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Virtualize Your Business Critical Services: Deploying Processing Area Networks in Your Data Center

Egenera will discuss how Process Area Networks simplify business and mission critical services deployment in mixed physical and virtual environments. Egenera, a leader in data center solutions, provides the most complete virtualization solution for business and mission critical applications.

Technical Overview Session

Networking; Storage / Backup; VMware Infrastructure; Virtualization Platform / Hypervisor

1 Hour

Vern Brownell( Egenera )

Vern Brownell founded Egenera in March 2000 based on his experiences as the Chief Technology Officer at Goldman Sachs, where he and his staff of 1,300 were responsible for worldwide technology infrastructure including data centers, data networking, telecommunications and trading-floor operations. During his 11 years with the Wall Street leader, Brownell developed a keen appreciation for how the complexity of legacy server deployments both increased costs and compromised agility. Convinced that nothing short of a totally new approach to computing could solve the full range of problems he repeatedly encountered, Brownell devised the Egenera BladeFrame® system and its Processing Area Network (PAN) architecture, and formed Egenera to transform his concepts into reality.
Today, as Chief Strategy Officer, Brownell remains the visionary behind the business value that Egenera brings to customers through its breakthrough technology. He drives Egenera's strategic technology direction and counsels customers.
Prior to his tenure at Goldman, Brownell served as Manager of Engineering at Stratus Computer and Ztel Corporation. He began his career as a Principal Engineer at Digital Equipment. Brownell's background as both a developer and user of technology gives Egenera the ideal perspective for building the next generation of data center infrastructure.
He serves on the board of COPAN Systems and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Anna Maria College as well as a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.