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Cloud computing has moved from headline grabber to key IT strategy. Enterprises, large and small, have turned to cloud computing providers for savings, scalability and flexibility. However, concerns about security, privacy, data management, performance and control still exist. Business and IT have to align to ensure they are making the best decisions for the long-term outlook of their business.

At this forum, executives sha their experiences making and implementing this crucial business decision. Built on our inaugural event in 2011 that provided the best user-perspective on cloud computing, this forum will dive deeper into issues of security, governance, integration with legacy products, migration, and interoperability. Again we'll look at all these issues dynamically - from the vantage point of the business as well as from the IT department.

At Cloud Computing 2013, decision-makers will learn:
  • How leading-edge organizations are addressing the challenges of the cloud
  • What cloud models and service providers are mature enough to handle your business - and which are not
  • What are the best approaches to maintain effective GRC in a cloud world
  • How IT departments have adapted to the organizational impact of cloud computing
Audience:
Business Executives: CXOs, presidents, and VPs

IT Professionals: CTOs, IT directors and managers responsible for infrastructure, operations, data center, storage, network architecture, business continuity, disaster recovery, compliance and policy and security
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"I found your (Business of Cloud Computing) conference format and participants refreshing, engaging, focused and would rank it as one of the best conferences I've ever attended and/or participated in. I met some of the brightest people, engaged in the topic as a whole, that I've had the pleasure of interacting with."
- - Prentice Dees, Senior Vice President, Bank of America

"This was a truly great experience because even though I had exposure to solutions and vendors, the focus was driven by real world people facing real world challenges. The ability to engage others at the (Business of Cloud Computing) event delivered tremendous value."
- - Carmen Malangone, Global Information Management, Coty, Inc

"Congratulations on a quality event. I thoroughly enjoyed the emphasis on the user perspective."
- - Dave Nielsen, Co-founder, CloudCamp

