Tuesday, 21st June 2011
With rapid development in the IT sector over the past 12 months, Cloud Computing is now gaining the ground that for so long has been shrouded in hype. Referencing current market conditions and based on the experience of those behind some of the most successful Cloud projects of the year, the opening session on ‘Cloud Approach’ provides you with new perspectives and insight to help you determine your next enterprise IT moves.
Chairman: Mike Spink, Director, Nephologic
• The business value of Cloud Computing Mike Hill, VP for Enterprise Initiatives Cloud Computing, IBM
• Public / Private / Hybrid
• Summary of the last 12 months
• Aspirations and expectations for cloud Mike Wright, CIO, Man Group
• Actual experiences with three projects
• Leassons learnt / Next steps planned
• What lessons has Google learnt from consumer IT? Robert Whiteside, Head-UK, Ireland, Benelux, Google Enterprise
• What are the trends in the market that are driving innovation in IT?
• Is Cloud the platform for the future?
• The business case for the G-Cloud Bill McCluggage, Deputy Government CIO & Director of ICT Strategy & Policy, Government Cabinet Office
• Best practice adoption strategies and integration
• Government App Store (GAS)
• Develop deeper understanding of Microsoft’s cloud strategy Scott Dodds, Marketing and Operations Director, Microsoft UK
• Discover how integrated cloud solutions can help boost productivity and efficiency today
Afternoon Chairman: Richard Sykes, Industry Analyst and Consultant
• Cloud as a business strategy Adrian Gardner, CIO, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• The impact on project management
• What is cloud computing? Federico Florez, CIO, Ferrovial
• IT in Ferrovial: our challenges and future plans
• Our cloud computing strategy
• What are the hidden costs of adoption for a business? Moderator: Maxwell Cooter, Editor, Cloud Pro • Edward Chandler, Group General Manager, Business Development UK & Ireland, Mastercard Worldwide
• How can ROI be demonstrated?
• Private vs. Public cloud: Does service determine cost?
• Karima Serageldin, Director, Ariadne Capital
• Neil Sholay, Director communications, EMEA, Oracle Fusion Middleware
• Eachan Fletcher, Vice-President of Technology, Expedia
Research shows that security and privacy is one of the main concerns of potential Cloud adopters. We are all aware of the benefits that Cloud Computing can bring, empowering a global computing model over the Internet Infrastructure. However, without adequate security and privacy solutions this could become a huge failure. This session explores the roadblocks and solutions to providing a trustworthy Cloud Computing environment.
• Privacy and security – the current and future challenges Michael Vatis, Partner, Steptoe & Johnson
• Jurisdiction in the cloud – the differences in international laws and compliance issues
• Implementation – the difficulties affecting global compliance and potential litigation
• The real and perceived cloud security challenges and obstacles
• Identifying what should and should NOT move to the cloud
• Protecting the data that flows to and through the cloud
• Defending against inbound cloud-borne threats
Marc Olesen, Senior VP and GM, McAfee Content and Cloud Security
• How to capitalise on current technology trends Bill Chang, Executive VP, Buisness Group, SingTel
• Challenges faced when improving business agility and productivity
• Empowering businesses to achieve sustainable growth
• Is this still the big issue? Moderator: Paul Fisher, Editor, SC Magazine • Peter Bassill, CISO, Gala Coral Group
• What are the benefits of single sign-on?
• How can you trust a provider?
• Etienne Greef, Professional Services Director, SecureData
• Aneta Podsiadla, EU Security and Privacy Policy Manager, TechAmerica Europe (formerly AeA Europe)
• Norman Lindsey, Senior Principal Expert for Cloud Solutions, Huawei Technologies
{dt_head}1700 – Onwards Networking Drinks sponsored by Interxion{dt_details}
Wednesday, 22nd June 2011
As consumption patterns change, the enterprise is seeing a dramatic increase in the usage of data by individuals. Data is stored in multiple locations and the need to move seamlessly between these modes exists like never before. The growing popularity of Cloud Computing services heralds an evolution in the way business is going to be carried out in the future. With this comes disruption to current business models. This session analyses the best practice business models, IT strategy and techniques for Cloud adoption.
Chairman: David Terrar, Director, D2C
• Is it just wishful thinking? Norman Lindsey, Senior Principal Expert for Cloud Solutions, Huawei Technologies
• Public vs. private cloud
• Optimsing the performance of cloud computing
• Cloud Computing helping charities Marcus East, CIO, Comic Relief
• Vital cost-cutting
• Increases in production of data
• Everyone produces as well as consumes
• Clouds and the potential for creating a new paradigm for communicating and collaborating in business and the public sector
Alan Cohen, Vice President, Global Public Sector and Industry Solutions, Cisco Systems Inc.
Moderator: Ian Osborne, Project Director, Intellect (KTN) • Lorenza Brescia, EMEA Director Cloud Services, AMI Partners
• Are developers designing bespoke products for the SME market?
• How they can best incorporate the technology into their existing infrastructure?
• Kate Craig-Wood, MD, Memset
Afternoon Chairman: Richard Sykes, Industry Analyst and Consultant
• Opportunities in deployment not to be missed Moderator: Andy Burton, Chirman, Cloud Industry Forum • Dan West, IT Director, ASOS
• Maximise your return on Infrastructure
• Rollover vs. Failover
• Reasons for not choosing cloud?
• Myron Hrycyk, CIO, Severn Trent
• Joel Reid, Enterprise Sector Manager, Akamai Technologies
• Jelle Frank van der Zwet, Manager Marketing Cloud Segment, Interxion
• Cloud services as an alternative but not a silver bullet Stuart Birrell, CIO, Gatwick Airport
• The multiple steps required in moving from an old legacy environment
• The difference in defining required services and services levels
• Why mass-market hosting providers are moving to the cloud using cloud management tools to enable IaaS and run cloud services Ditlev Bredahl, CEO, OnApp
• The specific needs for the hosting industry in the cloud
• Ten things hosts should consider when choosing a cloud platform
• Has the storm passed? Ian Mitchell,FBCS, Chief Architect, Fujitsu UK & Ireland
• What lightning bolts can we expect?
• What’s new under the sun?
Denis Martin, Executive VP and CTO, NaviSite Europe Ltd
• Enterprise solution for test, development, QA, and production systems
• Self or fully managed options
• Consumption based-billing model
• The challenges of information security in dynamic cloud environments Peter Craig, Senior Product Marketing Manager, EMEA, Trend Micro
• How to enterprises move forward securely
• A vision for security as a cloud computing enabler
• the convergence of IT and CT… William Dong, President IT Solution Sales Dept. Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Technologies
• Key to the cloud computing development…
• Huawei cloud application…
Moderator: Andy Burton, Chairman, Cloud Industry Forum • Jay Muelhoefer, VP Cloud, Platform Computing
• John Jester, Director and General Manager of the Enterprise and Partner Group, Microsoft
• Glen Beamson, International CIO, Standard Bank
• Maggie Miller, US Partner, Elix-IRR
