CHICAGO

Data center, cloud infrastructure, and foundation services are what make the digital enterprise possible.

Session takes place on the Main Stage

The author of “Cloudonomics” tackles the next stage in the strategic evolution of the true digital enterprise and examines the drivers in both internal enterprise management and external and outsourced service provision.

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Delivering a low latency, very high performance network fabric edge to deal with soaring data dissemination needs from the internet-of-Things .

The data center has matured, from the first computer rooms supporting giant mainframe systems to today’s monolithic facilities supporting the Internet-of-Everything, the IT space has evolved at an almost quantum pace.  Yet, standardization is still hard to come by.  The core group of products – termination, network, server/storage share much in common and are found in one form or another in each installation.  The process, from concept through design to product selection and installation is still unique for each site. Leaving the basic system approach behind, the industrialization of the data center moves beyond selecting individual components.  The result is a comprehensive solution approach, capitalizing on selecting products and incorporating them into a complete deliverable.  Individual choice is still provided but with the goal of unifying the installation to optimize overall end user design and operational efficiencies.

CyrusOne completed Phase 1 of Chandler Building 4 in just 107 days. The fast track project included 120,000 sf core and shell, plus MEP infrastructure and 40,000 sf whitespace for Data Hall 1. The whitespace was turned over to the tenant in 77 days.  The presentation will overview Cyrus’s approach to design and construction, the extensive design assist preconstruction, and the collaboration and coordination of construction with multiple critical paths, construction crews and shifts.

Anixter will present on the 5 key subsystems of physical infrastructure in the data center, including Risk Management, Network Migration, Power Optimization, Thermal Efficiency and DCIM Enablement. These are the building blocks for data center interoperability which Anixter is delivering in a series of global webinars, reports, application guides and videos throughout 2015.

To scale up and out, VaporIO has adopted holistic approach to physical design that starts at the chip and ends at the Facility.  This approach is based on engineering simulation with 6SigmaDCX to quantify and optimize performance at the IT and data center system levels.   Cole Crawford, CEO will discuss VaporIO's application of 6SigmaDCX for holistic IT system

Migrations/consolidations aren’t just numbers crunching and planning. Such projects often shine a spotlight on hidden cross-departmental communications breakdowns. Having independent expert engineering counsel, with the experience to see the whole picture, can help deliver not only a successful outcome, but organizational structure improvement that may best position the  company in achieving its enterprise data center and cloud transformation goals. Here’s how.

Every data center organization struggles to balance between, design redundancy and cost, risk management and organizational efficiencies, while maximizing their speed to market and remaining competitive in an industry with increased margin pressure.  Join us in a discussion exploring design and organizational improvements aimed to reduce complexity and optimize results.

A rapid rate of change complicates every facet of data center management, and server-centric compute models are too cumbersome for today’s highly variable workloads. Is it possible to optimize resources and operations in such dynamic environments? In this presentation, learn how to replace manual, hardware-defined application provisioning and management with a highly automated, software-defined resource model and orchestration layer that enables flexibility, simplified on-demand capital efficiency, and lower TCO. Find out how to compose more agile pools of data center resources, and simultaneously drive up IT efficiency, optimize energy requirements, increase datacenter resilience, and strengthen disaster recovery plans.

CyrusOne operates state-of-the-art enterprise data centers for the largest companies in the world. They will discuss their deployment of Environmental Monitoring, Cooling Optimization and Control across their data center footprint for enhanced data center performance. Learn how these technologies have delivered operational efficiencies and cost reductions, as well as improved transparency for management of Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

By invitation only.

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Panduit

Learn how to gain competitive advantage by understanding the changing nature of enterprise colocation purchasing patterns.

This case study demonstrates a groundbreaking new way of deploying modular data center technology which challenges the assumptions inherent in traditional data centers.  By partnering with a utility provider, the team at BASELAYER was able to reduce complexity (no UPS, batteries, or generator) while maintaining a high level of reliability, sustainability and security by bringing modular technology to parts of the power service network best suited for data center capacity.  The end result is a new rapid deployment model which will open up possibilities for new wholesale colocation options to support the ongoing digital revolution.

As data centers grow and migrate to higher speeds, the backbone cabling becomes a key design area. The backbone cabling system is a key component that influences the design and functionality of all the other components in the data center. In the past, most backbone cabling systems consisted of cables that were terminated with standard two-fiber duplex connectors. Now many systems are moving to cabling systems that use 8-fiber , 12-fiber and 24-fiber connectors. This presentation will go over the advantages and disadvantages of these different types of solutions and how they can affect Data Center cabling choices.

