The best choice for objective intelligence on today's Data Center

Whether it's the relentless pace of virtualization, powerful opportunities like cloud computing or the explosive demand for storage, a host of dynamic factors are bearing down on the 21st-century data center and demanding a response. But Data Center executives need to proceed cautiously - especially now with an economic recovery that's moving ahead in fits and starts. Their challenge: how to best pursue necessary, game-changing innovation while effectively supporting legacy systems.

Providing the answer to that question and more, the 2010 data center conference offers a breadth and depth of knowledge that uniquely meets the requirements of data center professionals across disciplines. Through prescriptive, practical advice -- complemented by strategic recommendations -- this year's 7-track agenda addresses today's not-to-be ignored trends, technologies and imperatives, including:

Virtualization: It's the most important and impactful trend in infrastructure and operations through 2012. Get ready to take it to the next level with best practices focused on disaster recovery, flexibility, agility and more.

Cloud Computing: What should you be doing about cloud right now? Learn what's practical and possible in the short term as you separate market hype from reality.

New Business Initiatives: See how to lower the costs of maintaining legacy workloads and channel precious budget dollars toward funding and supporting 2011's new business initiatives.

Plus, dedicated tracks on storage technologies and architectures, business continuity management, servers and operating systems, IT operations excellence, and data center modernization strategies.