Mark Bowker
Moderator
Senior Analyst
Enterprise Strategy Group
Mark Bowker joined ESG in 2006 and currently champions ESG’s Data Center Transformation practice, focusing on all things virtualization and cloud computing. In his current role, Mark researches the various virtualization technologies available and the impact these solutions have on IT strategies and the broader marketplace. His other research areas include cloud computing, data center management, and application workload deployment in next generation data centers, as well as the external influences that drive the adoption of these technologies.
Prior to ESG, Mark ran the IT organization for a business consulting and technology services company and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. He has experience in designing, implementing, and expanding network and system infrastructure for global organizations.
Mark holds a BS in Management Information Systems from American International College and a continuing education certificate from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in UNIX administration and C++ programming. He is also a private pilot. You can usually find him flying around the skies of New England on the weekends.
Jeff Porter
Director, Platform Technology Division
Department of Information Technology, Fairfax County, VA
Jeff Porter
Director, Platform Technology Division
Department of Information Technology
Fairfax County, Virginia
Jeff Porter has spent over 29 years in the IT industry working in different roles, ranging from a technician to a director, in both public and private sectors. He spent the first 13 years of his technology career working for the Air Force, spending most of that time in Europe in support of the European theatre. Jeff spent five years in Government Service working in Heidelberg, Germany, providing support for over 200 IT facilities, and direct IT support for our troops in Bosnia. He spent 3 years as a IT consultant working as the Integration and Implementation manager for a major cable and internet provider. Currently, he manages the Infrastructure Platform Division for Fairfax County Government. He is responsible for the overall management of the IT Service Desk, Desktop Support, Server Support (UNIX and Microsoft Windows Servers), Database Support (SQL and Oracle), Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SCCM, AntiVirus Support, Storage and Remote Access.
Jeff attended the University of Maryland while in the Air Force in Europe, majoring in Information Systems.
The ability to move a virtual machine from one server to another provides a new technology for improving business continuity and disaster recovery. This session will outline how organizations are capitalizing on virtualization to improve their Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs).