On-Demand Webinar: 

Leverage Hybrid Storage To Significantly Improve Performance Of Critical Applications

 
Featured Speaker: Noel Yuhanna, Principal Analyst with Forrester Research

Enterprises have always struggled with the performance of critical applications, an issue further exacerbated by growing data volumes and velocities; as a result, performance continues to top the list of challenges. Database performance issues often reflect I/O bottlenecks due to inadequate storage, poor tuning, and poorly optimized systems. Join Tegile Inc. and guest speaker Noel Yuhanna, Principal Analyst with Forrester Research, as they discuss app performance issues; new approaches to improving performance; supporting storage more efficiently for new apps and test data environments. 


About our speaker:

Noel serves Application Development & Program Delivery Professionals. He primarily covers database management systems (DBMSes), infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), data replication and integration, data security, data management tools, and related online transaction processing issues. His current primary research focus is on customer usage experiences and broad industry trends of DBMS, IaaS, data security, enterprise data grids, outsourcing, information life-cycle management, open source databases, and other emerging database technologies.

Noel has more than 20 years of experience in IT and has held various technical and management positions. He came to Forrester through its acquisition of Giga Information Group. Prior to joining Giga, Noel spent several years at Exodus Communications and led a group responsible for planning and implementing mission-critical enterprise applications. Prior to Exodus, he served as a principal consultant, benchmark specialist, and data architect for Amdahl. He has worked on several large, terabyte-sized database applications and deployed high-availability and high-scalability solutions for various enterprises. He has vast experience in implementing and supporting leading DBMSes and data management products.

Noel has spoken at numerous industry conferences around the globe and is quoted frequently in industry publications, such as CNET News, Computerworld,eWeekInfoWorldInformationWeekForbes, Search.com, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. He has taught several technical and management programs on grid computing, data management, security, scalability, consolidation, and information fabric.

Noel holds a Bachelor's Degree in business and a postgraduate degree in business administration. Noel is the author of an Oracle book and is currently working on another book on data security.



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