X-change: WAN optimisation, acceleration and security in practice

BELTUG continues to receive questions from members about WAN optimisation and acceleration. Better performance and less bandwidth seem to concern most ICT managers, especially when no compromises on security can be allowed! Avoiding expensive bandwidth upgrades by putting more trust in controller tools has already been the topic of two previous BELTUG X-changes. The expectations of many BELTUG members in this booming domain have resulted in this newest X-change.

On the afternoon of 4 March, BELTUG is organising an interactive session, with an in depth overview of different solutions on the market by Gartner. Agfa-Gevaert will then present its results with both the acceleration tools and the analytical, reporting and optimisation issues. Finally, a live demo visually demonstrating the impact of acceleration, optimisation and security topics will conclude this BELTUG X-change.

There will be plenty of time to exchange your own views and knowledge in this domain, and to address your expectations and problems to the presenters. What alternatives are there for the ICT manager, and how secure are these solutions?

 AGENDA: 

12:30	Welcome. Sandwiches offered by T-Systems
13:15	Introduction : "Setting the scene, including earlier BELTUG efforts on the topic"                Alex Vanzegbroek, Project Leader, BELTUG (Dutch/French)
13:30	Gartner: How to cost optimise your secure WAN    The presentation will look at several ways in which enterprises can reduce their WAN costs in these challenging economic times, such as the use of hybrid WANs and bandwidth on demand. WAN optimisation will be explored in detail, including the critical factors -such as security- necessary to gain the full business benefits from the technology and the vendor landscape. Neil Rickard, Research Vice President, Gartner (English)
14:15	Agfa-Gevaert: Results of WAN cost optimisation  How to build a business case to maximise & optimise bandwidth; Application Performance: the end user experiences; Willem Vermeir, Manager Worldwide IFS, Agfa-Gevaert NV (English)
14:45	Live demo of the real impact of acceleration, optimisation & security tools
15:00	Discussion and Q&A with the presenters and between the BELTUG members
16:00	End.

You have the opportunity to send in specific questions now to add your personal concerns to the program. To guarantee ample discussion time, we are limiting the number of participants to 30. Please click here to register today for this unique learning opportunity.

PRACTICALITIES:
Date: Thursday, 4th of March 2010
Venue hosted by: T-Systems, 't Hofveld 8, 1702 Groot-Bijgaarden (route plan).