6th annual Cloud Slam 2014 Cloud Computing Conference, San Francisco CA, June 4, 2014. Cloud Computing Events 2014 - Hybrid

Lessons Learned - The Journey from Virtualization to Cloud

Sat, 24 May 2014 00:56:04 +0000

Most IT organizations are now heavily invested in virtualization, with the majority now on a journey to their “Cloud” – whether private, public or a hybrid combination.

While the journey can be complex, it is now a well-traveled path littered with both successes and failures that we can all learn from.

This session will leverage case studies and real world lessons gathered over the past eight years from working with 100’s of IT organizations (enterprises and service providers). The focus will be on representative journeys that others have taken including recommendations, common pitfalls and repeatable patterns for success.

Specific topics will include enabling IT-as-a-Service, self-service provisioning, multi-cloud management, showback vs. chargeback, controlling virtual sprawl and overcoming the inevitable friction points related to organizational change.

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Jay

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Litkey

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Founder & President

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Embotics Corporation

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A serial entrepreneur with extensive experience launching, financing and growing software companies, Jay Litkey has been a pioneer in emerging high growth markets that include cloud computing, virtualization, systems management automation, and Internet video. For more than a decade, Jay has been a virtualization evangelist and advocate, focusing on the strategic impacts of virtualization and automation within enterprise data centers. He is ITIL-certified and frequently spends his time serving as a trusted advisor for IT executives and speaking at industry events. Jay is the founder and President of Embotics Corporation, who recently won the Best of VMworld 2013 Gold Award for Public/Hybrid Cloud Computing Technologies.

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Nevada Room

Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 15:05

Architectural Strategies for Patterns of Interoperability

Thu, 13 Mar 2014 23:16:08 +0000

Enterprise adoption of Cloud Computing typically involves some form of hybrid Cloud interoperability between internal systems and public Cloud services. Patterns of interoperability generally fall into one of three hybrid models: Functional Distribution, Lifecycle Distribution, and Workload Distribution. In this session patterns for each of the three models are explored in terms of relevant Use Cases, typical Architectures, and strategies for Interoperability.

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Scott

Speaker Last Name:

Mattoon

Speaker Job Title:

Director Program Architecture

Speaker's Company Name/Affiliation:

Salesforce.com

Speaker Bio:

Took a grand tour of Silicon Valley starting in the 80's - Sun, NeXT, Cybersource, Oracle, a couple startups. Remember the ASP model? Been there. Led Sun's global COE for Cloud Computing. The scars have healed. Recently developed Cloud Computing architectures and strategies for Oracle's field. I'll bite my tongue. Just made the pilgrimage to Salesforce.com. Weee!

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smattoon

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936 CHENERY STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94131

Washington Room

Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 10:10

Sonian and Big Data

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How would you define "big data"? To Sonian, "big data" is a cloud-powered data repository designed to manage. But it took a long time to get to this point - "big data" has taken a significant journey over the past few years. We've seen it morph into various themes; a big career opportunity for data scientists; the system of record; how the cloud can be used to effectively solve the data problem; and many others. Regardless of the form "big data" takes, it seems as though there are endless possibilities to success.

Speaker First Name:

Greg

Speaker Last Name:

Arnette

Speaker Job Title:

CTO & Founder

Speaker's Company Name/Affiliation:

Sonian

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Greg Arnette has more than 15 years of experience in messaging, collaboration, Internet and networking, having created messaging products and services starting with AlertWare and most recently IntelliReach, which was acquired by Infocrossing in 2006. Since 2006, Greg has been developing Web-based information management solutions leveraging open source technology with virtualization infrastructure. As Sonian’s CTO, Greg is responsible for the company’s product vision, technical innovation and engineering leadership. Greg has most recently spoken at MassTechnology Leadership Council’s “Find the Right Way to the Cloud,” discussing the keys to building a cloud-powered platform that is successful. He has also presented at the Cloud Control Conference and Exhibit, Canaccord Growth Conference, and Lotusphere.

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@sonian

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