Square Mile

Data Centre Excellence - DCEIV

Data Centre Operational Practices

1st December 2008                  London, England                 Organised by FST Magazine

This well established 1 day conference covers the challenges faced by financial institutions and their technology partners around their data centres. For more details, the conference programme and to register [click here] for the FST event web site.

Data Centre Dynamics

How management frameworks (ITIL, ISO27001, BS25999) impact or support data centre activities

11/12 November 2008               London, England                 Organised by Datacenter Dynamics

Conference and exhibition focused on design, build and operation of data center facilities. Square Mile presenting on the first day on operational management frameworks within the data centre. For more details and the conference programme, contact Datacenter Dynamics directly

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The CMDB Forum 2008

Mapping Services to Servers to Services

15/16/17 July 2008                   London, England                 Organised by IQPC

Different speakers wil be covering the current techniques in CMDB design, adoption and maintenance. We'll be covering the the different approaches to mapping CI dependencies and the practical issues with data cpature abd maintenance. [Download presentation]

Joint BCS-CMSG & ITSMF Conference

Applying Configuration Management to the Data Centre
8 & 9 July 2008                        London, England                 Organised by BCS-CMSG 
Square Mile will be presenting how to apply configuration management principles to data centres - the most critical environment for all organisations. Managing change within the technical infrastructure has its own challenges - though many are common service and software CM. Being better able to predict the impact of change in a data centre can result in major cost savings and system uptime. [Download presentation]

BCS-CMSG Conference
Designing & Implementing Your CMDB

5th December 2007                   London, England                 Organised by BCS-CMSG   

A one day conference with workshops covering practical aspects of CMDB design and implementation.

CMDB Design & Implementation - David Cuthbertson, Square Mile Systems.[Download Presentation]

Other presentations directly available from the BCS-CMSG web site

UK CMG Annual Conference

Managing Change & Capacity in the Data Centre

25th June 2007                         Northampton, England        Organised by UKCMG   

Covering many different aspects of capacity and measurement, the annual conference of the UKCMG is ideal for IT professionals wishing to understand performance and capacity management techniques.

For more details of the conference programme and to register - please contact the UKCMG directly.

BICSI 2007 European Conference
Now you've built the Data Centre, how are you going to manage it?

18th-20th June 2007                  Dublin, Eire                      Organised by BICSI   

At the 2007 BICSI European Conference for infrastructure professionals, Square Mile Systems will be presenting the above session on June 20th. For more details of the conference programme and to register - contact BICSI directly.

BCS-CMSG 3rd Annual Conference - Life Cycle Management Across the Supply Chain
The Role of Configuration and Change Management

15th/16th May 2007                  Oxford, England                 Organised by BCS-CMSG   

The 3rd Conference of the British Computer Society Configuration Management Specialist Group (BCS CMSG) will be held on 15th & 16th May, 2007, at the Oxford Belfry Hotel. The conference will bring together managers and practitioners working in Change, Configuration and Release management. Square Mile are running a workshop on identifying the financial aspects and justification for configuration management, as well as presenting a seminar on "Increasing the value and use of the ITIL CMDB". For more details and to register - contact the BCS-CMSG directly or [download brochure 2Mb].[download Square Mile presentation 200k]

Service Desk & IT Support Show - Successfully Delivering the CMDB

26th April 2007  11:15am           London, Olympia                 Organised by SDSS   

As part of the seminar programme, Square Mile Systems is sponsoring and organising "The CMDB Clinic" bringing together case studies and experts for a two hour session. If you are involved in directing, implementing or managing a CMDB then this is a unique opportunity to understand real world configuration management.

Download PDF Presentations

David Cuthbertson     Square Mile      Automated Service Mapping from the CMDB  [download] 252K

Martin Atherton         Freeform         An analysts perspective                            [download] 192K

Ian Whyte                Bishops Beech  Ensuring compliance with ISO/IEC20000       [download] 150K

Michel Delran            Fox IT             Discovering what you have is key               [download] 412K

Harvey Davison         Lloyds TSB       Fundamentals of CMDB design                    [download]  54K

UKCMG Forum

27th November  2006                  London, Olympia                Organised by UKCMG   

One day conference for the UK Computer Measurement Group. Square Mile is speaking on Managing Change and Capacity in the Data Centre as part of the [conference agenda].[Download Presentation]

Interaction : 2006 The Annual FAST Conference

4th/5th October 2006                  Ascot Racecourse             Organised by FAST   

Two day conference with Square Mile guest speaking on why Hardware Asset Management (HAM) is vital for Software Asset Management (SAM) to be effective. Only with accurate, maintained knowledge of the hardware can you verify the software estate – it's just a case of knowing how to change the "system".

For more details on the conference [click here]

BCS-CMSG Tools Fair

15th June 2006                            London,UK                      Organised by BCS-CMSG

Square Mile are presenting and exhibiting at the tools fair organised by the BCS Configuration Management Specialist Group (BCS-CMSG). With its focus on software tools and techniques for those implementing configuration management (CM), the tools fair is ideal for those keeping up to date in this increasingly important area. The Square Mile presentation is entitled "Lets get physical - with a CMDB" and covers hardware-oriented infrastructure CM.

For the latest official details of the tools fair programme [Full programme details]

Configuration Management Master Classes - Part of the Help Desk & IT Services Show

25th/26th April 2006                            London,UK                      Organised by HITTS

The Helpdesk and IT Support Show (HITSS) is extending its free educational programme to cover the hot topic of 2006 – Configuration Management.

To download copies of the presentations in pdf format [Day1]   [Day2]

The World of Change, Configuration and Release Management     -  Conference

21st/22nd June 2005                          Cambridge,UK                      Organised by BCS-CMSG

Two day conference where Square Mile is a key note speaker on infrastructure CM techniques for the BCS Configuration Management Steering Group Conference. [Full programme details]

BICSI Annual UK Conference

Tuesday 26th April 2005                    London,UK                             Organised by BICSI

Annual UK conference for the BICSI trade association. Square Mile is speaking on infrastructure management controls. [Full programme details] Please note: the conference is fully booked

Short Term Pain/Long Term Gain     -  Conference

23nd February 2005                          London,UK                              Organised by Unicom

How to add business value while achieving regulatory compliance

Implementing Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Compliance - Workshop

22nd February 2005                          London,UK                              Organised by Unicom

Methods and Tools to make SOX compliance easier and more effective     

Corporate Governance and IT Impact

24th November 2004                         London,UK                              Organised by Unicom
Evening briefing on practical controls required for IT operations to support the Sarbanes-Oxley Act


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