IT Managers Come Together for Peer-Led Learning at CMG'10

by Lisa Hoover - Sep. 17, 2010Comments (1)

When a company is considering infrastructure changes, long-term planning, or better resource management, online research and vendor input are great ways to learn more about available options. Sometimes, though, there's just no substitute for learning form the successes -- and failures -- of your peers. For more than 30 years the Computer Measurement Group (CMG) has held an annual conference where hundreds of IT pros gather to attend educational tracks that cover topics such as forecasting and modeling, measuring, and analysis. The content of the knowledge exchange may have changed over the years, but its relevance hasn't.

This year's conference is slated for December 6-10 in Orlando, Florida. Several tracks will focus on issues near and dear to the open source community, including performance tuning, resource management, capacity analysis, and cloud computing. Attendees can choose from more than 100 sessions including workshops, tutorials, presentations, and informal networking events. Training sessions core competencies aimed at IT professionals on every level of the spectrum from newcomers to experts.

Some notable presentations include:

* A View of UNIX and Pervasive Computing - Jaqui Lynch, Forsythe Technology Group

* A Study on Performance Management Methodology in Financial Information System - Sunjung Kim, LG CNS

* Benchmarks for Storage Energy: Stress Tests versus Realistic Workloads - Bruce McNutt, IBM

Although many of the presentations are arranged and prepared months in advance, event organizers want attendees to stay informed of the latest technologies and changes in the industry. CMG is looking for Late-Breaking Technology Presentations that can be submitted for approval as late as October 31, 2010 -- mere weeks before the event kicks off.

"As a Late-Breaking presentation, we would expect that the information in the presentation would be something which has only become available since the regular paper deadline in June. We are also interested in User Experience papers that talk about the real challenges or problems that you faced in your shop, what you did to address them, and what solutions you found in the end. If you have had interesting times over the summer, we would like to hear about them," say conference organizers.