2008 “BladeSystems Insight Awards” winners and nominees

Best Blade Server Hardware
Winner: IBM
Other Nominees: Dell and HP

Best Virtualization Product
Winner: Egenera
Other Nominees: HP and Neterion

Best Data Center Innovation
Winner: APC
Other Nominees: Emerson and IBM

Best Green Data Center Solution
Winner: Supermicro
Other Nominees: APC and Intel

Best Presentation
Winner: Brocade
Other Nominees: Intel and Supermicro

In addition, the annual “Chris Hipp Award,” named for one of blade technologies key innovators, was awarded to George Chernenko, VP Data Centers for Nomura Securities International in recognition of his many contributions to the IT end-user community.

Testimonials from BladeSystems Insight 2008:

“Very rewarding event … Great panel discussions and case studies from vendors that addressed my technology needs.”
Traci Gann, SVP and Director of Enterprise Management, Wachovia

“IBM is thrilled to be here for the 2nd year in a row. What I love about the attendees here is that they are top customers looking to make purchase decisions for their enterprise.”
Doug Balog, Vice President of Product Development, IBM

“A unique and invaluable experience. The one-on-one interaction with peers and vendors was invaluable.”
David Clark, IT Project Manager, Discovery Communications

“The advantage of BladeSystems Insight is that you can target your audience in the user community and spend your marketing dollars wisely. The ROI is substantially better.”
Chris Pettey, CTO, NextIO

The 2008 Summit: Industry-Wide Success Story

BladeSystems Insight, the definitive executive summit for data center technologies, took place May 12-14, 2008 in Tucson, Arizona before an audience of over 350 hosted end-user executives, vendor sponsors, industry analysts, association leaders, and media. Opening with keynotes from the National Football League and Pentel, the summit featured presentations from top industry analysts, boardroom and one-on-one meetings between vendors and IT executives, product showcases and networking events.

New product announcements were made in the areas of blades (BladeSystems Insight is the first summit to bring together all of the major blade server companies), virtualization, power and cooling, Green IT, storage, security, interconnect technologies and more.

The event culminated with an industry awards celebration where attending IT executives voted upon the best vendor products and presentations.

IT EXECUTIVES:
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Lisa Jones
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781.821.6741

 

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SERVICE PROVIDERS:
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