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| 10:15 AM–11:15 AM |
When you buy a car, it comes with a speedometer. It doesn't come with a roofrack. The automobile industry decided long ago what was built into a car, and what was purchased from third-party vendors. While many companies are using cloud computing today, the cloud ecosystem is still in flux. It's unclear what functions are part of a cloud, and what pieces will come from third party providers. In this opening session, Bitcurrent's Alistair Croll looks at how the industry is deciding what's an essential part of a cloud offering and what's an optional, third-party component. Speaker - Alistair Croll, Principal Analyst, Bitcurrent Alistair is a senior analyst at research firm Bitcurrent, covering emerging web technologies, networking, and online applications. Prior to Bitcurrent, Alistair co-founded Coradiant, a leader in online user monitoring, as well as research firm Networkshop. He has held product management positions with 3Com Corporation, Primary Access, and Eicon Technology. Alistair contributes to industry events such as Interop and Web2Expo, and writes for a variety of online publications including GigaOm. He is the author of numerous articles on Internet performance and security, and co-author of Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Applications from Prentice-Hall.
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| 11:30 AM–12:30 PM |
Anything that disrupts a market reveals new opportunities -- and few changes have been more disruptive to IT than cloud computing. This panel of investors talks about how utility computing is changing their investment philosophies. From reduced upfront capital that changes founder dillution to the ecosystem of tools and infrastructure that's emerged to support cloud computing, you'll get a long view of on-demand IT in this session.
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| 2:45 PM–3:45 PM |
Data security via Web application and database controls is difficult and rapidly evolving. With the introduction of cloud computing new questions around sensitive data protection arise. Learn how data security can be achieved within cloud computing environments. See several use cases demonstrating effective, risk mitigating strategies.
Speaker - Brian Contos, Chief Security Strategist, Imperva Mr. Contos has over fourteen-years of real-world security engineering and management expertise developed in some of the most sensitive and mission-critical environments in the world. As the chief security strategist for Imperva he advises government organizations and Global 2,000s on security strategy related to data-centric security while being an evangelist for the security space. He has written several security books including Enemy at the Water Cooler – Real Life Stories of Insider Threats as well as Physical and Logical Security Convergence which was co-authored with the former Deputy Director of the NSA – Bill Crowell. He has delivered countless speeches, webcasts, podcasts, and magazine articles for Forbes, the London Times, Computerworld, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance Journal, SC Magazine and many others. Mr. Contos has held management and engineering positions at ArcSight, Riptech, Lucent Bell Labs, Compaq Computers and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). Speaker - Chris Richter, VP Security Services, Savvis Chris is VP of security services at SAVVIS, a leading network, hosting and security services provider, where he is responsible for the managed-security line of business. He leads the effort behind implementing standardized control frameworks and risk management processes across SAVVIS’ dedicated and cloud-based services. Chris has assisted many enterprises in adapting their premise-based infrastructure risk management programs and security controls to outsourced virtualized and shared-infrastructure services. Chris is a member of ISSA and ISACA, and for more than 20 years has held various security and IT services management and consulting positions.
For decades, we've focused on capacity and deployment as a way of dealing with performance issues. When things became slow, we threw CPU and bandwidth at the problem. This approach breaks down in the elastic model of cloud computing, however: when capacity is (potentially) unlimited, companies need to decide what kind of user experience they can afford. To make matters worse, virtualized infrastructure is harder to monitor and measure. This panel looks at how we measure cloud computing performance, and how capacity, user experience, and cost are related in an on-demand world.
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| 4:00 PM–5:00 PM |
Maybe a private cloud is an oxymoron. In this reprise of the heated debate from Interop New York, we'll debate the elephant in the room: Maybe private clouds are simply enterprise IT finally applying the automation, virtualization, and service-oriented architectures we've been hoping for all these years. Join this panel of industry pundits and provocateurs for a vigorous discussion that goes to the heart of IT reinvention.
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| Wednesday, April 28 |
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| 10:15 AM–11:15 AM |
This panel of enterprise IT executives looks at their experience with cloud computing platforms, with a particular focus on compliance, performance, and the support for legacy applications. What could they move? What broke? Join this revealing discussion if you're tasked with enterprise cloud migration.
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| 11:30 AM–12:30 PM |
Enterprises are now leveraging cloud storage services at a rapid pace and are looking for qualified answers on how using a cloud platform can increase efficiency and ROI simultaneously. The old model of purchasing expensive storage systems or using large amounts of tape are prehistoric, adapting a new approach to storage is necessary in today’s tough economic climate as budgets continue to be slashed and performance upkeep is critical . This session will enable users to learn about the benefits and economies of scale as it relates to developing/implementing a cloud storage solution, a focus will be placed on performance, cost-effectiveness, user experience, and customer service/satisfaction.
Speaker - Stephen Foskett, Director of Consulting, Nirvanix
The dream of portable, fluid workloads is far from today's reality. While companies might like to move their IT from provider to provider, or from on-premise to on-demand environment, quickly and easily, the reality is that competing standards and formats stand in the way. There's no common language for managing cloud computing, and proprietary formats, custom scripts, and relying on third-party middleware to insulate applications from the underlying platform are the norm. In this session, we'll look at cloud standards that are trying to overcome this chaos, and see whether truly portable, interoperable cloud platforms will become a reality.
