| In their inaugural year, the Enterprise Cloud Roundtables have been specifically designed for the enterprise user/buyer. In conjunction to our 3-day Cloud Summit program, each roundtable will be expert-led, and limited to 10-15 participants.
Pre-registration is required for attendance to these thought-provoking roundtable discussions and you are invited to choose one roundtable from each of the three time slots listed below. Seating reservations will be handled on a first-come first-serve basis. Please contact Ann Davis at ann.davis@tmforum.org and reserve your seat today!
Choose from: | Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010 | | 11:15 am – 11:45 am | | | | A1. Does Cloud Computing Necessarily Imply a Loss of Control Over your IT Resources? | | Moderator: Joe Graves, CIO, Stratus Technologies | | A roundtable discussion focused on how an IT organization can maintain control of their computing environment and data in cloud-base deployments. Discuss if it is possible to maintain control and manage cloud based applications when the infrastructure and, perhaps, the application itself is controlled by an external service. Explore how best to handle security, availability, performance, and integration between applications in the cloud. | | | | A2. Public vs. Private Clouds | | Moderator: Michael Crandell, CEO, Rightscale | In the last year or two, a number of 'private cloud' technologies have hit the market, designed to provide enterprise data centers with the the same on-demand provisioning and improved utilization of compute & storage resources pioneered in the infrastructure-as-a-service public clouds offered by Amazon, Rackspace and others. While many companies have greeted the prospect of private clouds with enthusiasm, opinions differ about which use cases and workloads are best suited for which type of cloud, how to leverage a "hybrid" approach to using both, and which technologies are ready for prime time. Some experts even claim that private clouds are 'false clouds' because they lack the scale and outsourced nature of the original public clouds.
In this panel, you'll learn about definitions of and approaches to utilizing public, private and hybrid clouds. You'll also gain valuable insigh into what cloud technologies are real today, what's coming tomorrow, and practical approaches designed to yield short-term results in adopting cloud technologies within your organization. | | | | | | | | 11:45 am – 12:15 am | | | | B1. Resolving Cloud Performance Issues | | Moderator: Xavier Chelladurai, Operations Director, HCL | | | | B2. Managing a Hybrid Cloud Environment | | Moderator: Steve Crawford, VP Marketing & Business Development, Jamcracker | | | | B3. Overcoming Privacy and Security Concerns Related to Enterprise Cloud Adoption | | Moderator: David Getzler, Director of Strategic Alliances, Cloud.com | TM Forum welcomes members to this discussion about transformation of the IT industry towards the cloud and how enterprises are overcoming the key challenges of security and privacy as they roll out new cloud services within their organizations. In particular, the discussion will revolve around:
- Evolution of cloud through defined use-cases and how others are handing the challenges and execution of their enterprise cloud rollout
- Identifying critical needs around security and privacy in the cloud and sharing experiences for implementation of cloud computing strategies
- The concerns, lessons learned and key success factors from leaders in the industry
| | | | 12:15 pm – 12:45 pm | | | | C1. Optimising Security of your Business-Critical Data | | Moderator: Eric Hyman, Director, Product Management, XO Communications | | | | C2. Vendor Lock-in, Standards and Interoperability | Moderator: Wesley Chun, Senior Developer Advocate, Google
In the technology industry, vendor lock-in describes the scenario when a client company has invested some amount of hardware and/or software with one vendor where there is a lack of compatibility or interoperability between equivalent components from other vendors, preventing the client from being able to migrate to a competitor or even able to retrieve or use their data or applications elsewhere. Standards are created by governing bodies made up of various industry leaders to combat lock-in. It is strongly recommended to all (or most) vendors that they should comply with or adhere to such standards, enabling more choices or options in the market. In this roundtable, we'll discuss vendor lock-in, interoperability as well as some of the standards as applied to the cloud computing industry.
| | C3. Evaluating Cloud Providers | | Moderator: Jenny Huang, OSS/BSS Strategic Standards Convener, AT&T & Chair of TM Forum Service Providers' Leadership Council | | Are you only buying a sunny day scenario from your cloud provider? Indeed, today there are not enough metrics and guidelines in the Cloud market to guide the buyers' decision nor to evaluate providers ' performance. In this session, we will survey what are the key questions that both the buyers and providers should consider before and after the buying process. | |