Data Center Institute to unveil 'Five bold predictions for the future of the Data Center Industry'.

AFCOM, the association for data center professionals, brings the Data Center World Conference and Expo to Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, from March 19 to 23, 2006, on the occassion of completing 25 years.

This will include educational tracks like emerging technologies, best practices, data center facilities, contingency planning and data center management. Members of the Data Center Institute will present a special keynote forecasting the issues and trends expected to have the most immediate and dramatic impact on the industry's future.

Furthermore, the educational agenda and data center professionals, vendors and industry leaders present an opportunity to gather intelligence on all of the critical challenges related to data center management and operations, including security and risk assessment, automation, infrastructure, configuration, disaster recovery, job scheduling, budgets and more.