The changing landscape of HPC: Exploring the growing demand for grid infrastructures and virtualization technology

The current turmoil across the financial landscape poses huge challenges to IT departments faced with keeping up with the latest technologies under the constraints of ever tighter budgets. In a fiercely competitive environment, staying informed about the IT industry’s latest developments is pivotal to your firm’s success.

City#Grid 2008 offers a unique opportunity to join in the current debate on how to overcome the challenges to establishing an efficient grid infrastructure. This cutting-edge conference will examine how financial firms can use grid computing to manage large data volumes, utilize idle computing cycles and operate their grid infrastructures more cost effectively.

First launched by Waters Magazine in December 2006, City#Grid has been hugely successful in attracting senior level architects and technologists providing an open forum to debate the hot issues of grid management and technology. This year’s event will continue to build on this success providing invaluable educational presentations and thought-provoking panel debates.

Benefits of Attending:

• Examine the current developments in data grids
• Learn about innovative front office applications being hosted on grids
• Discuss methods to build a greener, more power efficient grid
• Join the debate on the benefits of virtualization
• Find out about the latest industry’s trends in grid technology and infrastructure
• Meet the industry’s leading vendors and get to know their products

Past Speakers at last year's City#Grid included:

• Yomi Abatan, Enterprise Architect, DEUTSCHE BANK
• Barry Childe, Chief Architect, BARCLAYS CAPITAL
• Lewis Foti, Manager, HPC/Grid, ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND
• Steven Grill, Chief Architect, HSBC
• Jay Rajarthinam, Head of Business Services Integration, WACHOVIA
• John van Uden, Senior Vice President, Capital Markets and Banking Technology, CITI