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Business Video Architecture & Solutions

March 25, 2010; 1:00 PM EDT

Cloud Computing – Re-architecting The Data Center Webinar

April 22, 2010 at 1:00 PM EDT

Using NetApp Deduplication to Maximise Storage Utilization for VMware Data Stores

May 27, 2010 at 1:00 PM EDT

Making ITIL Work: How to get your ITIL Adoption Back on Track and get results!

June 24, 2010 at 1:00 PM EDT

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Business Video Architecture & Solutions

March 25, 2010; 1:00 PM EDT

Presenter: Gordon Porter

Goals of the Webinar

This webinar will provide an overview of Cisco’s Business Video architecture, strategy, vision and solutions and the benefits these will provide to customers.

Learning Objectives

By attending this webinar, you will:
• Understand what we mean by Business Video (BV) and the various components that make up a BV solution
• Understand Cisco’s architectural approach to Business Video
• Be familiar with the various solutions that comprise Cisco Business Video
• Understand the benefits and value that a BV solution can provide to customers

Who Should Attend

CIOs, IT Managers, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Human Resources and anyone who wants to get an overview of Cisco’s Business Video architecture and solutions.

Webinar Contents

What is Business Video?:
• Components of a BV Solution
• The Digital Video Lifecycle

Cisco’s Business Video Solutions:
• DMS, TelePresence, IPVS, Desktop Video, Medianet

Sample Usage Scenarios

Drivers, Trends and Forecasts

Cisco’s Business Video Strategy:
• From a solutions perspective
• From an architectural perspective

The Value to the Customer

Q&A

Cloud Computing – Re-architecting The Data Center Webinar

April 22, 2010 at 1:00 PM EDT

Presenter: Barry Walker

This webinar will provide an overview of Cloud Computing and how the Cisco Data Center 3.0 architecture provides the foundation for a secure and dynamic Cloud Computing platform.

Learning Objectives

By attending this webinar, you will:
• Understand the different Cloud deployment models
• Be aware of some limitations in today’s Data Center architectures
• Understand the benefits of the Cisco Data Center 3.0 Architecture
• Understand Cisco’s vision for the evolution of Cloud Computing

Who Should Attend

Data Center Architects and Managers, CIO, CTO, and IT Directors at larger enterprises. Anyone who would like to understand how Cloud Computing can help provide secure and dynamic scalable services and overcome some of the restrictions with today’s Data Center architectures.

Webinar Contents

What is Cloud Computing?:
• Evolution of the Cloud
• Cloud deployment models

Requirements for Cloud Computing:
• Operational efficiency
• Security, Stability, Reliability
• Flexibility, Scalability
• Multi-Tenancy

Cisco Data Center 3.0 Architecture:
• Solving the problems with Siloed architectures
• Consolidation, Virtualization and Automation
• The path to a Unified Service Delivery platform

Cisco’s vision for the evolution of Cloud Computing:
• Key elements for building secure performance clouds

Q&A

Using NetApp Deduplication to Maximize Storage Utilization for VMware Data Stores

May 27, 2010 at 1:00 PM ET

Presenter: Tom Millar

This webinar will present techniques to increase Storage Utilization for VMware guest on NetApp Data Stores.

Learning Objectives

By attending this webinar, you will understand:
• How space is freed up for various Data Store types...
• How the space returned to the storage pool can be utilized by the VMware Data Stores...
• How aspects of Guests and Guest files systems affect Deduplication
• How to increase the space returned by Deduplication.

Who Should Attend

Everybody who manages NetApp storage for VMware and wants to improve storage utilization.

Webinar Contents

The effect Deduplication has on different types of VMware Data Store:br] • Data Stores on VMFS LUNs (Fibre Channel or iSCSI)
• RDMs (Fibre Channel or iSCSI)
• NFS Data Stores

Utilizing the space returned by Deduplication:
• Expanding LUNs to utilize free space in the volume
• NFS Data Store automatically reflect the free space in the Data Store

Factors that affect Deduplication:
• Disk layout for different VMware Guest types (Windows & Linux)
• Volume Offset Miss-alignment
• Deleted data

Utilities and Techniques to Improve Utilization:
• Volume Offset Alignment • Zeroing Free Space

Q&A

Making ITIL Work: How to get your ITIL Adoption Back on Track and get results!

June 24, 2010 at 1:00 PM ET

Presenter: Patrick von Schlag

This webinar will deliver real-world examples of organizations making ITIL work and will highlight the key ABCs of successful ITIL initiatives.

Learning Objectives

By attending this webinar, you will:
• Remember why they wanted to do ITIL in the first place
• Look at areas where ITIL or vendors overpromised
• Set specific goals and objectives for process improvements
• Be able to build a plan for improving their organization’s ITIL benefits.

Who Should Attend

IT Managers, Team Leads, Directors and VPs of IT and anyone interested in a successful ITIL adoption.

Webinar Contents

• Creating Management Commitment

• Driving Organizational Change

• Building Momentum

• Getting Quick Wins

• Sustaining your Program

• Q&A