In today’s IT environment, the pace of innovation is increasing at an unprecedented rate.  Whether you’re managing a Fortune 100 infrastructure or a doctor’s office, evolving technologies such as mobility, cloud, social media and big data mean that your security issues are becoming ever more complex.  With every new innovation comes another set of security concerns both new and old, each one offering a new opportunity to introduce vulnerabilities before you’ve even had an opportunity to evaluate risk. Come hear a pragmatic account of the threats and the opportunities for addressing those threats so you can embrace new technologies with less risk

Transformation is something we’re all striving for, it’s the key to not just surviving but thriving in a challenging economic climate.  Many business leaders associate transformation with simple business strategy, they imagine that they can stay ahead in a market of ideas just by calling in a consultant and applying a cookie-cutter model of success.  The reality is that transformation means innovation - coming up with something new.  It means creativity and a willingness to take risks.  Only genuinely fresh ideas will let you stay ahead in today’s market — and contribute something meaningful to today’s world.  In this session Dave Johnson and Frank Moss will discuss the role transformation has to play in growing your business.  They will focus how you can develop innovative new ideas to address existing gaps in your portfolio and drive growth from both within and outside your company

The need for business agility coupled with macro trends is placing tremendous pressure on the IT department to transform.  The tradeoff between innovation and efficiency no longer applies. IT departments must satisfy both and must align to the business to be effective and relevant in this new world order. Join Steve Shuckenbrock – President of Dell Services, Gary Beach – Publisher Emeritus of CIO Magazine, and a panel of your peers for an exploration of the changing role of IT and how to accelerate innovation and adoption of next generation capabilities to better serve the business

With Windows Azure and Windows Server 2012 at its core, Microsoft’s Cloud OS takes our strong legacy of running the highest-scale application services and petabyte-sized datacenters to the next generation of computing and delivers a modern platform for the world’s apps and devices. Cloud OS is a reimagined server operating system that enables smart, modern apps across datacenters – whether inside a company, at a service provider, or running in a public cloud like Windows Azure. When the Cloud OS is combined with Dell hardware and services, customers will ultimately realize lower IT costs, faster innovation and greater agility. Join Michael Park, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Server and Tools Marketing for this lively discussion.

Intel Architecture is scaling to meet the needs of today’s demanding users.  From collaboration needs to new interfaces on consumer devices, users are impacting the enterprise environment like never before.  Join Kirk Skaugen, Corporate Vice President and GM of PC Client group as he discusses how Intel is working with Dell to deliver secure, managed experiences that integrate easily into the enterprise

Every business wants more productivity; new innovations in storage technology bring SSD-like performance to your HDD-based systems without breaking your budgets. Data security is also paramount in your business, whether in the field or in your data centers. Learn how you can save 30+ hours *per drive" securely repurposing equipment while guaranteeing security of your valuable data--even with lost laptops

Mobile is redefining modern computing to offer the same type of convenience that consumers and business users have come to expect from their smartphones, driving the emergence of brand new categories of sleek, always connected devices that deliver multi-day battery life for every situation and environment. We invite you to take a look at how mobile computing is impacting the most important aspects of our lives – how we work and how we play

IT professionals are the heroes of today…and the future! Technology is the great enabler that can help businesses grow, increase sales, and ultimately create jobs. Technology is no longer an option or an afterthought, it is the skeletal system required for any business to exist and better yet, thrive. Hear first-hand from notable technologists that have done just this -became heroes through technology, growing their businesses to levels of success they’d never dreamed of, leveraging the right partners and resources along the way, and ultimately creating a legacy. This is sure to be a very dynamic discussion! (This session is open to customers of all sizes)

Cash flow and access to capital are the keys to success for every business but can also be one of the biggest challenges for fast growing businesses. Turn this challenge into a strength by learning how to get the most out of every dollar, leveraging outside funding, financing options, and ultimately finding your exit strategy. Explore the myriad of possibilities with industry veterans who have successfully navigated these financial waters and won! (This session is open to customers of all sizes)

Discover how industry leaders are envisioning the future of servers, storage and networking,  and learn about the next breakthrough innovations that will bring hyperscale results and capabilities to any scale—straight from industry leaders Marius Haas, President of Dell’s Enterprise Solutions business, Diane Bryant, Vice President and General Manager, Datacenter and Connected Systems Group, Intel Corporation, and a leading industry analyst

