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Building The Perfect Host for Web Apps

When a hosting platform is built from boxes and bandwidth, it is built with a vision of usage in mind. When a startup codes the next big hit app, it has preconceived notions about what load challenges its platform will cope with. With cloud computing will things change drastically? This panel brings together two of the most innovative hosting companies and two rising web app startups to outline what each wants from the other and what new opportunities can be generated from the missing elements.

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(Optional Workshops - Located on Level 2)

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The Myth of the One-Size-Fits-All Cloud

As enterprises begin to evaluate cloud computing, some are asking if the current model of commodity servers and virtualization meets their needs. Is there money to be made creating specialized clouds for industries that require highly specific computing tasks, from video trans-coding to fiscal transactions and medical records?

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(Optional Workshops - Located on Level 2)

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Toward Cloud Computing: Private Enterprise Clouds As A First Step

Enterprises are cautious about migrating their most demanding applications to public clouds. Public cloud infrastructure can’t run all existing enterprise applications, particularly the most mission critical, without some modification and more advanced management software. IT also faces concerns about security and control. Yet the lure of self-service provisioning and usage-based pricing is still strong. The solution? Build your own cloud with your existing infrastructure investment as a first step. This panel will explore how enterprise clouds are likely to take shape, building on the evolution of virtualization infrastructure and systems management technology as a foundation.

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Better Broadband: Enabling the Cloud Era

We're building huge Cloud Computing cities, but are we neglecting the already clogged broadband highways between them? As internal data center networking speeds start to exceed 40 Gbps, the pipes that connect those clouds to the outside world and each other will hit their limits. This panel examines what stress fractures we may see initially, what technology can do about it, and who will ultimately pay for it.

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On The Shoulders of Giants

Innovation occurs when you push at the edge of reasonable practice. When your job is to manage some of the worlds largest infrastructures, with demands that test the limit of technology and budgets, innovation is your only option. Keepers of six of the largest collections of boxes, bits and bandwidth on the planet will share their successes with current technology and their desires for and opinions on the future.

MININOTE

Cloud Success Stories: Lessons Learned and Best Practices

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