Tom Wong, VP of Engineering for Attune Systems, will be speaking at the upcoming Virtualization Conference & Expo 2007 in San Francisco at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco November 11-12. Wong's session will define and present the elements of file virtualization and its similarity and differences from server virtualization.

In his presentation, titled "Riding the Wave of Virtualization," Wong intends to examine the question: is file virtualization the next great IT wave?

He believes that it is.

He will define and present the elements of file virtualization and its similarity and differences from server virtualization. The session will include different approaches to achieve file virtualization and the pros and cons associated with these approaches. He will also explain from the technical perspective how file virtualization technology is being used as a solution to broad-based storage management challenges.

Finally, drawing on his unique experience from having successfully implemented both the Linux-based and the Windows-based file virtualization appliances, Wong will share his vision for the future of file virtualization as it expands from the data center to the edges of customer networks and eventually to the laptops of the mobile users. "At the end of the session," Wong says, "the attendees should be able to judge whether File Virtualization is indeed the next Great Wave."

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Wong has more than 25 years of engineering and management experience in both early-stage and established technology companies. Prior to joining Attune, Wong founded Frezweb.com, a Web2.0 file system technology company. Previously, he was the co-founder and VP of Engineering at NeoPath Networks, a file virtualization vendor, where he built and led the NeoPath Engineering function from the ground-up, delivering alpha, beta and two successful product launches on schedule. He has also worked in various engineering and management capacities at Ingrian Systems, Sun Microsystems, Healtheon/WebMD, Tandem Computers, and Wang Laboratories.

He joins a diverse and industry-savvy faculty of speakers at the Event, including:

Kevin Brown - President and CEO, Kidaro
David C. Christian - Founder & CTO, MindBridge
Kevin Epstein - VP Products, Scalent
Andrew Hillier - CTO & Co-founder, CiRBA
Arthur Hitomi - CTO & Co-Founder, Endeavors Technologies
Gordon Jackson - Virtualization Evangelist, DataSynapse
Steve Kaplan - President, AccessFlow
Peter Linkin - Senior Manager Data Center Marketing, Cisco
Bob Lozano - Co-Founder & Chief Strategist, Appistry
Tim Pacileo - Executive Consultant, IT Strategy
Matt Quinn - SVP, Product Strategy, TIBCO
Ben Rudolph - Director of Corporate Communications, Parallels/SWsoft
Brian Stevens - CTO & VP, Engineering, Red Hat
Erik Troan - CTO, rPathx
Rin Ure - Performance Engineer, Verio
Alex Vasilevsky - Co-Founder & VP of Technology, Virtual Iron
Roland Wartenberg - Director of Virtualization Strategy, SAP
Jack Wilson - Enterprise Architect, Amerisure


Virtualization Conference & Expo 2007 is co-located with the 12th International SOA World Conference & Expo.  That event too has a heavyweight faculty, including:

David Chappell - VP and Chief Technologist for SOA, Oracle
Raymond Feng- Senior Software Engineer, IBM
Marc Rix - Lead Architect, SAIC
Deepak Alur- VP of Engineering, JackBe
Alain Gendre - Head of SOA Solution Division and BPM Program , ILOG
Sastry Malladi - Technology Evangelist, eBay
Matt Mihic - Chief Architect & VP of Engineering, Rearden Commerce
Michael Pellegrini - Principal Architect , Active Endpoints
Matthew Quinn - Sr. VP, Product Strategy, TIBCO
Jesus Rodriguez - Chief Software Architect, TwoConnect
Rakesh Saha - Lead Developer for Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle
Francois Depayras - VP of Marketing, Ensim
Kyle Gabhart - Director of SOA Technology, Web Age Solutions
Gaspar Petrosyan - Principal Solutions Architect, ClearApp
Rami Jaamour - PM for SOA Solutions, Parasoft
Jonas Jacobi - Co-Founder & CEO, Kaazing
Sajindra Jayasena - Senior Software Architect, Virtusa
Sanjaya Karunasena - Enterprise Architect,  WS02
Paul Lipton - Senior Architect, Intellectual Property and Standards Group, CA
Dan Malks - VP of Application Platform Development, JackBe
Sekhar Sarukkai - Co-Founder & CTO, Securent
Rich Schreiber - EVP, Nastel
Ian Thain - Senior Technical Evangelist, Sybase
John Woolbright - SVP & CTO of Synovus Financial.