Innovation Nation 2011 takes place August 23 at the D.C. Convention Center, Washington D.C. This year Innovation Nation Forum is co-located with GOSCON (Government Open Source Conference). Click here for more information about GOSCON.
Ever wonder what the top execs in government have to say about today’s most pressing IT challenges? Find out at Innovation Nation, where the cloud, cyber, data center consolidation, and open source sessions feature C-level speakers.
The keynote presentation will be delivered by Dr. Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve System (1987-2006).
For more information about Innovation Nation / GOSCON, and to register for the event click here.
As a Sponsor of Innovation Nation Forum, IBM is moderating a client panel.
IBM Client Panel
Unlocking Data Center Consolidation and the Cloud
10:15am – 11:30am
Break Out Sessions – Group 1
Innovation Opportunity
As Federal bosses mandate consolidation and cloud migration, IT managers are stuck with a game changing decision - and not much time for homework. Fortunately, open source platforms are making these decisions more like a first step, and less like a leap of faith. In this session we will take an in-depth look at how Linux on the mainframe is enabling a smarter approach to IT infrastructure, and the efficiencies and cost savings that result.
Panel Moderator
Jean Staten Healy
Director of Cross-IBM Linux and Open Virtualization
IBM Systems & Technology Group, Systems Software
Panelists
Joe Clabby
President
Clabby Analytics
Terry Farley
Deputy Commander
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Defense Enterprise Computing Center (DECC) Mechanicsburg
Jason Kirby
z/VM and z/Linux Consultant
Federal Department
Leonard Santalucia
CTO, Business Development Manager, and Certified Specialist
Vicom Infinity, Inc. (IBM Premier Business Partner)
IBM Booth
Visit the IBM Booth (Cloud Computing) to learn how IBM's Tivoli Service Automation Manager simplifies delivery of infrastructure and platform services within a zCloud environment. Using a self service portal, users can request services for automated and rapid deployment. TSAM helps organizations reduce their provisioning costs, provide rapid service deployment to their end users, and optimize resources through cloud life cycle management. TSAM will reduce the effort needed to build and maintain test and development environments, for example, and integrates with monitoring and charge back tools for greater resource visibility and accountability.
Visit the IBM Booth (Application Vulnerability Assessment) to see how IBM Rational AppScan is a web application scanning tool which identifies Application Vulnerabilities like SQL Injection and Cross Scripting. IBM Rational AppScan scans source code and live applications throughout the Software Development Life Cycle.
Visit the IBM Booth (Hybrid Computing) to watch the industry's first multi-architecture virtualization platform in action here. We will show you how easy it is to add and manage virtual servers and resources for your data center using the zManager to address your consolidation initiatives. See how you can manage and monitor hybrid workloads that span across your Linux, Windows and AIX virtual servers along with the zEnterprise server.
Visit the IBM Booth (Threat Detection) to experience the latest in IBM's Tivoli Security in helping you to mitigate, monitor and manage the latest security threats and vulnerabilities. Learn how to lower the costs of limiting internal access to, and external release of sensitive data. Identify and mitigate the risks of regulatory compliance. Lower the costs of identify and access management.
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Presenter:
Jean Staten Healy
Director of Cross-IBM Linux and Open Virtualization
IBM Systems & Technology Group, Systems Software
Biography
Jean Staten Healy manages a marketing and business development organization with the responsibility for IBM Linux strategy across all company brands. In this role she coordinates the cross-company strategy for Linux including the achievement of revenue goals, ensures rapid response to changes in the market environment and acts as the IBM spokesperson in the Linux space.
Prior to her current position, Ms. Staten Healy was the Director of Marketing Strategy in the IBM Software Group, Director of Business Development and Regulatory Affairs in the IBM Systems and Technology Group, Director of Innovation Initiatives at IBM Corporate Headquarters, and the IBM Customer Advocate in the Office of the Chairman and CEO. In addition, she has held management positions in the IBM Global Services Group. Ms. Staten Healy has lived and worked in Asia.
She holds a M.A. degree in theoretical linguistics and a J.D. with a certificate of concentration in International Law. Ms. Staten Healy is licensed to practice law in the States of New York and Connecticut and is a published author on various legal topics.
