2009 Storage Visions Conference Sessions Focus on Storage for Media and Entertainment and Smart Secure Storage

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Storage Visions 2009 Conference

The Eighth Annual Storage Visions Conference held at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada January 6 & 7, 2009 features insightful sessions on digital storage in the professional media market as well as developments in smart and secure storage.

Tuesday January 6, 2009 will start with an introductory presentation by Tom Coughlin of Coughlin Associates followed by a session on Digital Storage and Content Creation, Editing, Distribution and Archiving. This session makes clear the evolving requirements for digital storage capacity and the awesome technologies needed to capture and edit new content, to preserve historical content and for multiple content distribution models, including head-end DVR, gaming, satellite and cable, digital cinema, IPTV, video downloading and social networking. Entertainment has generally done well in bad times as people look for ways to use their time and provide an escape from bad economic conditions.

Participants in this session include Paul Conway, Storage Operations Run Team Leader, NBC Universal; Robert Caldeira, Senior Product Manager, Focus Enhancements; Phil Feiner, COO, Elektrofilm; Paul Turner, Vice President of Product Marketing, Omneon; Tracey Doyle, Sr. Manager Services Product Management, EMC; Tom Inglefield, Chief Technologist Digital Media. Sun Microsystems; and Jonathan Thatcher, Fusion-iO Fellow, Fusion-iO.

Following the professional media session and the NBC Universal keynote speaker, will be a fascinating session titled Smart and Secure Storage. This session explores the role digital storage plays in digital content and privacy protection. The session will feature a comparison and discussion eSATA and the new USB 3.0 specification. This session will expand your knowledge of new products and specifications making storage devices more capable and intelligent and able to provide greater value in the future.

Participants in the Smart and Secure Storage Session include Robert Thibadeau, Chief Technologist, Seagate Technology; Gianfranco Scherini, Business Development Manager, STMicroelectronics; David James, Vice President, Fujitsu Computer Products of America; Conrad Maxwell, Senior Product Line Manager, Silicon Image; Jeff Ravencraft, Intel; Joey Faust, Consultant, National TeleConsultants, Inc.; James Borden, Microsoft.

Conference registration is now open. You can register directly to attend SV09 on the conference web site at http://www.StorageVisions.com/2009Register.htm. Conference hotel reservation information is also on the web site at http://www.storagevisions.com/2009Travel.htm. Hotel rooms during SV09 are now available for the low price of $109 per night.

For information on sponsorship and exhibit opportunities at the 2009 conference visit http://www.StorageVisions.com/2009SponsorsEx.htm, call us at 408-871-8808 or email us at info {at} StorageVisions(.)com.

Contacts

Coughlin Associates
Tom Coughlin, 408-871-8808
Tom {at} TomCoughlin(.)com
or
Marken Communications
Andy Marken, 408-986-0100
andy {at} markencom(.)com