Draft Agenda


Day 1

09.30  Registration and Morning Refreshments
 
10.00  Opening Remarks From The Chair
 
10.10  GOVERNMENTAL ADDRESS
Cloud Computing: Transforming The IT Operations Of The Indian Government
 
10.25  OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Sharing Resources In The Cloud Value Chain

• Stakeholder Engagement: Building a collaborative working relationship between cloud service consumers, cloud partners and cloud vendors
• Identifying the alternative levels of resource sharing for various cloud offerings including:
  o Infrastructure Cloud: Hardware and IT infrastructure management
  o Software Cloud: SaaS and traditional CRM as a service
  o Application Cloud: Applications, UML Modeling tools and social networks as a service
  o Business Cloud: Business process as a service
 
10.55 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Shifting Clouds: How The Cloud Landscape Is Evolving

• Identifying the next set of challenges and the opportunities that come along with an ever evolving cloud
• Driving increased customer volume and revenue amid an increasingly crowded marketplace
• The Future Of Cloud Computing: How advanced can it get and how far can it go?
 
11.25 Morning Coffee And Networking Break
 
 

ENTERPRISE AND GOVERNMENT

   
11.55  The Time Is Right For Enterprise Cloud Computing: Why Cloud Computing Now?

• Identifying the tangible benefits of enterprise cloud computing
• Understand the business need of leveraging cloud computing and the benefits available
• When do you need to use it?
 
12.25 What Should The CEO Of An SME Be Looking For In A Cloud Offering?
This session will be an in-depth exploration into the various business offerings made available by cloud computing. There are many business benefits to adopting a cloud computing strategy, but what matters to you the most?

This session will look the following:
• Removing barriers that impede the modernisation of business processes introduced by information technology
• Avoiding capital expenditure in hardware, software, IT support and security though the use of outsourcing
• Flexibility and scalability of IT resources
• Diversification of IT systems
• Local and global optimization of IT infrastructure through automation and virtualisation
• Business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities
• Assessing the feasibility and profitability of new services
• Controlling profit margin and costs
 
12.55 Lunch And Networking Break
 
13.55 PANEL DISCUSSION
The Business Of Change: The Cloud Is Nothing New, But It Changes Everything, Even Your SLAs: Managing The People, Technology And Culture Change In Your Business

• Focusing on the future and ensuring you have the people, systems, processes and infrastructure in place to promote collaboration and effective communication
• Developing winning business, operational and transformational change
• Creating a sound power-sharing strategy between your teams and your vendors
 
14.45 The Enterprise Private Cloud: From Infrastructure to Applications

• Applications, platforms and infrastructures – manageable features to enter the cloud
• At what level of organisational size and IT maturity does it make sense?
• The Importance of specific technology models and implementation options to Enterprise
 
15.15 CASE STUDY
Federal Government Operating In The Clouds: The United States Government

• The Theory: A wave of application innovation across government agencies
• Offering Software-as-a-Service and a cloud-based platform for agencies to develop, test and deploy new applications
• Is it possible to create a mutually beneficial development ecosystem?
• Identified Cost-Savings Benefits: Lowering overhead and easing application management
 
15.45 Afternoon Coffee And Networking Break
   
 

PRIVATE AND HYBRID CLOUDS

 
16.15 Managing Virtual Infrastructure In Private And Hybrid Clouds

• Discovering the emerging tools and technologies that can transform an organisations legacy infrastructure into a private or hybrid cloud
• Deploying virtualised services on local resources and external IaaS Clouds
• Benefitting from the expansive capacity of IaaS Clouds
 
16.45 CASE STUDY
Industry Case Study From Leading End-User

• Enjoying the benefits of a secure and stable managed host with the flexibility and scalability of cloud hosting
• How xxxx has been able to utilise hybrid clouds to improve their overall performance solution and achieve cost savings
• Learning from an early adopter: What were the challenges, if any? And how have those obstacles been outweighed by the benefits
 
17.15 Closing Remarks From The Chair
 
17.25 End Of Day 1
 

Day 2

09.30 Morning Refreshments
 
10.00 Opening Remarks From The Chair
 
10.15 OPENING KEYNOTE:
Green IT And Cloud Computing: The Role Of Green IT In Driving An Efficient And Sustainable Modern Business

• Discussing the importance of having a green IT strategy in today’s modern business world
• Calculating your “green” savings and benchmarking your success against your competition
• Successfully communicating your green credentials to your stakeholders and consumers alike
• How far can green go?
   
 

SECURITY

 
10.45 Top Cloud Computing Security Risks: Analysing The Latest Trends, Business Effects And How To Fight Them

• Identifying the top security risks when moving to the cloud
• Cloud Security: Is the cloud secure and who is responsible for security?
• How real are the risks?
 
11.15 Morning Coffee And Networking Break
 
11.45 PANEL DISCUSSION
Data Protection, Compliance And Incident Response In The Cloud

• Enterprise Readiness: Discussing the different cloud deployment models and how to mitigate risks
• Ensuring understanding of compliance mandates to fulfill compliance demands
• Protecting sensitive data and efficiently and effectively responding to cloud related incidents
 
12.45 Legal And Contractual Issues: Securing The Cloud And Establishing A Level Of Trust

• Data protection and security – what is difficult about it?
• New and key legal and regulatory challenges in cloud computing
• Contractual and commercial issues to consider when engaging your service provider
 
13.15 Lunch And Networking Break
   

 VIRTUALISATION

   
14.15

Bringing Cloud Computing Down To Earth: New Virtualisation Technologies With Ultra Low-Cost Endpoints

• Discussing strategies to cope with the latest technological developments
• Gaining access to the best innovations
• Creating, re-using, cloning and maintaining a complete software stack in a simple, consistent and predictable manner

 
14.45 Rapid Recovery: Building and Ensuring A Reliable And Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery Solution

• Reliability: Executing non-disruptive testing through the use of existing servers
• Automated Disaster Recovery: Turning physical servers into data and recovery procedures into software
• Repurposing existing servers for disaster recovery rather than buying duplicate servers
 
15.15 Afternoon Coffee And Networking Break
 
15.45 Reducing IT Costs And Maintaining Control Through Server Consolidation

• Avoiding server sprawl and platform dependency: Delivering IT services on-demand now and in the future
• Managing your virtual infrastructure from one command center
• Automating your virtual infrastructure for optimal performance by avoiding downtime with live migration of virtual machines
 
16.15 The Grand Finale!
The Grand Finale will bring together speakers and panelists from both days to discuss their findings and summarise the learnings from the 3rd International Cloud Computing / Virtualisation Summit. The final panel of experts will also be on hand to take any final questions from the audience; ensuring you have all of the information you need to implement and perfect your cloud computing and virtualisation business strategies.
 
17.00 Closing Remarks From The Chair
 
17.10 Close of 3rd International Cloud Computing / Virtualisation Summit