EMC Gold Sponsor of first Data Centre Strategies Middle East Forum

The Forum, which takes place in Abu Dhabi 2-3 June 2009, has been designed to bring together Data centre operators, service providers, telcos, network infrastructure providers, managed services specialists, systems integrators, enterprise and government IT directors, property and investment firms, law firms, professional intermediaries, consulting firms, regulatory bodies, and supplier organizations to inform and update, provide critical insight and generate top level networking opportunities.

"We are delighted to participate in Data Centre Strategies Middle East which will be drawing special attention to the importance of automation and the level of flexibility in managing and allocating data center resources that virtualization brings," commented Mohammed Amin, Regional Manager of EMC, Turkey Middle East & North West Africa.

"As customers across the region begin to invest in next generation virtual data centers, the event provides an exceptional platform for EMC to demonstrate it is at the forefront in delivering the appropriate information infrastructure solutions and services for their virtual data centers to achieve IT efficiencies and maximize the return on their investments," he added.

Highlights of the 2-day meeting include a data centre Middle East CEO Roundtable, investment and growth strategies, carbon trading for data centres, cloud computing panel, Green Efficiency focus session, virtualization address, best practice debate and an architecting and designing workshop.

With an academy of international speakers, experts and delegates from enterprise user companies, operators and owners, technical specialists, investors, vendors and consultancies, Data Centre Strategies will ask vital questions about the latest issues and developments in the sector that impact the business, operation and planning for data centre businesses.

Injazat Data Systems is Patron of the event, which is researched and organized by international consulting firm BroadGroup with partner Orient Consulting. Sponsors also include HP and Microsoft. Industry Partner is The Colocation Exchange. Media Partners include Maktoob.com, Telecommunications Insight, Middle East Business Monitor, Goingtomeet.com and Data Centre News.