TA3721

Optimized Virtual Desktop for Performance, Security, Availability, Scalability and Manageability

This session will provide information on the challenges of delivering a virtualized desktop environment to a remote location and how to overcome them with the use of an application delivery network.
The challenge — Problems with the inefficient protocols employed in a remote desktop solution are exacerbated when used across a WAN, especially when combined with higher latency and lower bandwidth at the edge of the network.
The solution — Through the use of Cisco's WAN optimization and server offload technologies, learn how you can accelerate your virtual desktop and datacenter applications across the WAN and enable the consolidation of servers, storage and backups.  You can continue to deliver performance, security, availability and scalability to the end user while maintaining a manageable system.

Technical Overview Session

Networking; Storage / Backup; VMware Infrastructure; Virtualization Platform / Hypervisor

1 Hour

George Kurian( Cisco )

George Kurian is the Vice-President and General Manager for Cisco System's Application Delivery Business Unit. He leads the development and implementation of the Cisco-wide strategy for Application Delivery products including product strategy, development, acquisitions and investments, and coordinating the company's Go-to-Market capabilities for this Advanced Technology segment.
Mr. Kurian was previously Vice President of Product Management and Strategy at Akamai Technologies, the leading Content Delivery Network Services Provider. Prior to Akamai, he was at McKinsey and Company, a leading Management Consulting firm, and at Oracle Corporation, the world's leading database software company. Mr. Kurian joined Cisco Systems in 2002. He holds a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University, and an M.B.A. from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business.