DC GREENTECH SHANGHAI SYNOPSIS

Welcome to the 2nd Annual DC GreenTech Conference & Expo Series in Shanghai. This year we are bringing together a set of distinguished speakers covering a range of critical issues being experienced by you.

A range of pressure points have been impacting the way mission-critical facilities IT facilities are designed, operated, and managed. As with the changing markets, newer technologies have come to the forefront. Service offerings have evolved alongside the change in demand and have come to market in an attempt to deal with each new challenge as enterprises look to optimize performance, and government initiatives promote reduced energy consumption.

Limitations on availability of resource and capital, dealing with legacy systems, pressure to consolidate and a pressing need for IT refresh - from the application to the platform, regulation, energy and operational costs, and performance optimization are all affecting design, build and operation transformation.

Pre-conceptions of how  IT mission critical infrastructure are designed, built and operated are once again being challenged. We are witnessing a blurring of the lines between data center, network and services from the Cloud to the LAN closet.

In this our 2nd visit to Shanghai, the DC GreenTech Conference and Expo series will address the challenges faced by owners and operators of legacy structures in need of upgrading and new builds required to meet the complex combination of exponential data growth, technology advances, energy efficiency, resilience and security.

Highlights Of The Shanghai Schedule:

Increased Demand for Shared IT Resources
Rapidly changing business requirements are having a tremendous impact on our IT infrastructure. A panel of experts will look at how best to manage your IT load as demand continues to increase, doing more with less.

Data Centre Automation - The IT Perspective
The widespread deployment of virtualization technologies have greatly improved server utilization, application reliability, and user productivity.

Retrofitting - Upgrading your existing IT Facility
Its time for change. Through small changes come greater benefits, before making a decision measure your existing capacity and efficiency, plan knowing potential obstacles that most probably will come your way. This session will look into best practice methodology for retrofits and/or upgrades.

Foundation for the Next Generation Data Centre
Specific server technologies are providing the tremendous leap forward in high-end computing capabilities. Servers based on these technologies provide breakthrough capabilities in the areas of Scalable Performance, Flexible Virtualization, and Advanced Reliability.

Spencer Denyer Conference Chairman / Editor In Chief Strategic Facilities Magazine