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Whether you are an IT Manager, Architect or Engineer, come to HP TECHNOLOGY@WORK 2012 to learn about game-changing innovations in software, hardware, services, and networking.

Time Topic
8:00am - 8:45am Registration and Solutions Showfloor open
8:45am - 10:25am Plenary – Master of Ceremonies, Richard Morecroft   

HP Executive Keynote – Paul Brandling, Vice President and Managing Director, Hewlett-Packard South Pacific

Keynote Address – Brad Howarth, Technology, Marketing and Digital Media Authority

Brad is an esteemed journalist and co-author of the thought provoking book "A Faster Future". Brad will deliver a unique perspective regarding the impact of technology on business and society.

HP Business Address - Paul Muller, IT Management Evangelist, Software, HP Enterprise Business

Optimising yourself to oblivion?

Do you know IT teams where everyone is claiming victory but the end-users are still unhappy?

Pressure for functional teams within IT to meet isolated targets can hurt the overall performance of IT and lead to poor business outcomes. We look at how, by addressing the system rather than the symptoms of technology innovation, IT can increase agility without increasing your Total Cost of Innovation.
10:25am - 10:45am Morning tea served on Solutions Showfloor
10:50am - 1:00pm
HP Experience Streams

Choose the session most relevant to you across the 3 Technical Tracks, for each of the timeslots.
Click below to see session details.

Converged Infrastructure ›

Software ›

Understanding Your Client ›

Converged Infrastructure

Today, IT organisations are grappling with less-than-ideal IT infrastructure driven by an explosion of data, aging hardware, obsolete storage architectures, & a complex network. Businesses are struggling with rigid and costly IT silos that have forced the majority of their IT budget to be locked in IT operations, fire drills, and just keeping the lights on as they battle IT sprawl.

Gain new strategic perspectives we explore HP Converged Infrastructure Solutions that are designed to simplify your data centre, enable flexibility, efficiency and reduce operating costs. Hear about the very latest game-changing technologies positioned to deliver any workload, anywhere, anytime to accelerate time to application and business value.

10:50am - 11:30am

Unveiling the new HP Converged Systems

Presenter: Raymond Maisano


HP Converged Infrastructure has set the benchmark as the ultimate blueprint for the datacentre of the future! 2012 is all about simplifying your Converged Infrastructure journey with HP Converged Systems. Learn how HP CloudSystem, VirtualSystem and AppSystems can accelerate project deployments, reduce cost and deliver business outcomes faster! Whether you choose to insource it, outsource it, deploy a cloud environment, or implement a hybrid model, HP Converged Systems are your path to a Converged Infrastructure.

Technologies demonstrated - CloudSystem, VirtualSystem, AppSystem

11:35am - 12:15pm

Accelerate virtual deployments – HP VirtualSystem

Presenters: Steve Kelly


Are you looking for the ultimate Virtualisation architecture pre-built and ready to power on? HP VirtualSystem built on Converged Infratructure delivers the fastest time to value for virtualization. Learn how you can save months of planning and integration selecting and integrating best-of-breed HP Converged Infrastructure solutions and leading virtualization software in one solution delivered turnkey by HP. VirtualSystem maximizes performance, uptime, and scalability of virtualized workloads for small, medium, and large organizations.

Technologies demonstrated - HP VirtualSystem 1, HP VirtualSystem 2, HP VirtualSystem 3, C7000 Blades, P4000, 3PAR

12:20pm - 1:00pm

Flatten the network with HP FlexNetwork

Presenters: Les Stuart


The network is at the heart of Converged Infrastructure. Hear and see the HP vision for the ground breaking FlexNetwork Architecture: A blueprint for dynamic, adaptive, efficient and effective network utilization . The HP FlexNetwork Architecture, delivers the industry's only converged networking architecture that spans from the virtualized data center to the virtual workplace for cloud, multimedia, and mobile services with integrated security solutions.

Technologies demonstrated - FlexNetwork architectures

Elevate IT Performance with HP Software

Elevate IT Performance with HP Software’s leading IT Performance suite which assists you to build, manage, operate and secure your hybrid IT environment. Providing the industry's deepest and broadest insight into IT-controlled assets and a secure, comprehensive, operational environment for a hybrid world. Discover how at the HP Software pavilion

10:50am - 11:30am

An Executive Scorecard for IT Operations

Presenters: Kate Roblin


Many IT Operations Managers currently report their performance using spreadsheets taking up valuable time and resources. Learn how to automate reporting of Key Performance Indicators using many of your existing tools.

