Welcome to CloudCamp Boston - July 29th, 2009

Our first CloudCamp in the Boston was on July 29th from 3:00 - 8:30pm

Continue watching: CloudCampBoston Intro to Cloud Computing (Part 2)

Location:
- Microsoft’s Office (directions) (map)
- One Memorial Drive
- Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule:
3:00pm Registration & Networking
3:30pm Welcome and Thank yous
3:45pm Keynote - What is Cloud Computing and “State of the Cloud”
- Judith Hurwitz - Cloud Computing for Dummi
- John Treadway - CloudBzz

4:15pm Lightning Talks (5 minutes each)
- Mike Werner of Microsoft Azure
- Matt Tanase of Rackspace Cloud
- Ed Beauvais of EMC
- Jason Noel of Unisys
- Uri Budnik of RightScale
- Alex Barnett of Intuit Partner Platform
- Tony Lapolito of Signiant
- Steve Blumenau of Iron Mountain
5:00pm Unpanel
5:30pm Begin Unconference (organize the unconference)
5:45pm Unconference Session 1
6:45pm Unconference Session 2
7:45pm Wrap-up
8:00pm Networking

Some proposed Unconference sessions:

• Reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) – predictable, manageable costs without ongoing system investments or maintenance headaches
• Scalability to Adjust to Business Needs – Additional capacity is immediately available with the service for short term storage spikes, long-term structural changes, such as acquisitions, and rapidly expanding digital file archives.

Local Organizers:
- John Treadway - CloudBzz
- Wayne Pauley - EMC
- Matt Rudnick - Capstone Partners
- Mike Werner - Microsoft Azure
- Judith Hurwitz - Cloud Computing for Dummies
- Alex Barnett - Intuit Partner Platform
- Peyton Trent Collie - Eventure360