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90% of the worlds data has been amassed in the last 2 years and Facebook is now as big as the Internet was in 2004. This has only been possible because of datacentre consolidation, or as its more commonly known the cloud. Whilst private cloud is popular, it can be very expensive and requires large investment. More traction is now focusing on the virtual private clouds also known as hybrid clouds. A virtual private cloud completely separates your data and resources from anyone elses BUT the key is that it resides on a public cloud, allowing you to make use of economies of scale. The latest Government ITC strategy G-Cloud (of which we are involved in) headed by the cabinet office predicts that Governmental departments will, in the future, move toward secure public clouds because private clouds will become too expensive to manage and difficult to grow. This presentation will look at how with new security techniques and economies of scale, public clouds are the future. It will focus on the technology that is needed to support a hybrid solution from virtual desktops through to the storage required to power this hybrid world.
Who should attend this session?
CIOs, Data Centre Managers and Directors, end user decision makers
What will delegates learn from this session?
How to resolve the storage problems associated with VDI deployments
Why is this issue of interest to delegates?
The web is full of stories about companies struggling to manage the IOPs issues that surround VDI. There is an answer, OpenStorage.
Speaker: James Mackie
Job title: Technical Director
Company: VESK
James Mackie successfully built, ran and quarter owned London's highest ranked community driven website in 2001. James sold his quarter of the Internet firm in 2004 allowing him to setup Appiam, an IT support businesses managing outsourced IT for SME's in the UK.
After 4 successful years of running Appiam, James made a multi-million pound investment into VESK virtual desktop. "We tried selling hosted VDI through our existing Appiam customers, but the market wasn't ready in 2004, nor was the technology. Since the inception of new breed technology such as HDX and speedscreen, the VESK concept became a reality in 2008 making VDI affordable for businesses of all sizes".
In the last 3 years, James has pioneered VESK to become one of the leading providers of hosted virtual desktops. James is now working on some of the largest hosted VDI deployments known in the UK across private, third and public sectors. James' vision for the future is to help businesses reduce their costs, improving the way people use IT in business and pushing heavily on social and corporate responsibilities.
Watch this session in the IT and Management Theatre on February 29 2012 at 2:30 pm
