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Uptime Institute's Symposium 2010: Uniting Stakeholders for Sustainable Enterprise Computing

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Leaders in the global computing and data center industry will convene at the Uptime Institute's fifth annual Symposium on May 17-19 at the Hilton New York. The event brings together theorists and practitioners from top global enterprises, data center experts, and analysts to discuss green IT trends, strategies, and best practices. The symposium aims to improve energy efficiency, business productivity, and mission-critical computing availability and reliability. Last year's conference showed impressive results, with 80% of delegates able to immediately apply knowledge shared at the Symposium to drive energy and cost savings.

Key Takeaways:

  • The Uptime Institute's Symposium will feature over 75 sessions, with topics including green IT trends, new technologies, and best practices.
  • 80% of delegates from the previous year's conference were able to apply knowledge shared at the Symposium to drive energy and cost savings.
  • The event will bring together stakeholders from enterprise IT, finance, executive management, data center facilities, and design engineering to discuss critical issues in enterprise computing and energy demands.
  • Core themes of the Symposium include improving enterprise computing's efficiency without inhibiting productivity, mission-critical availability, scalability, and sustainability.
  • The Symposuim will also host the annual Green Enterprise IT Awards, co-sponsored by Jones Lang LaSalle, with winners showcased among best-in-class companies.
  • Registration for the Symposium is now open, with a special early-decision discount rate available until March 19.
  • The Uptime Institute is an independent think tank and research body serving the global data center industry, part of The 451 Group, an independent IT research and analyst organization.

Statistics:

  • 80% of delegates from the previous year's conference were able to apply knowledge shared at the Symposium to drive energy and cost savings.
  • Over 75 sessions will be available during the Summit.
  • The Symposium will take place on May 17-19.
  • Registration for the Symposium is now open, with a special early-decision discount rate available until March 19.
  • The Uptime Institute is part of The 451 Group, an independent IT research and analyst organization.

Sources:

  • (Uptime Institute, 2010)
  • (The 451 Group)
  • (Tier1 Research)
  • (Jones Lang LaSalle)
  • (AOL, Hewlett-Packard, MassMutual Financial Group, Sun Microsystems, University of Notre Dame Center for Research Computing, UPS)

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