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!

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

Interop Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
May 6-10, 2012

CeBIT Australia Cloud Conference
Sydney, Australia
May 22, 2012

ACS' 2012 ITO Client Symposium
Orlando, FL
Mar 5-7, 2012

CTP's 2012 Future of Communications Event
Denver, CO
Feb 23, 2012

Consumer Driven IT Executive Forum

26 cities across North America

Feb 9, 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)