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The 2008 Summit: Industry-Wide Success
Story
BladeSystems Insight, the definitive executive summit for
data center technologies, took place May 12-14, 2008 in Tucson,
Arizona before an audience of over 350 hosted end-user
executives, vendor sponsors, industry analysts, association
leaders, and media. Opening with keynotes from the National
Football League and Pentel, the summit featured presentations
from top industry analysts, boardroom and one-on-one meetings
between vendors and IT executives, product showcases and
networking events.
For complete coverage including award winners, go to
http://www.bladesystemsinsight.com/
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2008 Chris Hipp
Award Winner: George Chernenko, VP, Nomura Securities
A BladeSystems Insight tradition, the annual Chris Hipp Award
recognizes an IT professional who has demonstrated exemplary
accomplishment in the field, and is dedicated to the advancement of
technology.
Below is a brief autobiography by this year's winner: George
Chernenko, VP - Data Centers, Nomura Securities International,
Inc.
I was born in Munster, Germany to Ukrainian parents. Our family
immigrated to America when I was 3 years of age and I have lived in
NJ most of my adult life. I attended Passaic High School, William
Patterson University, and am currently enrolled in an MBA program
which will be completed in September, 2009.
I've been involved in the field of Information Technology for 29
years, starting at a retail company called Toys R Us. I've been
specifically working with data center infrastructure for the last
17 years and am currently employed by Nomura Securities
International. I support their data centers in the NY metropolitan
area. Nomura is a global financial services firm that is
headquartered in Japan with offices in over 50 countries.
More on George, http://www.bladesystems.org/about/exec_board/George_Chernenko/
BladeS Data Center
Debut
Live Sessions Showcased at BladeSystems
Insight
A rack in BladeS Data Center showing Emulex hardware and IBM
Blade Center
The first phase of this project consists of blade servers,
Fibre Channel SAN, environmental monitored racks and UPS, Ethernet
routers and switches, computers and cabling. Current equipment
contributors are BladeS member companies that include
Emerson-Liebert, IBM, XIOTech, Emulex, Brocade and APC. The project
architect, Dennis Carlson, anticipates additional contributions as
the project progresses. [more]
BladeS Members 20%
Off Conference Prices
NGDC - Next Generation Data Center
August 4 - 7, San Francisco
Remember to leverage our BladeS membership for a discount to
attend the upcoming NGDC conferences at the Moscone Center in San
Francisco. The conference is packed with the latest key data center
topics that include Network Services, Data Center Optimization,
Adaptive Facilities Management, Security and more. BladeS
president, Jim Hall, once again has been intimately involved on
behalf of the organization in the event's program committee. For
more information on the event, go to http://www.ngdcexpo.com/. Contact BladeS@bladesystems.org for discount
details.
Erratum
In the BladeS Q1 Newsletter, DMTF was mistakenly referred to as
the Data Management Task Force. It should be "Distributed
Management Task Force".
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