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Conference Sessions
 Platform-as-a-Service: Building Business Processes in the CloudTuesday, November 30 - 4:00 pm–4:00 pm Cloud computing is often referred to as hardware-as-a-service, with the openness and complexity that implies. At the other end of the spectrum, SaaS doesn't offer much room for customization. But there's a middle ground, where providers offer an on-demand platform, often with its own coding and conventions. This class looks at how companies can build custom applications that run in the cloud, letting the platform provider worry about operations and data integration.
Cloud Language: The Taxonomy of On-Demand ComputingTuesday, November 30 - 4:00 pm–4:00 pm Clouds. Grids. PaaS. There are dozens of names to describe on-demand computing, and lots of confusion. This session tries to bring some order to the chaos, offering a comparison of different on-demand computing models including hardware-as-a-service, custom platforms, and large-scale compute infrastructures such as Hadoop. Speaker - Alistair Croll, Principal Analyst, BitCurrent Alistair is a senior analyst at research firm Bitcurrent, covering emerging web technologies, networking, and online applications. Prior to Bitcurrent, Alistair co-founded Coradiant, a leader in online user monitoring, as well as research firm Networkshop. He has held product management positions with 3Com Corporation, Primary Access, and Eicon Technology. Alistair contributes to industry events such as Interop and Web2Expo, and writes for a variety of online publications including GigaOm. He is the author of numerous articles on Internet performance and security, and co-author of Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Applications from Prentice-Hall.
Running Clouds: What the Big Guys KnowTuesday, November 30 - 4:00 pm–4:00 pm A very small number of companies generate the vast majority of today's web pages, from Facebook apps to hosted sites. With compelling economics, they may be running most of the world's computing in a short while. This panel gets behind the scenes with some of the world's Big Cloud operators for a look at what they know about running large-scale computing. Moderator - Alistair Croll, Principal Analyst, BitCurrent Alistair is a senior analyst at research firm Bitcurrent, covering emerging web technologies, networking, and online applications. Prior to Bitcurrent, Alistair co-founded Coradiant, a leader in online user monitoring, as well as research firm Networkshop. He has held product management positions with 3Com Corporation, Primary Access, and Eicon Technology. Alistair contributes to industry events such as Interop and Web2Expo, and writes for a variety of online publications including GigaOm. He is the author of numerous articles on Internet performance and security, and co-author of Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Applications from Prentice-Hall.
Speaker - Jim Salem, Chief Architect, Intuit Quickbase
Managing Applications in the CloudTuesday, November 30 - 4:00 pm–4:00 pm When it's your app on their infrastructure, you have a hard time knowing what's happening. On-demand computing environments often hide details from application operators as a result of their virtualization. New computing means new management, and this panel of experts and innovators looks at emerging best practices for managing applications when they're running in the cloud. Moderator - Alistair Croll, Principal Analyst, BitCurrent Alistair is a senior analyst at research firm Bitcurrent, covering emerging web technologies, networking, and online applications. Prior to Bitcurrent, Alistair co-founded Coradiant, a leader in online user monitoring, as well as research firm Networkshop. He has held product management positions with 3Com Corporation, Primary Access, and Eicon Technology. Alistair contributes to industry events such as Interop and Web2Expo, and writes for a variety of online publications including GigaOm. He is the author of numerous articles on Internet performance and security, and co-author of Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Applications from Prentice-Hall.
The Big Migration: Moving the Data Center to On-DemandTuesday, November 30 - 4:00 pm–4:00 pm There's a slow, inexorable exodus going on. First busrty seasonal computing, then storage, and eventually all but specialized tasks are moving out of the corporate data center and into the cloud. But this big migration is a gradual one, and there are times when it doesn't yet make sense to embrace on-demand computing. We'll chart the course of a migration into the cloud with some of the industry's sharpest innovators in on-demand provisioning and deployment. Moderator - Alistair Croll, Principal Analyst, BitCurrent Alistair is a senior analyst at research firm Bitcurrent, covering emerging web technologies, networking, and online applications. Prior to Bitcurrent, Alistair co-founded Coradiant, a leader in online user monitoring, as well as research firm Networkshop. He has held product management positions with 3Com Corporation, Primary Access, and Eicon Technology. Alistair contributes to industry events such as Interop and Web2Expo, and writes for a variety of online publications including GigaOm. He is the author of numerous articles on Internet performance and security, and co-author of Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Applications from Prentice-Hall.
Cloud SLAsTuesday, November 30 - 4:00 pm–4:00 pm How reliable is the cloud? Enterprises demand predictable service levels, reliable delivery, and committed availability. This panel will look at what level of service we should demand - and can expect - from cloud computing infrastructure, as well as tools and best practices for measuring it. Moderator - Alistair Croll, Principal Analyst, BitCurrent Alistair is a senior analyst at research firm Bitcurrent, covering emerging web technologies, networking, and online applications. Prior to Bitcurrent, Alistair co-founded Coradiant, a leader in online user monitoring, as well as research firm Networkshop. He has held product management positions with 3Com Corporation, Primary Access, and Eicon Technology. Alistair contributes to industry events such as Interop and Web2Expo, and writes for a variety of online publications including GigaOm. He is the author of numerous articles on Internet performance and security, and co-author of Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Applications from Prentice-Hall.
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