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Past Attendees
Director, Enterprise Infrastructor, Abilene Christian University
Manager of Enterprise Architecture, ABSG
Sr. Engineering Manager, AccuFleet International
National IT Director, Advantage Sales and Marketing
BDM, AlterEnergy
Corporate Communications, American Airlines
Director of Mobile Applications, American Airlines
Network Engineer, American Airlines
Global UC Manager, American Airlines
Director-Technologies, American Express
CIO, Ancillary Care Services
Animashaun Computer HI-TECH
Account Executive, Apollo Staffing
Principal, Apollo Staffing
President, Aragon Research
Senior Project Manager, Information Technology Directorate, Army and Air Force Exchange Service
SR. Technical Director, AT&T
Consultant, Aurora Consulting
Manager, Decision Support, Aviall Services Inc.
Sr. Lead BI/Architect, Aviall Services Inc.
Systems Architect, Aviall Services Inc.
Asst. Vice President, Bank of America
VP Global Information Security, Bank of America
VP-Specialist Info Security, Bank of America
CIO, Baptist Health
Manager, Server Systems, Baylor Health Care System
IT Manager, Bazaarvoice
Director, BlueCross BlueShield of Texas
New York University and Vice President Cloud Strategy, CA Technologies
IT Support Manager, CapitalSource Finance
Senior Director, IT Field Technology, Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Senior Account Director, Cavett
Director, Information Technology, CB Richard Ellis
President/Medical Director, Chesapeake Hospitalist Group LLC,
Chesapeake Hospitalists Grp LLC
Special Cloud Adviser, CIO.com
Database Administrator, CitySquare
Director of IT, CitySquare
IT Manager, CitySquare
Network Engineer, CitySquare
Tech Support Specialist, CitySquare
Global Strategy & Chair, Cloud Security Alliance
Global Strategy Chair & Director, Cloud Security Alliance
Director of Information Services, Coastal Bend Blood Center
VP, Contract Datascan
Technical Architect, Convio
Sr. Director Engineering, CWT
Corwin Consulting
Strategic Advisor, Crawford Consulting
Project Manager, CTG
Project Manager, Dajuyo, Inc.
Vice President, Contract Datascan
VP & General Manager, DecisionOne
Enterprise Information Assurance Manager, Defense Information Systems Agency
President, Denali Advanced Integration
Program Specialist Informatics, Department of Veterans Affairs
Chief Information Officer, Digital River
Business Applications Manager, Dish Network
IT Executive, DOD
Sr. Director Technology Partner Programs, Dolby Laboratories
It Manager, DPR Construction
Partner, Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
IT Sourcing Manager, Energy Future Holdings
CTO, EpitomiOne
IT Director, Ericsson, Inc
Vice President, Essence Healthcare
Cyber Security Engineer, FCC
Principal, FillAnyPdf.com
IT Manager, Frontier Communications
Sr. Manager, Google
IT Advisor, Goulding and Associates
Director of Business Development, Green Berry Solutions Inc.
Director, Gursimar Inc.
Mgr of EA and App Dev, Helmerich & Payne
President, HMG Computer Services
CPA Firm, Howard & Co., LLP
Administrator, HPS Solutions
Sr. Systems Security Specialist, HCSC
President, HTSI
IT Executive Project Management, Hudson Advisors LLC
Manager Cloud Partner Programs, IBM
Director of IT, Impel Management Services, LLC
AVP, Independent
Serial Entrepreneur, InternetAssist
Managing Director, IT Process Institute
Analyst, JCPenney
Director Infrastructure Engineering, JCPenney
Account Manager, Keane-Williams Associates
VP of Business Development, Kidney & Hypertension Associates
Manager, Common Architecture Solutions, L-3 Communications
Owner, LED Crystal
IT Security Director, Marriott International Inc
Director, Marriott International Inc
Senior Director, Marriott International Inc
Technical Consultant, Marriott International Inc
Global Security Assessment Specialist, MARS Foods
Founder & CEO, MBS Information Security Consulting, LLC
CISO, Meadwestvaco Corporation
Senior Business Analyst, MedImpact Healthcare Inc.
Sr. UI Designer, MedImpact Healthcare Inc.
IT Director, MGM Benefits Group
Associate director commercialization, MIT
VP of Information Technology, Money Centers of America
VP & CIO, Morrison Supply Company
President/Founder, National Health Services
Senior Vice President, Nationstar Mortgage
Principal, nControl
Senior Compliance Attorney, nControl
Sr. Technology Manager, New Balance
IT Sales Consultant, New Horizons
Executive VP, NextWave
Technical Manager, NIC USA
Senior Executive of Cloud Computing, NIST
Executive Director, Noble Innovations
CEO, Nomadesk
Marketing Assistant, Nomadesk
Sales & Account Manager, Nomadesk
Sales & Account Manager, Nomadesk
SVP Product & Technology, Nomadesk
Oklahoma State University
Senior Scientist, Texas Tech University; VP of Standards, Open Grid
CIO, Pacific Compensation Insurance Company
IT Manager, Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP
Founder, CEO, Pentacle, LLC
Co-Founder, COO, Pentacle, LLC
Director Business Technology, Pfizer
President, Principio Technologies
CEO, QuickPhone
Chief Consultant, QuickPhone
CTO, QuickPhone
Director Hosted Solutions, QuickPhone
President, QuickPhone
VP Finance and Admin, QuickPhone
VP Sales, QuickPhone
President, RCI
Senior Manager, Support Services, RCI
Middleware Infrastructure Manager, Rent A Center
VP Operations, Rexanto Inc.
CSO, RoamAbout Management
Head IT, Roche
CIO, Ryan, LLC
Senior Principal, Sabre Holdings
Director IT Operations, Sabre Holdings
Program Manager, SAIC
IT Consultant, Sakina Consumer Voice, LLC
SVP - IT, Saxon
VP IT Requirements, Saxon Mortgage
Managing Director, SCA
Project Manager, Septetor
Attorney-Advisor, Smithsonian Institute
Deputy Director of Automation, Social Security Administration
Deputy Regional Commissioner, Social Security Administration
Director of Automation, Social Security Administration
CEO, Solutions-Organizations-Systems, Inc.
Assistant Professor, Southwestern AG University
IT Director, Spark Energy
President/CEO/IT Director, Sports Therapy, Inc.
ISO, Stanford School of Medicine
Managing Director, Sterling Analytics, LLC
Principal, Stony Point Enterprises
Managing Partner, Stratus Innovations Group
R&D Manager, Stryker Communications
Sublett Consulting
Director of Infrastructure, Taylor Publishing
Data Center Engineer, TE Data
President & CEO, TechStrategyLabs
Prinicipal, TechStrategyLabs
Sr. Mgr, Carrier Software Operations, Telecommunications Systems, Inc.
Director, Texas Healthtech Institute
Professor, Texas Women’s University
Research Director, Cloud Computing, The InfoPro LLC.
Managing Attorney, The Purcell Law Firm, P.C
IT Manager, Thrasher Engineering
Director - Information Technology, Threshold Enterprises
Lead Performance Architect, Tufts Health Plan
Director, Portfolio Strategy & Planning, United Airlines
CIO, United Church Homes
Consultant, United States Postal Service
Director of Infrastructure & Enterprise, University of North Texas
President, US&V INC
Senior Executive, Valencia College
Special Counsel, Viacom - Technology Practice Group
CFO, Volunteers of America
Associate, Weaver LLP
IT Audit Associate, Weaver LLP
Manager, Weaver LLP
Senior Manager, Weaver LLP
Technical Services Manager, West Georgia Health System
Partner, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP
Vice President, X1 Technologies
Land Records Supervisor, XTO Energy
Director of Infrastructure Systems, Yahoo
IT Instructor, York Technical College
CEO, Zapthink
2012 Agenda (current as of 05/21/12)
Past Conference Day One: Monday, May 21, 2012
12:30 pm
Registration for main conference
1:30 pm
Welcome and opening remarks by Keynote Chair
  • Cloud Innovation models
  • Collaboration, and co-creation with big data
Ravi Rajagopal, Adjunct Faculty, New York University and Vice President Cloud Strategy, CA Technologies
1:45 pm
Update: Is cloud computing mature enough for my business?
  • Horror stories:  what can go wrong if you aren't prepared
  • How does cloud integrate into your long-term IT strategy?
  • Is security still the primary concern?
  • What are the gaps between the technology and the desired successful outcomes?
  • Vendor progress:  What are they doing right and what are they still getting wrong
  • Cloudwashing, what to do when everything is "cloud computing"
  • 10 things that can hurt your cloud aspirations
Chet Loveland, CISO, MeadWestvaco
Joe Lasik, VP & CIO, Morrison Supply Company
Blake Holman, CIO, Ryan, LLC
2:30 pm
Keynote
Why we need global cloud standards: Portability, interoperability, privacy and security
  • Globalizing cloud standards development
  • Proving vendor portability and interoperability
  • Proving guidance on architectural framework