Technologies demonstrated - HP Executive Scorecard

11:35am - 12:15pm

Business Services Automation for Cloud or Hybrid IT environments

Presenter: Paul Schroeter


Learn how to automate the provisioning of business services and infrastructurefor private cloud, public cloud and hybrid IT services.

Technologies demonstrated - HP Cloud Services Automation

12:20pm - 1:00pm

Deploy modern composite applications faster

Presenters:Jason Ghassan


Learn how HP Service Virtualisation allows project teams to access limited or no-availability services and systems in a simulated, virtual environment. 

Technologies demonstrated - HP Service Virtualisation

Understanding the Client

The changing workforce, workspace and workplace is leading organisations to consider alternate technology models to provide greater flexibility and efficiency for users to accomplish business goals.

Technology trends like Consumerisation of IT, Bring-your-own Device, Mobilisation of IT, and Client Virtualisation are changing the IT ecosystem seeing greater focus placed on the user rather than the device. It is critical now more than ever to understand the breadth of technology tools available to help adapt to the next generation workspace ecosystem.

This track will showcase solutions and technology to meet the varying needs of the modern organisation to adapt to the evolving business demands to remain competitive in an ever changing market.

10:50am - 11:30am

Uncorking BYOD – a user-centric exploration

Presenters: Tyerell Allen and Manpal Jagpal


Bring-Your-Own Device may sound like an easy concept from a user perspective, but the complexities beyond the device need to be considered before adopting an alternate IT model. This track will explore the user-centric trend of BYOD, in evaluating the needs of the end-user against the needs of the organisation, the current TCO of the organisation's IT model, and the desired end goal of such a transition.

Technologies demonstrated - Commercial & Consumer notebooks, Thin Clients, AIO Desktops, Workstations, VDI and Cloud services

11:35am - 12:15pm

Your Desktop Instantly – VDI from HP & VMware

Presenters: Paul Armstong and Tim Hartman (VMware)


Employees have heightened expectations to connect, share, and enable action to be taken— instantly. In addition to this, mobile and cloud era dictates anywhere, any device access to applications and data within and outside the firewall, and introduces fundamental new challenges to the traditional enterprise security and management model. As organisations strive to become an “instant-on-enterprise,” they will look to technology leaders to show them the way. Solutions around client and desktop virtualisation can satisfy end-user demands for mobility and remote access while at the same time reducing the costs.. Learn how HP and VMware View™ coupled with HP IO accelerators can deliver VDI in a cost effective pre-packaged architecture. In addition to this VMware will share the broader vision of where emerging technologies and products will assist customers in developing future End User Computing strategies.

12:20pm - 1:00pm

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3:55pm - 4:25pm

Understanding Ultrabook™

Presenters: Thomas Tapsas (Intel) and Chris Osborne


Ultra Responsive. Ultra Sleek. And about to hit the top of user wishlists across the world. Inspired by Intel, Ultrabook™ is a new category of ultra responsive, ultra sleek, and ultra stylish devices that are less than an inch thick and wake up in a flash. They’re an optimal blend of the performance and smart capabilities - and the portability and style to match. This track will provide an overview on the Ultrabook™ category in understanding what this category can offer to the evolving needs of the user, and its contribution to the Mobilisation of IT.

Technologies demonstrated - Ultrabooks: Folio13 & Envy14 Spectre

1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch served on the Solutions Showfloor
2:00pm - 3:40pm
HP Experience Streams

Choose the session most relevant to you across the 3 Technical Tracks, for each of the timeslots.
Click below to see session details.

Converged Infrastructure ›

Software ›

Understanding Your Client ›

2:00pm - 2:30pm

HP ProLiant Generation 8

Presenters: Louie Haviaridis


Project Voyager and HP ProLiant Generation 8 (Gen8) servers bring a paragdigm shift in server infrastructure. ProLiant Gen8 will redefine data centre economics by automating every aspect of the server life cycle. Learn how the new HP ProLiant Gen8 servers adapt to their environment in real time with intelligent technologies that enable these innovative servers virtually take care of themselves. all whilst delivering unheard of performance and density.

Technologies demonstrated - HP ProLiant Gen8, HP Proactive Insight and HP Smart Update

2:35pm - 3:05pm

Maximise your VM density with HP 3PAR

Presenters: Shane King and Joe Hassell (VMware)


Consolidating virtual workloads drives increased savings! WIth HP 3PAR Utility storage you will increase virtual machine performance by 40% in your VMware vSphere environment. Learn how the increased performance and capacity savings offered by HP 3PAR’s built in Thin Provisioning and dynamic optimisation will enable you to double your VM density and reduce physical server footprint by at least 50%.

