry veteran and author Don Jones (Concentrated Technology, Microsoft TechNet Magazine, and Redmond Magazine) introduces five key focus areas that are the lowest-hanging fruit for doing more with less: Consolidation, Identity and Access Management, Compliance, Automation, and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. Don spells out the key capabilities you'll need to implement to free up time and save money, while dispelling a couple of myths and dead ends that will just waste your time. By investing a bit in these projects now, you'll have a smarter, leaner infrastructure for the future.

Sponsored by Information Builders

David Kempin
Vice President - Market Analytics & Performance Solutions
US Bank