Author Archive

You can buy my book, Visible Ops - Private Cloud: From virtualization to private cloud in 4 practical steps at ITPI.org or at Amazon.com!

Consumer Driven IT Executive Forum
26 cities across North America
Feb 9, 2012

Cloud Fair 2012 Seattle
Sheraton Seattle
April 17-19, 2012

CA World '11
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
Nov 13-16, 2011

Dow Jones/VentureWire FASTech
Nov 8-9 2011
Sofitel Redwood City, CA

(Register with this link and use code SPK to get a discounted conference rate!)

SoftSummit 2011
Oct 24-26, 2011
Marriott San Jose, CA

My session, Evolution of the Cloud with Flexera's Jeanne Morain, Tuesday Oct 25 at 10:30am.

VMworld EMEA 2011
Oct 18-20, 2011
Bella Center, Copenhagen

CA Technologies Cloud Exchange
Sep 20, 2011 - Toronto, ON
Oct 27, 2011 - Seattle, WA
Nov 10, 2011 - Houston, TX

AITP San Diego Cloud Computing Conference 2011
Sep 22, 2011
San Diego Marriott Del Mar, CA

Data Center World
Sep 11-14 2011
Orlando World Center Marriott

My session - "Leveraging Virtualization as a Business Strategy"

VMworld US 2011
Aug 29-Sep 1 2011
The Venetian, Las Vegas
(Click here for details of my session)

CA World Expo
July 25-29, 2011
Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra

Cloud Expo & Virtualization Conference
June 6-9, 2011
Jacob Javits Center New York City

Breakout Session - From Virtualization to Cloud Computing – Building an Effective, Pragmatic & Reliable Cloud, Jun 6, 4:55 - 5:40pm ET

Cloud Boot Camp - An Actionable roadmap to deliver public, private, and hybrid cloud, Jun 8, 8:15 - 9:00am

General Session - Follow YOUR path to Cloud Computing - Jun 8, 9:05 - 9:35am ET

Citrix Synergy 2011
May 25-27 2011
Moscone Centre San Francisco

My session - "Step-by-step: the pragmatic path from virtualization to cloud" - May 27, 11:00-11:45am PT

Interop Las Vegas 2011
May 8-12, 2011
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

Panel Session - Best Practices: The Road From Server Virtualization / Consolidation to Private Cloud

Cloudslam 11
April 18-22, 2011
Mountain View & Online

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Cloud Computing – Tips for Navigating the Evolutionary and Revolutionary Paths to the Cloud (with Jay Fry)