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Very cool, a keynote from Jonathan Kelly, the Director of Strategic Technology Development for the National Football League.It was a great keynote and I enjoyed listening to it. It’s always interesting to hear what issues people are having. The keynote mentioned how the NFL uses IBM BladeCenter technologies (including their BladeCenter S enclosures) as part of a range of technologies and best practices to meet their business needs.

The keynote included how virtualization is being used to achieve the functionality and flexibility required by the different stakeholders within the NFL, mentioning using appropriate technology for the task.

I particularly enjoyed the discussion about how defining the virtual machine and which platforms (rackmount or blade) are appropriate for the different server roles in the business.

The most valuable tool was virtualization, the key challenges were with finding the right skilled staff, licensing and the pre-existing barriers between production and development environments.

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