News and Coverage Highlights from Cloud Summit

Heads In The Cloud: Tech Debate Rages On
By J. Bonasia
October 30, 2008
Investors Business Daily
For all the debate, cloud computing is here to stay, despite ongoing concerns about security and privacy, says Bill McNee, a software consultant with Saugatuck Technology who spoke at the recent cloud summit.

Cloud Summit Executive: Can anyone define cloud computing?
By Janice Singh
October 29, 2008
WebGrrls International
Last week I attended the Cloud Summit Executive at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA, which is a great venue for a computing conference. I went into the conference with only a nebulous idea about cloud computing (pun not intended) and SaaS (Software as a Service), so I was looking forward to getting a clearer idea of what exactly that means.

1 Midsize Organization Busts 5 Cloud Computing Myths
By Fredric Paul
October 23, 2008
bMighty.com
At the recent Cloud Summit in Silicon Valley, I got the chance to hear Anthony Hill, chief information officer of San Francisco's Golden Gate University, talk about the advantages of cloud computing for midsize companies.

What is NOT Cloud Computing?
By Christopher Keene
October 23, 2008
The Keene View
I spoke at the Cloud Summit last week put on by M.R. Rangaswami and enjoyed as always the giddy enthusiasm with which Silicon Valley embraces each new technology wave. Cloud computing is custom made for Silicon Valley - it is poorly defined, seemingly vast and has the potential to change human life as we know it (at least for those of us who live in Silicon Valley).

M.R. Rangaswami on making money from the cloud
By Anthony Ha
October 17, 2008
Venture Beat
I’ve heard more and more talk about cloud computing recently, but there’s still a lot of fuzziness about what exactly the cloud is, and what business opportunities it provides. The inaugural Cloud Summit Executive conference in Mountain View attempted to answer those questions earlier this week.

Cloud Summit: Sold!
By Alain Yap
October 16, 2008
eedious
For cloud watchers, the Cloud Summit probably appears to be the event that gets you right down to a front-row seat to excellent discussions about cloud impact on technology. This is cloud community! Wow.

Looking for the Silver Lining - Business Opportunities in Cloud Computing
By Tom Foremski
October 15, 2008
Silicon Valley Watcher
Tuesday I spent much of the day at the Cloud Summit conference at the Computer History Museum. The sessions I saw were interesting and highlighted the fact that there is still a tremendous amount of services and products that need to be developed in order to make cloud computing a viable technology for many companies.

M.R. Rangaswami Launches Annual Cloud Summit Conference
By Tom Foremski
October 15, 2008
Silicon Valley Watcher
I caught up with M.R. during lunch at Cloud Summit, a new annual conference looking at the business opportunities in Cloud Computing for users, developers, and investors.

Cloud Summit Executive: Making "Pay-As-You-Go" Customers Happy
By James Urquhart
October 15, 2008
Wisdom of Clouds
I got to spend a few hours yesterday at the Cloud Summit Executive conference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, today. The Summit was unique, at least in the Bay Area, for its focus on the business side of cloud computing. The networking was quite good, with a variety of CxOs digging into what the opportunities and challenges are for both customers and providers. The feedback that I got from those that attended the entire day was that the summit opened eyes and expanded minds.

SAP Sees Bright Future In Cloud Computing
By Tom Claburn
October 15, 2008
InformationWeek
The IT forecast calls for widely scattered clouds, in the sense that cloud computing looms on the horizon. That was the consensus among the panelists at Tuesday's Cloud Summit Executive conference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif.

Is there a silver lining in cloud computing?
By Tom Foremski
October 15, 2008
ZDNet
VCs, developers, and IT users are looking for silver linings in cloud computing. Users are hoping to save on IT costs and get into production at a faster pace, developers are hoping for customers for cloud computing products and services, and VCs hope to make money on investments in cloud computing startups. All three were represented at the first Cloud Summit conference on Tuesday.

Is Cloud Computing, Software-as-a-service with Lipstick?
By Jean-Baptiste Su
October 15, 2008
TechPulse 360
“At this event we asked ourselves, is cloud computing, software as a service (Saas) with lipstick? I think cloud and Saas have fundamental differences. For example, with cloud computing you can virtually buy compute power and storage. Saas is application-driven. Cloud is much broader than that. And I think in these tough economic times, even though cloud computing is a new buzz word, it has to deliver value not hype. And companies are going to buy into cloud computing architecture and solutions if there’s a specific business reason and value”, explained Rangaswami, the host of the Cloud Summit Executive conference.

Cloud Computing: Like The iPod For Infrastructure
By Tom Claburn
October 14, 2008
InformationWeek
It's perhaps a foregone conclusion that the speakers at the Cloud Summit Executive conference, being held Tuesday at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., would insist that cloud computing isn't just marketing hype.