Technologies demonstrated - HP 3PAR wide striping, Mixed workload support, Dynamic Optimisation, Thin Suite, Integration with VMware

3:10pm - 3:40pm

Future Mission Critical

Presenters: Grant Johnstone


See how Project Odyssey will revolutionise Converged Mission-Critical computing by unifying UNIX and x86 server architectures while delivering industry-leading availability, increased performance, and flexibility. With a common modular HP BladeSystem architecture, HP is developing platforms to enable the choice for the best environment aligned to your organisation. This includes a range of pre-packages Converged Systems ready to power on today!

Technologies demonstrated -
Project Odyssey and the future of Mission Critical computing.
Project Moonshot and hyper scale computing
Project Voyager and next gen architectures underpinning the future of servers

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Optimise your IT capacity

Presenters: Diane Jaworksi


Look into the future to predict performance and capacity problems across applications and Infrastructure.

Technologies demonstrated - HP Service Health Optimiser and HP Service Analyser

2:35pm - 3:05pm

Protect your enterprise with HP security solutions

Presenters: Marco Corrent


Today the lack of coordination between people, process and technology results in significant security blind spots for most Enterprises. Learn how HP is radically changing the enterprise security landscape.

Technologies demonstrated - HP Security Software

3:10pm - 3:40pm

Addressing the Information Governance Challenge

Presenter: Rhys Hughes


In today's rapidly changing business climate, information governance has risen to the top of every enterprise's list of concerns. The dramatic growth in the use of electronic information within businesses and the need for higher standards in business practice are well known, but less known is the new technology solutions to address the issues and remove a substantial burden from the management team and users. Join us learn how applying Meaning Based solutions will drive increased productivity, Governance & automation in helping to manage your Information.

Technologies demonstrated - HP Autonomy

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Clearing the Cloud around Client Virtualisation

Presenters: Adam Funnell and Craig Allen


Client Virtualisation encompasses an array of technologies that provide your business and users with capabilities beyond a traditional desktop architecture. Join HP’s Remote Client Solutions evangelists for a discussion on the technologies and benefits driving Client Virtualisation, taking the first steps to discovering where these tools can be of benefit to your business, and how HP’s portfolio of Client Virtualisation and Thin Client solutions assist in realising the full potential of a Client Virtualisation environment.

Technologies demonstrated - Various Client Virtualisation Types, Thin Clients and Tools, Profiling Tools

2:35pm - 3:05pm

Retail Solutions: the evolution of the Connected Store

Presenters: James Ross


How can you deliver tomorrow’s seamless customer experience today? How can you keep up with the shopping needs of the “Millennials” a new breed of shoppers who are perpetually connected and self-enabled, with greater spending power and heightened social awareness and values? Retailers must raise the bar by improving their in-store technologies to keep up with these tech-savvy customers and encourage repeat business. See how the “HP Connected Store” delivers a seamless and integrated store experience involving multi-channel capabilities across HP’s Retail Solutions.

Technologies demonstrated - rp5800, Mobile POS, ap5000, LD4730 DSD

3:10pm - 3:40pm

Changing High Performance desktop computing

Presenters: Paul Phillips and Mark Fenson


More organisations are looking to high performance desktop computing to provide the next level of productivity and reliable computing needs. The innovation and engineering behind HP’s Workstations is changing the landscape of this category, providing powerful functionality in all new form factors. Experience the simplicity of all-in-one design with the HP Z1 workstation, offering workstation performance without compromise and with minimal footprint. HP workstation range of desktop, mobile and display solutions can reduce IT costs, improve the user experience and satisfaction; and ultimately improve productivity giving you a competitive edge.

Technologies demonstrated - Z1, Z210, Z420, Z620, Z820, Performance Advisor, RGS, Thermal design, Liquid cooling

3:40pm - 3:55pm Afternoon tea served on the Solutions Showfloor
3:55pm - 5:35pm
HP Experience Streams

Choose the session most relevant to you across the 3 Technical Tracks, for each of the timeslots.
Click below to see session details.

Converged Infrastructure ›

Software ›

Understanding Your Client ›

3:55pm - 4:25pm

Data Protection in the digital universe

Presenter: Jason Davis


Big, Small, Structured, Unstructured... All data is all critical to your business and data growth is exploding! Backing up, archiving and recovering data from both on and off site locations is a never ending challenge. HP StoreOnce scale-out De-duplication coupled with HP DataProtector can reduce your backup data footprint by up to 95% and consolidate your backup ensuring rapid recovery across disparate environments. Take away the headaches today!

