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Day One Tuesday 21 June 2005
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| 08.00 | Registration and welcome refreshments
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| 08.30 | Chairman’s opening remarks
Rob Lopez
Managing Director
Global Solutions for Dimension Data plc
Jon William Toigo
Chief Executive Officer
Toigo Partners International
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| INSPIRATIONAL KEY NOTE
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| 08.40 | CIDA College
CIDA underpins financial and economic democracy in South
Africa, and is intended to be a replicable model for the
developing nations of the world.
Currently, each of CIDA’s 1 100 students is on a tuition
scholarship, this represents R44 million worth of scholarships.
Dr Taddy Blecher, Chief Executive and co-founder
CIDA City Campus
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| PROTOCOLS, LEGALITIES AND REGULATIONS IN THE SOUTH
AFRICAN MARKETS
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| 09.10 | An overview of the information laws and how they affect
businesses in South African today:
• The current status of the Electronic Communications and
Transactions Act
• Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision
of Communication-related Information Act, 2002
• Data Protection in national and international business
• The effect of policy documents such as the King Report on
corporate Governance
John McPherson, Senior Partner
McPherson Kruger Attorneys
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| 09.40 | The age of archiving is here – Storage Compliance
Archiving and the Electronic Communications and
Transactions Act.
Helaine Leggat, IT, Internet & Media Law Specialists
Buys Inc Attorneys
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| 10.10 | Morning tea and refreshments
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| SNIA – STANDARDS ON INFORMATION LIFECYCLE
MANAGEMENT
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| 10.40 | Information Lifecycle Management feedback from the
Standards Committee
Philip Black, Chief Executive Officer
Nexsan Technologies Inc., Co chairman, SNIA-ILM committee
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| STORAGE EVOLUTION – INFORMATION LIFE-CYCLE
MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT EFFICIENCIES AND BUSINESS
AGILITY
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| 11.00 | Best practices for reigning in storage costs
• What value would you place on your information
• Analysing what your storage needs are today
• Managing your data over time as the value of your information
changes
Vic Booysen, Product Manager – Enterprise Storage
Business Connexion
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| 11.30 | What Does Storage Want to Be When It Grows Up?
Truth be told, storage is not rocket science. Still, our arrays are
oversubscribed and underutilised and at the large enterprise level,
we use only about 38 percent of the “feature sets” we buy.
• Vendor misinformation and market-hype that obscures clearheaded
purchasing decisions
• Product packaging that imposes limits on utilization efficiency
• “One-size-fits-all” storage solutions that, in fact, fit no one’s
requirements particularly well
Jon William Toigo, Chief Executive Officer
Toigo Partners International
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| 12.00 | Utility based storage is like having your storage on tap
• Capacity on demand – business agility
• Financial models – matching expenses with revenues
• Legalities – information is stored on infrastructure not owned,
what are the consequences??
• Storage as a Managed Service
Grant Morgan, Storage Business Unit Manager
Dimension Data
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| 12.30 | Panel discussion: Storage value spend, capacity, legalities
and ROI. Hear what the experts say – and discuss.
• Legalities of compliance
• Who controls the ECT Act
• Reigning in storage costs
John McPherson, Senior Partner
McPherson Kruger Attorneys
Helaine Leggat, IT, Internet & Media Law Specialists
Buys Inc Attorneys
Jon William Toigo, Chief Executive Officer
Toigo Partners International
Vic Booysen, Product Manager – Enterprise Storage
Business Connexion
Grant Morgan, Storage Business Unit Manager
Dimension Data
Chris Hathaway, Managing Director
Enterprise Archiving Solutions
Philip Black, Chief Executive Officer
Nexsan Technologies Inc., Co-chairman, SNIA-ILM committee
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| 13.15 | Networking luncheon – stand up buffet sponsored by
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| SAN SOLUTIONS – FIBRE CHANNEL OR ISCSI
– WHICH ONE IS RIGHT FOR YOU?
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| 14.00 | iSCSI and Fibre Channel – A protocol review
• Current and future adoption strategies for your infrastructure
• What do they do, where do they fit in – benefits and
accessibilities
• Helping you make a sound business decision
Shaul Hassan, Director, Technical Sales
SANRAD Ltd.
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| 14.30 | Pioneer Foods case study: A data centre technology refresh
whilst continuing business – is like changing an engine on a
747 in mid-air.
• What are the business requirements?
• Facing deployment challenges
• Solutions in action
• The pros and cons. Disaster or success?
