At Least 100 Exhibitors at EMC World 2009

EMC Corporation previewed EMC World 2009, its annual educational conference attended by thousands of IT administrators, partners, technologists, analysts and journalists from around the world. This year a key focus throughout the event is on innovative ways to save money, maximize resources, achieve new IT service-delivery models, and better align IT infrastructure with business requirements. The event, to be held in Orlando, Fla. from May 18-21 is a comprehensive educational forum that provides attendees with unparalleled access to learn, challenge, explore and connect experts from EMC and over 100 partners, discussing and demonstrating the technologies and strategies that help customers get the maximum value from their information and their information infrastructures.

EMC World brings together a wide range of experts, partners and IT professionals, with unique perspectives on the most innovative approaches to information management across a range of industries and organizations that consider information to be of the most valuable business assets. The conference covers a multitude of the most important issues in information management today, from storage and resource management, to security, content management and virtualization.

BJ Jenkins, EMC Senior Vice President, Global Marketing, said: “EMC World is the premier information infrastructure industry event designed to educate, inform, and challenge IT professionals with strategies, solutions and technologies that take full advantage of the information within their organization for competitive advantage. In one of the toughest economic climates in history, EMC is committed to driving important conversations with users, partners and the software development community about reducing IT costs and maximizing information infrastructure resources.”

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Anyone can be alerted to the latest news and important event updates from attendees at EMC World 2009 by following the EMC World Twitter page. Additionally, starting May 18, EMC will have a dedicated EMC World 2009 news page containing the latest EMC and partner news releases, event photos, videos and executive presentation slides.

Attendees will learn directly from EMC engineers, users and partners at more than 500 breakout sessions. Attendees can also explore the EMC World exhibit floor and Solutions Pavilion featuring more than 100+ exhibitors and sponsors, representing a broad spectrum of the IT industry, including many of EMC’s most strategic partners.

EMC World Highlights
EMC World 2009 kicks off on Sunday, May 17, with a welcome reception that gives attendees the opportunity to explore the event and network with IT administrators, partners, technologists, analysts and journalists from around the world. The conference formally begins on Monday, May 18 with the opening of the EMC World exhibit floor and a joint keynote delivered by EMC Chairman, President and CEO Joe Tucci, and VMware CEO Paul Maritz, who will map out the vision for the private cloud shared by EMC, VMware and other partners. They’ll discuss how the private cloud will enable you to operate not only more efficiently but also more flexibly and reliably. They’ll also talk about the Virtual Data Center, the latest advances in storage architecture, and how the next chapter of cloud-like computing will deliver unparalleled efficiency, control, and choice.

Additional executive keynotes will include:

• Frank Hauck, Executive Vice President, EMC Storage Division, Global Marketing and Customer Quality, who will discuss the most important trends in information storage, key among them enterprise flash drives and data deduplication;
• Art Coviello, President, RSA, The Security Division of EMC who will give an insider’s view of the fraudster’s enterprise, with help from the head of RSA’s Anti-Fraud Command Center in Israel;
• Mark Lewis, President, EMC Content Management and Archiving Division, who will present his views on cost-effective information management; and
• Howard Elias, President, EMC Global Services & Resource Management Software Group, who will lead a panel of EMC and VMware experts as they take questions and discuss clouds, virtual data centers and the new business and operational models that are transforming IT.

EMC World will feature the EMC Solutions Pavilion, providing a dedicated area for conference attendees to view live demonstrations of EMC products and solutions to show attendees how you can get the most value from your information at the lowest total cost. Technologies and processes will be showcased in a dramatic and interactive fashion.

Attendees can take advantage of the many opportunities for networking at EMC World including 33 ‘Birds of a Feather’ sessions that will offer users a chance to share experiences, ask questions and learn from one another. The EMC Education Services group will be onsite to administer testing for EMC Proven Professional certifications.