So I try to keep tabs on all the conferences going on in the city (as you’ll know if you get our mailings). I have found that GigaOm and their team continues to produce some highly technical and specific, but alla round awesome and informative events. The topics aren’t always for the beginners in the field, but for those of you in the know, even you’ll walk away learning something new.
Structure 09, their Cloud Computing Conference, is coming up on June 25th, and they’ve offered my readers and attendees a special 10% discount. Woot! (You can click the link to get it.) It’s taking place at the beautiful and recently renovated Mission Bay Conference Center. This is definitely not an event to miss.
Here’s what they say about it, in their own words:
**Come hear the biggest players in the cloud computing industry**
For our second annual event, we bring out the industry’s biggest influencers to help clarify the present situation and investigate the evolution of the cloud computing ecosystem. The event is produced by Om Malik of GigaOM, who has covered cloud computing from the beginning. We don’t just talk about cloud computing once a year; it’s a part of our ongoing editorial coverage on GigaOM every day. Attend Structure 09 and be part of the conversation.
MEET OUR THOUGHT LEADERS
All of the key influencers in cloud computing and the web infrastructure industry will be on hand to discuss the future of the business.
Keynote Speakers
* Marc Benioff – Chairman and CEO, Salesforce.com
* Paul Sagan – President and CEO, Akamai
Speaker Lineup includes
* Werner Vogels – VP and CTO, Amazon
* Greg Papadopoulos – CTO and EVP – Research and Development, Sun Microsystems
* Russ Daniels – VP and CTO, Cloud Services Strategy, HP
* Michael Stonebraker, PhD – CTO and Co-Founder, Vertica Systems
* Steve Herrod – CTO and Sr. VP of R&D, VMware
* Dr. Willy Chiu – Vice President, IBM Cloud Labs & HiPODS, IBM
* David Yen – EVP and GM, Data Center Business Group, Juniper Networks
* David Hitz – Founder and Executive Vice President, NetApp
* Jonathan Heiliger – VP, Technical Operations, Facebook
* Vijay Gill – VP Engineering, Google
* Yousef Khalidi – Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft Corporation
* Raj Patel – VP of Global Networks, Yahoo!
* and many more! A full list and agenda is at http://events.gigaom.com/structure/09/speakers/
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** SCHEDULE OF TOPICS ANNOUNCED **
We have announced our programming schedule for Structure 09. Full details available here – http://events.gigaom.com/structure/09/schedule/
Some topics are:
- The Myth of the One-Size-Fits-All Cloud
- Toward Cloud Computing: Private Enterprise Clouds As A First Step
- On The Shoulders of Giants
- Building The Perfect Host for Web Apps
- From Databases to Dataspaces
- Better Broadband: Enabling the Cloud Era