The Microsoft Launch Event for IT Managers and Executives with Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft
1 October 2008
12:15pm – 5pm
Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Complex
At the upcoming launch event, ‘Technologies to Change Your Business’, we will not only be introducing the latest in the line up of Server technologies from Microsoft, Hyper-V and SQL Server 2008. We’ll more importantly showcase customers who are taking these products and using them as the catalyst for significant change in their business. Additionally, we will be showcasing some of the emerging technologies to come from Microsoft Research.
Agenda
12:15 Registration and Lunch
13:00 Introduction – Martin Veitch, CIO Magazine
13:15 Opening Keynote by Steve Ballmer: Microsoft's Vision for Software Delivered as a Service
14:00 Taking Virtualisation to the Next Level: Achieving a Dynamic IT Infrastructure.
Bruce Lynn, Microsoft
14:40 Virtualisation vNext: Customer Case Study and Q&A
15:00 Break
15:30 Planning for the next wave of Technologies: Chris Ingle, IDC
16:00 From Database to Data Platform. Delivering New Value to the Business.
Keith Burns and Andrew Fryer, Microsoft
16:30 Deriving New Value from Data and SQL Server 2008: Customer Case Study and Q&A
16:50 Summary
17:00 Close
Join us for an afternoon of innovation, debate and insight as we launch the next wave of technologies to help you deliver new value to your organisation.
Register now here or register by Phone: 0870 166 6624