China already has the world’s largest online community with over 600 million people connected to the internet (45% of the 1.3 billion population) and growth plans will take it to Western economies penetration levels of 80%+ within 5 years.  China represents a massive market for online services but access to this new and demanding opportunity requires servers and data centers in-country due to the national firewall that China continues to deploy.  The complexities of access are many and to date, most leading businesses have declined to engage or found it too challenging compared to other markets.

Since 1981, Bloomberg's dynamic network of information, people and ideas has been delivering business and financial information, news and insight to decision makers around the world. Without question, Bloomberg’s data centers are a crucial component of their success, but they come with significant cost.  No organization can afford to let these multimillion dollar assets operate at anything less than optimal efficiency. Bloomberg’s data center team realized that true operational efficiency and optimization is only possible with complete, continuous visibility into the location of their data center assets, and the environment around them, across each asset’s entire lifespan.

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Data Centers are expensive to design, build and maintain.  This session will explore how proper planning and choosing the right layer one solutions will help protect your data center investment and provide an easier migration path to meet changing business needs.  We will discuss the critical importance of a passive infrastructure ecosystem and proper strategies to implement which will help maximize your data center investment.

The Malaysian government is hosting a private lunch at the event where they’ll discuss the next phase of initiatives to develop Malaysia as a prominent ICT hub within SE Asia by 2020.

There will be a brief presentation before the lunch highlighting the merits of Malaysia as a place to invest, as well as a profile of the Sedenak Iskander Data Hub (SIDH), which is situated 60 kilometres from Singapore. SIDH has steadily gained momentum as an alternate outsourcing destination that encompasses state of the art infrastructure, high capacity power and resilient connectivity.

This informal lunch will have representatives from the government as well as industry leaders which will allow invitees to share their thoughts and discuss the future of ICT infrastructure with each other. 

Lunch will be served at 13:40 in room 4a on the 4th floor of the Hilton Chicago.

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Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC)

As today’s organizations become more digitized, they grow fundamentally reliant on their power infrastructures. IT environments have also grown more complex and interconnected, making effective monitoring and management of the power infrastructure more difficult— and more critical. These demands are fuelling the need to move to a next-generation power monitoring service. In particular, one that includes:

• Remote monitoring and diagnosis combined with value-added services
• Data-driven insights and predictive analytics
• Asset management capabilities
• Intuitive, convenient and visual reporting
• Software-as-a-service delivery

Join us to learn about these key requirements and a new next-generation power monitoring solution from Eaton.

By invitation only.

Brought to you by

Eaton

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Service Level Agreements (SLAs) around power in the Data Center world are not to be taken lightly. The responsibilities are clear. To avoid potential penalties, service providers must adhere to the promises they make to their multi-tenants—whether it’s reliable power and cooling, or more efficient workloads and energy levels. And in some cases, going beyond the use of preventive services is critical to meet such needs.

Predictive service programs come in all shapes and sizes, and can better enable service providers to differentiate themselves as the preferred provider through maximized uptime, reliability and reduced operating costs for multi-tenant providers. Through this proactive and comprehensive strategic maintenance approach, service providers can also establish comparative baselines and determine future equipment maintenance needs.

Learn ways to lay the foundation to protect against unforeseen failures and downtime to proactively plan system replacements and upgrades. This session will address:

1. What are the differences between preventive and predictive services?
2. What are the impacts of predictive services in the data center ecosystem?
3. How can Data Center managers align key facility goals through the use of robust predictive services?

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Enterprises are becoming more sophisticated on what solutions they require. The one-size fits all solution no longer applies and data centers need to evolve past offering only space and power.  Enterprises are looking for partners that are a true extension of their business. By examining market drivers here we will take a look at how data center providers will succeed as partners to enterprises by offering flexibility and scalability.

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The importance of power information in high density data centers requires a strategic approach to software and metering to gather actionable data.  This topic is focused on how making design decisions as a platform in these areas results in a reduction of deployment costs.    

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Nowadays there is a lot of complexity that infrastructure cloud service users face when choosing providers and buying infrastructure capacity. In the cloud choosing the best option for a specific application is like solving a complex equation,  because technical, commercial, and legal requirements need to be considered. This session will cover why and how marketplaces can support customers to simplify that equation.

In the cloud what should we be doing about an availability standard?

Join us for end of Day One networking drinks.

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Canara