Event Details
Cloud Computing: It is Not in Concrete Yet
2:30 PM, Room 14, 4th Floor
Tracks: Open to All Registrants, Software, Developers
- Tom Bishop, VP of Engineering, Storspeed
- Whurley, Evil Genius, Whurleyvision, Inc.
- Robert Sims, President, Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors, Crossroads
- Deni Connor, Principal Analyst, Storage Strategies Now
The definition of Cloud computing is still in process. One side of the coin, cloud computing is a business model similar to old school outsourcing itself: let someone else do the hard work while benefiting from economies of scale and professional ability. On the other hand, clouds are a set of technologies that improve reliability, distribute workload, and manage data sets of all sizes. This cast of panelists will discuss both sides, as we try to define what's just managed hosting, what's just virtualization, and what really is cloud computing.
