| Programme - Thursday, September 9, 2010 |
| 8:45 | Welcome From The Chair |
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Sean Baker, Chair, Irish Software Association
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HAS CLOUD COMPUTING COME OF AGE?
Cloud Computing is one of the hottest IT topics of recent times moving from hype status to fast becoming mainstream. Hear an assessment of where the market is today and where it has come in the past year. |
| 9:00 | OPENING ADDRESS: What are organisations doing or planning to do, with Cloud Computing? |
| CloudICT is conducting the world's largest global cloud computing adoption survey. Their research is aimed at, and being supported by, global enterprise executives who are the key senior management decision-makers. - What types of cloud computing environments are being used, considered and/or ignored?
- What are the major drivers and expectations?
- What countries, industries are leading and lagging in adoption?
- What suggestions, feedback and interesting observations are global cloud customers are telling us?
- Why discovering real trends and the correct balancing points matter?
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Fergal O’Connor, Founder & CEO, CloudICT.com
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| 9:30 | One year on: Is Ireland cloud computing? |
| | Following last year’s market research that dealt specifically with Ireland and Irish business’ attitudes and concerns regarding Cloud Computing, we’ll hear the results from this year’s survey and compare and contrast the 2009 and 2010 results. |
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Gerry Power, Consultant, Sysco & Chair of working group on Cloud Computing at the Irish Internet Association
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| 9.40 | MORNING KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Ahead in the Cloud - The Power of Infrastructure as a Service |
| Building the right infrastructure that can scale up or down at a moment's notice can be a complicated and expensive task, but it's essential in today's business landscape. This applies to an enterprise trying to cut-costs, a young business unexpectedly saturated with customer demand, or a start-up looking to launch. There are many challenges when building a reliable, flexible architecture that can manage unpredictable behaviors of today's internet business. This presentation will review some of the lessons learned from building one of the world's largest distributed systems; Amazon.com.
The focus will be on state management which is one of the dominating factors in the scalability, reliability, performance and cost-effectiveness of the overall system. |
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Dr. Werner Vogels, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Amazon.com
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| 10:30 | Morning break |
MOVING YOUR APPLICATIONS TO THE CLOUD
No leader today in business or government can afford to ignore cloud computing.
The range of cloud services and applications is expanding as many established IT
and telecoms providers join cloud pioneers like Google, Amazon and Salesforce.com.
Our following sessions will focus on the key questions you need to ask, when weighing
up the opportunities and risks in using the Cloud for your organisation. |
| 11:00 | 6 questions every business and government executive should
ask about cloud computing |
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To help decision-makers make the right choices about Cloud Computing, Accenture
has identified six key questions that we think they should ask about this still-new
paradigm. By focusing on these questions, executives can focus their attention on
the right set of key issues, and start to identify the real opportunities and risks
for their own organisation.
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Andrew Greenway, UKI Cloud Computing Lead, Accenture
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| 11:25 | END-USER PANEL DISCUSSION:
How Cloud Computing can be integrated into any organisation |
| | Establishing and deploying a strategy around Cloud Computing is essential for an adoption process on any level to be seamless and successful. What are the types of applications that are ideally suited to the Cloud and what pilot projects should you consider to beginning a cloud migration strategy? Our panellists present their experiences with Cloud Computing & demonstrate the cloud applications they are using.
This session will explore: - How they did it
- What were the challenges and what are the pitfalls to avoid
- What benefits has moving to the cloud made to their business?
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- Tim Willoughby, Head of Local Government Computer Services Board
- Tim Pullen, MD, Cloud Consulting Ltd
- Mary Healy, Consultant MIS Manager, Trocaire
- Michael Higgins, CTO, Advanced Innovations Inc.
- Chad Gilmer, Founder & CEO, iPLANIT
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| 12:15 |
What Network Problem? Network Performance Effect on Real-Time Cloud Services |
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Real-time Cloud Computing Services require guaranteed network performance levels for delivery. The stakeholders in the industry often assume that the Network performance issues will be solved by making everything faster. However, speeding everything up does not solve the fundamental problems of data delivery being delayed or dropped. These issues are related to the architecture of the network and how it is constructed. Examples of real-time Cloud Services, such as the Virtual PC, illustrate how the Network architecture needs to change. An overview of Intune’s proposed solution to the problem is presented.
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John Dunne, Chief Technology Officer, Intune Networks
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| 12:40 | Lunch |
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| 1:55 | Welcome back from the Chair |
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Chris Ciauri, Senior Area Vice President, EMEA Corporate Sales, salesforce.com
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WHAT SHOULD YOU WORRY ABOUT? CLOUD RISKS, CHALLENGES & GOVERNANCE
Cloud adoption raises significant questions for security, risk, compliance and regulatory departments. What should you worry about? Concerns range from fear of data security, being locked in to a provider to performance and contractual issues with cloud providers. Our afternoon sessions deal with the thorniest issues around Cloud Computing offering advice and guidance about the consequent security, compliance and legal requirements. |
| 2:00 | AFTERNOON KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
The Cloud and Security: What you need to know |
| | The business case for Cloud Computing is clear – it’s computing
on-demand, instantly available & commitment-free. But, the number one issue holding many organisations back is Security. How do I know if it’s safe to trust a cloud provider with my data and in some cases, my entire business infrastructure? The EU’s “cyber security” agency, ENISA, has taken an independent, in-depth look at the security and privacy issues of moving to the cloud. Find out how you can identify whether a cloud provider is as security-conscious as they could be. |
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Giles Hogben, Programme Manager, Secure Services, European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)
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| 2:30 | PANEL DISCUSSION with Q&A: Security, Compliance & Legal requirements |
| | In this session, learn how to mitigate the inherent risks of on-demand environments and find out what questions you should ask when evaluating cloud providers. |
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- David Cullen, Partner, Technology IP & Commercial, William Fry
- Brian Honan, Principal Consultant, BH Consulting, Founder & CEO at Irish Reporting & Information Security Service
- Tim Murphy Founder & CEO, Strencom
- Frank McCracken, Chief Operations Officer, Saaspoint
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| 3:20 | Afternoon break |
THE ECONOMICS OF CLOUD COMPUTING
Today, organisations of all sizes are investigating Cloud Computing and the benefits it can bring to their business. The economics of cloud computing can look very attractive, especially when weighing the costs of storage or processing at a few cents per instance or gigabyte, versus the thousands of euros in up-front investments required for on-site solutions. Our closing sessions will examine the factors you need to consider when making financial decisions about Cloud Computing. |
| 3:45 | The economics of Cloud Computing |
| | The pay-as-you-go model makes Cloud Computing an attractive option for many, but it provides challenges to predicting costs in your IT budget. How do you maximise ROI and minimise costs? Our speaker, a founder of several cloud businesses, discusses the factors you need to consider when making financial decisions about Cloud Computing. |
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Jonathan Siegel, Founder, ELC Technologies
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| 4:10 | PANEL DISCUSSION : Making the case for Cloud Computing |
| | When does it make economic and business sense to migrate an application to a cloud provider? |
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- Joe Drumgoole, CEO, Cloudsplit.com
- Patrick Lenehan, CTO, Independent Digital at Independent Newspapers Ireland Ltd
- Cormac Keogh, IT Architect, Microsoft Ireland
- Simon Withers, Strategy & Development, Cloud & Managed Services, SunGard
- Carl Dempsey, Director of Sales Engineer, salesforce.com
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| 5:00 | Closing remarks and summit close |