Events Archive
April 2008
Capacitas Strategy Briefing, The Hatton, London
The Future of Capacity Planning, 21st April 2008
Capacity Management faces many changes and challenges. The increasing use of virtualisation for distributed servers and workstations, the challenges of new technologies such as SOA and VoIP and the increasing use of on-demand paradigms all affect capacity management now and in the future.
This strategy briefing highlighted several of these key issues and offered solutions to them. The event was aimed at Managers of capacity planning and performance management functions, offering practical advice on how to improve their effectiveness and efficiency and for Practitioners to keep them abreast of changes within the industry. Click here for further details on the event.
December 2007
CMG Annual Conference, San Diego
2nd-7th December 2007
Andy Bolton, Chief Executive of Capacitas presented on two topics at the CMG Annual Conference. Firstly, "Performance Assurance: How to Add Value Beyond Performance Testing", which can be donwloaded here and "ITIL V3 Capacity Management: A Practitioner's Review", available here.
September 2007
Capacitas Strategy Briefing, The Hatton, London
The Future of Capacity Planning, 24th September 2007
Capacity Management faces many changes and challenges. The increasing use of virtualisation for distributed servers, the changes to ITIL, requirements for continual improvement and the high cost of tools all affect capacity management now and in the future.
This strategy briefing highlighted several of these key issues and proposed solutions to them. The event was aimed at Managers of capacity planning and performance management functions, offering practical advice on how to improve their effectiveness and efficiency. Click here for further details on the event.
July 2007
itSMF Capacity Management, Chester
July 11th 2007
Paul Seaton-Smith presented a paper, "Cost-Effective Capacity Modelling: A Real-Life Case Study" at this event, which explained how Microsoft Excel was used to develop a detailed capacity model for a key system. The presentation is available for download here.
June 2007
UKCMG Annual Conference and Exhibition 2007
Capacitas was a bronze sponsor at the UKCMG Annual Conference. Its staff presented the following topics:-
Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 Performance (Paul Seaton-Smith) Using ITIL to Build a Successful Capacity Management Process (Neil McMenemy) Application Virtualisation: The Future of Distributed Computing? (Andy Bolton)
May 2007
Capacitas Workshop, The Hatton, London
Using Microsoft Excel for Effective Capacity & Performance Management Workshop, 15th May 2007
Capacitas held a one day workshop giving practical advice on how to analyse and report on capacity and performance data in Microsoft Excel. More details are available here.
April 2007
Capacitas Seminar, The Hatton, London
Data Centre Capacity Planning, 16th April 2007
Capacitas held a seminar looking at the challenges Data Centres face as demand for server space increases and how appropriate capacity modelling and planning can assist Data Centre design and IT strategy. Seminar details are available here.
February 2007
Capacitas Seminar, London & Edinburgh
Virtualisation and its Impact on Capacity & Performance Management, 12th & 19th February 2007
Capacitas hosted a seminar looking at the current trend towards virtualisation and how this affects capacity and performance management. Details on this seminar are available here.
January 2007
Capacitas Seminar, London & Edinburgh
ITIL Capacity Management, 22nd & 29th January 2007
This seminar examined ITIL's current performance and capacity management coverage and described what Capacitas believes is missing. Click here for a detailed seminar agenda.
December 2006
itSMF Seminar: Financial Management - The Chamber of Secrets
6th December 2006
Neil McMenemy gave a presentation at the itSMF seminar, titled "Cross-Charging Mechanisms". The presentation was demonstrated with real-life case studies and can be downloaded here.
November 2006
UKCMG Industry Forum
27th November 2006
Capacitas director Danny Quilton gave the following presentation at the UKCMG Forum - "Capacity and Performance Management of IP Networks Using IP Flow Measurement". Click here to download the presentation.
October 2006
Capacitas Workshop, London & Edinburgh
Using Microsoft Excel for Effective Capacity & Performance Management Workshop, 16th & 20th October 2006
Capacitas held a one day workshop giving practical advice on how to analyse and report on capacity and performance data in Microsoft Excel. More details are available here.
June 2006
UKCMG Annual Conference and Exhibition 2006, Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth
26th-28th June 2006
Capacitas exhibited and presented at the UKCMG Annual Conference. Capacitas staff covered the following topics at the event:
Capacitas Workshop, London & Edinburg
Using Microsoft Excel for Effective Capacity & Performance Management Workshop, 13th & 19th June 2006
Capacitas held a one day workshop giving practical advice on how to analyse and report on capacity and performance data in Microsoft Excel. More details are available here.
March 2006
Capacitas Seminar, The Hatton, London
Capacity and Performance Management - The Key to Successful Outsourcing Seminar, 20th March 2006
Capacitas presented a half-day seminar on capacity management within outsourcing agreements. Seminar details are available here.
November 2005
itSMF Annual Conference, Metropole Hotel, Brighton
7th-9th November 2005
We were exhibiting our products and services at the 14th annual itSMF Conference.
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Capacitas Seminar, London & Edinburgh
Business Capacity Management Seminar, 14th & 18th November 2005
Capacitas presented a half-day seminar on Business Capacity Management covering why it is needed, what value it brings to a business and, most importantly, how to do it effectively. The seminar agenda can be viewed here.
September 2005
Capacitas Seminar, The Hatton, London
Business Capacity Management Seminar, 19th September 2005
Capacitas presented a half-day seminar on Business Capacity Management covering why it is needed, what value it brings to a business and, most importantly, how to do it effectively. The seminar agenda can be viewed here.
May 2005
UKCMG Annual Conference and Exhibition 2005, Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth
23rd-25th May 2005
Capacitas exhibited and presented at the UKCMG Annual Conference. Capacitas presented papers on the following topics:
- Performance Anti-Patterns Using EJB
- Implementing an End-to-End Performance Model of an E-Commerce System in Excel
- ITIL Capacity Management: Is it really best practice, or is there room for improvement?
- Understanding Linux Performance