Presenter: Andrew D Mclean, Sales & Enterprise Solutions Manager, Intel Australia & New Zealand

Experience the three key elements of the Intel "Cloud 2015" vision: a world of interoperable "federated" clouds; "automated" movement of software applications and resources; and device-savvy "client-aware" clouds.

Learn how The Open Data Center Alliance, an initiative of more than 70 top global businesses, unified by Intel, will create a roadmap to drive interoperability, flexibility and industry standards for the cloud and next generation data centers.

Discover how The Intel Cloud Builders initiative, featuring 19 of the world's leading hardware and software makers, are collaborating to spur innovation and make clouds easier to deploy, use and share.

Deep dive into the technology behind Intel Xeon processors and learn how features such as smart energy efficiency, Intel Virtualisation Technology and Intel Trusted Execution Technology are perfectly suited for cloud computing.

Presenter: Steve Kelly, HP 3PAR Sales Director, HP South Pacific

HP's recent acquisition of 3PAR has meant that it is now the only vendor to offer a complete cloud utility compute, network and storage platform. Organisations are using HP utility computing today to build agile and efficient virtualised IT infrastructures for flexible workload consolidation, and for the delivery of software and hardware as a service via cloud delivery models. In this session, you will understand the compelling reasons that make HP 3PAR the leading choice for the world's largest public cloud deployments, why HP 3PAR is a key component of HP's Converged Infrastructure portfolio, and the innovations that underpin this exciting new platform.

Presenter: Raymond Maisano, Group Manager, Industry Standard Servers, HP South Pacific

Don't miss this exciting session as Raymond Maisano showcases the ground-breaking Converged Infrastructure Business Decision Appliance designed jointly with Microsoft based on Intel Xeon 5600 series processors. Learn how this unique appliance fuses applications, infrastructure and productivity tools into a single system designed to optimise productivity and decision-making, while simplifying the delivery of applications for IT.

You will also experience a comprehensive update on advancements to the HP ProLiant server portfolio to help you build your path to the Cloud.

Presenter: Mark Nielsen, HP StorageWorks Business Manager, HP South Pacific

Microsoft estimates that 74% of its Exchange customers are running Microsoft Exchange 2003, with most planning the upgrade to Microsoft Exchange 2010 over the next two years. This means that over 74 million mailboxes will be migrated to this new platform by the end of 2012. The HP E5000 Messaging System is the industry's first fully self-contained platform built for the next-generation of Microsoft Exchange; delivering enterprise-class messaging to businesses of all sizes. Built as a turnkey solution that can be up and running in a few hours, the HP E5000 Messaging System gives business users the experience they want most: large yet low cost mailboxes, centralised archiving of mailbox files and 24x7 access from any device. If you are responsible for your company's migration to Microsoft Exchange 2010 then don't miss this opportunity to see Microsoft's "preferred" storage architecture for your migration to this next generation messaging platform.

How do you build a network that can take best advantage of today’s virtualised applications in a world where server-to-server traffic is now the #1 network challenge?

Don’t miss Darren Read as he challenges legacy hierarchical network designs and discusses the latest high performance, direct-flight server-to-server HP Networking solutions that are flat, highly-scalable and highly-available by design.

This session will explore:

•  New network management tools, unified solutions, virtualisation-aware management and provisioning solutions.
• How HP is challenging traditional network security systems for customers requiring unified, virtualisation-aware solutions

Presenter: James Ross, National Business Development Manager, rPOS, HP Australia

Today's technology has created new opportunities for customer interaction, but how can this then scale your business? HP has a broad range of Retail & Transaction Solutions designed to enhance the experience between you and your customers, improving both ROI and customer intelligence.

In this session we share how HP has revolutionised these interactions to keep you engaged with the people that really drive your business your customers and your employees by transforming business propositions and creating value & loyalty.