Educate. Entertain. Engage.

Control is the annual conference for backup and recovery professionals. Designed as a fun learning event to tackle the big challenges and opportunities thrown at infrastructure and operations teams.

Hear from some of the industry's leading experts on topics such as container protection, malware recovery, the future for IBM Spectrum Protect and much more.
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Meet your Presenters

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    Greg Van Hise
    STSM - Storage SW Architecture and Technical Strategy
    Greg is responsible for Spectrum Protect Technical Strategy and is an IBM Master Inventor. Greg is a veteran of the storage industry with recent work focusing on OpenShift, Kubernetes cloud and virtualization. Prior to this, Greg held strategy, development, architecture and strategy roles with TSM, TPC and DFSMShsm.
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    Krista Macomber
    Senior Analyst, Data Protection and Multi-Cloud Data Management, The Evaluator Group
    Krista covers data protection and management, with a focus on multi-cloud environments, for Evaluator Group. She brings approximately a decade of experience providing research and advisory services and creating thought leadership content, with a focus on IT infrastructure and data management and protection. Her vantage point spans technology and vendor portfolio developments; customer buying behaviour trends; and vendor ecosystems, go-to-market positioning, and business models. Her work has appeared in major publications including eWeek, TechTarget and The Register.

Your Control 2020 Agenda
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    08:00 CT / 14:00 GMT / 15:00 CET
    Control 2020 (all sessions)
    Tuesday, November 10, 2020 · 8:00 AM CST
    What the full 3 hour live stream for Control 2020 here.
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    08:05 CT / 14:05 GMT / 15:05 CET
    Control 2020 Keynote
    Tuesday, November 10, 2020 · 8:05 AM CST
    Hear from Dan as he gives us his unique insight into the world of backup & what comes next for IT teams around the globe.
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    08:25 CT / 14:25 GMT / 15:25 CET
    Don’t be held to ransom
    Tuesday, November 10, 2020 · 8:25 AM CST
    As ransomware attacks get ever more sophisticated find out how you can use backup and recovery to take control and fight back
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    08:45 CT / 14:45 GMT / 15:45 CET
    Harley's Vision
    Tuesday, November 10, 2020 · 8:45 AM CST
    Hear from IBM’s Program Director and find out what the future holds for your backup & recovery products.
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    09:25 CT / 15:25 GMT / 16:25 CET
    Climb your cloud native mountain
    Tuesday, November 10, 2020 · 9:25 AM CST
    Take a journey with us to the top of the cloud native mountain as we look at how backup and recovery can make or break your move to c... View more
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    09:45 CT / 15:45 GMT / 16:45 CET
    Meet the Wolf pack
    Tuesday, November 10, 2020 · 9:45 AM CST
    Learn more about the Predatar Apex Partner network and find out what this means for global data protection and the benefits for your ... View more
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    10:05 CT / 16:05 GMT / 17:05 CET
    Backup as a service, is it right for you?
    Tuesday, November 10, 2020 · 10:05 AM CST
    Outsourcing your backup and recovery is a divisive topic and is certainly not right for every business. Here from Krista at the Evalu... View more
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    10:55 CT / 16:55 GMT / 17:55 CET
    Control 2020 Close
    Tuesday, November 10, 2020 · 10:55 AM CST
    Closing thoughts and summary from Al Mackenzie (Predatar CEO).

If you want to get the inside track on backup and recovery, the future of IBM Spectrum Protect and the industry at large then register for Control 2020 today.

Register for Control 2020 today
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