V6:  Panel Discussion: Virtualization and Blades: Complementary or Competitive?
08/08/2007, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Moderator:
Mike Grandinetti, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management.

Speakers:
Richard Fichera, Director, BladeSystem Strategy; ISS- Blade System , HP.
Alex Yost, VP Marketing, IBM Blade Center.
Brian C. Harris, CEO, President and Founder, Virtual Ngenuity.
Chris Barclay, Director of Product Management, Virtual Iron.

This session will demystify these two very topical technologies by directing the panelists with hard hitting questions, with a specific focus on what capabilities are ready for prime time today, which capabilities are still immature, what benefits that users are truly realizing today. This discussion will also cover where virtualization and blades complement one another and where they overlap, and what we can expect to see in the next twelve months.


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