Welcome & Introduction - Nick Moglia, Group MD, Zycko

The Influence of Technology in Today’s World - Industry Overview - Alan Whitaker, Author & Future Trend Analyst

The ITC Market - Future Trends &  Developments - Industry Overview - Martin Hingley, Chief Research Officer, IDC EMEA

Zycko Open Network Environment (ZONE) – Successful Solutions Selling - Strategic Solutions Approach - Sam Samuel, Independent Industry Consultant

Title: A question of Managed Services
Synopsis: An overview of the latest trends and predictions for managed services.
Speaker: Alex Rabbetts, Migration Solutions.

Title: Virtualisation
Synopsis: Virtualisation of the data centre is rampant – but what are the implications for selling into the data centre? This presentation explores some of the issues that resellers face.
Speaker: Sam Samuel, Independent Industry Consultant.

Title: Achieving a Green Data Centre – Accidents Exchange
Synopsis: A technical review of the implementation of a data centre solution at Accidents Exchange.
Speaker: Ray Ford, Director of Technical Services, Zycko & Adam Reynolds, Accidents Exchange.

Title: The Green Issue – Corporate Impact
Synopsis: A look at the myriad effects of a greener corporate conscience on IT infrastructure design.
Speaker: Sam Samuel, Independent Industry Consultant.

Title:  Data Centre Management, Control, Continuity
Synopsis: Accidents Exchange explain how they achieved a green data centre and the challenges they faced.
Speaker: Adam Reynolds, Accidents Exchange

Title: Data De-duplication Case Study: Facts, Myths and Benefits
Synopsis: A look at data de-duplication in the market and the Backup Analysis Tools available to analyse customer’s backup environment with a view to implementing the optimum solution.
Speaker: Martin Conway, Owner, C2 Solutions.

Networking with Vendors in Exhibition Hall

Welcome & Introduction - Nick Moglia, Group MD, Zycko

Differentiating Your Business - Tony Lock, Programme Director, Free Form Dynamics

Title: Business Continuity & Compliance
Synopsis: An insight into the expectations that organisations are now placing on their suppliers in respect of BCM; how they are approaching the challenge; and the competitive advantage you might obtain with an appreciation of these issues.
Speaker: David Lloyd, Consultant, Business Continuity Institute (BCI).

Title: Business Protection
Synopsis: Deutsche Bank’s Brian Johnson explains what was important to them in implementing a business protection solution and how they implemented the right solution.
Speaker: Brian Johnson, Storage Engineer, Deutsche Bank.

Title: A Convergent VoIP Implementation
Synopsis: An overview of VoIP and key technologies with specific reference to the ZONE VoIP solution and live implementation at Zycko.
Speaker: Paul Wignall, Group IS Director, Zycko.

Title: The Storage Conundrum – Meeting All Requirements
Synopsis: An overview of the plethora of market issues that drive data storage requirements, from regulatory compliance to green issues.
Speaker: Panel Discussion

Title: Voice & Video over IP
Synopsis: As distributed working becomes a very viable option, unified communications solutions offer a very lucrative opportunity for resellers.
Speaker: Phil Marshman, Independent VoIP Consultant.

Title:  Consolidation & Centralisation
Synopsis: Claudia considers the ‘landscape’ of data centre consolidation and centralisation with reference to service levels, virtualisation, scalability, availability, reliability, operations management, security, and cost benefit.
Speaker: Claudia Lima, Technical Training Consultant.

Title: Consequences of Distributed Working
Synopsis: A look at how the trend for remote and distributed working is affecting the infrastructure requirements of today’s business.
Speaker: Jon Collins, Service Director, Freeform Dynamics.

Title: Data Management – structured & unstructured
Synopsis: When storage was expensive most data was structured – today unstructured data is the norm. What does this mean for selling into the data centre and what is the opportunity this presents for resellers.
Speaker: Sam Samuel, Independent Industry Consultant.

Title: A Data Migration & DR Success – Baillie Gifford
Synopsis: A technical review of the data migration and disaster recovery solution implemented at Baillie Gifford.
Speaker: Ray Ford, Director of Technical Services & Mark Denton, Principal Storage Consultant, Zycko.