If you’re considering cloud, hear a small panel of cloud-experienced customers reveal lessons they’ve learned. Hear their view on what’s easy, what’s challenging and what not to do

Surround Computing is the ultimate manifestation of how people expect to live, work and play in an 'enlightened' world of technology-a world where gesture recognition, photo indexing, visual and audio search-become the new workloads that enable unprecedented levels of productivity for users. Learn more from microprocessor luminaries at AMD about the impact on IT and the user in this new world order

The world is radically changing as new technologies enable information, opinions and idea sharing like never before. Such rapid evolution is breaking down the barriers for creating businesses and economic value. For the first time in history, we see an opportunity to harness the knowledge and ideas of the world’s population as large-scale business potential. CIOs and their IT organizations have tools available to be ahead of the curve in supporting this transition; and more solutions become available all the time. Having the right strategy to produce solutions your customers want, leverage technology and enable employees is paramount. Kim Stevenson, VP and CIO of Intel Corporation, will provide examples of the strategies and tools that are needed to pace ahead of these transitions and enable value creation for your company

Transformation is something we’re all striving for, it’s the key to not just surviving but thriving in a challenging economic climate.  Many business leaders associate transformation with simple business strategy, they imagine that they can stay ahead in a market of ideas just by calling in a consultant and applying a cookie-cutter model of success.  The reality is that transformation means innovation - coming up with something new.  It means creativity and a willingness to take risks.  Only genuinely fresh ideas will let you stay ahead in today’s market — and contribute something meaningful to today’s world.  In this session Dave Johnson and Frank Moss will discuss the role transformation has to play in growing your business.  They will focus how you can develop innovative new ideas to address existing gaps in your portfolio and drive growth from both within and outside your company

Big data, mobility and the rise of social media are creating an ever increasing set of challenges for IT organizations. Dell believes that meeting employee expectations for data access anywhere, any time on a great device should not involve compromising you requirements to protect the organization and optimize spend. We’ll discuss how Dell's commercial endpoint solutions and services work together to create the most competitive offering available for fleet deployments, and take a peek at how Windows 8 is enhancing the end user experience

Dell's new systematic approach for turning real-time customer advocacy scores into actionable business insights. Join Dell's social analytics and insights group as they outline an innovative new approach Dell is using internally to garner real-time customer insights from the mounds of data it sees each day in the form of social media posts. By using its patent-pending Social Net Advocacy application, Dell teams are able to benchmark daily and weekly changes in a product's relative customer advocacy, get foresight into upcoming Net Promoter Scores, and make product or program changes on the fly that address opportunities or challenges. With Raj Narang, Executive Director, Social Media & Marketing Optimization; Fara Howard, Executive Director, eCommerce at Dell; Steven Pelecky is Director of Operations and Data Intelligence at Dell.

Join this challenge session to answer questions to see just how social your business is? With Rishi Dave, Executive Director, Business Online Marketing; moderated by David Strom, writer for ReadWriteWeb and IT expert

Dell’s new social media services will empower customers to use social media listening command centers to enhance their efforts for improving brand reputation, product development or customer service. In this fireside chat, you’re invited to hear from Dell’s Social Media Services Group, American Red Cross, Clemson University and Gage Marketing Group regarding the work that’s been done together, lessons learned, benefits gained and things to come. With Maribel Sierra- Director, Dell Social Media Services, Laura Howe from American Red Cross, Jason Thatcher from Clemson University and Mark Kurtz from Gage Marketing Group.

With the proliferation of end point devices the ability to provide a good user experience is constrained due to manageability, security and other concerns. Desktop virtualization can enable you to overcome these challenges and significantly improve end user productivity so you are prepared to securely and efficiently run any application on any device for any user

BYOD is a growing trend; however, is dependent upon IT providing a streaming experience anywhere, on any device, that is reliable, secure and simple to manage. Advanced network wireless solutions can transform how you connect, manage, and secure end-point devices This session will explore how to meet BYOD demands and provide seamless Unified Communications experience over wireless

The continued consumerization of IT and the blurring of the line between work and personal life are radically changing the ways in which people work. Organizations are increasingly allowing employees to use their own technology for work, including smartphones, tablets and PCs. Learn how an organization can balance end user flexibility with the right level of IT control

Systems Management frameworks are the neural-net of IT.  IT organizations are demanding increased functionality, yet without all the complexity. Discover how to manage servers more effectively, while dramatically reducing the time and cost of maintenance.

