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NEI, a  provider of application platforms, deployment solutions and lifecycle support services for software technology developers and OEMs worldwide, will be offering a series of presentations involving its technology partners, security solution providers, and industry analysts that will discuss current trends in cybersecurity and solutions, along with demonstrations of new products offering improved sophistication of network monitoring, and strengthened protection against threats to the enterprise computing environment, a press release announced.

The RSA (News - Alert) Conference 2011 will take place from February 14-18, 2011, in San Francisco, CA.

First on the roster- is Jonathan Penn, who is currently vice president of Forrester Research (News - Alert).  Penn will speak about new IT security realities and how to adapt, at NEI booth #2539. His presentations will discuss current trends in IT and business that are challenging controlled assets within corporate boundaries, and how leading organizations are implementing new ways to maximize the impact of their security controls to minimize business risk, all while maintaining a more open IT environment.  

Different types of security practices that embrace the IT shift without sacrificing protection will be on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 11:30 a.m. and again on Wednesday, March 16, at 11:30 a.m.

Jim Greene, product marketing engineer in Intel’s Data Center Group, will discuss new data and platform protection technologies for servers that work alongside new computing models such as the cloud. Topics also to be discussed include how they are used, and how benefits can be realized and measured on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. and again on Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m.

Franklin Flint, enterprise technology evangelist at Dell (News - Alert), will explain what it means to fully grasp the server technology adoption curve to drive innovation and efficiency at OEMs on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 4 p.m. and again on Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 3 p.m.

Brian Girardi, vice president of product management at NetWitness, will speak about a new way to enable network monitoring that can enhance visibility of a network, precise, real-time intelligence, and the ability to address security issues immediately, even as the threats diversify on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 3 p.m.

Jeff Rhodes, communications server sales manager at Kontron, will highlight a new appliance specifically engineered for deep-packet inspection and IDS/IPS systems running applications that demand high performance computing power and extensive storage on Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 5 p.m. and again on Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 1 p.m.

Stuart Wilson, CTO of Endace, will examine next-generation, high-speed network traffic capture and analysis solutions by detailing how to monitor and protect mission-critical networks with consistent capture and analysis of every packet even in large enterprises, telcos, and other high-throughput networks on  Tuesday, Feb. 15 at 2 p.m.

 NEI will also hold a reception event in its booth on Wednesday, Feb. 16, from 4 - 6 p.m. During the event, NEI engineers and program managers will be on hand to address emerging security concerns for the cloud, SaaS (News - Alert), and other growing computing models that require new approaches to IT security.