Virtualisation is all the rage, and as a result it is gaining attention across the whole public sector, including education. Originally focused on consolidating resources in the data centre, virtualisation now has applications across the spectrum: driving down costs, improving responsiveness and reducing carbon emissions — with the potential to dramatically improve productivity and reduce cost. Of course, with the launch of Windows Server 2008, the capabilities of the Microsoft virtualisation system have made a leap (described by a colleague, in a silver-tongued moment as “ a comprehensive end-to-end toolset for creating, managing and securing a virtual infrastructure ”) . There’s a chance for you to catch up with the story, and see what it possible at Virtualisation Unplugged on 24 October 2008, at the Royal Academy of Music in London 9.15 Registration 9.45 Introduction to Microsoft all-up story on virtualisation 10.00 Customer Presentation 10.45 Break 11.00 Server Virtualisation with Hyper-V Technical session introducing Hyper-V — The Microsoft server virtualisation offering 11.30 Management of Virtual Servers including other vendors such as VMware 12.30 Lunch 13.30 Role-based Computing Delivering the right set of services using the right virtualisation method 14.30 Application Virtualisation using App V formerly known as Softgrid 15.15 Break 15.30 Virtualisation Futures Where are we going with virtualisation? 16.00 Questio ...