Technologies demonstrated - HP StoreOnce, B6200, DataProtector 7.1 (with inbuilt StoreOnce engine for source side de-dupe)

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Virtualise and Orchestrate - HP FlexManagement

Presenter: Les Stuart


Learn how HP FlexManagement, a core building block of the HP FlexNetwork architecture allows IT to gain new efficiencies and higher levels of control by converging network management and orchestration. Orchestrating through FlexManagement: Offers HP Intelligent Management Center (iMC) a new capability for its single-pane-of-glass multivendor management across heterogeneous networks.

Technologies demonstrated - FlexManagement, iMC

5:05pm - 5:35pm

The Ultimate Orchestration Challenge

Presenters: Amy Pendergast and Andrew Smolinski


The proof is in the demo, see old vs new in the ultimate orchestration bake off. In this session you will see HP Converged Infrastructure in action with demonstrations including HP BladeSystem, 3PAR Utility Storage and iMC FlexNetwork operating in unison to deliver infrastructure from a service catalogue under HP CloudSystem.

Technologies demonstrated - Cloudsystem, IMC, 3PAR, Service Catalogue

3:55pm - 4:25pm

An Executive Scorecard for IT Operations

Presenters: Kate Roblin


Many IT Operations Managers currently report their performance using spreadsheets taking up valuable time and resources. Learn how to automate reporting of Key Performance Indicators using many of your existing tools.

Technologies demonstrated - HP Executive Scorecard

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Protect your enterprise with HP security solutions

Presenter: Marco Corrent


Today the lack of coordination between people, process and technology results in significant security blind spots for most Enterprises. Learn how HP is radically changing the enterprise security landscape.

Technologies demonstrated - HP Security Software

5:05pm - 5:35pm

Understand & Process Information in Real Time

Presenter: Ned Harrison


Imagine being able to efficiently and intelligently manage all of your enterprise information from a single meaning-based integrated platform. Join the session to understand how this will fundamentally change the way organisations manage & leverage information.

Technologies demonstrated - HP Autonomy

3:55pm - 4:25pm

Understanding Ultrabook™

Presenters: Thomas Tapsas (Intel) and Chris Osborne


Ultra Responsive. Ultra Sleek. And about to hit the top of user wishlists across the world. Inspired by Intel, Ultrabook™ is a new category of ultra responsive, ultra sleek, and ultra stylish devices that are less than an inch thick and wake up in a flash. They’re an optimal blend of the performance and smart capabilities - and the portability and style to match. This track will provide an overview on the Ultrabook™ category in understanding what this category can offer to the evolving needs of the user, and its contribution to the Mobilisation of IT.

Technologies demonstrated - Ultrabooks: Folio13 & Envy14 Spectre

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Going Mobile: HP's keys to the successful mobile application

Presenters: David Brennan and William Dallender Jones


Bring your own (BYO) device programs are becoming popular because they allow employees to work from the device of their choice. This can increase employee satisfaction while simultaneously reducing IT equipment acquisition costs. CITRIX and HP have teamed to deliver best in class solutions and services for our organization looking to accommodate BYOD. This session will outline how CITRIX works with HP to deliver an agile, automated infrastructure that collectively, aligns with customers' business demands in real time.

Technologies demonstrated - Virtualisation Solutions, Security, Governance and Support Services

5:05pm - 5:35pm

Print services in a mobile enterprise

Presenters: Don Moyle


The explosion of content and the increasing ubiquity of mobile devices, means IT departments must move to accommodate mobile workers and their access to printing infrastructure. Internet access is a given, and workers are increasingly accessing applications from both the Cloud and directly from internal networks. Printing, therefore, is no longer simply an internal IT device – it is an on- and off-ramp to improve productivity. See how HP has print solutions to support your mobile workforce.

Technologies demonstrated - HP ePrint

5:35pm - 5:45pm Prize Draws
6:00pm - 9:00pm After Party – ”Rest & Play”
Are these sessions right for you?

These Stream Sessions focus on cloud computing and are specifically designed for CIOs, IT Executives, CFOs and CEOs. They take a higher-level view, exploring key challenges, strategies, and proposed actions.

Time Topic
8:00am - 8:45am Registration and Solutions Showfloor open
8:45am - 10:25am Plenary – Master of Ceremonies, Richard Morecroft   

HP Executive Keynote – Paul Brandling, Vice President and Managing Director, Hewlett-Packard South Pacific

Keynote Address – Brad Howarth, Technology, Marketing and Digital Media Authority

Brad is an esteemed journalist and co-author of the thought provoking book "A Faster Future". Brad will deliver a unique perspective regarding the impact of technology on business and society.

