Overview

Cloud computing doesn't just change the way we do business. It changes business.

Cloud computing changes the way businesses leverage IT.
Explore what it can do for your bottomline.

Cloud computing lets companies adopt new business models, expand fast, and ensure seamless business compatibility - all while greatly reducing costs by generating new, and greater efficiencies. It officially moved beyond hype when it was identified as one of 2010's Top 10 IT trends by Gartner.

Cloud computing greatly simplifies the processes involved in managing complex, customised, expensive IT infrastructures and solutions, and the large in-house IT teams that support them. By leveraging on the power of Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), cloud computing frees companies from the need to have specialised teams or services that handle software, platforms, and infrastructure.

Though enterprise-level adoption of cloud computing has been growing steadily, many companies still have concerns about the viability of cloud computing, and its suitability for their organisations. These concerns include, amongst others, security, availability of service, and vendor availability and maturity.

Join us at the Cloud Summit, and hear from our distinguished panel of industry experts and thought leaders on the trends, opportunities and challenges you'll face with cloud computing. Discover how you can profit from the cloud services revolution while mitigating any potential risks, by learning from real-life stories that unravel the myths, the reality, the strategies, and the execution involved in cloud computing.

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MALAYSIA

/// 25th Jan 2011
/// Mandarin Oriental
Hotel Kuala Lumpur

Gartner on Cloud Computing

Worldwide cloud services revenue will reach $68.3 billion in 2010, a 16.6 percent increase from 2009 revenue of $58.6 billion. By 2014, this figure is expected to reach $148.8 billion.
Enterprises are likely to spend $112 billion cumulatively on software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) in the course of the next 5 years.
The core ideas at the heart of cloud computing - such as pay for use, multi-tenancy and external services are resonating ever so strongly amongst users. Delivery of functionality less expensively and with more agility is a key driver of this adoption.

Agenda & Venue

Cloud Power Executive Breakfast
(exclusive by invitation only)

Time	Duration	Agenda
7:30 am	30 mins	Registration
8:00 am	5 mins	Welcome Address by Ananth Lazarus, Managing Director, Microsoft Malaysia
8:05 am	40 mins	Cloud Computing: Defining the business of IT... and why you should care. by Errol Rasit, Research Director Gartner Synopsis: The concepts of cloud computing continues to gain much exposure and interest globally. Many organizations are considering how and why they should adopt cloud principles. Senior business executives need to understand Cloud, and what directions their IT executives are planning to take. This session will provide the insights and knowledge to help you understand what cloud is today how it is evolving, why it is impacting the business and what your peers, your reports and your customers are doing and thinking about the cloud.
8.45 am	15 mins	Closing Remarks by Danny Ong, Chief Operations and Marketing Officer, Microsoft Malaysia
9.00 am	15 mins	Questions and Answers
9:15 am		End

Microsoft Cloud Summit

Time	Duration	Agenda
8:30 am	30 mins	Registration
9:45 am	35 mins	Changing the Physics of IT by Todd Cione, General Manager, Enterprise and Partner Group, APAC, Microsoft Operations
10:20 am	40 mins	Cloud Computing: Myths, challenges, opportunities and realities- taking control of your cloud strategy by Errol Rasit, Research Director Gartner Synopsis: Business leaders are increasingly looking to IT as a means to differentiate business offerings and service delivery. The concepts of cloud computing continues to gain much exposure and interest globally with CEO level interest increasing. Thus, many CIO's and IT managers are considering how they should deploy cloud. This session will provide the insights and knowledge to help you understand how cloud is evolving and the steps you need to take in order to avoid failure and better understand the impact on IT and traditional partnerships.
11:00 am	30 mins	Partner Panel Discussion by Raymond Yap, Country Presales Manager, Presales Consulting, Enterprise Servers , Storage & Networking, Enterprise Business, Hewlett Packard Malaysia Loh Wai Mun, Intel Todd Cione, General Manager, Enterprise and Partner Group, APAC, Microsoft Operations Moderated by: Karamjit Singh, Technology Editor, The Edge
11:30 am	20 mins	Break

