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David Triggs |
| Senior IT Strategy Consultant, Asia Pacific Region, Hewlett Packard |
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| David is responsible for defining strategies for architectural evolution of large scale data center infrastructure, and related operational processes, to reduce TCO while improving service levels and facilitating greater business agility. As part of his thought leadership role in HP’s Adaptive Infrastructure (AI) program he led development work on Next Generation Data Center (NGDC) transformation planning aspects of HP’s Adaptive Infrastructure Maturity Model (AIMM) that is now being used worldwide by HP. |
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David brings to this role IT industry experience in a variety of technical, pre-sales, consulting, and solution marketing roles which have included performance analysis and benchmarking, design of highly available Unix solutions, and consulting on Internet security and IT strategy. Most of these roles have involved the deployment of leading edge technologies. |
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Based in Sydney, David holds Bachelors degrees in Computing Science and Electrical Engineering and a Masters degree in Cognitive Science from the University of New South Wales in Australia. |
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David Blumanis |
| Data Centre Evangelist, Asia Pacific and Japan, APCC |
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| David Blumanis has built and operated 15 data centres in his career – one of them being the largest in the southern hemisphere. He has over 27 years experience and knowledge in the Information Technology industry as a user and a consultant and has managed some of the largest IT operations in Australia such as Telstra, Unisys, Optus, Vodafone, and Tech Pacific. |
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David is APC-MGE’s Data Centre Adviser, Asia Pacific, based in Sydney. He is responsible for consulting and advising CIOs and senior IT executives on the business benefits of designing highly available, scalable and adaptable data centre architectures. |
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Known in the industry as a “doer” who achieves results with excellent leadership skills, David has a passion for success and shares his winning philosophy by coaching and mentoring several senior IT Managers in the industry. |
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| Senior Technology Specialist, Novell Asia Pacific |
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Professional Values:
A successful IT consultant possesses the ability to translate his technical competence, with integrity, into tangible business value for his clients in all engagements.
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Range of Experience & Skills:
With 8 years of experience in the enterprise software infocomm industry, Han has provided consulting services to a wide spectrum of clients in the Asia Pacific region from both private & public sector. Since his recent appointment in Jan 2008, Han has taken on additional responsibilities in leadership and alliance programme management. |
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| Han is capable of bridging technology and the desired value to businesses, particularly in the area of IT optimization by leveraging on a combination of traditional private source and open source solutions. |
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| Technical handson and consultancy skills includes SUSE Linux Enterprise, Red Hat and other Linux distributions, Virtualization and Automation for the data center and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) design & implementation. |
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| Han is a Novell Certified Linux Professional since Feb 2007. He is also a coauthor of the IBM Redbook “WebSphere and .NET Coexistence” published in Feb/Mar 2004. |
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| Han is a regular speaker at various conferences and seminars in Asia. |
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Education:
The University of Western Australia (UWA) – 1st Class Honours – Double Major Degree in Computational & Mathematical Science(B.C.M) |
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| Honors project titled “Can Agent Technology be extend to IT security?” using the Java Aglet toolkit from IBM R&D which has since been open sourced. |
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Jane Rushton |
Enterprise Program Manager for Data Centre Services, Hewlett Packard
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| Jane Rushton is the Regional Enterprise Program Manager for Data Centre Services for HP’s Asia Pacific Japan, Technology Services. |
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With the recently acquired Critical Facilities Services (EYP), Jane is responsible for conceptualizing and executing the enterprise focused programmes, like Data Centre Services, to drive business growth for Technology Services enterprise customers across Asia Pacific and Japan. |
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| Her areas of expertise include strategic planning, program development and execution for regional customer engagement, and all aspects of industry vertical business development to help companies strengthen customer relationships and build better business outcomes across banking and finance, manufacturing and communications sectors. |
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Jane joined HP in October 2003 as South-East Asia Manager for Business Continuity & Recovery Services (BCRS). She has fifteen years of direct experience of providing business continuity services , providing both the recovery and the testing of numerous business continuity plans . In 2006 she joined the HP Asia Pacific region team to become the Business Development Manager for Business Continuity and Availability Services. |
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Prior to HP, Jane was International Development Director and then General Manager, Asia for SchlumbergerSema Recovery Services which involved considerable real life experience of both real crisis/disaster situations as well as building resilient infrastructures for enterprises. She is also involved with international standards committees and speaks at industry events. |
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| IDC Speaker |
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Philip Carter |
| Associate Research Director, Asia /Pacific IT Services Research, IDC Asia/Pacific |
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| Philip Carter is the Associate Research Director for IDC's Asia/Pacific Services group, based in Singapore. Philip leads IDC's Asia/Pacific syndicated research coverage across both the business and IT services markets. He is tasked with identifying emerging trends, new business & pricing models and assessing how these interconnect with the software and hardware markets along 'solution lines'. This could be at the application layer (e.g. ERM, CRM, SCM and Business Intelligence), or from an infrastructure perspective (e.g. Security, Storage BCDR and Data Center Services) and then matching these solutions to end-user demands in terms of awareness and adoption trends amongst CIOs across the region. |
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| Prior to joining IDC, Philip spent 7 years with SAS Institute. Initially he worked for the SAS European Headquarters in Germany, where he built up the market intelligence function focusing on competitive analysis, market research and analyst relations. He subsequently moved to Singapore, where he was head of the Public Sector practice for SAS in the Asia/Pacific region. In this capacity, he was responsible for developing and growing the business in the government, healthcare and education sectors, with a primary focus on Japan and Korea. |
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| This work was in conjunction with regional service providers with the objective of developing information management E-Government strategies for public sector organizations in the region. His experience in working with government agencies exposed him to the recent regulations and drivers towards 'Greener' IT in Asia/Pacific – and this is one of the focus areas of his research at IDC. |
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| Philip holds an honors degree in Business Science, majoring in economics and law from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. |
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