HP Business Address - Paul Muller, IT Management Evangelist, Software, HP Enterprise Business

Optimising yourself to oblivion?

Do you know IT teams where everyone is claiming victory but the end-users are still unhappy?

Pressure for functional teams within IT to meet isolated targets can hurt the overall performance of IT and lead to poor business outcomes. We look at how, by addressing the system rather than the symptoms of technology innovation, IT can increase agility without increasing your Total Cost of Innovation.
10:25am - 10:45am Morning tea served on Solutions Showfloor
10:50am - 1:00pm
HP Experience Streams

For this stream, you will be attending only Executive Sessions throughout the day.

Executive Stream – CLICK FOR DETAILS ›

Executive Stream

Tomorrows leading enterprises will be those that master the art of service sourcing and service delivery today. Cloud computing is the coming of age of business systems. From the backend, cloud enables companies to virtualise their IT resources and automate the service management. From the front end cloud allows users instant-on experiences that tailor the right size solutions for their environment. Cloud computing can provide new levels of collaboration agility, speed and cost savings for enterprises of any size and type. Cloud isn’t just the future of business – it’s the future of your business.

10:50am - 11:45am

The Economics of the Cloud

Presenters: Les Paul and Tom Harrison


Exclusively designed for CFO and CEO, you will gain pertinent insights on cloud business models through financial modelling tools. HP will assist you in analysing the cost drivers, TCO reduction, risk management, implications of implementation and business target setting to measure.

11:45am - 12:20pm

Drive continuous improvement with HP IT Performance Suite

Presenter: Paul Muller


The IT landscape is in the midst of fundamental shifts as technology, business models, and usage dynamics all change at the same time. IT, like never before, is finding itself at the heart of every new business initiative, yet still locked in old-style investment models. Leading organizations are increasingly inverting their operations/innovation spend ratios from 70/30 to 30/70 by holistically looking at the business of IT. The HP IT Performance Suite is the first solution in the market to provide a systematic and automated approach to this to bring a single of pane of glass that enables IT leadership to create a performance culture and manage IT using best practice KPIs and analytics.

12:25am - 1:00pm

Technology of the Cloud

Presenters: Hilton Rosenfeld and Gavin Edgar


With cloud computing, organisations like yours need to understand where and how technology services can benefit from cloud solutions. You can combine cloud computing with your traditional IT Infrastructure to create an IT model that is best for you. In this session you will understand how HP’s Converged Infrastructure, Software and services best prepare your IT people, process and technology for the cloud journey.

1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch served on the Solutions Showfloor
2:00pm - 3:40pm
HP Experience Streams

For this stream, you will be attending only Executive Sessions throughout the day.

Executive Stream – CLICK FOR DETAILS ›

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Your Intelligent Cloud

Presenter: Nathan Wheat (VMware)


As more customers look to Cloud computing for answers, there is an accelerated need to understand the transformation journey towards IT as a Service. As your IT practice becomes an internal Service Provider to the business, you may find yourself searching for new ways to provide intelligent, automated, policy-based Infrastructure as a Service that preserves and extends your existing investments – while also allowing partnership with external providers. Join this session with VMware to learn how to drive greater business agility while retaining control over the cost, management and security of your infrastructure.

2:35pm - 3:05pm

First Steps and Pitfalls

Presenter: Benjamin Wu and Damian Hamilton


A new delivery model for technology, cloud brings with it the promise of significant benefit to organisations, but it's not without risks. To fully realise the benefits of cloud, decision makers like you must understand and prepare for these potential risks, rather than be hindered by them. The three main areas to be explored in this session are:
• Governance and compliances
• Data security
• Vendor reliability

3:10pm - 3:40pm

Success and your business

Presenter: Les Pall


Many have cited cost savings as the primary benefit associated with cloud computing. While this can prove true, decision makers like you should know and understand the other benefits cloud offers, beyond simply reducing costs. The speed, agility, flexibility and scalability cloud offers can help you better serve current and future business demands and become more competitive without the large upfront technology costs typically required by traditional IT investment.  In this session HP will examine popular use and implementations of cloud solutions from Australia and New Zealand.

3:40pm - 3:55pm Afternoon tea served on the Solutions Showfloor
3:55pm - 5:35pm Visit the Solutions Showfloor
5:35pm - 5:45pm Prize Draws
6:00pm - 9:00pm After Party – ”Rest & Play”