Venue

Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Kuala Lumpur

		Technology Decision Maker Track	Business Decision Maker Track	Developer Track
11:50 am	60 mins	The Evolving Role of the ITDM: The Cloud Transition by John Phillips, Enterprise Technology Strategist, Microsoft Asia Pacific	Introducing Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online by Steve Helvie Dynamics Software and Services Lead, Microsoft Asia Pacific Synopsis: This session will explore the newly launched Dynamics CRM Online offering from Microsoft that is available to customers in Malaysia. Dynamics CRM Online provides cloud based offering covering marketing, sales and service processes that enable organizations to better serve their customers, be able to differentiate from competitors and improve employee productivity in the process as well.	Designing for the Windows Azure Application Developer Model by Rishi Agrawal, Azure Technical Sales, Microsoft South East Asia
12:50 pm	60 mins		Lunch
1:50 pm	60 mins	Transitioning Core Workloads to the Cloud, Private and Public by Antoine Aguado, Senior Director Server and Cloud Platform, Microsoft Asia Pacific and Raymond Lau, Solution Architect-Technology Presales Consulting, Enterprise Servers , Storage & Networking, Enterprise Business, Hewlett Packard Malaysia	The Best Productivity Experience on Cloud with Communications and Collaboration by Steve Haite, Director Microsoft Online Services APAC, Microsoft Singapore Pte Ltd Synopsis: This session is an introduction to the Microsoft vision for the future of productivity and the cloud services that the company offers to help make that vision a reality for both enterprise customers and small and medium businesses. Learn how to leverage the expertise, experience and investment of the world's leading cloud services provider to allow your company to focus on its own core competences and become more efficient and effective than ever before.	Your Data and the Windows Azure Platform by Wely Lau, Solutions Architect, Chief Architect Office, Microsoft MVP, Windows Azure, NCS Pte. Ltd. Synopsis: In this session, we'll discuss how you utilize the cloud for both data and storage, as well as discuss several scenarios for data on the Windows Azure platform. We'll wrap up the session with a discussion on what's coming soon for data use in the Windows Azure platform.
2:50 pm	30 mins		Afternoon Break
3:20 pm	60 mins	App Infrastructure and the Cloud, Private and Public by Rishi Agrawal, Azure Technical Sales, Microsoft South East Asia	Overview of Microsoft Cloud Messaging by Justin Francis, Technology Specialist, Microsoft Malaysia	Extending Your On- Premises Apps with the Windows Azure Platform by Lai Hoong Fai, Web Strategy Lead, Microsoft Malaysia Synopsis: This session is about extending your existing apps, inside your enterprise, whether or not you're building new applications in Windows Azure. Not all applications are a fit for writing or re-writing for the cloud, but there are some things that we can to do extend your existing apps and take advantage of some services of Windows Azure App Fabric and SQL Azure.
4:20 pm			End
		Agenda subject to change.

Speakers

Hear from industry experts and thought leaders from Gartner and HP, and more. Join them as they explore the power of Cloud Computing.

Errol Rasit, Research Director, Gartner

Errol Rasit is a research director for Gartner Research, part of the Data Center Systems team. He contributes to the development of worldwide server research, forecast models, cloud computing, virtualization and other data center systems research apart from research the data center market trends and customer issues in the IT infrastructure and operations space.
Todd Cione, General Manager, Enterprise and Partner Group, APAC,
Microsoft Operations Pte Ltd

Todd Cione is General Manager, Enterprise and Partner Group for Microsoft's Asia Pacific Region. Todd is responsible for driving nearly $1 Billion in product & services revenue, scorecard performance, organizational capability, and customer & partner loyalty across the entire Asia Pacific Region, including mature and emerging markets.

Partners

We've partnered with these great folks to give you the power to be inclusive. To be expansive. To harness Cloud Computing.

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world. They explore how technology and services can help people and companies address their problems and challenges, and realize their possibilities, aspirations and dreams. They apply new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology, continuously improving the way our customers live and work.
Intel Corporation

Intel, the world leader in silicon innovation, develops technologies, products, and initiatives to continually advance how people work and live. Founded in 1968 to build semiconductor memory products, Intel introduced the world's first microprocessor in 1971.
Intel seeks to delight its customers, employees, and shareholders by relentlessly delivering the platform and technology advancements that become essential to work and life

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Cloud Power Executive Breakfast

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Microsoft Cloud Summit

By email cloudsummit@crystaledge.net
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Cloud computing doesn't just change the way we do business. It changes business.

Cloud computing changes the way businesses leverage IT. Explore what it can do for your bottomline.

Gartner on Cloud Computing

Cloud Power Executive Breakfast (exclusive by invitation only)

Microsoft Cloud Summit

Venue

Hear from industry experts and thought leaders from Gartner and HP, and more. Join them as they explore the power of Cloud Computing.

We've partnered with these great folks to give you the power to be inclusive. To be expansive. To harness Cloud Computing.

Cloud Power Executive Breakfast

Microsoft Cloud Summit

Cloud computing changes the way businesses leverage IT.
Explore what it can do for your bottomline.

Cloud Power Executive Breakfast
(exclusive by invitation only)