Keynote Speaker
Elie Kanaan
Vice President Marketing, EMEA, VMware
Elie Kanaan is the Vice President of Marketing for VMware in EMEA. In this role, Elie is responsible for implementing marketing strategies, driving business growth and expansion across the region.
Elie brings more than 20 years experience in sales, marketing, business development and general management in the technology industry to VMware, most recently as Vice President of Marketing for Business Objects, where he drove marketing and brand strategies across Europe.
Elie previously held the position of Vice President of Marketing at Mercury Interactive, where he helped grow European revenues ten-fold in eight years. Prior to this, Elie held several positions at Sybase and Oracle Corporation, spanning engineering, pre-sales, business development and marketing.
Elie holds an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale de Paris and a Master of Science from Stanford University, USA.
For more information, contact:
VMware EMEA team
Brands2Life
Tel: 020 7592 1200
Email: [email protected]
Session Descriptions
• Business/Sales – this session is open to anyone interested in selling best practices, product positioning and go-to-market strategies for VMware solutions and help you be more successful in 2012.
• Technical – attend these session for a more technical in-depth view of VMware key products.
• Partner Marketing – this session is open to anyone with responsibility for marketing within their organisation – whether this is demand generation, planning and budgeting or programs management, we will focus on the key tools, programs and processes to help you be successful in 2012.
Agenda
Time | Business/Sales | Technical | Break Out |
08.00-09.00 |
Registration |
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09.00-10.00 |
General Session / Keynote |
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10.00-10.30 | Break | ||
10.30-11.15 |
Winning with VMware – Dealing with Competitive Scenarios |
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11.15-12.00 | Selling the VMware Cloud Infrastructure Suite | vSphere 5.0 Performance New Features and Best Practices | ![]() |
12.00-13.00 |
Lunch |
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13.00-13.45 | Success in Virtualization of Biz Critical Apps & update on new competency | SRM 5.0 & vSphere Replication – Understanding the Use Cases and Implementation Options | |
13.45-14.30 | Build an Effective Net-New Customer Acquisition SMB Strategy for 2012 | Architecting a Cloud Infrastructure | |
14.30-15.15 | Managing Virtual Environments – Easy money selling vCenter Operations Suite | Deploying SAP on vSphere 5 | |
15.15-15.45 |
Break |
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15.45-16.30 | Understanding the business value of VMware View and using it in your Sales cycle | Using vShield and vCenter Config Manager to Achieve Better than Physical Security for Biz Critical Apps | |
16.30-17.15 | Unlock the Private and Hybrid Cloud Opportunity with the IaaS Competency | Horizon Application Manager: The new management paradigm for desktop infrastructure |