The Computer Measurement Group (CMG), the IT professionals responsible for planning, measuring and managing the world's largest IT infrastructures, announced today that it has finalized its agenda for the 35th International Computer Measurement Group annual conference (CMG'09) taking place taking place December 6-11 in Dallas, Texas at the Gaylord Texan.

There will be several sessions devoted to cloud computing from key industry luminaries.

The keynote address will be presented by Amy Wohl, President of Wohl Associates. Amy is a world-renowned computer industry analyst and author. Her presentation is titled, "The Impact of Software as a Service (SaaS) on the Enterprise Data Center."

The Plenary Session will be presented by Jeffrey Nick, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, EMC Corp. titled, "The Next Revolution in Computing: The Virtualized Data Center Meets the Cloud."

Ten more presentations are scheduled throughout the conference program. These include the following:

• Business Service Governance - Managing from Above the Clouds - Dr. Michael Salsburg, Unisys Chief Architect for Cloud Computing
• Introduction to Cloud Computing: Infrastructure on Demand - Odysseas Pentakalos, Chief Technology Officer at SYSNET International, Inc
• It's Cloud's Illusions I Recall - I Really Don't Know Clouds At All - Dr. Bernie Domanski, Professor at The City University of New York/College of Staten Island.
• Understanding Cloud Computing: Experimentation and Capacity Planning - Daniel Menasce, Professor of Computer Sciences at George Mason University.
• Leveraging the Cloud for Green IT: Predicting the Energy, Cost and Performance of Cloud Computing - Amy Spellmann, President of Optimal Innovations.
• Performance and Scalability Prescriptions for Cloud Computing - Henry Liu, Program Developer at BMC Software.
• Cloud Computing for Capacity Managers - Chris Molloy, Distinguished Engineer at IBM.
• Using the Cloud to Crunch Your Data - Adrian Cockcroft, Director, Web Engineering at Netflix.
• Into the Cloud - David Martin, Principal Software Engineer at CA.
• Implementing the Poughkeepsie Green Data Center -- Showcasing a Dynamic Infrastructure - Elisabeth Stahl, Chief Technical Strategist/Executive IT Specialist, IBM Systems and Technology Group
  

"There is no denying that Cloud Computing is this year's important topic. As the industry embraces Cloud Computing, the importance of capacity planning and performance management becomes even more critical. CMG is the "go to" conference for learning about and understanding the key performance issues that can make or break an initiative that leverages the value of Cloud Computing," said David Thorn, General Chair of the CMG'09 conference. "No matter what platform you are using for your infrastructure -- mainframes or blades -- this knowledge is critical for success. CMG is where you can learn how to advise and plan as the datacenter starts to leverage "cloudy" implementations. There is a wealth of content in this year's program, concentrated in a single conference where you can talk directly to true experts on all matters of performance and capacity management.

The Computer Measurement Group (www.cmg.org) is a not-for-profit, worldwide organization of IT professionals committed to sharing information and practices focused on ensuring the efficiency and scalability of IT service delivery to the enterprise through measurement, quantitative analysis, and forecasting.