The largest IT department on the World is changing to Cloud Computing

As we can read on the recent CROSSCUTTING PROGRAMS document presented by the Obama administration, the Cloud Computing paradigm is considered a priority tool to reduce the costs and increase the efficiency on the IT platform of the Us government. As the following quote shows, their commitment to the Cloud Computing paradigm is definitely undoubted.

“The Federal Government will transform its Information Technology Infrastructure by virtualizing data centers, consolidating data centers and operations, and ultimately adopting a cloud-computing business model,”

ORACLE + Virtualiron: the Cloud is agitated!

After buying SUN, ORACLE has now moved towards VirtualIron, one important player of the Virtualization World. According to Ed Walsh, President and CEO of Virtual Iron Software, Inc.: “The combination of Virtual Iron with Oracle is expected to provide comprehensive and dynamic virtualization management across the full data center stack. Oracle VM, combined with Virtual Iron, is expected to deliver extensive virtualization management features including dynamic resource and capacity management and streamlined network and storage configuration capabilities on top of a scalable, highly available, and high performance server platform.“. In my opinion, ORACLE is coming late to the cloud paradigm, but is definitely taking some shortcuts.

Robin Daniels, from salesforce, has joined the Cloudviews.Org – Cloud Computing Conference 2009

Thanks to Neeaconsulting support, we proudly announce that Robin Daniels, from salesforce, has joined our event. He is having two sessions scheduled for the 28th. We’re very pleased to have him with us. His sessions will have the following layout:

Abstract 1: How Cloud Computing Lets Businesses Focus on What Matters
Learn how cloud computing can help your organisation deliver business applications faster and cheaper than traditional development platforms. The elasticity and agility of cloud computing platforms lets businesses focus on innovation while significantly reducing infrastructure and operational costs.

Abstract 2: Why The Cloud is Perfect for SMB Companies: No Upfront Costs and No Risk
Hear why cloud computing is the perfect model for SMB companies around the world, allowing them to get started fast, lower their overall costs, and grow their business. We’ll look at real-world examples of companies who are embracing the cloud with incredible results, including increased revenues, higher productivity, and increased customer satisfaction.

The last version of  event’s agenda can be found here:

http://2009.cloudviews.org/site/?page_id=69

CloudViews.Org – Cloud Computing conference 2009, agenda updates

In the follow up of our work to improve the agenda of Cloudviews.Org – Cloud Computing Conference 2009, we proudly announce that Pedro Guerreiro from Ozona Portugal have joined us. He is preparing a presentation to demonstrate, using practical examples, how we could start take benefits from Cloud enabled environments. We have also the pleasure to present Fernando Loureiro, from 3Com Iberia. He will show us how the telecommunications technologies will develop in the near future, and how Cloud Computing could benefit from this developments.