15:30: Registration
16:00: Key Components of a Secure Core Network Infrastructure: Alastair Broom, Director Security, Dimension Data and Chris Knowles, Director Network Integration, Dimension Data
16:30: Enhancing a Cisco and Microsoft infrastructure – A Best Practice Guide to Core Network Services: Cricket Liu, Vice President, Architecture, Infoblox
17:30: Questions and Answers
18:00: Drinks and opportunity to meet Cricket Liu
About Cricket Liu: Cricket Liu is an authority on the Domain Name System and the co-author of all of O'Reilly & Associates Nutshell Handbooks on DNS, including the classic DNS and BIND. As Executive Vice President, Cricket guides the development of Infoblox’s product and business strategy, and serves as a liaison between Infoblox and the technical community. Cricket worked for Hewlett-Packard for nearly 10 years, where he ran hp.com, one of the largest corporate domains in the world, and helped found HP’s Internet consulting business. Cricket later co-founded his own Internet consulting and training company, Acme Byte & Wire.
About Dimension Data: Dimension Data are a global IT solutions and services provider that helps clients plan, build, support and manage their IT infrastructures. Our understanding of Core Network Services such as DNS, DHCP and Radius mean we can ensure our customers networks are designed, implemented and managed to ensure their availability, reliability and integrity at all times. Dimension Data applies its expertise in networking, security, operating environments, storage and contact centres and its unique skills in consulting, integration and managed services to create IT solutions.