On the 9th of September, 2010, we will be holding our quarterly Cloud Computing Council meeting at Illinois Institute of Technology (3440 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60616). As an important member of the Great Lakes Regional community, we wanted to make sure that you received an invitation to join us for this executive briefing, a candid 3 hour discussion on Impact of Cloud Computing in Education. We will discuss Cloud Computing Impact on Education & the Data Center of the Future, while enhancing the Regions Resilience. We also will provide status on Cloud Test Bed - Midwest Academic and Resilience Cloud Computing Consortium (MARC³) - being stood up!!!
Most Importantly, we’ll discuss how you, as an IT leader, can set up your company with innovative technology that will deliver value and, enhance the regions resilience, for many years to come while fostering the proper Educational Curriculum necessary to support your Cloud Technology Manpower needs for Today & Tomorrow!
RSVP Today to John Jones via email at john.jones@thesecurityboard.org Seating is limited! http://groups.google.com/group/cloudcomputingcouncil
Executive Roundtable Agenda:
8:00 – 8:30 am – Networking and Registration
8:30 – 9:00 am – Welcome Remarks & Introductions
9:00 – 11:20 am – Moderated Roundtable discussion
11:20 – 11:30 am – Closing Remarks
CTO Panel/Participant Organizations include:
AMD, Bank of America, SGI, Dell, HP, Liquid Ware Labs, SAP, Oakton Community College
The moderated panel discussion will include your questions that you submit prior to event. We’ll discuss:
School & Data Center of the Future
Incremental adoption strategies and reorienting to the “blended fabric”
Understanding the benefits and tradeoffs of physical/virtual, public/private, internal/external
Security, compliance, privacy and governance risks
Organizing for change: Roles, rewards and overcoming cultural resistance
Dealing with escalating management costs, lock in and other unintended consequences
Case studies and anecdotes on early adopters and emerging best practices