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Flash Memory Summit 2010 Proceedings

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Tuesday, August 17th
2:40-5:30pm
Forum F2C: Flash in Enterprise Storage Systems
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Anil Vasudeva, President & Chief Analyst, IMEX Research
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New Possibilities for Flash
Tony Kim, Cirector, Memory Marketing, Samsung Semiconducgtor Inc.
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SSDs Driving Greater Efficiency in Data Centers
Tony Kim, Cirector, Memory Marketing, Samsung Semiconducgtor Inc.
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Changing the Paradigm of Databases for SSDs
Sean In, VP/GM Worldwide Marketing and Business Development, INDILINX
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Enabling MLC Flash SSD In Enterprise Storage
Gary Tressler,Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Corporation
2:40-5:30pm
Forum F2C: Flash in Enterprise Storage Systems
Organizer: Bob Scranton, First Ocean Consulting
Chairperson: Anil Vasudeva, IMEX Research
Course Description:
All major server and storage OEMs are announcing flash solid state drive (SSD) based servers and storage systems as a way to improve system throughput and economics. Why is this happening? What is special about servers and storage devices that is making them adopt SSDs before the PC? What are the benefits to users? What do enterprise users need to consider when buying and employing flash-based systems? How can they optimize the use of SSDs in a variety of applications? The Forum will address these questions and more.
Presentations:
Optimizing IT Systems for SSDs
Mike Chenery, President, Pliant Technology
High-Performance Architectures for Flash Storage Pools
Peter Kirkpatrick, Founder and Chief Architect, Aprius
SSDs: Bringing Greater Efficiency to the Data Center
Steve Weinger, Director NAND Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor
Changing the Paradigm of Database for SSDs
Sean In, VP/GM Worldwide Marketing and Business Development, INDILINX
Enabling MLC Flash SSD in Enterprise Storage
Gary Tressler, Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM
8:30-10:50am
Tutorial T1C: Executive Update
Organizers: Robert Hart and Kerri McConnell, Datalight
Chairperson: Anil Vasudeva, IMEX Research
Tutorial Description:
From the boardroom to production floor, flash technology is impacting innovation and profitability in profound ways. This session provides the essential elements to help you understand, address, and communicate issues affecting the “business of flash” with an emphasis on the continued migration to SSDs. Each speaker will include:
  • 1-minute manager’s overview (how he or she would describe the subject to a top manager who could only spare a minute of his or her time)
  • Single most important point the audience should take away with them
  • Single key warning or critical issue
  • Single best source for current information (such as a publication, Website, or blog):
About the Chairperson:
Anil Vasudeva is the founder and president of IMEX Research & Consulting, a technology-markets research company specializing in next generation computing infrastructure, network storage, networking, and end-to-end Internet technologies. 

A 25-year veteran of the computer industry, he previously held management positions at Fujitsu, Destiny Technology, Ficoh, Amdahl, Mylex, and Memorex. He has authored many articles and marketing reports and holds several patents.

Mr. Vasudeva has an MSEE from the University of Arizona and an MBA from University of Santa Clara.