Debra Bowen, California's Secretary of State
We are pleased to announce that Debra Bowen, California’s Secretary of State, will keynote the 2009 OpenSource World™, Next Generation Data Center™ (NGDC™) and CloudWorld™ conferences. Debra Bowen is a pioneer in open government reform, election integrity and personal privacy rights, and has been recognized in the open source industry for her knowledge of and familiarity with the benefits of open source software. Read her full biography here.

Network Forensics with Wireshark: Locating Evidence of Breached Hosts
Gerald Combs, Director, Open Source Projects, CACE Technologies
Based on actual evidence files, Gerald will explain network forensics procedures for first responders, share case studies and demonstrate evidence collected from compromised hosts using Wireshark, the world's most popular network analyzer. Entertaining and worth every minute of time spent attending, this session will be filled with digital cloak-and-dagger technology you can use immediately to identify breach signatures and protect your networks.

Simplifying Virtualization Management Using New Industry Standards
Winston Bumpus, President, Distributed Management Task Force
As organizations look to maximize investments in the heterogeneous data center, the issue of vendor interoperability comes to the fore. Capitalizing on multi-vendor industry standards is at the heart of any data center optimization effort. This session will address the challenges and opportunities in a multi-vendor environment, and explain how the DMTF's Virtualization Management Initiative (VMAN) and standards including the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) and the Virtualization Management Profiles will form the foundation of an interoperable end-to-end management strategy in today's distributed infrastructures.

Practical Considerations for Backing Up to the Cloud
Chander Kant, President, Zmanda, Inc.
The session will discuss considerations for selecting cloud storage for enterprise backup and disaster recovery. It will cover Zmanda’s experience in developing backup applications for the cloud and compare the cloud with other backup mediums in terms of performance, security, manageability, recovery time objectives, service level requirements, regulatory compliance as well as financial considerations. Attendees will learn how to design and develop cloud infrastructure services for backup and disaster recovery. Users will learn how to effectively leverage storage and compute clouds for enterprise backup and recovery.

*These events are open and complimentary to qualified IT professionals only. You must register online and answer the attendee profile questions to qualify.