Cloud 101
The emergence of pay-as-you-go, on-demand computing is the biggest shift in information technology in a decade. It changes what’s possible and levels the playing field, giving governments and businesses of all sizes access to powerful tools for data processing and experimentation.
But cloud computing is a confusing subject, full of conjecture and compromise. In this 90-minute workshop, we’ll provide a no-nonsense look at this important shift in IT. We’ll explore the technology and business changes that brought us to clouds; how to distinguish between different cloud computing models; and how organizations can capitalize on the opportunities they provide and avoid the risks they pose.
Alistair Croll
Bitcurrent
Alistair is the founder of Bitcurrent, a research firm focused on emerging technologies. He’s founded a variety of startups, and technology accelerators, including Year One Labs, CloudOps, Rednod, Coradiant (acquired by BMC in 2011) and Networkshop. He’s a frequent speaker and writer on subjects such as entrepreneurship, cloud computing, Big Data, Internet performance and web technology, and has helped launch a number of major conferences on these topics.
Alistair has co-authored three books on Internet technology, including Web Operations (2010, O’Reilly), Complete Web Monitoring (2009, O’Reilly), and Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Networks (1999, Prentice-Hall). A product manager by trade, he’s also an advisor to a number of venture firms and the founder of the Bitnorth conference.
Most of what he says winds up on his blog, solveforinteresting.com, or on Twitter (@acroll).
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very nice talk about cloud works. I´m looking for your presentation-file …