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Crossbeam Systems announced a webinar titled "Evolving to the Next-Gen Data Center" with guest speaker Matthew Eastwood, group vice president and general manager of IDC's Enterprise Platform Group, that will take an in-depth look at securing and accelerating virtualized servers and private clouds.

What/When: "Evolving to the Next-Gen Data Center" webinar will be held during the following times:

Tuesday, May 8, 2012: 4 p.m. EST (Sydney) / 8 a.m. CEST (Paris) / 11:30 a.m. IST (Bangalore)

Thursday, May 17, 2012: 11 a.m. EDT (New York) / 5 p.m. CEST (Paris) / 8 a.m. PDT (San Francisco)

Eastwood will discuss the evolution of the data center and the challenges IT organizations face as they migrate their infrastructure to Next Generation Data Centers (NGDCs) and look to take advantage of the benefits of the private cloud. In particular, the webinar will focus on the unique requirements of network security and the difficulty of adapting this infrastructure to meet the demands of these highly virtualized and dynamic environments. Brian Robertson, Crossbeam's product marketing manager, will share highlights from Crossbeam's recent survey, which cites network security as the number one reason IT organizations are stalled in their NGDC efforts. He will also discuss how Crossbeam and its strategic partners McAfee and Brocade can help organizations overcome this obstacle to advance the state of their data centers and protect their private clouds.

Sponsors: Crossbeam is hosting this webinar with sponsorship from partners McAfee and Brocade.