HP Software Veep: Cloud Is A Channel, Not A Panacea
By David Berlind
October 14, 2008
InformationWeek
Here at Cloud Summit Executive at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, HP senior vice president of software Tom Hogan took the stage to share some of what HP has learned about the attitudes of senior IT personnel and CIOs when it comes to cloud computing (as well as HP's response in terms of its go-to-cloud-market strategy).

What Traditional Software Vendors Are Saying About Cloud Computing
By Fredric Paul
October 14, 2008
bMighty.com
At today's Cloud Computing Summit in Silicon Valley, SAP CTO Vishal Sikka gave a thoughful analysis of why he thinks cloud computing isn't ready for prime time. But is that an honest assessment or just the stance of traditional software vendor worried about being outflanked?

Cloud Summit: Cloud Computing Is Real
By Tom Claburn
October 14, 2008
InformationWeek
At the Cloud Summit Executive conference on Tuesday, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., M.R. Rangaswami, co-founder of Sand Hill Group and host of the conference, said he had found 25 definitions for cloud computing. He didn't say whetherOracle CEO Larry Ellison's definition -- that cloud computing is industry marketing gibberish -- was among them.

Cloud Summit: Trend Micro Warns About Security Hazards
By Tom Claburn
October 14, 2008
InformationWeek
At the Cloud Summit Executive conference on Tuesday, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., John Maddison, VP of core technology solutions at Trend Micro, described his company's move to cloud computing as a necessity.

The Future looks very Cloudy
By Oliver Marks
October 14, 2008
ZDNet
I’ve just attended the one day, highly-focused executive ‘Cloud Summit‘ conference. The Cloud—used to describe everything from internet-based computing utilities to Software as a Service — was examined and its future impact explored within the highly appropriate venue of the Silicon Valley Computer History Museum.

Postcards from the Cloud Summit Executive conference
By Ken Oestreich
October 14, 2008
Fountainhead blog
I'm just now getting back from a full day in Mountain View at the Cloud Summit Executive conference. And if there were themes that summarized the day, they would be "it's all about the business impacts" and "integration of services will be critical."

PivotLink CEO Speaks on Running Your Business in the Cloud at the Cloud Summit
By MarketWire
October 13, 2008
Cloud Computing Journal
PivotLink, the leading provider of business intelligence solutions delivered via Software as a Service (SaaS), announced today that CEO Quentin Gallivan will speak at the Cloud Summit at the Computer History Museum in San Jose.

Xactly CEO to Present at Cloud Summit Executive 2008
By PR Newswire
October 13, 2008
SOA World
Xactly president and CEO Christopher Cabrera will present a session at next week's Cloud Summit Executive 2008 conference to address the changing landscape for sales and business professionals, and explore ways to motivate behavior for maximum results.

Elastra President and CEO to Discuss Managing Businesses in the Cloud
By Business Wire
October 13, 2008

Elastra Corporation, the leading provider of software for designing, deploying, and managing complete application systems in public and private compute clouds, will participate in the panel "Planning for Success: What You Need to Know about Running Your Business in the Cloud" at the Cloud Summit Executive on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 in Mountain View, California.

Spiceworks to Present on Marketing Cloud Computing Services at Cloud Summit Executive Conference
By Business Wire
October 10, 2008

Spiceworks(TM), Inc. today announced that co-founder Jay Hallberg, will present at next week's Cloud Summit Executive Conference taking place at the The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA October 14.

Trend Micro Presents 'The Marriage of Security and Cloud Computing: Better Security and Good Business Rolled into One' at the 2008 Cloud Summit Executive Conference
By PR Newswire
October 10, 2008
Market Watch
A new approach is needed to lighten the load on computers: Cloud-client security through the Trend Micro(TM) Smart Protection Network In his presentation, John Maddison, vice president of core technology solutions for Trend Micro, will examine current IT management options for integrating cloud-client file reputation technology into current endpoint security architectures.

Saugatuck CEO McNee to Speak on Cloud Computing and SaaS Futures
By PR Newswire
October 8, 2008
PR Web
On Tuesday, October 14, 2008, Saugatuck CEO Bill McNee will speak at the Cloud Summit Executive, a new conference focused on the impact of the cloud ecosystem and the web as a platform. In a presentation entitled "Understanding the Cloud Taxonomy", McNee will present a new Cloud Computing framework and model that it recently published that helps bring clarity and shape to this important new computing phenomenon.

TechWeb plans summit on cloud computing
By n/a
August 21, 2008
BtoB
TechWeb Wednesday announced plans for Cloud Summit, an executive conference covering “cloud computing” and the Web as a platform.

TechWeb Announces Cloud Summit
By PR Newswire
August 20, 2008
Examiner.com
TechWeb today announced the launch of Cloud Summit, a highly focused executive conference that blends the vision, technology and business opportunities surrounding cloud computing and the Web as a platform.