Last week I had a great time in an interview on The Buzz with Scott Carty, on Seattle radio station Smart Talk 570 KVI, talking about...
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Last week I had a great time in an interview on The Buzz with Scott Carty, on Seattle radio station Smart Talk 570 KVI, talking about...
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Tags: CA Technologies, cloud, cloud computing, Cloud Fair, Microsoft, social media
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About a week ago, I participated in a panel discussion titled “Consumer Driven IT: Thriving in the New Normal” which we produced from HBO Studios and broadcasted in 25 cities across the US and Canada.
I’ve had some time to digest the topics that were discussed,...
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Tags: cloud, cloud computing, consumerization, mobile, social, social media
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I was amused the other day by a line I saw on Twitter from Wall Street Journal columnist, Jason Gay (@jasonWSJ – see image at left):
“If Twitter didn’t exist, you’d have no idea what airlines your friends are currently furious at”
The...
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Tags: 4Square, cloud, cloud computing, Facebook, Google, Groupon, mobile, social, social media, Twitter
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I posted a new article over at the CA Community website titled ‘Enter the World of Consumer-Driven IT‘, where I talk about (obviously) the impact of consumer-driven IT:
Consumerization of IT is not a really new concept. Consumers (as employees) have been ...
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I, along with many others, witnessed this week (or was it last week?) a public squabble between two well-known vendors in the virtualization market. Of course, this is nothing new. The whole world has been watching as Adobe attacked Apple (and Apple responded) over...
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Someone recently asked me why I was starting a blog, and why I was doing it now.
Anyone who knows me, knows that I had for a long time steered away from Social Media – blogs, Twitter, etc. – for a number of reasons. But I am...
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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"
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VMworld US 2011
Aug 29-Sep 1 2011
The Venetian, Las Vegas
(Click here for details of my session)


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)