Jannie Steyn, Group IS Manager
Pioneer Foods
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| 15.00 | Speed networking – bring your
business cards
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| 15.30 | Afternoon tea and refreshments
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| 16.00 | Panel discussion: Aligning storage technology with
business requirements and objectives
• The “No one size fits all” topology: understanding the
application to drive your storage decisions
• Ensuring your storage infrastructure responds to your
organisation’s needs
• Aligning your storage topology with your business processes
• Ensuring IT professionals look at their storage from a
business perspective
Juergen Arnold, Research and Development Director
HP ISE
Shaul Hassan, Director, Technical Sales
SANRAD Ltd.
Frans Nijeboer, National Practice Manager, Data Centre and
Storage Solutions, Dimension Data SA.
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| 17.00 | Chairman’s closing remarks and close of day one
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| 17.15 | Cocktail function
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Day Two Wednesday 22 June 2005
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| BACKUPS AND DISASTER RECOVERY |
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| 08.45 | Chairman’s opening remarks
Rob Lopez
Managing Director
Global Solutions for Dimension Data plc
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| STORAGE – THE WAY FORWARD |
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| 09.00 | Case Study: From Kilobytes to Yottabytes and back – where
do we go from here and what capacity do companies really
need?
Ansu Sooful, Manager, mediation application
Vodacom
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| 09.30 | Understanding and using new storage technologies
• Get the “low down” on the latest technology
• Myth or reality: Establishing true interoperability for storage
• Making purchasing decisions based on interoperability and
supportability
• Debunking the Intelligent Storage Utility
• What should you factor into buying your decisions?
Frans Nijeboer, National Practice Manager, Data Centre and
Storage Solutions, Dimension Data SA.
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| 10.00 | Case study: The importance of insuring your data compared
with Life Insurance.
As often is the case with insurance – one only realises the value
of it when it’s too late. Is this a risk your company can afford to
take?
Rene Otto, Chief Executive Officer
Channel Life Limited
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| 10.30 | Morning tea and refreshments
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| CAPITALISING ON NEW STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES |
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| 11.00 | Alexander Forbes Case Study: Storage Area Network – a
Strategic review
• Business Overview
• Infrastructure Strategy Overview and incorporating storage
• Value proposition
Etienne Naude, Chief Technology Officer
Alexander Forbes
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| 11.30 | Olthaver & List Case Study: The benefits of a distributed
and virtualised data centre in a business context.
• What are the business requirements?
• Solutions tailored to business goals
• Specific operational benefits
Dirk van Niekerk, General Manager, ICT Holdings
Olthaver & List
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| 12.00 | Networking luncheon – stand up buffet
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| MONEY TALKS – THE BIG ROI – ARE YOUR CLIENTS HAPPY? |
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| 13.30 | Panel discussion: Return on investment (ROI) Does your
storage solutions meet your businesses needs?
• What were your storage expectations when implementing
your solutions
• Are your storage solutions meeting your companies needs
• Was it worth the cost incurred
• What would you advise others to do or NOT to do
• What are the trade-offs needed in order to obtain the
optimum return on data storage, investment, and information
• 5 most important lessons learned
Francois Putter, Northern Region Service Manager
Agricultural Research Council South Africa
Etienne Naude, Chief Technology Officer
Alexander Forbes
Ansu Sooful, Manager mediation application
Vodacom
Etienne Naude, Chief Technology Officer
Alexander Forbes
Moderator by Jon William Toigo
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| 14.30 | Business Case Study: Survival in the face of disaster. Hear
what a leading corporate had to face and come through
with flying colours.
Michael Jordan, Finance Director
Makro SA
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| 15.00 | Afternoon tea and refreshments
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| 15.30 | Protect and defend your data
• How is your data stored?
• Understanding the value of data
• Identifying your business critical information
• Understanding the decision process: the right storage for you
• Plan for your future data protection
Juergen Arnold, Research and Development Director
HP ISE
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| 16.00 | Planning and preparing for a disaster: business continuity
planning (BCP) for your information assets
• How to plan for a robust Business Continuity Plan for your
information systems
• Protecting your critical functions in the first 24 hours
• Does your plan reflect your organisation’s strategic goals?
• Understanding and quantifying the risk of disaster
• Quantifying recovery time objectives – what is backed up and
at what intervals?
• Preserve your BCP even when cutting IT budgets
John Sharp, Policy and Development Director
Continuity Forum, UK
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| 16.30 | Close of conference
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