Moderator:
Ravi Rajagopal, Adjunct Faculty, New York University and Vice President Cloud Strategy, CA Technologies

Panelists:
Dawn Leaf, Senior Executive of Cloud Computing, NIST
Alan Sill, Senior Scientist, Texas Tech University; VP of Standards, Open Grid Forum
3:15 pm
Networking Break in the exhibit lounge
Enjoy light refreshments while learning with your peers about new and exciting services and technologies from our exhibitors.
3:30 pm
Keynote discussion
Real IT economics: Do CFOs love the cloud?
  • Understanding the CapEx vs OpEx debate
  • The subtext of this debate
  • Understanding the trade off of each
  • Considering the financial obligation of legacy applications
Bernard Golden, Special Advisor, CIO.com
Shyam Desigan, Chief Financial Officer,Volunteers of America of Chesapeake
4:15 pm
Keynote presentation
Customer-driven innovations: Using the cloud to power mobile apps
  • Making it seamless for customer, highly coordinated on the backend
  • Keeping corporate data intact while not shortchanging any device
  • Using the right infrastructure and software to enable successful integration
Phillip Easter, Director of Mobile Applications, American Airlines
5:00 pm
Cocktail Reception in the exhibit lounge
Unwind with fellow industry professionals for refreshments during our last networking break of the day.
Past Conference Day Two: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
7:30 am
Breakfast and networking

