GTA Austin Calendar of Events
Tues, Nov 4th, 2008
Green IT mini-conference: Your IT Infrastructure Can Become an Optimized and Efficient Green Datacenter!
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IBM and Microsoft
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Your IT Infrastructure Can Become an Optimized and Efficient Green Datacenter!
A GTA Green IT mini-conference
Sponsored by: IBM and Microsoft
Session Info (see event overview and details on right)
Session Overview:
Green Datacenters: Not Just An Enterprise SolutionPresented by: Michelle Naquin
CEO, Green Technology Alliance
Information technology is the backbone of every organization regardless of size and data is the key to the success of every organization. Learn more about how every organization can optimize IT to not only be more efficient but drive business value across the organization.
Presenter bio:
Ms. Naquin is the founder and CEO of the Green Technology Alliance (GTA). The GTA is the first green technology initiative to focus on building implementable solutions that offer real business benefit-- to every sector of the IT industry. Since the official launch of the GTA June 18th 2008, it has grown from 400 GTA supporters to over 1600 representing 4 countries and over 800 organizations. The sole mission of the GTA is to accelerate the adoption of green, clean and sustainable business practices, technologies and solutions.
Ms. Naquin has over 15 years of experience successfully developing alliances and business development programs of high impact and leverage through use of systems theory and models. She focuses on driving results across the business value spectrum including achieving target revenue goals, higher customer satisfaction and mutually beneficial partnerships. For the GTA her goal is no different; help create the strategies required to deploy real solutions that deliver an immediate business benefit to the companies that invest in sustainability; such as reduced costs, improved efficiency and greater productivity.
Session One:
Green IT: A Global Imperative
Presented by: Carl J. Anderson
IBM Fellow/STG CTO Office
IBM Systems & Technology Group
Physics and economics are driving continuous change in the IT business. The ongoing increase demand for compute performance is causing the electrical power used in computing to grow exponentially. The cost of electrical power used by computers in a data center is becoming equal to the cost of buying new hardware. The electrical power used by data centers is several percent of total electrical power used in the United States. The talk will discuss IBM innovations to reduce power usage in future and present data centers.
Presenter bio:
Carl J. Anderson received his BS in physics from the University of Missouri in 1974 and his Ph.D. in Physics from the University Wisconsin in 1979. He joined IBM Research in 1979 where he did circuit design, package design and test on the Josephson Superconducting Computer program. From 1983 to 1992 he worked in Gallium Arsenide Optoelectronics design and fabrication.
In 1992 Carl became the Silicon circuit senior design manager and was responsible for the conversion of the S/390 high-end mainframe from bipolar technology to custom CMOS technology. In 1997 Carl started worked on the Power4 microprocessor and was responsible for the physical design. Carl became an IBM Fellow in 2000 and was responsible for physical design and tools in IBM server division. In 2003 received an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Wisconsin for his microprocessor accomplishments.
Currently Carl works in the office of the CTO of IBM Systems and Technology Group and is responsible for the design of several energy efficient data centers.
Session Two:
A Case Study in Innovation: Microsoft's Green Datacenters
Presented by: Phil Wheat
Architect Evangelist, Microsoft
Datacenter technology is truly a suite of opportunity. Find yours and you have your efficient datacenter. There are more choices, options, and solutions than most people realize. As an industry leader and a premier OEM partner, Microsoft could select from the best the industry offered. Learn what they chose and why!
Presenter bio:
Philip Wheat is
the Community
Architect
Evangelist for
the Microsoft
South Central
District.
Through his
career he has
worked in most
of the areas of
Computer Science
and has in the
past few years
become very
interested in
Composite
Applications in
general and
SharePoint/Office
delivery
mechanisms. My
interests are
software,
hardware, and
the wonderful
ideas that
writers (fiction
and code) can
come up with to
put the two
together. My
passion and
reason for
joining the
Green Technology
alliance is to
leverage
technology to
drive innovation
and build highly
dynamic industry
partnerships.
As our knowledge
in materials
science has
grown through
the efforts to
keep Moore's
statement a
"Law", the
ability and
returns for
using these
advances has
become available
for both the
large scale
scope of
companies as
well as the
personal scope
of individuals. Combining
the ability of
leveraging
ceramics,
superconducting
materials, MEMS,
Nanotech, self
assembling
machines,
personal
fabricators, and
other waves of
innovation in
technology with
our growing
ability to make
the very matter
we work with
able to react to
the environment
around it is
promising to
change the very
nature of what
we view as
"green."
Through
intelligent
usage of energy,
local power
generation,
resource
recovery, and
predictive
techniques for
load and
generation
balancing we can
continue to
advance the
human experience
while reducing
our impact and
expanding the
number of people
receiving the
benefit of our
knowledge and
experience.
Session Three:
A Solutions Round Table: Green Technologies and Processes That Deliver Value
Presented by: YOU!
Join us for a unique roundtable session presented by YOU. All attendees are invited to participate in a discussion of solutions, technologies and processes that deliver real value to an organization. Engage with your peers to learn how to address the unique challenges and opportunities for going green in your organization. Bring your solutions, case studies and even the issues you have faced in bringing green to the IT world. This is your chance to share with your colleagues and learn how to best implement the green infrastructure that delivers.
Thursday, October 16th
Green IT Summit @ InnoTech
Hosted by: Green Technology Alliance
InnoTech- Austin's Technology Innovation Conference & Expo
This year included an impressive line up of national and local sponsors and supporters (all posted on the www.innotechaustin.com website...check it out!)
Information and registration at www.innotechaustin.com.
Watch for session presentations to be provided.
Tuesday, September 9th
Creating Green: Building Your Unique Market Opportunity
Green business development requires a unique approach. Learn the current trends in green positioning, branding, consulting and sales to help you better position your company. You will also learn how to apply these trends when creating your market proposition and value so that you can build a strong customer base.
Special sessions will help you learn how to create a customized marketing and integrated customer development program that helps you build "gold customers" and "bridge the credibility gap."
Date: Tues, Sept 9th
Location:
MTC Austin
Stonebridge Plaza
Building One
9606 North MoPac Expressway
Suite 200
Austin, TX
Time:
8:30 - 9:30 am Registration & Networking
9:30-9:45 am Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:45-10:15 am Session Overview
Green Trends in the Marketplace
Presented by: Michelle C. Naquin
CEO, Green Technology Alliance
10:15 - 11:15
am Session One
Bridging the Credibility Gap: Collaborative Strategies to Deliver Real Value for Your Customers and Partners
Presented by: Matthew Parente
Principal, Aperio Marketing
11:15-11:30 am BREAK
11:30 - 12:30
pm Session Two
Go for the Gold: How to Find, Get & Keep Gold Clients
Presented by: Dr. Jan Triplett
COO, Business Success Center
12:30 - 1:00
pm Question and Answer
1:00 - 1:45 pm
More Networking
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