Virtualization Conference & Expo News Desk

An A to Z of Cloud Computing Companies in 2009

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:45:00 EDT

A robust ecosystem of solutions providers is emerging around cloud computing.Here, SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Journal expands its popular list of most active players in the fast-emerging Cloud Ecosystem, from the 'mere' 100 we identified back in January of this year, to half as many again - testimony, if any further were needed, to the fierce and continuing growth of the "Elastic IT" paradigm throughout the world of enterprise computing.

Unisys & Cloud Computing: Breaking Through Barriers to Adoption

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:45:00 EDT

Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) yesterday moved to overcome CIOs’ concerns about security of data in the cloud, cited by organizations and industry analysts as the top impediment to adopting cloud computing for business needs. Unisys unveiled an innovative cloud computing strategy and solutions portfolio for organizations to move enterprise application workloads securely to tailored cloud environments with greater confidence in maintaining the integrity of critical information. "I believe that cloud computing will revolutionize the way enterprises obtain business and IT services and change the kind of payback they get from their IT investments," said Rich Marcello, president, Unisys Systems and Technology (pictured below), adding:

Cloud Computing Expo 2009 West: Call for Papers Deadline July 15

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:00:00 EDT

Now held three times a year, in New York, Prague, and Silicon Valley, the organizing principle of each International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo remains the same: our aim is to ensure, through an intense and carefully chosen program of technical and strategic breakout sessions, that attending delegates leave each Conference with abundant resources, ideas and examples they can apply immediately to leveraging the Cloud, helping them to maximize performance, minimize cost and improve the scalability of their Enterprise IT endeavors.

Virtualization Conference & Expo 2009 West: Call for Papers Closing

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:00:00 EDT

Now held three times a year, in New York, Prague, and Silicon Valley, the organizing principle of each International Virtualization Conference & Expo remains the same: our aim is to ensure, through an intense and carefully chosen program of technical and strategic breakout sessions, that attending delegates leave each Conference with abundant resources, ideas and examples they can apply immediately to leveraging Virtualization, helping them to maximize performance, minimize cost and improve the efficiency and flexibility of their Enterprise IT endeavors.

SYS-CON.TV: Cloud Computing Expo Power Panel

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EDT

With an ever-increasing number of companies now buying computing, storage, and networking power as they need it from the cloud, SYS-CON.TV recently invited four leading industry thought leaders to discuss how Cloud Computing brings the economics of the Web to Enterprise IT and where the move to the cloud will take the industry overall. The participants are Amazon.com VP & CTO, Werner Vogels; Rackspace CTO, John Engates; Booz Allen Hamilton Principal, Rod Fontecilla; and Sun's CTO of Global Sales & Services, Hal Stern.

Tranxition's Amy Hodler on Managing VDI - SYS-CON.TV Interview

Wed, 27 May 2009 10:30:00 EDT

View Amy Hodler, Director of Product Management at VDI experts Tranxition, in discussion with Virtualization Conference & Expo chairman Jeremy Geelan, on SYS-CON.TV - recorded live at the 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo held in New York City, March 2009.

Europe's Virtualization Experts Head to Prague for Virtualization Expo 2009

Sun, 17 May 2009 01:30:00 EDT

From tomorrow Virtualization and Cloud Computing are going to be center stage, 18-19 May, at the Prague Hilton as the Czech Republic plays host to Virtualization Conference Europe 2009, co-located with Cloud Computing Expo Europe 2009 - the first conference outside the USA in SYS-CON's world-beating series of events devoted to the two hottest interlinked topics in Enterprise IT today.

Virtualization Expo Power Panel

Fri, 15 May 2009 23:00:00 EDT

Virtualization is changing IT and making it more efficient, more dynamic, and more streamlined. But why exactly has it proven itself to be so crucial a technology for Enterprise IT in particular and what is its trajectory in the future? Jeremy Geelan leads a high-level SYS-CON.TV Virtualization Power Panel discussion with the CTO of Rackspace, John Engates, the CEO of appzero, Greg O'Connor, and Sun's Chief Security Architect, Glenn Brunette.

Cloud Computing Expo Europe 2009 in Prague: Themes & Topics

Fri, 15 May 2009 06:03:00 EDT

The overall conference theme of Cloud Computing Conference & Expo Europe, which will take place, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic is "Deploying Cloud Computing in the Enterprise." Here we present a round-up of Themes & Topics that will be covered in the rich array of breakout sessions, General Sessions, and Power Panel dicussions at the 2-day event.

SSH to Present at Virtualization Conference Europe

Mon, 11 May 2009 08:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that SSH Communications Security is to present at next week's Virtualization Conference Europe 2009 (www.virtualization-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international combined Cloud Computing & Virtualization event outside the USA.

Vizioncore to Present at Virtualization Conference Europe in Prague

Mon, 11 May 2009 07:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Roger Baskerville, VP for EMEA at Vizioncore, will be presenting at next week's Virtualization Expo Europe, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international combined Cloud Computing & Virtualization event outside the USA.