Executive Track Chair
Tim Crawford, Strategic Advisor, Crawford Consulting

Deployment Track Chair
Bernard Golden, Special Advisor, CIO.com
Executive Track
Deployment Track
8:30 am
Executive Track
Fundamental shifts in technology, process and organization
The requirements for the IT organization have changed. And the requirements of the CIO have changed significantly too.  In order to facilitate this evolution, the new IT organization must consider a number of fundamental shifts in technology, process and organization including:
  • IT: business vs. technology organization
  • Value driven
  • Supply chain
  • Services provider
  • Organizational shift: operations vs. innovation
Tim Crawford, Strategic Advisor, Crawford Consulting
Deployment Track
SMB vs large enterprises: Decision making and internal evaluation for cloud migration
  • How the value propositions differ for the SMB and enterprise
  • The length of the decision cycle
  • How the risks change from the small to large enterprise
  • How the approach (and financial implications) of security diverges
  • What stakeholders come to the table
  • Evaluating internal needs, system requirements AND risk/liability exposure to decide what to move to the cloud
Rob Weisbrodt, CIO, United Church Homes
Ron Savoia, Managing Director, Stratus Innovations
9:15 am
Executive Track
Economic value challenges of cloud computing
Cloud Computing provides a great delivery mechanism for "commoditized" as well as specialized IT offerings to the end consumer.  However the complexity of the ecosystem poses a price-value challenge for all the stakeholders.  Providers must differentiate to the ISVs (Independent Software Vendors), and ISVs to the end-customer.  This session talks about the following challenges faced by the stakeholders:
  • Value proposition definition
  • Pricing constraints
  • Financial elasticity
Sumitro Sarkar, President and CEO, TechStrategyLabs Inc.
Amy Anderson, Manager Cloud Partner Programs, IBM
Deployment Track
Hybrid Clouds: The Myth and Reality
  • Comparing the merits of private and public clouds
  • Heterogeneous vs. homogenous hybrid clouds
  • Managing a hybrid cloud
  • Best practices for a hybrid infrastructure
Vivek Ratna, Ph.D., Management Consultant & Partner, Digital Learning Solutions LLC
10:00 am
Networking break in the exhibit lounge
Enjoy light refreshments while learning with your peers about new and exciting services and technologies from our exhibitors.
10:15 am
Executive Track
Enterprise cloud benchmark: Trends in adoption
  • Which end users are embracing the cloud?
  • What is the real revenue growth?
  • Who is making the internal cloud decision?
  • How do companies measure their success?
  • What is the enterprise adoption of cloud services both internally and externally?
Sean Hackett, Managing Director, The InfoPro LLC, A division of the 451 Group
Deployment Track
Building dependable cloud computing systems
  • Autonomic failure management in clouds
  • Dependability-aware cloud resource management
Dr. Song Fu, Assistant Professor, Director, Dependable Computing Systems Lab, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of North Texas
11:00 am
Executive Track
Case Study: Leveraging cloud computing and open source to build robust business intelligence
  • Solving poor document retention and retrieval
  • Improving business intelligence via the cloud
  • Predicting overall cost to organization
Shyam Desigan, Chief Financial Officer, Volunteers of America
Deployment Track
Key success factors to the private and/or hybrid cloud IaaS
  • What are the range of factors that impact cloud project outcomes: such as pre-existing conditions, critical dependencies, and solutions related to features and capabilities deployed?
  • What is the appropriate foundation to have in place to start a cloud project?
  • What to consider when scoping Proof of concept to improve chances of long term success?
  • What to watch out for in the planning and deployment stages?
Kurt Milne, Managing Director, IT Process Institute
11:45 am
Networking luncheon
Continue the dynamic conversations over lunch
1:00 pm
Executive Track
Organizational impacts from cloud adoption, within the IT department and beyond
  • Organizational and process of change
  • Re-orienting the IT team around services rather than roles
  • Change management in infrastructure
  • What doesn't change
  • Building an IT team from scratch
Joe Cardenas, CIO, Pacific Compensation Insurance Company
Deployment Track
Re-architecting the application development process
  • Leverage cloud computing for accelerated access to resources
  • Rebuild the application process
  • Update the underlying developing process
Kevin Fisher, Information Technology, CB Richard Ellis
1:45 pm
Executive Track
The cloud mandate at the federal government: Driving cloud adoption globally
  • How 'Cloud First' is driving cloud adoption domestically
  • How this is shaping the cloud past our borders
  • Case studies – observations and lessons learned
Jason Bloomberg, President, Zapthink, A Doval Company

William Corrington, Principal, STONY POINT ENTERPRISES, former CTO of the DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Deployment Track
Strategic assessment of cloud provider security
  • Assessment frameworks and methodologies, questionnaires, 3rd party reports, etc...
  • Available resources & guidelines (Vetting against ISO27002, CSA Guidance 3.0, CSA CCM, OWASP, etc..), 3rd party assurance (SSAE-16, Pen tests, Vuln tests)
  • Interviewing techniques to strive for higher transparency with providers that are very careful not to divulge information
  • Anecdotal examples of risks and mitigating controls
  • Explaining risks to the c-suite in terms that matter to them
  • Ruling out the cloud vendors who do not understand security
  • Overall state of cloud vendor security from an assessors perspective
  • Legal considerations and contractual/commercial negotiations
Nikita Reva, CISSP, CISA, Global Security Assessment Specialist, MARS Food
2:30 pm
Networking break in the exhibit lounge
Enjoy light refreshments while learning with your peers about new and exciting services and technologies from our exhibitors.
2:45 pm
Executive Track
Can we trust the cloud with our data?
  • What are the opportunities to deploy cloud computing solutions
  • How to assess security, privacy and other risk factors?
Adam Swidler, Sr. Manager, Google
Deployment Track
The big data cloud— you ready for the zetabyte?
  • Taking advantage of the elasticity of the cloud
  • What you need to be aware of
Steve Markey, Principal, nControl, LLC
3:30 pm
Executive Track
Negotiating a strong cloud contract
  • How to put in place the necessary legal protection and assurance
  • How cloud contracts differ from traditional outsourcing contracts.
  • How to achieve successful SLAs
  • What you need to know when your data crosses borders
Michael Bennett, Partner, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon LLP
4:15 pm
Closing remarks.
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