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Alistair Croll

Alistair Croll
Founder, Bitcurrent

Website | @acroll | Attendee Directory Profile

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).

Sessions

3:00pm Tuesday, 05/25/2010
Cloud 101
Cloud Computing
 Location: Room 207 B
Alistair Croll (Bitcurrent)
In this 90-minute workshop, 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. Read more.
11:45am Thursday, 05/27/2010
No Degrees of Separation: Security Clearance in a Socially Networked World
Emerging Topics, Open Data and Web Services
 Location: Room 207 B
Alistair Croll (Bitcurrent), Hart Rossman (SAIC), Jeff Jonas (IBM Entity Analytics)
The vetting of candidates, whether for security clearance or political office, involves forms, interviews, and background checks. This panel will look at how open online lifestyles and easy analytics will change the process of security clearance, from the initial vetting of candidates to the tracking of their behavior once cleared and the protection of their digital reputations. Read more.
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