DataSynapse Align 08

MONDAY - SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Customer Advisory Council - Council Members only
2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.	Hands-On Training Class* A half-day class- FabricServer: Automated Packaging and Provisioning of J2EE Applications. This class will focus on the best practices and key features of FabricServer and how it can be used to package and provision J2EE applications.
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.	Evening Welcome Cocktail – Partner Pavilion

TUESDAY - SEPTEMBER 9, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast Buffet
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	Welcome and Opening Remarks by Peter Lee and Jamie Bernardin, Co-Founders of DataSynapse
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.	Keynote Address Presented by Leading Technology Forecaster and Business Strategist Daniel Burrus
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.	Morning Break
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Introduction to DASM Platform (with Live Demo) Presented by Jamie Bernardin, President and Co-Founder of DataSynapse
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.	GridServer + Coherence for data intensive Grid Apps Presented by Cameron Purdy, Oracle Former CEO of Tangasol and current executive with Oracle will discuss the integration of GridServer with Oracle Coherence for data intensive Grid computing applications, and how the DASM platform can be used to provision Coherence in data intensive environments.
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Wachovia - Shared Infrastructure Services Presented by Matt Barrington, Wachovia A review and insights into the Wachovia shared services project. This talk will cover key areas and risks in building large scale shared services in high volume transactional environments
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.	Bank of America - Challenges of Introducing a Utility Grid: A Paradigm Shift, A Roadmap, and Business Cases to Bank On Presented by Mike Oltman, Bank of America A discussion of automated application provisioning and how the DASM platform can dramatically simplify key IT processes
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Adaptivity Roadmap to Next Generation Data Center Presented by Tony Bishop, Adaptivity Presentation will focus on the process for migrating current state static, data center platforms into dynamic, next generation data center strategies
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.	Mid-Afternoon Break
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.	Adding Value to Your Grid Introduction to add-on products for GridServer including SpeedLink and Federator Presented by Jamie Bernardin, President and Co-Founder of DataSynapse
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.	Qualcomm - Platform as a Service Project Presented by Shawn Mesri, Qualcomm A discussion of Qualcomm's Qgrid project - which is a platform as a service project to virtualize and automate key data center infrastructure
4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.	Zunesis "Cubes" utility computing model Presented by Dana Gertsch, Zunesis A discussion led by Zunesis on a utility computing model involving HP, VMware, DataSynaspe
5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.	Closing remarks by Peter Lee and Jamie Bernardin, Co-Founders of DataSynapse
6:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.	Cocktails and Gala Dinner Sponsored by Adaptivity

WEDNESDAY – SEPTEMBER 10, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.	Breakfast Buffet
9:00 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.	DataSynapse Product Roadmap Luis Maldonado, Director of Product Management Review of confirmed software deliverables from DataSynapse
9:40 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.	Better, Faster, Cheaper… Presented by William Lee, State Street Bank
10:10 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.	Third-Party Integrations with GridServer Presented by Ron Gidron, Optier This presentation will focus on integrating third-party GridServer add-ons and how partners work with DataSynapse to facilitate and support the integrations
10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	Morning Break
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.	Introducing Grid to the Actuarial Modeling Environment Presented by Andrew Kloster, Allianz
11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	How to Get to IAS39 and Basillea II Virtualizing with Grid Computing Presented by Alberti Ricciotti, UniCredit Holding
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.	Customer Led Panel Discussion on best practices in the Data Center
1:40 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.	PARTNER PRESENTATION
2:20 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.	Closing remarks by Peter Lee and Jamie Bernardin, Co-Founders of DataSynapse
Additional Technical Session*
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.	Birds of a Feather - Hands-On Technical Discussions Presented by Luis Maldonado, Director, Product Management These two concurrent, hour-long discussions are designed for the DataSynapse user community to exchange ideas on relevant IT topics. Come find out how your peers are tackling IT issues, solving grid deployment challenges or developing new uses for DataSynapse products. Sessions will be moderated by DataSynapse Product and Services team members.

* Additional registration is required to attend the Hands on Training and/or Hands-On Technical Session; registration is complimentary for Align 08 attendees.