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June 11, 2012

Cloud Visionaries to Signal Progress on Open Cloud Adoption at ODCA Forecast 2012

June 11 — The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) has announced leading speakers, panel moderators, and targeted sessions for its upcoming ODCA Forecast 2012 event. The presenters and moderators represent leaders in shaping today's conversations on cloud computing supporting an agenda focused on broad adoption of open cloud solutions. Forecast 2012 will feature leading enterprise IT executives discussing their progress in adopting cloud solutions based on the requirements defined by the ODCA and offers an opportunity for IT managers and industry leaders to engage with leaders of the organization. The event will take place on Tuesday, June 12, 2012, co-located with Cloud Expo in New York City. Registrants to the event have been granted access to attend Cloud Expo with their Forecast 2012 badge, a discount from Cloud Expo event pricing. Attendees will also receive access to exclusive IDC whitepapers.

The event will feature three focused topic tracks:

  • Cloud Storm: Top Challenges Facing Widespread Deployments
  • Cloud Ceiling: Sharing Best Practices from Leading Innovators
  • Cloud Formation: Delivery of Open Cloud Solutions
 
WHO  

Tracks will be kicked off by leading enterprise IT, service provider, and computing industry visionaries for cloud computing:

 

  • Cloud Storm: Andrew Stokes, Chief Infrastructure Architect at Deutsche Bank
  • Cloud Ceiling: Petteri Uljas, Head of Infrastructure Services, India, Eastern Europe and Latin America at CapGemini and CEO of Capgemini Finland
  • Cloud Formation: Jason Waxman, General Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Group (CIG) at Intel

The event will feature a series of "rapid fire" panels to drive best audience engagement and will feature moderators including:

 

  • Virginia Agee, Research Director, Infrastructure Channels and Infrastructure for IDC Enterprise Platform Group (EPG)
  • Michelle Bailey, Research Vice President for IDC Enterprise Platforms and Datacenter Trends
  • Ben Kepes, analyst, Diversity Limited, a leading authority across cloud computing topics.
  • Christopher Hoff, Chief Architect, Security at Juniper Networks, and leading social commentator on the cloud
  • George Reese, Founder & CTO, enStratus and author of Cloud Application Architectures.
  • Deborah Salons, Attorney & CIPP, leading expert on global challenges facing regulation of the cloud
  • Krishnan Subramanian, Analyst and Researcher at Cloud Ave and expert on open source and the cloud

For more information on the moderators, as well as the track speakers, please visit the Forecast 2012 Speakers page.

 

The current schedule includes three tracks with multiple focused sessions:

CURRENT SCHEDULE

  

Track 1

Track 2

Track 3:
    Cloud Storm: Cloud Ceiling: Cloud Formation:
    Top Challenges Facing Widespread Deployments Sharing Best Practices from Leading Innovators Delivery of Open Cloud Solutions
8:30-9:15   Welcome Keynote:
    Curt Aubley

Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Cyber & NexGen Innovation at Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Solutions (LM IS&GS)
9:15-10:00   Guest Keynote, TBA
10:00-10:15   Break
10:15-11:00   Cloud Storm Track Kickoff Cloud Ceiling Track Kickoff Cloud Formation Track Kickoff
    Andrew Stokes, Chief Infrastructure Architect, Deutsche Bank Petteri Uljas, Head of Infrastructure Services, India, Eastern Europe and LatAm, CapGemini and CEO CapGemini Finland Jason Waxman, General Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Group (CIG), Intel
11:05-11:50   Rapid Fire Panel Proof of Concept Insight Service Provider Panel
   

Cloud Security

Moderator: Christopher Hoff, Chief Architect, Security, Juniper Networks

   Moderator: Virginia Agee, Research Director, Infrastructure Channels and Infrastructure, Enterprise Platform Group (EPG), IDC
11:50-1:00   Lunch
1:00-1:45   Rapid Fire Panel Proof of Concept Insight Cloud HW Infrastructure
    Cloud Transparency   Delivery Panel
   

Moderator Krishnan Subramanian,
Analyst and Researcher, Cloud Ave

 Moderator: Michelle Bailey, Research Vice President, Enterprise Platforms and Datacenter Trends, IDC
1:50-2:35   Rapid Fire Panel Rapid Fire Panel Cloud Software Innovation Panel
   

Cloud Management

Moderator: TBA

Enterprise Cloud Best Practices

Moderator: Ben Kepes, analyst, Diversity Limited

 Moderator: Virginia Agee, Research Director, Infrastructure Channels and Infrastructure, Enterprise Platform Group (EPG), IDC
   

 

 
2:35-3:20   Rapid Fire Panel Rapid Fire Panel Industry Standards Development Panel
   

Cloud Regulation

Moderator: Deborah Salons, TITLE

Public Cloud Services Best Practices

Moderator: TBA

 Moderator: Michelle Bailey, Research Vice President, Enterprise Platforms and Datacenter Trends, IDC
   

 

 

  
3:20-3:30   Break
3:30-4:20   Speed Networking Poster Chats Birds of a Feather Sessions
4:20-5:00   Open Data Center Alliance Steering Committee Wrap Up Q&A
REGISTER  

To register for Forecast 2012 and take advantage of early bird pricing, or for more information on speakers or sponsorships, visit:

http://www.opendatacenteralliance.org/forecast2012

About The Open Data Center Alliance

The Open Data Center Alliance is an independent IT consortium comprised of global IT leaders who have come together to provide a unified customer vision for long-term data center requirements. The Alliance is led by a twelve member Board of Directors which includes IT leaders BMW, Capgemini, China Life, China Unicom, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Lockheed Martin, Marriott International, Inc., National Australia Bank, Terremark, Disney Technology Solutions and Services and UBS. Intel serves as technical advisor to the Alliance.

In support of its mission, the Alliance has delivered the first customer requirements for cloud computing documented in eight Open Data Center Usage Models which identify member prioritized requirements to resolve the most pressing challenges facing cloud adoption. Find out more at www.opendatacenteralliance.org.

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Source: Open Data Center Alliance

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