WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2010 - Lunchtime Event - Register now.
CLOUD COMPUTING 101
AGENDA:
12:30 to 1:15 p.m. - Lunch & Networking
1:15 to 2:30 p.m. - Program
VENUE: Fluno Center, located at 601 University Ave., Madison, WI
ADMISSION: $0 Members of Accelerate Madison; $40 Non-Members/Guests
REGISTRATION DEADLINE is MAY 24, at NOON. Please pre-register for lunch, thanks!

Enjoy lunch, networking and a timely educational program with Accelerate Madison on Wed., May 26, at Fluno Center.
CLOUD COMPUTING 101 program will include:

1. cloud computing trends and definitions
2. strategies for enterprises of various sizes (start-up/small, mid-size, large-scale)
3. open source vs. vendor specific options
4. Which vendors are uniquely positioned to provide cloud-based services?
5. decision-making: risk management, investments, ROI, execution, legal / technical challenges
6. a case study, plus other noteworthy ideas
7. generous time allocated for your specific questions and concerns

SPEAKER MUDIT TYAGI has been advancing products in emerging technologies for 15 years and brings to Accelerate Madison an independent, global perspective on Cloud Computing. He evangelized use of virtualized network services as Director of Customer Engineering at Inkra Networks and as a Senior Product Line Manager at Nortel Networks. He worked as a Principal Systems Engineer at Nevis Networks introducing integrated security inspection and network access control into the market. Mudit started his career at Rapid City which created the first Layer Three switch ultimately acquired by Bay Networks. Mudit earned his Masters of Computer Engineering from University of New Mexico after receiving a Bachelor's degree in Physics and Electrical Engineering from Columbia University.

SPEAKER TODD LOEPPKE is the Technical VP of Storage Architecture for SAVVIS Inc., a global IT utility services provider. Todd has over 20 years of IT experiences and is the primary architect working on his company's next-generation enterprise cloud computing and cloud storage platforms. Prior to joining SAVVIS, Todd worked as a storage/Infrastructure consultant for Maryville Technologies and as a Technical Architect for SBC (now AT&T). Todd holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE is MAY 24, at NOON. Please pre-register for lunch, thanks!