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Advanced Virtualization & Hybrid Clouds
"Cloud Computing" is a container notion, an attempt to create a bit of extra attention ("hype") for a natural evolution towards a more service-oriented infrastructure and software. It's the hypothetical elephant that is described differently by every blind man.
The Sizing Servers Lab has a very pragmatic look on this idea. In reality, when IT is playing an important part in your company, you've already invested in server hardware and virtualization. You are probably already enjoying the benefits of centralized datacenters by leasing your servers or colocating them at your favourite hosting provider. Or you have your own datacenter. Our point of view is that you'd prefer optimizing that infrastructure and software, rather than starting all over again. On the other hand, we shouldn't be blind for this new evolution; a public cloud like Amazon's may be able to prevent you from doing large investments. A new developing environment like Microsoft's Azure might in some software projects also be interesting...
On this theme day, the goal is to explain you how to further optimize your current applications and infrastructure in a more flexible virtualized environment. Then we continue on: What has our practical research into Amazon EC2 and Azure already taught us? How about Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud? How far can you go with Microsoft's System Center Virtual Machine Manager, VMware's vCloud or the German outsider OpenQRM?
Signing up is possible by following this link:
Still under construction, and subject to change.
Morning:
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
| 9:00-9:15 | Introduction (NL) | Jo Libeer, General Director VOKA |
| 9:15-10:00 | Virtualization performance: advanced best performance practices (NL) |
Johan De Gelas |
| 10:00-11:20 |
Hybrid Clouds: Let's get practical |
Kurt Glazemakers and Matthias Rechenburg |
| 11:40-12:30 | Project VRC 2010: Best practices in Virtualizing Terminal Servers and Citrix Xenapp |
Ruben Spruijt Jeroen van de Kamp |
| 12:30-13:45 | Lunch |
Catering by Chess Café Kortrijk |
Afternoon:
3 tracks to choose from:
| Time | Infrastructure Track | Developers Track | Q&A Track |
| 13:45-14:30 | Green ICT in the real world | Optimizing Databases for virtualization | Q&A with morning speakers |
| 14:40-15:40 | Windows Azure case study |
Q&A with speakers Partner Exchange |
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| 16:00 -16:50 |
How to build a low cost "private cloud": a case study |
Virtual Appliances: The Art of Building Them |
Q&A with speakers Partner Exchange |
| 17:00-17:25 | Final Keynote - Cloud Innovation in Flanders: Cloud Monitoring and Storage Closing Reception |
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Location
Developers, devops, System administrators, IT consultants and hosting providers.
Voka-members: 140 euro (incl VAT)
Non-members: 180 euro (incl VAT)
It's possible to make use of the KMO-portefeuille. See www.kmo-portefeuille.be. This means that the course is 50% paid for by the Flemish government, as long as you meet the terms. Your application needs to happen within 14 calendar days after the course in question.
Our number of recognition for Sizing Servers (Howest) courses: DV.O102391
A nice lunch, drinks and snacks are offered to you freely. You will also get all presentations and other materials on USB stick.