To an outsider, data centres and server rooms might appear to be relatively slow-moving in their evolution. However, behind those racks of servers and blades things are not as straightforward as they may seem.

Historical changes combine with today’s pressures on cost and power and the increasing demand of user requirements and new applications to keep everything rocketing along. The question is, how is everybody coping with these demands and what are the evolutionary steps they’re taking to keep pace?

That’s what we’ll be looking at in this live webcast, with a lot of help from you.

We’ll consider the state of play in the server room, using recent research to understand just what are the forces on the x86 server environment, and how organisations are setting about dealing with these challenges. This will include looking at the following trends, techniques and capabilities.

• The currency of server environments, and the management challenges that are perceived
• Drivers for change, where they are coming from and what impact they are having
• New chipset developments and their enhanced capabilities
• Investment and modernisation plans, and what hurdles are in the way of modernisation
• The impact of x86 server virtualisation
• Management realities in terms of capabilities, and plans for improvement

The bulk of the webcast will feature the findings of the x86 research we recently undertook with The Register readers. So you can expect real world anecdotes and scenarios from your peers. We hope that it will be useful, educational and enlightening – and we’ve got a raft of experts to help us deliver that.

Tim Phillips from The Register will be hosting the event and he’ll be joined by Jon Collins from Freeform Dynamics and Iain Beckingham, a server expert from Intel©.

As usual, you’ll get the chance to give the presenters a good grilling and get answers to any pressing questions you may have.

We look forward to seeing you on the day.