Virtualization enables IT organizations to more effectively consolidate resources and increase utilization. Yet a myopic focus on technology has created new barriers to gaining efficiency and agility. Discover new cloud computing and IT-as-a-Service strategies that help you better optimize virtualization initiatives.

Fabric-based approaches to convergence are often inflexible and incomplete. This session introduces you to a convergence model that preserves what you have today, brings greater flexibility for the future and enables you to converge beyond the infrastructure.

One thing is certain about the security threat landscape… it is ever-evolving.  The latest trend is a growth in advanced, persistent threats that are targeted and well-funded.  Learn the tools, techniques and procedures to stay ahead of these threats

The end of life of Windows XP is imminent and the onset of a new generation of touch enabled devices is just around the corner. Many organizations have not even started preparing.  How do you plan and execute a seamless transition to a new operating system, and combine the right devices with the right applications to achieve your organizational objectives?

High Performance Computing is moving beyond the realm of academic research and into the mainstream, now supporting  a broad range of modeling and IT applications.  Discover how new innovations in research computing can work for you

Unified Communications promises increased collaboration, productivity, and efficiency – yet making the transition can be daunting. This session will arm you with the latest innovations and best practices that can help you realize the benefits of Unified Communications and reduce the complexity of implementing Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync.

Legacy Applications are a key driver in increasing operational costs and can limit the ability for IT to embrace new initiatives.  Application Modernization can move legacy application environments running on mainframes and other proprietary platforms to updated, industry standard platforms as well as transform legacy application architectures to modern architectures like Java and .NET.

Information is more mobile than ever... it can be found on a wide variety of devices and in many locations. In spite of the current threat landscape, data can be protected from threats like loss, theft and malware on smart phones, tablets, client, cloud, data center and in between. Ubiquitous information protection is a reality, and you don’t have to trade off productivity or efficiency for it.

IT organizations are storing more data than ever.  It’s critical to tap into the power of that information to gain business insight, competitive advantage & achieve mission success.  Discover how Data Analytics & Business Intelligence solutions can unlock the power of your data.

Mobility, the Cloud, BYOD, consumerization: These technology megatrends are once again widening the gap between what business expects and what IT can deliver. On the one hand, IT needs to provide the business with anytime-anywhere-any device access to critical enterprise data; and on the other, to ensure that the corporate infrastructure supporting this task is secure, high-performing, and reliable. Join John Swainson, President of Dell's Software Group, for a discussion of how a software-led approach will support corporate IT in this challenging transformation

The Achilles’ Heel of any IT transformation is the network.  You can’t place high-performing infrastructure on a low-performing network and still get the intended result.  Efficient IT organizations have a networking backbone that offers high flexibility and resilience, to scale down or out on demand. But how do you achieve this efficacy with parameters imposed by existing hardware and resources, as well as capital and operating expense limitations?  If you have not hit the networking wall, you will soon.  Learn new ways to address this issue.

Live streamed from the BYOD/consummerization green zone

Discussing what's new in private cloud with the Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution

discussing emerging technologies in Enterprise storage, including NVMe, SCSI Express, 12 Gb/s, and further advancements in SCSI. The benefits of NVMe in Enterprise Servers. And workload-optimized storage solutions.

Discussing the Solutions Centers and how customers can leverage one of our 12 centers globally to explore solutions and get hands-on experience themselves

Discussing the social media presence at Dell World and the social media services Dell offers, including the social media command center and Dell TechCenter.

Discussing Dell's engagement with social media

Discussing Dell's new TechPageOne site, aggregating and delivering industry content to customers

Discussing Windows8

BMC/Dell partnership, BMC's MYIT and software product offering

Client computing and specifically, Intel's vPro technology for laptops, tablets and desktops.

Discussing Dell's Social Media Command Center and how Dell listens to customers and solves customer problems via the SOS team through Twitter

Discussing the struggles customers experience with networking, Dell's networking solutions (now and what's to come) and the integration of Dell acquisitions as it relates to networking.