Graybar Data Center Seminar

Planning for the Next Generation Data Centers

Join Graybar for a FREE half-day seminar aimed at preparing your data center for the future. We'll feature data center pros from Chatsworth Products Inc, Corning and Brocade to answer your data center questions.

When:

Tuesday, June 26
Topics run from 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Cocktails 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Seminar Schedule

Topics run from 1 P.M. - 5 P.M. Cocktails following.

The Economics of Airflow Management

Could your data center be experiencing dangerous hotspots? Need to expand your data center but limited on space? Interested in learning how to reduce your data center cooling and energy costs? As the demands of today's data centers create new challenges in design, airflow management, energy savings and power, listen to CPI's industry experts provide insights on topics including:

• Data Center Design Strategies
• Economics of Airflow Management
• Best Practices for Economization

Presented by: Ian Seaton
CPI
Technical Applications Development Manager

The Future Is NOW.

Corning has skipped ahead to the next level in data center solutions, and we'll give you a glimpse into the future. How do new "top-of-a-rack" architectures impact structured cabling? What does it take to design a structured cabling solution for next generation storage area networks? What do tomorrow's data center technologies look like today? Is my network 100G ready? In this seminar, we'll provide answers to these questions plus answers to the questions you haven't thought of yet!

Presented by: Doug Coleman
Corning
Manager of Technology and Standards, Private Networks

Building Next Generation Cloud-Optimized Data Centers

The data center is undergoing a major evolution as information and services are being accessed remotely. Standards for virtualization and cloud computing are still taking shape, while low-latency, maximum uptime and cost-efficiency are paramount. But there is a risk in moving too slowly or too quickly to migrate to new technologies. Learn more in this seminar.

Presented by: Duke Butler
Brocade
Principal Engineer

Meet your presenters

Ian Seaton
CPI Technical Applications Development Manager

Ian Seaton has extensive product development experience in electro-mechanical systems. He serves on the BICSI standards committee responsible for the new data center design manual as editor of the rack and cabinet section and as a thermal consultant to the mechanical working group. He teaches BICSI-accredited data center thermal management courses. Ian has written and spoken extensively on data center thermal management over the past 7+ years. He has a master's degree from California Polytechnic State University.

 

Doug Coleman
Corning Manager of Technology and Standards, Private Networks

Since joining Corning Cable Systems in 1979, Doug Coleman has held positions in materials engineering, process engineering, product engineering and applications engineering. He currently serves as a marketing manager responsible for technology and standards in the private networks market. Coleman is active in the development of optical specifications in multiple industry organizations. He has served in various capacities in ICEA, TIA/EIA, IEC, IEEE, Fibre Channel Standards groups, SCTE, Telcordia and BICSI. Coleman has been awarded nine domestic patents and 12 international patents, has published numerous technical articles, and made presentations at technical forums such as BICSI, ACUTA, 7x24, AFCOM and SCTE. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

Duke Butler
Brocade Principal Engineer

Duke has been with Brocade for over 10 years and has worked in the networking (LAN/WAN/SAN) and disaster recovery field for more than 15 years holding positions with companies such as EMC, Nishan Systems and Sterling Software. As a principal engineer, he focuses primarily on developing technologies and next generation protocols in the data center and works extensively with Brocade's enterprise and service provider customers to understand requirements and develop solutions to meet these needs. Recently Duke has been leading the efforts in helping solve the challenge of large scale virtualization and private cloud infrastructure. He also drives customers' feedback and requirements into Brocade's product management and development teams to ensure Brocade continues to solve customers' challenges.