Cloud Computing Expo Europe: The Benefits of Cloud Storage

Mon, 11 May 2009 07:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Stephen Foskett, Consulting Director at Nirvanix, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session will be entitled “The Benefits of Cloud Storage.”

Key Security Weaknesses in Cloud Computing: How To Solve Them

Mon, 11 May 2009 05:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Jim Reavis, Executive Director for Cloud Security Alliance, will be presenting at next week's Cloud Computing Expo Europe (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session will be entitled “How to Solve Key Security Weaknesses in Cloud Computing.” Jim Reavis is Executive Director of the Cloud Security Alliance, former Executive Director and member of ISSA, adviser to many of the world's leading security companies.

Getting Ready for Cloud Computing at Cloud Computing Expo in Prague

Mon, 11 May 2009 04:30:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Subra Kumaraswamy, Senior Security Manager of Sun Microsystems, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session will be entitled “Getting Ready for Cloud Computing – IT Strategy, Architecture and Security Perspective.”

3Tera Named “Gold Sponsor” of Cloud Computing Expo 2009 Europe

Sun, 10 May 2009 07:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that 3Tera was named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's first Cloud Computing Expo Europe 2009 (http://www.cloudexpo-europe.com) colocated with the first annual Virtualization Conference Europe (http://www.virtualization-europe.com), which will take place on May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic.

Assembling and Using Cloud Services with Service Component Architecture

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:30:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Doug Tidwell, Senior Software Engineer for IBM, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session will be entitled “Assembling and Using Cloud Services with Service Component Architecture.”

Cloud Science: Astrometric Processing in Amazon

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Paul Parsons, Founder and CTO for The Server Labs, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session will be entitled “Cloud Science: Astrometric Processing in Amazon EC2/S3.”

Your Cloud Computing Profile: Are You Strategic or Opportunistic?

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Bill McGee, Founder and VP of Products and Services for Third Brigade, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session will be entitled “Your Cloud Computing Profile: Are you Strategic or Opportunistic?”

IT Security Delivered from the Cloud

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Raimund Genes, CTO of Anti-Malware at Trend Micro, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session is entitled “IT Security Delivered from the Cloud.”

Open Source & Cloud Computing: Is There a Free Software Alternative?

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Pau Garcia-Mila, founder of eyeOS, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session is entitled “Open Source & Cloud Computing: Is There a Free Software Alternative?”

Equinox Above the Cloud

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Harald Kornmayer, Senior Researcher of NEC Laboratories Europe, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session will be entitled “Equinox Above the Cloud.”

Green Support via Cloud Service Desks

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Lluis Font, CEO of NTRglobal, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session is entitled “Green SaaS - Green Support via Cloud Service Desks.”

Innovative Data Storage Management Strategies

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Jon Flower, VP ofTechnology at Adaptec, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session is entitled "Intelligent Storage Management for Cloud Computing Data Centers."

Dynamic Deployment & Scalability for the Cloud

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Jerome Bernard, Director of EMEA Operations at Elastic Grid, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session is entitled " Dynamic Deployment & Scalability for the Cloud."

Cloud Computing and Virtualization Will Take Center Stage in NYC

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:55:00 EDT

A record 102 breakout and general sessions are on offer March 30-April 1, 2009 at SYS-CON's 2nd International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, col-located with the 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo. Which sessions are you going to attend? Decide by reviewing the details right here. It is going to be a very high-energy three days for the senior technologists including CIOs, CTOs, directors of infrastructure, VPs of technology, IT directors and managers, network and storage managers, network engineers, enterprise architects, and communications and networking specialists who are going to be attending the event in just 11 days' time at Manhattan's historic Roosevelt Hotel.http://cloudcomputingexpo.com/event/session/186

SYS-CON's 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo: Themes & Topics

Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:45:00 EDT

From Automation to Virtual Security, a round-up of the Virtualization themes & topics being discussed March 30-April 1, 2009, in New York City by the world-class speaker faculty at the 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held in The Roosevelt Hotel, in midtown Manhattan.

VMware's VP of Emerging Business Explores Enterprise Cloud

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:00:00 EST

In this Webcast recorded live at SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Expo in San Jose, CA, VMware's VP of Emerging Business, Dan Chu, shares details of VMware's plan to leverage its technology leadership in virtualization to deliver reliable, mobile technology to its customers and service providers worldwide. He explores cloud pitfalls and uncovers new methods for delivering applications on or off premise.

OK Labs Gets Funding from Citrix

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST

Open Kernel Labs, a k a OK Labs, the NICTA spin-out with the embedded virtualization software for mobile phones and broadband Internet devices, has gotten $7.6 million from Citrix, Chrysalis Ventures, which led the round, and Neo Technology Ventures, an existing backer. The money is earmarked for global expansion of its R&D and business channels, establishing further regional support throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas. Its embedded hypervisor, OKL4, is said to be deployed in 250 million handsets and other devices worldwide.

