Jeremy Geelan

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: Ajay Budhraja COMPANY: U.S. Department of Justice 10TH CLOUD EXPO SESSION TITLE: Enterprise Transformation Using the Cloud and Cloud Platforms... (more)

Cloud Computing Vital to U.S. Economic Growth and Competitiveness: NSF

The Arlington, Virginia-based National Science Foundation has just released its "Report on Support for Cloud Computing" - in response to the America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010, Section 524. It is an absolute must-read for all concerned with current and future research projects in Cloud Computing. (Full version [PDF].) At just 21 pages it is not a mammoth report, yet it nicely scopes out the waterfront of R&D initiatives, and in particular details the activities of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate of NSF. CISE is increasingly fund... (more)

The Future of Cloud Computing: Industry Predictions for 2012

With 9th Cloud Expo - Cloud Expo Silicon Valley - still in full swing at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California, what is being said about the future landscape of cloud computing? In this round-up we asked a variety of members of the cloud computing ecosystem, from CIOs to independent consultants to marketeers. We asked in each case for their top five predictions. Here are their views on what's in store in 2012: Santa Clara Convention Center is getting ready for Cloud Expo Silicon Valley DIY Service Provision | Cloud of Devices | Security Breach Looms | Personalized SPs ... (more)

Cloud Expo Day 4 Keynote Speaker Profile: Jill T. Singer - NRO

With Cloud Expo Silicon Valley (9th Cloud Expo) now in its final day, Thursday November 10 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, CA, here's who is round off the four-day event in our keynote hall this morning...none other than the CIO of the National Reconnaissance Office, Jill Singer. CLOUD EXPO SPEAKER NAME: Jill Tummler Singer TWITTER: n/a COMPANY: National Reconnaissance Office (www.nro.gov) 9TH CLOUD DAY 4 KEYNOTE TITLE - November 10: Riding the Enterprise Cloud Computing Wave of Change into the Future SESSION DESCRIPTION: http://cloudcomputing.sys-con.com/node/1954582 BRIEF BIOG... (more)

Europe's IT Commissioner Announces European Cloud Partnership Initiative

"The cloud has the capacity to make lives easier for many of us, including the smallest of businesses. But to achieve that requires us to take many different policy areas and really test them to make sure they are as cloud-compatible as they can be." Writing in her official capacity as Europe's Commissioner for the Internet - and therefore as Czarina of the 'Digital Agenda' of the European Union - Commissioner Neelie Kroes (pictured) has just announced a brand new initiative on cloud computing – the European Cloud Partnership. As Vice-President of the European Commission, Kroes's... (more)