Tech Target will hold there annual Data Center Decisions Conference from Oct 23rd - Oct 25th in Chicago. This is a free conference and usually is valuable that includes some great speakers. This years Virtualization track will include the following presentations.

Getting Started: Planning and Implementing a Virtualization Project
Presented by George Crump, President and Founder, Storage Switzerland

Will Hyper-V change the Virtualization Game?
Presented by Nelson Ruest, Senior Enterprise IT Architect

Performance Tuning, Management and Optimization in a Virtual Infrastructure
Presented by David Davis, Director of Infrastructure, TrainSignal.com

Virtual Infrastructure High Availability: Upgrades and Best Practices
Presented by David Davis, Director of Infrastructure, TrainSignal.com

Production-level Virtual Environments: Architecture, Application and Hardware Considerations
Presented by Andrew Kutz, Senior Systems Specialist, University of Texas at Austin

Also included are the following tracks:

  • Data Center Design
  • Systems Management
  • Disaster Recovery

You can find more information on the Conference here.