Silicon French
Cloud Computing – Is it ready for the Enterprise?
October 13, 2008
Co-sponsored with GABA
Is mainstream business moving into cloud computing?
Join us for this exciting and timely topic with a panel of experts debating the future of cloud in the workplace.
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Cloud computing is all the rage. Companies like Salesforce.com and Amazon Web Services are attracting thousands of customers, not to mention scores of headlines, with their online services. But business executives remain wary of this new trend. They worry whether cloud providers will be able to offer the security, reliability, and customizability they require to successfully run their companies. Will cloud computing move into the business mainstream, or will it remain on the periphery of the enterprise? That's the question we'll examine in this exciting and timely discussion.
Kicking off with a brief presentation by Nicholas Carr, author of "The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google", a panel of IT providers and users will debate the future of the cloud in the enterprise.
Date
October 13, 2008
Cost
$20 Members
Panel of Experts
Moderator:
Manoj Parameswaran, Professor University of California Santa Clara
Keynote:
Nick Carr, former executive editor of the Harvard Business Review
Panel:
Dr. Stephen Herrod, Chief Technology Officer, VMWare
Dr. Gregory O. Smith, VP Technical Deal Solution Design, T-Systems
Sanjog Gad, SVP Advanced Technology, SAP Labs
Kendall Collins, SVP of Force.com marketing at salesforce.com
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UPCOMING WORKSHOP
SiliconFrench/GABA
OCTOBER 28, 2008
An introduction to:
"Speaking the American Way"
Resolving the top ten American language/accent issues French and Germans face in our Silicon Valley business community.
Space will be limited: 15 SiliconFrench and 15 GABA participants
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