Today I attended one great event from Cisco Systems. The event was Cisco Data Center Day 2008 held at Shangri-la Hotel, Jakarta from 08.30 a.m. to 05.20 p.m. The supporting sponsors were Avocent, Emerson, Hewlett Packard, and Panduit.

The main topic of this event is Data Center Transformation. There we were told about the solution for transforming data center into a scalable, unified, secured, and energy optimized one. The outcome of this is to reduce IT budget, enhance device utilization, save energy, and enhance business.

Below is the agenda:

• 08.30 – 09.15 : Registration – Tour of Showcase
• 09.15 – 09.30 : Welcome Address by Kurnijanto E. Sanggono – Marketing Director, Cisco Systems Indonesia
• 09.30 – 10.00 : Analyst Presentation from IDC by Lincoln Lee – Research Manager, IDC Asia Pacific
• 10.00 – 10.45 : Opening Keynote Address: Data Center Trend and Cisco Vision by Damian Ryan – Cisco Systems Asia Pacific
• 10.45 – 11.30 : Next Generation DC Architecture by Kwai Seng Lai – Consulting Engineer, Data Center, Cisco Systems
• 11.30 – 12.30 : Lunch – Tour of Showcase
• 12.30 – 13.15 : (Fast Track 1) Making Your WAN Feels Like The LAN (WAAS) by Prastowo Yuliarso – System Engineer, Cisco Systems Indonesia; (Fast Track 2) Storage Virtualization (MDS) by Februaris Dipodiwirjo – System Engineer, Cisco Systems Indonesia
• 13.15 – 13.55 : (Fast Track 1) Viable Options for Data Center Solutions by Teddy Kamil – System Consultant, Panduit Singapore Pte. Ltd.; (Fast Track 2) HP’s Data Center Transformation Solutions – Delivering Better Business Outcomes by Rajesh Prabhakaran – Director Infrastructure and ILM Services, HP Services Asia Pacific and Japan
• 13.55 – 14.35 : (Fast Track 1) Energy Logic: The Latest Approach to Data Center Energy Optimization by Nawi Jaya – Senior Account Manager, Emerson Indonesia; (Fast Track 2) Go Green for Your Data Center by Bernard Tan – Technical Consultant, Avocent
• 14.35 – 15.05 : Coffee Break
• 15.05 – 15.45 : (Fast Track 1) Availability and Acceleration for Your Web Application (ACE) by Ken Pohniman – Product Sales Specialist Data Center, Asia, Cisco Systems; (Fast Track 2) Automating Data Center Provisioning (VFrame) by Kwai Seng Lai – Consulting Engineer, Data Center, Cisco Systems
• 15.45 – 16.25 : (Fast Track 1) Transforming into Next-Generation Data Centers by Delene Lee – Business Development Manager Cisco Services, Asia, Cisco Systems; (Fast Track 2) Building A Scalable Storage Environment with Hewlett Packard and Cisco Systems Indonesia by Ricky Garyati – Business Development Manager, Storage Division, Hewlett Packard
• 16.25 – 17.05 : (Fast Track 1) Self-defend Your Data Center by Alberto Rivai – System Engineer, Cisco Systems Indonesia; (Fast Track 2) Next Generation Switching and Unified I/O by Amellia Rosalie – System Engineer, Cisco Systems Indonesia
• 17.05 – 17.20 : Closing and Door Prize

 And below is some photos.

And here is the souvenirs from the event – a Cisco red bag and a Cisco Express truck replica