6th Data Centres Europe 2010 – Nice, France

Espaces Antipolis, Sophia Antipolis,
Nice, France

The 6th Data Centres Europe 2010 will include a special focus on enterprise customers of data centres and their evolving outsourcing needs as emerging private clouds, new technologies and market shift impact across the sector.
Government and the public sector
Financial Services organizations and Managed Service
Leadership and Competition – CXO Roundtable
2010 Review of State of the Market
Sustainability and Green in the Data Centre
Private Cloud and impact on Data Centres
Raising finance – options, opportunities and structure
Increasing Efficiency
Digital Media, Video Storage and CDN Strategies
Fibre and Connectivity
Reducing Data Centre Power Costs
Special Workshop : Data Centre Security
Implementing the European Code of Conduct in Data Centres

6th Data Centres Europe 2010

Towards Enterprise Clouds? – Data Centre Services Change, User Requirements, and Sustainability

DAY 1 – 22 April 2010
0900hOfficial Opening
0915hSpecial Guest Keynote :
Dr Christian Belady P.E., Principal Infrastructure Architect, Microsoft
The Context of Change: Key User Requirements0945hSESSION 1 GOVERNMENT AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR [Data Centre User Requirements]
Topics :
Consolidating data centres
Outsourcing data centres to third parties
Security requirements
European Government/US Government attitude to Cloud
Growth and outlook of third party outsourcing in the sector
Expert Panel
1045hNetworking Break & ExhibitionLeadership and Competition : Managing Business and Customer Change
1115hSESSION 2 : LEADERSHIP CXO ROUNDTABLE
Leadership and Competition : Managing Data Centre Business and Customer
Change Leaders of data centre provider businesses address key issues for future growth and development
Managing the changing data centre business environment
Emerging cloud and impact
Competing with Green
Regional and International competition
Leadership Panel
The coming Enterprise Cloud1215hSESSION 3 : PRIVATE CLOUD AND THE IMPACT ON MANAGED SERVICES
The emergence of private cloud has profound implications for data centres and the services they offer. What makes private, public, hybrid clouds attractive (or not) to enterprise users? Current thinking about cloud services by enterprise users in Europe
Impact of IaaS deployment on enterprise commercial / IT business models and operations
Market evolution for hosted services and cloud’s impact on enterprise data centres
Results of new research by BroadGroup presented by Marion Howard Healy, Senior Associate,
BroadGroup
Followed by Panel discussion
1315hLunchMarket Change – Data Centres in Europe: a workable forward perspective1415hSESSION 4 : STATE OF THE MARKET – REVIEW OF TRENDS AND FORECASTS FOR DATA CENTRES IN EUROPE
Current trends in demand in data centre markets across Europe, eastern and central Europe
What has changed and how will this impact?
Where are the new markets?
Key dependencies
Growth Forecasts
Results of new research by BroadGroup presented by Steve Wallage, Managing Director, BroadGroup Consulting The post-recession data centre opportunity? Financial services and third party outsourcing 1445hSESSION 5 : FINANCIAL SERVICE ORGANISATIONS AND OUTSOURCED SERVICES STRATEGIES [Data Centre User Requirements]
A user panel from the sector discussed the forward perspective of requirements for data centres following market turmoil over the past twelve months
To what extent has the criteria for selecting managed services changed one year on?
Has the sector focused shifted to consolidation and cost reduction? If so, how will this impact managed services
How have managed services portfolios adapted to new needs of financial services user organisations?
Facilitated User Panel discussion Investing in Data Centres1515hSESSION 6 : RAISING FINANCE, OPTIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES, ROI FOR DATA CENTRES
Panel discussion of the opportunities and challenges for investment in data centres and Comparative Analysis of IT Infrastructure outsourcing regionally and internationally The Developer View: How developers approach investment costs in building Data Centres
Investor Perspective: Why has sentiment changed towards the sector?
Property View: Is the model changing for Data Centres? What are the constraints?
Market structure over the next year
Expert Panel Presentations 1545hNetworking Break & Exhibition Data Centre Capacity Growth and Challenges1615hSESSION 7 : DIGITAL MEDIA, VIDEO STORAGE AND CDN STRATEGIES
As user transactions grow exponentially, the need for viable metrics and rate of growth forecasts is increasing. The implications for storage and distribution and fibre connectivity represent key challenges. Expert presentations provide insight into planning and implementing best practice for data centresThe forward view for Data Centres 1715hSESSION 8 : VISIONARY KEYNOTE: TOWARDS THE ENTERPRISE CLOUD?

1745hNetworking at the Exhibition Floor1800hGala Reception
1930h6th Data Centres Europe Awards Ceremony & Dinner

DAY 2 – 23 April 2010Power and Place
0900h SESSION 9 : THE ANSWER TO POWER?
Special Guest Keynote
Is power now more important than location?
0945hSESSION 9 – REDUCING DATA CENTRE POWER COSTS
Power is the ultimate dollar guzzler. What are
What are the real practical opportunities to mitigate power consumption in the data centre?
Are there any Innovations in power technologies emerging that will truly support a reduction in power consumption
How will future power supply impact data centre design now?
Lead Presentations 1045hNetworking Break and Exhibition1115hSESSION 10 : SUSTAINABILITY AND GREEN IN THE DATA CENTRE
Almost everyone agrees on the benefits of enhancing computing power while curtailing energy consumption. The greening of data centres represents a promising opportunity, but whose ever-increasing energy needs continue to result in higher operating costs.
How to achieve more stable energy consumption?
How will carbon emissions from data centres – projected to quadruple by 2020 – be curtailed?
How effective are Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and its inverse, Data centre Efficiency (DCE) as benchmarks and is there an alternative?
Lead Presentations and Expert Panel discussion 1215hGuest Keynote
1245hLunchWORKSHOP THEATRE
23 April 2010Special Workshop I1115-1215hData Centre Security
Leader: Stuart Bonell, Senior Associate, BroadGroup Special Training Workshop II1400-1600hEuropean Code of Conduct
Leaders: Bernard Lecanu, President, BLIC Consultants
Alex Rabbetts, Managing Director, Migration Solutions 1600hClose of Workshop

Event Organizer: BroadGroup

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