UBM TechWeb's InformationWeek and Interop Presented Virtual Interop -- The Definitive Data Center Planning Guide for 2011 and Beyond - Now Available on Demand

CHICAGO, Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM TechWeb's InformationWeek and Interop presented Virtual Interop -- The Definitive Data Center Planning Guide for 2011 and Beyond on December 2, 2010, targeted to business technology professionals.  UBM Studios, a leader in virtual events and virtual business solutions, provided the 3D platform for the event.  The event is now available on demand.

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The virtual event drew 3,043 registrants and 1,453 live attendees who stayed in the environment for an average of 5 hours 18 minutes.  

Server virtualization has touched off a revolution in data center management and deployment. Innovations in automating server hardware, storage and networking virtualization, have planted the data center at the top of the IT priority list.  Leading-edge businesses are exploring ways to improve data management and workflow, improve reliability and create more agile application platforms.  The virtual event highlights the most important trends and recommends critical strategies for data center transformation in 2011 and beyond.

The virtual event content covers:

• Reliably automating your server, storage and network virtualization equipment and management processes;
• Network designs and features that enable reliability and agility to support virtualization;
• Successful strategies to consolidate server environments and even whole data centers; and
• Methods and practices to allow applications to scale easily to meet the needs of the business
• The best options for addressing soaring data storage requirements.

In the Auditorium, the conference program features a full day agenda for business technology professionals.  The keynote panel "What's Next In Data Centers?" is moderated by Mike Fratto, Editor, Network Computing and speakers include: Don Nalezyty, Director of IT Enterprise Architecture, Oracle; Marvin Wheeler, Chief Strategy Officer, Terremark; Chairman and Secretary, Open Data Center Alliance; and Julian Kudritzki, Vice President, Uptime Institute.

The Expo Hall offers booths from platinum sponsor Symantec and thawte; silver sponsors OpenText Fax and Document Distribution Group, Webroot and St. Bernard Software; and bronze sponsor Emerson Network Power.

Additionally, in the Networking Lounge event attendees were able to chat with peers one-on-one or in group chats.

All presentations were immediately available on demand.

For additional information on UBM Studios or to purchase a virtual business solution, contact Kate Spellman, SVP, Managing Director, UBM Studios at 516 562 7383 or [email protected].

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UBM TechWeb

UBM TechWeb, the global leader in technology media and professional information, enables people and organizations to harness the transformative power of technology. Through its core businesses – media solutions, marketing services and professional information – UBM TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed brands, applications and services in the technology market. More than 14.5 million business and technology professionals (CIOs, IT and IT Support managers, Web & Digital professionals, Software and Game developers, Government decision makers, and Telecom providers) actively participate in UBM TechWeb''s communities. UBM TechWeb brands includes: global face-to-face events such as Interop, Game Developers Conference (GDC), Web 2.0, Black Hat and VoiceCon; large-scale online networks such as InformationWeek, Light Reading and Gamasutra; research, training, and certification services, including HDI, Pyramid Research, and InformationWeek Analytics; and market-leading magazines such as InformationWeek and Wall Street & Technology. UBM TechWeb is part of UBM, a global provider of media and information services for professional B2B communities and markets.

About UBM Studios (http://www.ubmstudios.com)

UBM Studios is a leader in virtual events and virtual business solutions. A pioneer with virtual platforms, UBM Studios delivers deep expertise in live and online events that brings business value to customers. UBM Studios connects, educates and enables virtual communications through a portfolio that fits every budget. UBM Studios is the only virtual event provider to offer platform, content, audience recruitment, reporting and social marketing and gaming. UBM Studios virtual events include Virtual Trade Shows, Virtual Career Fairs, Virtual Seminar Centers, Virtual Resource Centers, Virtual Product Launch, Virtual Business Continuity, Virtual Corporate Meetings, Virtual Sales Meetings, Virtual Focus Group Centers and Virtual Training. UBM Studios delivers a complete global communication solution in Asia, Europe and North America in industries including, health, finance, technology, building and education.

About United Business Media Limited

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetization of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organized into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to www.ubm.com.

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