With the theme – "The DC of Tomorrow: Hyper converged & Virtualized Network Functions” this forum will trace the importance of various aspects of Next generation data centers and Virtual Cloud based Data Center. Next-gen data center networks focus more on software-centric controls (SDN). Key success factors for building next-gen data center networks include modularization and standardization of the fabric, ensuring support for virtualization and containers, adding programmability and automation as well as ensuring visibility to facilitate troubleshooting. Data centers are evolving with the shift toward virtualization. As organizations seek to take advantage of the cloud to manage day-to-day business operations, many are wondering what sort of trends are taking shaping in modern-day data centers. A smart data center is needed to support the demands and application deployment models, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud, platform-as-a-service, software-as-a-service, and other models on the verge of becoming mainstream.

Bharat Exhibitions is pleased to presents the 5th edition of their industry flagship event – Data Centre India 2018 International Conference scheduled to take place on 4th October 2018 at New Delhi. The conference will be a dynamic forum for senior executives of leading enterprises to understand and formulate strategies to enhance their data center infrastructure in line with business needs.

NFV has the potential to overcome the issues of performance, scalability, agility and/or robustness of all of these options; however, industry analysts have reported that enterprise IT departments have been slow to adopt NFV due to concerns about potential for organizational disruptions, skills deficits among existing staff members, and the lack of ability to accurately foresee return on investment.

There is a bright spot in the future of Hyper converged NFV, though. A new class of products, called Hyper converged Network Functions Platforms or virtualized/multitenant appliances, has recently arisen, designed to help enterprises address critical concerns about NFV adoption, along with the negative aspects of both dedicated and virtual appliances.

A Network Functions Platform is designed to abstract and automate the complex configurations required by NFV so that any IT team – networking, server or virtualization focused – can easily and accurately deploy networking and security functions with almost no training needed. These platforms include an intuitive WebUI that simplifies creation of service chaining, for example one or more application delivery controller instances set up to load balance traffic to a DDoS prevention instance, and then to a WAF or NGFW instance.

Today’s data centers are integrated, cloud-enabled, always connected, and scalable. So what does the smart data centers look like? What does it take to run a smart data center? What are challenges that companies face in architecting towards one? How are calls for better integration, cloud enablement and mobilization of business processes shaping the future data center? And can cloud data center facilities really replace traditional facilities?

• - Green/Smart Data Centers
  - Hybridization
  - SD-WAN
  - Multi-Access Edge Computing
  - Data Centre Design and Build
  - Servers & Storage
  - Submarine cable systems
  - Converged Infrastructure
  - Innovations in Hyperconvergence
  - Virtualised Network Functions
  - Disaster recovery planning & business continuity
  - Cooling
  - Data Protection & Security
  - Physical Site Security
  - Operating Systems
  - Power & Power Management
  - Virtualisation
  - IT Infrastructure Data Backup & Recovery
  - Big Data
  - Cloud Computing
  - Connectivity & Telecoms

Speakers
GUEST OF HONOUR	KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Ms. Neeta Verma Director General National Informatics Centre	Shri Anupam Shrivastava Chairman & Managing Director Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited	Shri Ashutosh Vasant Director (POM) RailTel Corporation of India Ltd.	Col. Pankaj Dikshit SVP - IT Infrastructure Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN)
Mr. Sumit Mukhija CEO STT Global Data Centres India	Mr. Sunil Joshi President - Business Operation Gift City	Mr. Sumit Puri Chief Information Officer Max Healthcare	Mr. Ramanujam Komanduri Regional Director Netapp India Marketing & Services Pvt. Ltd.
Mr. Sriram TV Director- Consulting & Business Development Juniper Networks	Mr. Gautam Balakrishnan VP & Head Smart Cities TATA Projects Limited	Shri Manoj Tandon General Manager (OSS & BSS) RailTel Corporation of India Ltd.	Mr. Ravi Shankar Rai Managing Director Savitri Telecom Services
Mr. Sudipta Sanyal Associate Vice president Sterling & Wilson	Col. Inderjit Singh Chief Information Officer Vara United Pvt Ltd