Here is one more invite for you - this time in New York !
Roosevelt Hotel, NY, NY
Sun Session - Enhanced Security Models for Machine Image Deployments, Glenn Brunette - March 30, 5:20-6:05 p.m.
Security
is consistently rated as a leading customer concern impeding the full
scale adoption of Cloud Computing. At the same time, security is viewed
as complicated and painful. This session will help to ease the pain by
focusing on the key issues to be considered along with specific best
practices for deployment. This session will share a number of security
models for IaaS machine images based upon these best practices to
illustrate how we can improve upon the security state of the art in
Cloud Computing today.
Sun General Session - Sun's Incubation Platform: Helping Startups Serve the Enterprise - March 31, 11:50 a.m.
Broaching
the hugely valuable enterprise market can be very intimidating for
young startups. Large enterprises can be reluctant to work with smaller
companies due to concerns about scalability and support. Sun
Microsystems realized there is an opportunity here - Sun can supply a
uniquely scalable cloud infrastructure that meets enterprise demand for
support and reliability at a price-point that won't break the bank for
startups.
This
panel is hosted by Ian Murdock and assembles some key players in the
emerging cloud computing market who will discuss how the cloud is
valuable, not just to startups and developers, but also to the
traditional enterprise market. This is a must attend for entrepreneurs
looking to address the needs of large corporations.
Sun Keynote with Dave Douglas - A World of Many Clouds - April 1, 8:30 a.m.
Sun
is committed to making cloud computing a pervasive reality. Sun's open
source philosophy and Java principles form the core of a strategy to
provide interoperability for large-scale computing resources through
open and transparent cloud platforms that minimize lock-in. Sun
envisions a world of many clouds, delivered by different service
providers, to meet a variety of business needs.
This
keynote session by Sun's Dave Douglas will investigate how enterprise
IT operations can take advantage of this emerging world of many clouds
to achieve the cost and flexibility advantages that cloud computing
allows while maintaining control of their IT infrastructure.
Sun Booth
Featured demos/spokespersons:
-Sun Cloud - featuring Virtual Datacenter and Save-to-Cloud demos
-Sun Services - featuring the to be announced Sun Cloud Feasibility Service
-Connected Developer - Project Kenai, Zembly
-Sun StartUp Essentials
Official Expo Floor Hours:
Tuesday March 30 10AM – 12:00PM & 3:10-5:10PM & /7:15PM – 8:45PM (Welcome Reception)
Wednesday April 10AM – 12PM & 3:00PM-5:00PM
See you next time in the wonderful world of Cloud Computing !