Microsoft Betas Virtualization Software MED-V

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:00:00 EST

Microsoft has beta’d what it calls Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) 1.0, derived from its acquisition of Kidaro, the virtualization house. IT managers are supposed to be able to create and manage virtual XP and Windows 2000 environments and run virtual instances of legacy apps over Vista desktops. According a Microsoft blog, it eliminates having to test and migrate old applications and install them locally on Vista desktops. It figures final release for the June quarter as part of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack.

Embotics to Present at SYS-CON's 5th International Virtualization Conference in NYC

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:06:00 EST

Jay Litkey, CEO of Embotics Corporation, will be presenting at SYS-CON's 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo in New York City this coming March 30-April 1, 2009. Litkey, who before starting Embotics founded Symbium, a venture capital funded company focused on Autonomic Computing and the automated management of IT infrastructure, will be looking at compliance issues in what he calls The New Age of Virtualization.

Neocleus to Present at SYS-CON's 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo in NYC

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:48:00 EST

Bill Corrigan, Chief Strategy Officer of Neocleus, will be presenting at SYS-CON's 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held in New York City this coming March 30-April 1, 2009. Corrigan, who is responsible for executing against the company's product vision and for setting the technology vision, will be discussing how client-hosted virtualization offers a different approach to controlling the corporate image without compromising security, ultimately reducing TCO of corporate-owned desktops and laptops.

Symantec to Present at Virtualization Conference & Expo in NYC in March

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:18:18 EST

Ken Berryman, Symantec's Vice President of Endpoint Virtualization, will be presenting at SYS-CON's 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held in New York City this coming March 30-April 1, 2009. Berryman, who is responsible for driving Symantec’s overall endpoint virtualization business, will be giving delegates his perspective on how virtualization can improve management, increase security, and deliver greater performance and flexibility.

Recession-Proofing IT via Virtualization and Cloud Computing

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:00:00 EST

Recessions are about as appealing as a root canal; but they do force us to think differently. Now that the recession is official, it's an ideal time to explore how virtualization and cloud computing can help "recession-proof" IT by transforming yesterday’s costly and rigid computing model to one that puts costs under control and sets applications free.

RightScale Snags $13M in Boost for Cloud Computing Management

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:30:00 EST

"We’re very excited to be working with RightScale's experienced team to guide the company's growth, including its expansion into the European market," said Index Ventures partner Danny Rimer as it was announced today that RightScale has secured $13 million in its second round of venture capital funding, led by Index Ventures.

Scalable Pricing in a Scalable World

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:05:00 EST

In most discussions about scalability, we often approach the topic as a pure technical/architecture challenge, and ignore cost issues. The problem is that when we truly scale our application, and want to benefit from economies of scale, we're going to end up with scale limitations, not because of technical issues, but because of the pricing and licensing models.

1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo: What They're Saying Web-wide

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:20:00 EST

"I think it was a great success" (MIchael Sheehan, GoGrid); "very exciting times, and a great event" (Dmitry Sotnikov, Quest); "Interesting stuff" (Parand Darugar, Yahoo!); "I was surprised at how crowded the sessions were" (Mike Maxey, ParaScale); "jam-packed, with standing room overflowing into the hallway" (Stuart Charlton, Elastra) - just some of the many commentaries that have begun to appear Web-wide as people shake off the Thanksgiving torpor and post their thoughts about SYS-CON's 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, held last month in San Jose, CA.

1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo: Observations

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST

Last week the masses converged on San Jose for the SYS-CON convention that covered SOA, Virtualization and Cloud Computing. The event spanned three days and was very well attended. I was surprised at how crowded the sessions were given the state of the economy these days. People love a trend and Cloud Computing is no exception. I managed to catch a couple of interesting presentations on the cloud computing side that were standing room only.

1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo: Cultural Observations

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:15:00 EST

I was at SYS-CON's 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo last week preparing for my talk and observing my fellow attendees. Interesting stuff. The gentlemen seated on either side of me at the last talk were Japanese. As I fumbled around with my Blackberry and iPhone while trying to get Wifi to work on the laptop and reading email, I noticed the rapt attention paid by these gents to the speaker. Both listened attentively and took photos of every slide with their ever-present digital cameras. One took copious notes while the other not only took notes but also recorded the audio.

Cloud Computing and the Next-Generation of Enterprise Architecture

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:20:00 EST

The slides from last week's session are available on SlideShare. This session was almost ridiculously jam-packed, with standing room overflowing into the hallway. I think it went well -- thank you all for attending.

Big Week for Cloud Computing in Silicon Valley

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:45:00 EST

SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Expo will take place in San Jose. Seems like everyone is coming in to the Bay Area for this one, so I am looking forward to meeting a lot of the folks active in cloud computing at this event. There is also talk of another Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum get together around this event as well as a Silicon Valley CloudCamp.