Chicago VMUG meeting on July 13th 2011 come out and participate

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It’s that time again fellow Chicago VMware people, the VMUG group will be having our next meeting on July 13th in the Addison, IL area. Stay tuned here or our Twitter account for the upcoming registration and location details.

The meeting will be focused on Virtual Desktops (VDI) and security both are hot topics.

9:30am – 10:00am – Registration
10:00am – 10:45am – Impact of VDI on traditional storage (Xiotech)

•             Impact of virtual desktops on traditional

•             Looking at storage in terms of IO Density (IOPS/GB) like a vehicle’s

•             SSD technology overview (benefits, pitfalls, etc)

•             Effective tiering of data storage

10:45am – 11:15am – vShield Technologies Overview (Elias Khnaser – Artemis)

•             Benefits of using vShield

•             How to justify vShield solution in existing environments

•             Customer references

11:15am – 11:45pm – vShield Technical Deep Dive (Keith Luck – VMware)
11:45pm – 12:15pm – Lunch
12:15pm – 1:00pm – Introduction to Virtual Security (Michael Davis – Savid/Hacking Exposed Author)
1:00pm – 1:50pm – VMware/vShield Security Q/A Panel (Xiotech, Michael Davis, Keith Luck, Eli Khanaser)
1:50pm – 2:00pm – Prizes & Giveaways