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Synopsis:
The government’s efficiency agenda is driving local authorities and public sector bodies to find new ways to improve services while cutting costs – and IT is playing a vital role. Technologies that have been proved in the private sector are increasingly offering significant benefits to the public sector.
Virtualisation is one of the key tools that can help organisations to reduce their hardware costs; improve flexibility and responsiveness to change; and make employees more productive. A virtualisation strategy that also takes into account related technologies such as blade servers and storage is becoming central to many public sector IT departments’ plans. And as green computing also becomes an increasingly important issue, virtualisation offers further benefits in terms of energy efficiency and environmental considerations.
In this Computing web seminar, in association with Dell, we examine the emerging best practice in virtualisation, and in particular focus on how the technology can help the public sector meet its demanding cost and service objectives. Our panel of experts will answer your questions, and Dr Zafar Chaudry, director of information management & technology at Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust will present a real-life case study showing how virtualisation helped the Trust cope with its rapidly growing information needs.
Who should attend?
- Public sector CIOs, IT directors, IT managers
- Datacentre managers
- Infrastructure managers
- Storage managers
- Operations managers
- Software applications managers
- IT strategy and planning managers
- IT architecture managers
Why you should attend?
- Learn how virtualisation can help the public sector cut its IT costs
- Find out about the best practice in virtualisation from the private sector
- Understand the way that leading-edge organisations are using virtualisation
- Find out the benefits of virtualisation for your organisation
- Learn how to get more out of your existing server and storage technology
- Understand how virtualisation can support your green IT strategy
- Hear a case study from one of your peers on how to put virtualisation into action
- Put your questions to our expert panel of speakers
Speaker Biographies:
Dr Zafar Chaudry MD MSc MIS MBCS CITP
Director of Information Management & Technology
Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
Dr. Chaudry holds a doctorate degree in Medicine, a MSc in Health Care Management and a MSc in Information Systems. Dr Chaudry is registered with the UK Council for Health Informatics Professionals as a level 3 Health Informatics Specialist. He is a professional member of the British Medical Association, holds Chartered Status from the British Computer Society, and has been widely published. Zafar has 15+ years of cutting-edge experience in the implementation of healthcare information systems and information technology (IT) in managed care settings spanning acute care hospitals, clinics, multispecialty group practices and software companies in the USA.
Zafar has specific expertise in strategic planning, health care policy analysis and development, development and management of innovative knowledge management and health informatics systems; evidence-based medicine, internet / intranet planning and development; Zafar has lectured at the City Colleges of Chicago. He has also been involved in the development of point-ofcare diagnostic software (PEPID, the Portable, Primary and Emergency Informational Database) that has been used at Northwestern, Harvard and McGill Universities.
Zafar was appointed in April 2005 as the Director of Information Management and Technology for the Liverpool Women’s Hospital, Europe’s Largest Women’s hospital. Zafar has also been appointed to the NHS Faculty of Health Informatics Board and recognised as a leader in “Business Intelligence” serving as a Board member for Obis Omni (“The UK Business Intelligence Community”). Zafar has led Liverpool Women’s to be awarded a Gold Medal and “Laureate” status in the “2007 Computerworld Honours Programme” in the USA for "Building a 21st Century Consolidated, Virtualized, Enterprise Infrastructure to Improve Patient Care". In addition, Zafar has led Liverpool Women’s to be awarded the Effective IT (2007) Awards for the “Most Effective Use of IT in Public Services” and the “Most Effective Enterprise-Wide Infrastructure” as well as the CNET Award (2007) for “Public Sector Technology Project of the Year.” Zafar recently became Chair of MUSE EU.
Dr Dan Homolka - Virtualisation Lead, Dell EMEA Enterprise Technology Team
Dan Homolka currently holds the EMEA Virtualisation Leadership role for the Enterprise Technology team. Working directly with clients he advises on virtualisation strategies, and development of Vritualised Datacentre Architectures. Specialising in the processes and technologies used to deliver Enterprise Datacentre services, he has a passion for working at the leading edge with clients who wish to benefit from the innovations of the IT industry.
Prior to joining Dell in 2007, Dan worked for SUSE Linux AG, as Western European and Nordic Technical Sales Manager, and subsequently for Novell, following the acquisition of SUSE Linux. At Novell Dan was instrumental in creating Microsoft and SUSE Linux interoperability value propositions in a number of Global customers. Before that he worked in UK channel organizations including GE Capital Services, developing Online Services and multiple UNIX hardware vendor channels.
Dr Homolka holds a PhD in Fluid Dynamics from Imperial College, University of London, and a BSc in Mathematics.
Iain Davie, Alliance Manager, Dell UK and Ireland
Iain Davie has been the Alliance Manager for Dell UK and Ireland since joining VMware in July 2006. Iain has over 20 years experience in the IT Channel including working with Novell and their partners for Azlan UK and managing the IBM xSeries and Linux Division at Morse Group PLC.
Nathaniel Martinez - Program Director, European Enterprise Servers
Nathaniel Martinez is a program director in IDC's European System Infrastructure Solutions Group. In this role, he delivers strategic reports, presentations and insights to expertly advise industry clients on Enterprise Server competitive and market dynamics, drivers, risks and opportunities in EMEA. He researches and reports on the volume, midrange and high-end segments of the European server market, including, blade servers, Unix systems trends, Linux adoption, virtualization and system management technology, and commercial adoption of grid computing.
Martinez also contributes to IDC's Quarterly Server Tracker and Quarterly Server Forecaster, and engages in bespoke consulting projects. Martinez was previously a program manager in IDC's European Software Research Group, covering a wide range of software markets including Web services, content management , enterprise portals and collaborative applications. He also engaged in custom projects supporting software vendors in the development of their product and market strategies, including ROI studies and white papers. Martinez has spoken at many key industry conferences and vendor events, and has been widely quoted in leading industry publications.
Prior to joining IDC in 2000, Martinez worked as a trade and marketing assistant at the Montana World Trade Center (U.S.), advising Montana and regional companies on international expansion strategies. Before that, he worked for Lexmark (France), helping the company develop its EDI network for its European customers and partners.
Martinez holds an MBA from the University of Montana (U.S.), and a DESS (BA with honors) in international marketing and trade strategy from the University of Aix-en-Provence (France).
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