Understanding Data Center Networking

Description

This one-day white boarding session that overviews the evolution of today's data center and how it will transform into the data center of tomorrow. This interactive session answers the questions of why and how the data center has become a top concern of both technical and business leaders, why technology changes are happening, and why all customers are looking to virtualize and consolidate in the data center. Understand why all size businesses are investing to save and how these savings can be maximized throughout the entire data center.

Objectives

After completing this workshop sales professionals will understand:

• The evolution to a data center model
• The role and costs associated with today's data centers
• Traditional storage technologies such as DAS, NAS and SAN
• Storage networking fundamentals and benefits
• What is SOA from a networking perspective
• Why virtualization is a mission critical to a business
• What virtualization and consolidation looks like
• What is the role of Ethernet in the data center
• What will the data center of tomorrow look like

Length: 1 day

Audience: Account Managersand Pre-Sales Engineers

Class Size: 12 to 24 people