Presenter:
Jason Kirby
z/VM and z/Linux Consultant
Federal Department
Biography
Jason Kirby is an IBM System z consultant working with a federal department. Jason has 6 years of experience working with customers running IT workloads on z196 and Linux along with various IBM and open source software. Jason is also an experienced UNIX consultant.
Presenter:
Joe Clabby
President
Clabby Analytics
Biography
Joe Clabby has over 32 years of experience in the IT industry in positions of sales, marketing, and research and analysis. In sales, Mr. Clabby sold systems as well as application reengineering services. In marketing, he managed programs and projects. In research and analysis, Mr. Clabby produced in-depth technical reports on various technologies.
His strengths are systems/storage design; infrastructure, and integrated service management. With this background, Joe Clabby provide guidance on a variety of topics including virtualization, provisioning, cloud computing, and application design (workload analysis to determine which applications should run on which types of servers).
Project highlights
- Keynote speaker at dozens of IT industry events on a variety of topics including market competitive dynamics, business process reengineering, security, management, eGovernment, and more
- Have written a dozen in-depth case studies that show how various users are making use of advanced technologies
- Author of two information technology books (on visualization and Web services).
Expertise
- Workload optimization (tuning applications for specific systems architectures)
- Cloud computing (particularly in the areas of consolidation, virtualization, and provisioning)
- Integrated service management (with focus on asset management, security/risk/compliance, high availability, performance and tuning, and troubleshooting).
- Infrastructure (including a Web services background and knowledge of J2EE and .NET environments).
- Networking (worked in communications and networking product marketing for 10 years)
- Systems analysis (in depth knowledge of x86 multi-core, POWER, UltraSPARC, Itanium, and mainframe systems and storage subsystems).
Presenter:
Terry Farley
Deputy Commander
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA)
Defense Enterprise Computing Center (DECC) Mechanicsburg
Biography
Mr. Farley is a native of central Pennsylvania and currently resides in Mechanicsburg. Mr. Farley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban Studies from Shippensburg State College and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Shippensburg University.
Mr. Farley started his Federal employment with the Navy Ships Parts Control Center (SPCC) in November 1976 as a GS-0334-5/7/9 Computer Systems Analyst trainee. He left the systems analyst field, and went to work for the SPCC Data Center in December 1979 as a systems programmer. Mr. Farley then spent a two-year period (1983-1984) away from the Data Center, during which he worked for the Navy Fleet Material Support Office (FMSO), a Central Design Agency (CDA). He returned to the Data Center in 1984, and has served in various capacities to date. Mr. Farley worked as a Systems Programmer on UNIVAC and IBM mainframes, with a particular interest in computer measurement and performance tuning. He served as Technical Support Director for the DECC from May 1997 until March 2005. In March 2005, Mr. Farley assumed the position of Deputy Commander, DECC Mechanicsburg. He is currently a member of the Computer Measurement Group.
Mr. Farley is a former soccer coach for his son and daughter and a synchronized swimmer dad. He is also an avid tennis player who has competed in national events, and is an occasional jogger.
Presenter:
Leonard Santalucia
CTO, Business Development Manager, and Certified Specialist
Vicom Infinity, Inc. (IBM Premier Business Partner)
Biography
Len Santalucia has been in the IT industry since 1973. He is presently the CTO and the Business Development Manager for Vicom Infinity, Inc. Len is also a 27 year IBM veteran. Len was a Senior Consulting Certified Sales Specialist for IBM Americas Linux Impact Team and a Certified IBM eServer Systems and IT Specialist. He was also the first member of the elite IBM Linux Impact Team formed in 2000. In this role, he specialized in Linux, Open Systems, Large Scale Virtualization, Object Oriented, LAN, and Web 2.0 technologies for the Financial Services and Banking Sector. Len is a key liaison in providing IBM customer requirements into the IBM STG hardware lab and IBM Software Group. He is also frequently sought after for presenting IBM's STG Hardware, Software, Linux, Virtualization, and OSS Strategy and Directions at the IBM Executive Briefing Centers, IBM Linux Center of Competence, IBM Palisades Conference Center, IBM Hawthorne Research Center, IBM Top Gun Classes, Technical Conferences, Consultant Conferences, as well as to individual customers all over the world.