Virtualization for Midsize Businesses: Keep Your Foot on the Accelerator

Event Date: Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 02:00 PM EDT

Could you be driving a wedge between your midsize business’s productivity and innovation without even knowing it? If your midsize business is like most, you have already ‘virtualized’ a portion of your servers and plan to do more, but without transforming the way in which you manage your new virtualized environment you could face another set of problems.

Increased workload density and flexibility are key benefits of server virtualization, but there are critical steps you could be leaving out. The absence of these steps could hurt your company’s business operations. Virtualization shouldn’t be limited to just your servers. Storage, desktop, networks and your entire IT infrastructure can reap the benefits of virtualization.

The expansion of both virtual workloads and data demands better tools to solve problems before they arise. Michael Suby, Vice President of Research at Frost & Sullivan North America gives you a game plan that puts you on the right track and help your business avoid costly operational bottlenecks.

Following Michael's presentation, Ed Abrams, Vice President Marketing, IBM Midmarket will join Mike to discuss examples of how IBM is helping their clients today with virtualization solutions from IBM, and together will host a live Q&A session.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Michael Suby
Vice President of Research, Stratecast practice
Frost & Sullivan North America

Michael Suby is director of Stratecast (a division of Frost & Sullivan) and an analyst. In his director role, he overseas the business operations of Stratecast and its research direction. As an analyst, he contributes to the research themes of Stratecast’s Business Communication Services analysis program with a concentration in Secure Networking.

Michael’s Secure Networking analysis is centered on the technologies, products, and services designed to improve the security of enterprise networks, their business and consumer-facing applications, and sensitive data at rest, in use, and in motion. Since joining Stratecast in October 2000, he has completed research studies and consulting projects across a wide spectrum of topics. His analysis identifies and examines the evolution of the communications industry and how market participants can expand their market presence.

Prior to joining Stratecast, Suby spent 15 years in the communications industry in a range of managerial, financial, and operational roles. He is a frequent author of white papers and a featured webinar presenter.

Edward L. Abrams
Vice President of Marketing
IBM Midmarket

Ed is currently the Vice President of Marketing for IBM Midmarket. In this role he is responsible for the marketing strategy and execution around the company’s small and medium business efforts with a specific focus on driving the Smarter Planet strategy, offerings and value proposition for midmarket, as well as the marketing strategy and execution supporting IBMs image, pipeline and revenue objectives in this space.

Bonus Frost & Sullivan White Paper for All Registrants

All registrants for this webcast receive a complimentary copy of this white paper from Frost & Sullivan: Virtualization for Midsize Businesses: Keep Your Foot on the Accelerator.
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