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| 2:00 PM–3:00 PM |
As IT is challenged to deliver services – not manage assets – could computing presents itself as an affordable, scalable strategy. And the pressure is mounting for data center managers to move their on-premise infrastructure and applications into the cloud. But security concerns, poor service-level commitments, and lack of organizational readiness – and willingness – are all valid roadblocks that stand in the way. This session will help data center managers determine if could computing is right for them – and if not, how to achieve cloud-like efficiencies in their current environment.
Moderator - Doug Washburn, Analyst Infrastructure & Operations, Forrester Research Doug serves IT Infrastructure & Operations professionals, primarily focusing on green IT, green business, and IT leadership skills. His research helps IT executives successfully approach green IT, determine strategy, and then move from green IT awareness to action.
Previously at Forrester, Doug was the global council manager and senior advisor for the Forrester Leadership Boards IT Infrastructure & Operations Council, a best practice community for senior IT executives in $1 billion-plus organizations. In this role, Doug regularly advised clients on Green IT strategy and practices. Additionally, Doug was also an advisor on the Forrester Leadership Boards Enterprise Architecture Council.
Prior to Forrester, Doug was a VP of strategy and business development for Red Oxygen, a wireless communications startup, and living and working in Australia and France. In addition, Doug co-created CU Networks, a computer networking and servicing startup serving the students of the University of Colorado at Boulder. Doug holds a B.S. in finance from University of Colorado at Boulder and was awarded the Undergraduate Certificate in Entrepreneurial Excellence. Speaker - Phil Fritz, Manager, Tivoli Strategy and Product Management, IBM Software Group, Tivoli Phil Fritz a manager in IBM Tivoli's Strategy and Product Management group. In this role, Phil leads a multi-disciplinary team that works with clients to define solutions, drive product strategy and bring key technologies, including Green, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, SOA and Software-as-a-Service to the marketplace. Phil's team has been driving the strategy and product management behind key initiatives for IBM Tivoli , starting with IBM's Green Data Center launch in 2007 and, more recently, IBM Tivoli's new foray into Cloud Computing with Service Management Center for Cloud. Previously, Phil was a senior program director in the area of SOA management since 2002, helping define and drive the management capabilities in IBM’s SOA Foundation, focusing on security and management. Phil is a frequent speaker at trade, analyst and customer events. Phil has an MBA in Information Technology from the University of Texas – Austin and a BA from the University of Virginia.
Speaker - Dhritiman Dasgupta, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Fabric and Switching Technologies, Juniper Networks Dhritiman Dasgupta (aka DD) has more than 12 years of experience in the networking industry with roles in product management, corporate marketing, software engineering and customer support. Prior to joining Juniper, he was at Cisco as a Senior Product Line Manager for campus and data center switching. He started his career at Nortel Networks, Canada in the network management team. DD has a bachelor degree in Computer Architecture and an MBA in Marketing and International Business. Speaker - Kirsten Wolberg, CIO, salesforce.com Kirsten Wolberg is Chief Information Officer at Salesforce.com, leading the Information Technology organization responsible for building and maintaining the global technology infrastructure and business applications for all Salesforce.com employees and business units. Wolberg joined Salesforce.com in May, 2008 from Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. where she led the organization responsible for corporate technology, offshore development and technology education & leadership development. She was a key member of the executive team that led Schwab’s turnaround and return to profitability. For the past seven years Wolberg has served in leadership roles with The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the San Francisco Light the Night Walk.
The biggest obstacle to cloud computing adoption is trust. Whether you think of it as vulnerabilities, leakage of private data, or fear of lock-in, it all amounts to one thing: whether you trust your cloud platform. Now that on-demand computing is an IT certainty, it's time to establish best practices and governance, and mitigate the inherent risks of outsourced infrastructure. This presentation looks at the thorniest legal issues surrounding cloud computing.
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| 3:15 PM–4:15 PM |
What's a cloud worth? With so many definitions of cloud computing, and such a diverse range of implementations, it's hard to get a grip on cloud costs. This session will look at the fundamentals of cloud economics, as well as many of the factors enterprises need to consider when making financial decisions about on-demand options.
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| Thursday, April 29 |
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| 10:15 AM–11:15 AM |
Public cloud computing has the potential to be a management nightmare. For example, public cloud computing services have at least three separate management domains: the enterprise, the WAN service provider and the various cloud computing service providers. Effective management requires that detailed, consistent management data be gathered from each of the domains. Effective management also requires processes that span the various management domains. The panelists on this session will identify what you can and must do to manage this complex environment. Moderator - Jim Metzler, Vice President, Ashton Metzler & Associates Jim has a wide background in the IT industry. This includes being a software engineer, an engineering manager for high-speed data services for a major telco, a product manager for network hardware, a network manager at two Fortune 500 companies, and the principal of a consulting organization. In addition, Jim has created software tools for designing customer networks for a major IXC, and directed and performed market research at a major industry analyst firm. Speaker - Randy Rowland, General Manager Managed Hosting & Cloud Computing Services, Terremark Worldwide Inc.
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