CTO Journal

With Cloud Expo 2012 New York (10th Cloud Expo) just four months away, what better time to start introducing you in greater detail to the distinguished individuals in our incredible Speaker Faculty for the technical and strategy sessions at the conference... We have technical and strategy sessions for you every day from June 11 through June 14 dealing with every nook and cranny of Cloud Computing and Big Data, but what of those who are presenting? Who are they, where do they work, what else have they written and/or said about the Cloud that is transforming the world of Enterprise IT, side by side with the exploding use of enterprise Big Data – processed in the Cloud – to drive value for businesses...? CLOUD EXPO SPEAKER NAME: Christopher MacGown TWITTER: @0x44 COMPANY: Piston Cloud Computing 10TH CLOUD EXPO SESSION TITLE: Cloud Security for Regulated Industries: Cloud... (more)

Leap Appoints Robert A. "Rob" Strickland as Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEAP), a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless communications services, today announced the appointment of Robert A. Strickland as executive vice president and chief technical officer, effective February 15, 2012.  In his role, Strickland will have responsibility for the Company's information technology, engineering and network operations and is charged with setting and managing Leap's long-term network technology strategy.  Leap also announced the appointment of Bill Ingram as ... (more)

The Business Value of Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is the hottest topic in IT. Gartner ranks cloud in the #1 spot of its list of top 10 strategic technology topics. It is the overriding theme at most industry conferences this year. Projections of cloud revenue growth rates in the high double digits further underscore the relevance of the topic. Yet today’s discussions of cloud computing only hint at its full potential. Like the early days of e-business and the introduction of SOA, cloud is in its infancy, with its promise still to be fully realized. Advocates of cloud are limiting their focus to tactical cost ben... (more)

9th International Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo Silicon Valley – Photo Album

Cloud Computing Expo on Ulitzer 9th International Cloud Expo, held on November 7 - 10, 2011, in Santa Clara, CA, attracted more than 120 sponsors and exhibitors with over 7,500 registered delegates and four content-packed days with a rich array of sessions about the business and technical value of cloud computing led by exceptional speakers from every sector of the cloud computing ecosystem. The Cloud Expo series is the fastest-growing Enterprise IT event in the past 10 years, devoted to every aspect of delivering massively scalable enterprise IT as a service. We invite you to en... (more)

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend To All Our Cloud Expo Friends!

As we head into Thanksgiving Weekend, we bring a brief round-up of some of the many follow-up comments we have been receiving since November's 9th Cloud Expo in Santa Clara, CA. Thanks for your thanks, and see you on the other side...when the countdown steadily begins to New York's mega-event: 10th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York (June 11-14).   GarimaRT Garima Thockchom @CloudExpo Thanks for a great conference. @GaleTech we were delighted with the quality of interactions and our visibility. Shannon Cruey - Senior Solutions Architect at Cloud Sidekick Cloud Expo last week was s... (more)