Wayne, Pa, September 20, 2007 — SunGard Availability Services today announced one of its leading experts on how to integrate virtualization technologies into information availability strategies, will present at InfoWorld’s Virtualization Executive Forum scheduled for September 24-25, 2007 at the Roosevelt Hotel, New York. N.Y.
Don Norbeck, director of product development for SunGard, will address “Leveraging Virtualization for Information Availability and Business Continuity,” on September 24 at 3:45 p.m. The session will examine how virtualization can help organizations meet shrinking recovery time objectives. It will also discuss the role virtualization-based infrastructure and services can play to simplify recovery, testing and production applications for companies striving for information availability at all times.
“Organizations today face a daunting challenge: they are under mounting pressure to keep systems and applications available at all times, while at the same time, recovery has never been more complicated because business and IT are so closely connected,” said Mr. Norbeck. “Virtualization – when combined with the understanding of how to keep people, systems and information working together – can help companies reduce recovery times and mitigate business risks.”
SunGard will also participate in two general sessions on September 25, 2007 - “VM Management and Monitoring,” from 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m., and “Scaling Virtual Infrastructure,” from 3 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Both sessions will be moderated by Paul Venezia, senior contributing editor of InfoWorld. The first session will focus on monitoring and management tools of virtualization vendors; the second will address the considerations and caveats of scaling out a virtual environment.
About InfoWorld’s Virtualization Executive Forum
InfoWorld's Virtualization Executive Forum is designed to demystify the path to successful virtualization of the enterprise. InfoWorld's multi-dimensional communications program focuses on the benefits of various virtualization approaches, including server, hardware-assisted, storage, application, and desktop virtualization. InfoWorld also identifies benefits of linking these different technologies as part of an 'enterprise virtualization' infrastructure. Additional information is available at http://www.infoworld.com/event/virtualization/.
About SunGard Availability Services
SunGard Availability Services is the pioneer and leading provider of information availability solutions, helping to ensure that more than 10,000 customers in North America and Europe have access to their business-critical information systems. With nearly four million square feet of secure facilities, SunGard offers a complete range of information availability solutions that include managed IT, professional and business continuity services. SunGard provides services to support an always-on production environment, as well as over 30 technology platforms to support customers who require a traditional 24-48 hour recovery time frame. SunGard also provides technology and systems management services for application and data center outsourcing, as well as business continuity consulting services and planning software. For more information about SunGard Availability Services, visit www.availability.sungard.com or call 1-800-523-4970.
About SunGard
With annual revenue exceeding $4 billion, SunGard is a global leader in software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also helps information-dependent enterprises of all types to ensure the continuity of their business. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 50 countries, including the world’s 50 largest financial services companies. Visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.
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