conference, make sure you note the Keynote and Featured speakers and the Panels spread throughout the week. You will find a large amount of worthwhile information on all of them.

This year’s Keynote Address, IT Game Changers: The Performance Professional’s Guide to Becoming a Technology Trailblazer, will be delivered by Glenn Anderson. Glenn has been a recognized expert on information systems and strategies for many years, and he will have much to say about one of the on-going challenges for all of us: how to deal with the latest new technology in our ever-changing environments. Don’t miss this opportunity.

This year, rather than a single Plenary speaker, we will have a half dozen Featured speakers on Monday afternoon, following the Opening Session and Keynote address:

Annie Shum will speak on The “Measured” Way to Cloud Computing: Workload Characterization, Pricing Option Selections, and Capacity Planning. This will be another wonderfully informative and thought-provoking session.
Nalini Elkins will speak on Network Performance Management in 2015
Scott Barber will speak on A Performance Testing Story From Conception To Gravestone
Imad Mouline will speak on The Evolution of the Architecture of Web applications Requires a Load Testing Evolution
Jaqui Lynch will speak on A View of UNIX and Pervasive Computing

As always, the Program Committee has arranged a fine group of panel discussions featuring industry experts who will answer your questions, no matter how difficult. These panels cover a wide range of subjects, so highlight the ones you will need to attend! You can select from:

– Software Performance Engineering: A Community Discussion on Organizational Best Practices
– System z Performance Questions and Answers (you may email questions for the panel in advance to: zos_panel@cmg.org)
– Do we need Load Testing? DB2 Perfor mance Questions and Answers (you may email questions for the panel in advance to: db2_panel@cmg.org)
– Storage Performance Council: 2009 Update and Discussion

Finally, don’t forget that early registration ends on Friday,
October 8. Get your registrations in NOW and save money!

Bill Jouris
General Chair, CMG’10
cmggc@cmg.org

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