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The high quality of the sponsors and presentations, and the opportunity to network with industry peers and educators, has been drawing Europe’s most influential journalists, bloggers and analysts since 2004 to the event. Tutorials and a panel discussion on ‘FCoE: The arrival of the new data center’ will be met with enthusiasm by the delegates, while the opportunity to meet with end users will give sponsors the chance to demonstrate their value to the industry and to advise current and potential customers on topical issues.

“It is easy to understand why SNW Europe and its two co-located events are seen by many in the industry as the highlight of the year and they are expected once again to be a hubbub of activity in all areas,” said Paul Trowbridge, marketing director for the three events marketed under the banner ‘The Power of 3’.

SNIA Europe will be hosting a wide range of its educational tutorials on topics such as virtualisation, data protection, business continuity and cloud computing, seen by many as this year’s hot topic. Support for the three co-located conferences so far consists of more than 50 impressive sponsors, with names including:

Platinum:
Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Huawei Symantec HP IBM Oracle Symantec

Gold:
3PAR F5 Networks Hitachi Data Systems Juniper Networks Novell Quantum OSL GmbH Ultrium LTO Program

Silver:
Acronis ADN Akorri Amplidata Arkeia Basis Blade Networks Bull CommVault Consolidate IT Coraid DataCore Dot Hill Druva Emulex Exagrid FalconStor Fast LTA GreenBytes HMK Infortrend IntelliMagic Isilon NetApp Overland Peer Software Pillar Data Systems PoINT Software QLogic qSkills Red Hat Samsung Scality SGI SmartOptics Spectra Logic STEC Stordis Syncsort Texas Memory Systems Trend Micro Virtual Instruments Virtensys

An exciting addition to this year’s programme is the Storage User Roundtable hosted by SNIA Europe in conjunction with SANBoard and Guide Share Europe. This is a unique chance for selected end users to take part in a dynamic, interactive discussion around topics such as solid state storage, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), data protection and cloud computing, and is an opportunity to understand how the latest storage technologies can help them achieve their business targets and make their IT infrastructures more effective and efficient. SNW Europe will once again be hosting the BITKOM Anwenderforum on the 27th October as an integral part of the conference program and there will also be a special series of presentations from members of the SNIA Cloud Storage Initiative.

Over the two days keynote presentations will be delivered by leading industry speakers including:

• Kevin Wittmer, Director of Enterprise Solutions Marketing , Dell
• Arnaud Christoffel, Vice President, Backup & Recovery Systems Division, EMC Europe
• Marcus Schneider, Director Product Segment Data Protection, Fujitsu Technology Solutions
• Garry Veale, Vice President, StorageWorks Division, EMEA, HP
• Bob Cancilla, Vice President, Storage Platform, Systems and Technology Group, IBM
• Richard Villars, Vice President, Storage Systems & Executive Strategies, IDC
• Scott Tracy, Director of CoreIO, Oracle Open Storage Software Group
• Sean Derrington, Director Enterprise Product Management, Symantec

Paul Trowbridge continues “As last year was such a success, we now know that this formula is a hit. We know what works and are using this information to continue to build a stronger, more successful set of events that really will be unmissable.”

Trowbridge’s enthusiasm is echoed by new sponsors to the event in 2010:

“Virtualisation is transforming the server and storage markets and we see integration between the two becoming increasingly important. The organisers have done a great job of bundling all the relevant topics under one roof. We are looking forward to leveraging the event to not only meet customers and prospects but also to engage in conversations with key technology partners,” said Werner Knoblich, VP and General Manager Europe, Middle East, Africa at Red Hat.

“This is a relevant platform for Trend Micro to drive interest in our new solutions portfolio geared towards securing virtualized IT environments. The expanded scope to include Virtualization World means that we will meet the right delegates at this event,” said Frank Schwittay, Managing Director Central Europe at Trend Micro.

For further information on the conferences please visit www.snweurope.net, www.virtualizationworld.net and www.datacentertechnologies.net. Register for free (IT end user and channel partner) with promo code: M69P10.

About SNW Europe

Now in its seventh year, SNW Europe is the largest fully-independent conference where IT managers and professionals can attend SNIA-endorsed education tracks, get hands-on access to a wide range of solutions demonstrations, and mix with industry peers and technology experts who face similar IT storage and data management issues every day. SNW’s unique association with the European storage user community enables us to bring you a conference program that addresses each of the highest priority issues shared among all types of organisation, both large and small, public and private. So whether you are just embarking on your first consolidated storage resource project or are looking at multi-site business continuity issues then SNW Europe is the place to be. For further information please visit www.snweurope.net

About Virtualization World

Virtualization World takes a focussed look at the continuing development of IT virtualization standards and solutions and in particular the emergence of Cloud computing services. The conference and exhibition offer IT professionals a fantastic platform to learn and develop their knowledge of these key technologies in a vendor-independent environment supported by SNIA Europe, the impartial voice of the industry. Over two days, the conference addresses the hottest topics and trends through jargon-free vendor-neutral tutorials and real-life case studies from the desktop through to server and storage virtualization solutions and beyond into the cloud. For further information please visit www.virtualizationworld.net

About Datacenter Technologies

Datacenter Technologies brings a focussed conference program and exhibition to the heart of the European market that addresses the technology standards and solutions that are key to the development and deployment of an effective 21st century data center. Delivered with the support of the leading suppliers and SNIA Europe, the impartial voice of the industry, Datacenter Technologies sets out to educate and inform delegates and visitors on the possibilities in making your datacenter strategy meet all the current economic, environmental and of course business demands you face today. For further information please visit www.datacentertechnologies.net