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WELCOME TO
STORAGE EXPO 2008
Welcome to the 8th annual Storage Expo, the UK’s definitive
event for data storage, information and content management
With data storage volumes still growing at over 50% per Located on the Gallery Level, Seminar Theatre 1
annum - what's top of your data storage and information ‘Information Management, Availability and Assurance’ will
management agenda? Energy Efficiency? Virtualisation? Data address topics including email management beyond archiving,
De-duplication? Data Classification? Backup & Archiving? dynamic infrastructure, storage in the cloud and virtual
If you are looking for inspiration on how data de-duplication machine business continuity.
can make much needed savings to your budget, need expert Seminar Theatre 2 ‘Efficiency, Provisioning and Scalability’
advice on introducing storage systems that require less will address issues such as improving storage efficiency to go
space, power, and cooling, or you would like to find practical green, reducing spend by 50% using virtualised servers and
best-fit models for data backup then Storage Expo, the UK's also how to reduce capacity and energy requirements with
definitive event for data storage, information and content thin provisioning. For the full list of seminars, please turn to
management will help provide you with the solutions. page 12.
With over 100 of the world’s top storage vendors In today’s uncertain economic environment, and with energy
exhibiting, showcasing a huge diversity of cutting edge prices heading into the stratosphere, finding ways to reduce
products, you can sample first hand the best solutions to power consumption is paramount, so check out the Energy
your ever increasing data storage and information Efficiency Zone, sponsored by IBM, where you can hear from
management issues. For a full list of the storage and leading authorities and technical experts on the best way to
information management technologies on show please turn to increase your energy efficiency.
the product index on page 73 and for the full exhibitor details Finally, on behalf of the whole Storage Expo team I would like
turn to page 59. The exhibitor list can be found on page 6 and to thank you for attending and hope that the event provides
the floor plans on pages 8 & 9. They can also be found on the much sought after solutions for improving your data
various directional floor plans throughout the hall. storage strategy over the coming months.
This year there is a diverse range of cutting-edge keynote
addresses given by some of the industry’s top experts who Enjoy the show
will tackle key issues such as: architecting for efficiency;
getting data classification right; improving asset utilisation Kind regards,
with virtualisation, and reducing data footprints with de-
duplication. For the full keynote programme please turn to
page 10.
New for 2008, the seminar programme has been expanded
to reflect the needs of today’s data storage professionals and
information management experts as they become as
concerned with information and data management as they are Natalie Booth
with storage capability, scalability and infrastructure. Event Manager, Storage Expo
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