Home Programs Overview Tutorials Conference Panels BoF Sessions ISC Award Poster Session Vendor Tracks Contributors Committee Exhibition Social Events News & Press Sponsors About ISC	ISC2006 Contributors Rudi Schmickl Vice President, General Manager, Enterprise Storage and Servers Business Unit, EMEA, Hewlett-Packard, Germany Rudi Schmickl is responsible for the Enterprise Storage and Servers Group in EMEA. This organization provides enterprise customers with leading server and storage products of unmatched span in the industry to meet their computing infrastructure needs. Previously, Rudi Schmickl was Vice President and General Manager of HP's Business Critical Server Group in EMEA. He was instrumental in the development of an end-to-end server business model and a focused engagement framework with customers and partners. He led HP's Unix Systems to the number one position in EMEA in 2001, while reporting profit above the HP average and above key competitors. Rudi Schmickl joined HP in 1983 as a Support Engineer and has held various management positions in HP's Server Business in Europe and North America before being appointed to his current position. He holds a degree in Economics and Computer Science from the University of Karlsruhe. Rudi Schmickl is presenter of the ISC Award at the Session Presentation of the two ISC Award Winners -> Conference 'Second Day'