| 7:30-8:30 |
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Continental Breakfast; Registration Open |
| 8:30-9:00 |
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Welcome and Opening Remarks |
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Martin McCarthy, Bruce Taylor and Matt Stansberry outline the focus of Symposium 2012 and provide an overview of the upcoming sessions, as well as a brief discussion of the Institute's latest survey findings on IT-Facilities integration challenges. |
| 9:00-9:30 |
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What is the value of DCIM software? |
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Andy Lawrence, Research Director at 451 Research explains the current capabilities and limitations of DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management ) software, and offers insight into the various vendors and toolsets. |
| 9:30-10:00 |
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2012 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Award Winner Case Study: Facility Design- Innovation |
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Each year Uptime Institute invites world-class data center owners and operators to discuss and celebrate successful data center and IT projects that promote energy and resource efficiency. This session will profile the GEIT Award-winning case study of a cutting-edge data center design that focuses on energy and resource efficiency. |
| 9:30-10:00 |
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2012 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Award Winner Case Study: IT Product Deployment |
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Each year Uptime Institute invites world-class data center owners and operators to discuss and celebrate successful data center and IT projects that promote energy and resource efficiency. This session will profile the GEIT Award-winning case study of an IT product that significantly improved energy and/or resource efficiency, as demonstrated in a user deployment. |
| 10:00-4:00 |
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Modular Data Center Campus and Exposition Hall Open
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In addition to Symposium's annual showcase of industry products and services, this special two-day Symposium Exposition pavilion will present modular products and systems components from the leading industry developers. Symposium delegates will have the opportunity to receive guided, in-depth tours and expert briefings on each of the demonstrated designs. The Modular Campus will be open to all Symposium delegates and Exposition-registered visitors, and will include both Modular Technology Innovation Presentation conference sessions and special Modular Campus Theater Presentations given by modular design experts from each of the participating industry leaders. |
| 10:00-10:30 |
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Break (Expo Hall Open) |
| 10:30-11:00 |
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Uptime Institute Data Center Density Report |
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Data center vendors have claimed that the sky is falling for years –data center operators should prepare for ultra-high density data center deployments. But user data from Uptime Institute proves that ultra high density is an exception, not the norm. |
| 11:00-11:30 |
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Server Roundup Winner Case Study
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In this session, the winner of the inaugural Uptime Institute Server Roundup competition in the "Most IT Equipment Removed" category presents their case study. |
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2012 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Award Winner Case Study: Faciility Product Deployment |
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Each year Uptime Institute invites world-class data center owners and operators to discuss and celebrate successful data center and IT projects that promote energy and resource efficiency. This session will profile the GEIT Award-winning case study of a facility infrastructure product that significantly improve data center energy and/or resource efficiency, as demonstrated in a user deployment. |
| 11:30-12:00 |
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Technology Innovation Presentations |
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Throughout the course of the Symposium, industry supplier executives pair with their user customer peers to present short, real-world case studies and technical briefings, followed by Q&A on the deployment and use of technology solutions. |
| 12:00-1:30 |
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Buffet Lunch (Expo Hall Open) |
| 1:30-2:00 |
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2012 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Award Winner Case Study: IT Retrofit |
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Each year Uptime Institute invites world-class data center owners and operators to discuss and celebrate successful data center and IT projects that promote energy and resource efficiency. This session will profile the GEIT Award-winning case study of a project in which IT operations staff significantly improved energy and/or resource efficiency while improving IT effectiveness. |
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2012 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Award Winner Case Study: Facility Design-Implementation |
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Each year Uptime Institute invites world-class data center owners and operators to discuss and celebrate successful data center and IT projects that promote energy and resource efficiency. This session will profile the GEIT Award-winning case study of a cutting-edge data center projects that demonstrate energy and resource efficiency in a new, operational data center. |
| 2:00-3:00 |
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Technology Innovation Presentations |
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Throughout the course of the Symposium, industry supplier executives pair with their user customer peers to present short, real-world case studies and technical briefings, followed by Q&A on the deployment and use of technology solutions. |
| 3:00-3:30 |
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Break (Expo Hall Open) |
| 3:30-4:00 |
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What Happened Next? 2011 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Award Winners Panel One
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Join winners of the 2011 Green Enterprise IT Awards as they provide updates on their Award-winning projects. |
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What Happened Next? 2011 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Award Winners Panel Two
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Join winners of the 2011 Green Enterprise IT Awards as they provide updates on their Award-winning projects. |
| 4:00-4:30 |
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Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Award Winner Case Study: Faciility Retrofit |
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Each year Uptime Institute invites world-class data center owners and operators to discuss and celebrate successful data center and IT projects that promote energy and resource efficiency. This session will profile the GEIT Award-winning case study of a data center facility retrofit projects that significantly improved energy and/or resource efficiency in an existing data center. |
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Server Roundup Winner Case Study |
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In this session, the winner of the inaugural Uptime Institute Server Roundup competition in the "Highest Percentage IT Equipment Removed" category presents their case study. |
| 4:30-5:00 |
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2012 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Award Finalist Case Studies, Session Three
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Each year Uptime Institute invites world-class data center owners and operators to discuss and celebrate successful data center and IT projects that promote energy and resource efficiency. This session will profile the finalists in two GEIT Award categories. |
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2012 Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) Award Finalist Case Studies, Session Four
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Each year Uptime Institute invites world-class data center owners and operators to discuss and celebrate successful data center and IT projects that promote energy and resource efficiency. This session will profile the finalists in two GEIT Award categories. |
| 5:00-5:30 |
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Inside the biggest data center consolidation project in the world |
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The US Federal Government is attempting to overcome data center waste and siloed bureaucracy on a massive scale, with plans to close 1,200 data centers by 2015. Find out what the situation is on the ground for the agencies tasked to do the heavy lifting with a panel of federal IT executives, hosted by MeriTalk.
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| 5:30-7:00 |
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Reception (Exposition Hall) |
