Accelerate '08

Barcelona, Spain

Become a Riverbed WDS Expert

Don't miss this unique opportunity to hear first hand from technology experts about how WDS helps companies shatter boundaries. In particular, Riverbed enables the new distributed workplace through a high-performance, network-based infrastructure.

Only at this premier wide-area data services (WDS) performance summit will you:

Reason #10 - Impress your boss when you return to the office with your personal knowledge of WDS and how it can benefit your business.
Reason #9 - Make your friends in IT jealous with the fact you get to evaluate products and services, and get face time with the experts and troubleshoot issues.
Reason #8 - Save your company money by learning how to extend the benefits of your current Riverbed deployment.
Reason #7 - Save your company even more money when you see how companies are shattering geographic and technical boundaries with current Riverbed solutions.
Reason #6 - Make new friends and network by taking advantage of being in the same place with the brightest minds in the industry to share, learn and exchange ideas.
Reason #5 - Invest in your own career by matching your needs with the information available to help you tackle everyday business challenges of application acceleration, IT infrastructure consolidation, bandwidth optimization and backup and replication.
Reason #4 - Go for a test drive of the latest Riverbed solutions with hands-on labs.
Reason #3 - See the big picture and perspective, and gain industry insight into the WDS market through keynote addresses and track sessions.
Reason #2 - Get away for a while and rest, renew, learn and get motivated through the sessions, labs and social events.
Reason #1 - Save $100 by registering TODAY Take advantage of Early Bird discounts when you register today!

Browse the full agenda below to see what's on-tap for this year's exciting Accelerate '08 event in Barcelona, Spain:

Wednesday, 4 June 2008
8:00 – 20:00	Registration
9:00 – 18:30	Partner Day Sessions
18:30 – 20:30	Welcome Reception
	Riverbed Technology Partner Showcase / Hands-On Lab Open (held in Welcome Reception area)

Thursday, 5 June 2008
8:00 - 9:00	Networking Breakfast Buffet Location: “Dia & Nit” Restaurant
8:00 – 18:30	Registration Location: Prefunction 22@
General Session Location: Sagrada Familia
9:00 – 9:15	Welcome and State of the Company Address Jerry Kennelly – Chairman & CEO
9:15 – 10:00	The Network is the Corporation. Are You Ready? Joe Skorupa – Research VP, Gartner
10:00 – 10:30	Opening Keynote: A Riverbed Vision for the Rise of the new Enterprise Eric Wolford – Sr. VP of Marketing & Business Development
10:30 – 11:00	Break – Hands On Lab / Technology Partner Showcase Open
11:00 – 11:45	Customer Keynote: The ROI of Speed Philippe Kervoelen – Dassault Systèmes
11:45 – 12:30	Technology Partner Keynote: Accelerating Virtualization – Performance without Compromise
12:30 – 13:30	Networking Lunch Location: “Dia & Nit” Restaurant		Hands-On Lab & Network Therapy Zone Location: Montjuic & Born	Technology Partner Showcase Location: Prefunction 22@
	Business Solutions Track Location: Prefunction 22@	Technical Solutions Track Location: Sagrada Familia
13:30 – 14:30	Large Enterprise Case Study: South African Department of Justice	QoS - Have it your way. Al Landrum – Global Consulting Engineer
14:30 – 15:30	Roundtable: The CIO Dilemma - Managing Cost and Productivity Moderator: Alan Saldich – VP of Product Marketing & Alliances Joe Skorupa – Research VP, Gartner	Data Services on the Edge Milin Desai – Product Manager
		CMC Deep Dive Bob Gilbert – Director of Marketing for Customers, Community and Evangelism
15:30 – 16:00	Break
16:00 – 17:00	Technology Partner Spotlight: The Consolidation of Edge Data Services Alan Saldich – VP of Product Marketing & Alliances, Riverbed Jan Ursi – Manager, Systems Engineering, Infoblox	Simplifying Deployment in Complex Networks Al Landrum – Global Consulting Engineer
17:00 – 18:00	Go Beyond Connecting the Dots - Break Through with WDS Eric Wolford – Sr. VP of Marketing & Business Development Mark Lewis – Sr. Director, Marketing, EMEA	Unleashing Productivity with Steelhead Mobile Jess Leroy – Director, Product Management
18:00 – 18:30	The WDS Innovation Awards
18:30 – 19:00	Free Time / Board busses for evening event
19:00 – 22:00	Seaside Evening Event

Friday, 6 June 2008
8:00 – 9:00	Networking Breakfast Buffet Location: “Dia & Nit” Restaurant	Hands-On Lab & Network Therapy Zone Location: Montjuic & Born	Technology Partner Showcase Location: Prefunction 22@
General Session Location: Sagrada Familia
9:00 – 9:30	Next Generation WDS Today Dr. Mark Day – Chief Scientist
9:30 – 10:15	Customer Panel - Consolidation without Compromise
10:15 – 10:45	Break
10:45 – 11:30	The Product Roadmap: Turning Vision into Reality Jess Leroy – Director, Product Management
11:30 – 12:15	You Asked. We Answered: The Experts Panel
12:15 – 13:15	Lunch Location: “Dia & Nit” Restaurant
Conference Ends


	for Accelerate '08, Barcelona, Spain!

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