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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SINGAPORE
  • /// 3rd Nov 2010
  • /// 8:00am - 5:00pm
  • /// Microsoft Singapore

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
By Invitation event. Agenda subject to change.

CIO Track

8:00 am Registration & Executive Breakfast
8:45 am Opening Welcome
Ziriad Saibi - Director, Developer & Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Singapore
9:00 am Cloud Computing: Defining the Business of IT and Why Business Leaders Should Care
Brian Prentice, Research VP Gartner
9:30 am Taking Control of Your Cloud Strategy: Myths, Challenges, Opportunities and Realities
Brian Prentice, Research VP Gartner
10:00 am Journey to the Cloud: Microsoft Strategy
John Fernandes - Director, Business & Marketing Organization, Microsoft Singapore
10.45 am Break
11.00 am Journey to the Cloud: Customer Case Study
Lee Siew Kit - AVP-IS, Singapore Air Terminal Services
11:20 am The Reality & Myths of Cloud Computing: A Panel Discussion
Panelists: Lee Siew Kit - AVP-IS, Singapore Air Terminal Services,
 Brian Prentice - Research VP, Gartner
 John Galligan - Director, Internet Policy, Microsoft APAC
 Cheah Wai Kit - Chief Cloud Architect, HP
 Christopher Tan - Technology Specialist & Enterprise Manager, Intel Asia
Moderator: Zane Adam - General Manager, Azure & Integration, Microsoft Corp.
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Cloud & the Evolving Role of the IT Decision Maker
Martin Yates, Chairman Cloud Computing & Virtualization, SCS
1:30 pm Journey to the Cloud: Building the Private Cloud
David Tang - Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft Singapore
Cheah Wai Kit - Chief Cloud Architect, HP
2.00 pm Cloud Computing: Making it Real
Dominic Powell, Enterprise Developer & Platform Evangelism Lead, Microsoft APAC
2:45 pm Transitioning business Productivity workloads to the Cloud
Hau Lu - Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Microsoft Singapore
David Chan - Solution Specialist, Microsoft Singapore
3.30 pm Thank You & Close

CXO Track (Starts at 2.00 pm)

11:45 am Partners arrive [Top 25 SI, ISV, Solution Partners]
12:30 pm Attendee Lunch / Press Conference
2:00 pm Welcome & Speaker Intro: Cloud Computing: Why Should Partners Care
Vincent Wong
3:00 pm Journey to the Cloud: Microsoft Strategy & Partner Opportunities
Demo: Connected Experiences Featuring WP7
4:00 pm Thank You & Close

Venue

Microsoft Singapore Pte. Ltd.
One Marina Boulevard
Level 21 Auditorium
Singapore 018989
+65 6888 8899
Speakers

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

Partners

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

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Cloud Computing: Defining The Business of IT…And Why You Should Care
Presented by Brian Prentice, Gartner
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Journey to the Cloud: Microsoft Strategy
Presented by John Fernandes, Microsoft
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Journey to the Cloud: Customer Case Study
Presented by Lee Siew Kit, SATS
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Journey to the Cloud: Building the Private Cloud
Presented by David Tang, Microsoft, and Cheah Wai Kit, HP
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Cloud Computing: Making it Real
Presented by Dominic Powell, Microsoft
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Transitioning Business Productivity Workloads to the Cloud
Presented by Hau Lu, Microsoft Singapore & David Chan, Microsoft Singapore
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