This year at ManageFusion Orlando, Symantec is offering updated core SVS/SVS Pro content, plus some new stuff from the product group now known as "Endpoint Virtualization"! There will be break-out sessions from Symantec experts, hands-on labs, alliance partner sessions and customer case studies -- from beginner level to advanced!

At each session you attend in the Endpoint Virtualization mini-track, your badge will be scanned. There are a total of five breakout sessions and three labs, so your name can potentially be entered up to eight times. The winner will be drawn at the closing keynote. The Grand Prize will be shipped to the winner.

What is the Grand Prize? An SVS surround sound system!

Provided by HP and SVS Sound, this SBS-01 system is compact, great looking, rugged, smooth, and immensely powerful for any sort of audio.

So attend the entire Endpoint Virtualization mini-track to maximize your chance at winning this awesome system!

In addition to the break-out sessions and labs, you will have the opportunity to schedule private time with members of the Endpoint Virtualization product team. And we have a few other surprises in the works, too! So if you work in an SVS shop, are planning to implement the industry's most flexible application virtualization and streaming technology, or just curious to learn more, this is an event you should not miss.

For exact session times and to sign up, registered conference attendees should go here.

Here are the Endpoint Management break-outs and labs for ManageFusion Orlando, listed in order by session ID:

AP B03 - Best Practices: Secure Mobility through HP Virtual Client Solutions

Bob Taylor, HP Desktop Solutions Manager Software Marketing Brad Winston, Symantec Technical Alliance Manager Intermediate

HP Virtual Client Solutions brings together multiple virtualization technologies -- presentation, application and system-level -- mixing in some streaming and blades for good measure. Find out how combining technologies under a unified management umbrella can reduce costs and increase business agility at the same time, by optimally servicing the needs of different users: from warm-seat knowledge workers, to the mobile workforce and power-hungry technical workers.

CM B20 - Introduction to Application Virtualization and Streaming with SVS Pro

Scott Jones, Symantec Technical Product Manager Beginner (offered twice)

Application virtualization is changing the way organizations think about software management. In this session, you will learn about how abstracting applications from the operating system provides greater flexibility for delivery and support of desktop software and client devices as a whole. Find out how it works, how Symantec's solution -- SVS -- differs from the competition, and where application virtualization fits in with your existing IT agenda. See corresponding labs below.

CM B22 - Packaging Best Practices for Application Virtualization and Streaming (SVS, Wise)

Heath Doerr, Symantec Sr. Systems Engineer Scot Curry, Symantec Sr. Systems Engineer Intermediate

This session will discuss the packaging options available when using application virtualization and streaming. The function and use of tools included with SVS, SVS Pro and Wise Package studio will be covered. You will learn optimal approaches for preparing different types of applications to be virtualized and streamed in your environment. See corresponding lab below.

CM B23 - Customer Case Study: Optimizing Software Management at University of Utah with SVS

Brad Horrocks, Univ. of Utah Sr. Client Management Professional Sean Yarger, Symantec Sr. Manager, Systems Engineering Beginner

Discover how one customer migrated from limited use of SoftGrid to enterprise-wide use of SVS to increase speed and reliability of application delivery and minimize maintenance headaches. Includes a discussion of how SVS greatly simplified a major migration from Novell GroupWise to Microsoft Exchange.

CM B26 - Delivering the Right Resources to the Right Users with PrivacyShell

Brian Lynah, Symantec Director of Strategic Alliances Beginner

PrivacyShell is a solution for fast, easy and secure application and data access from anywhere from any device. This session will provide an overview of the PrivacyShell and demonstrate seamless support of the work environment including workstation sharing, roaming, and remote access. We will discuss the PrivacyShell Universal Resource Broker, Workflow Engine and Single Sign On.

CM L07 - Introduction to Application Streaming with SVS Pro Lab

Scot Curry, Symantec Sr. Systems Engineer Beginner

This lab will explain and demonstrate the various rules that can be applied to applications, users and groups, to simplify and automate application delivery, license management and license optimization. This lab will also explore the three different types of application packages that can be streamed, and their different behaviors. Exercises will cover uploading of packages, setting of rules and exploration of desired results.

CM L08 - Packaging Best Practices for Application Virtualization and Streaming Lab (SVS, Wise)

Heath Doerr, Symantec Sr. Systems Engineer Scot Curry, Symantec Sr. Systems Engineer Advanced

Successful implementation of application virtualization starts with good repackaging. In this lab, you will learn how to create and customize optimal, easily-managed Virtual Software Packages with SVS Admin and Wise Package Studio Professional's SetupCapture and Virtual Package Editor tools. Includes coverage of the SVS events system. Editor's Note: This lab was voted by ManageFusion 07 Orlando attendees as the #1 best session of the whole show! Don't miss it in 08!

CM L10 - Introduction to Application Virtualization with SVS Lab

Brad Baird, Symantec Principle SQA Engineer Lorrie Maughan, Symantec Sr. SQA Engineer Beginner

In this lab, participants gain hands-on experience with the basics of creating, delivering and maintaining Altiris Virtual Software Packages (VSPs) using SVS Admin and Altiris Notification Server. New features of the next release of SVS will be covered!