Half-Day Executive Forum on
The Promise of Cloud Computing to Businesses

Date : 7th September

Agenda
8am-9am : Breakfast & Networking Session
9am-1pm : Executive Forum

Venue : Mandarin Orchard Hotel, Singapore

This executive forum is to provide high level valuable insights on Cloud Computing and different types of clouds, the challenges of realizing the potential of Cloud, and maximizing the benefits with minimal risks.

• Cloud computing has emerged as a new IT deployment and a new paradigm in IT, an offer on demand utility which promises a low cost, pay-for-the-use basis.
• Cloud has reshaped the IT industry and across all enterprises offering significant benefits and with no or minimal investment.
• Cloud is the next wave in IT that will transform businesses that will capitalize on the opportunities and draw benefits of this new computing paradigm to enterprises.

Who Should Attend
• Senior executives of both small and large businesses
• IT and business managers
• Directors, CEOs, CIOs, CTOs

Key Topics
• Cloud Computing: An Executive Overview
• Promise of Cloud computing to business and industry
• Realizing the potential of the clouds
• Considerations and options in moving into clouds
• Enterprise cloud strategy
• Illustration of real-world cloud applications


Two-Day Workshop on
Cloud Computing: Models, Applications, and Deployment
Benefiting from computing in the clouds

Date: 8-9th September
Time: 9am-5pm (Lunch and Tea Breaks included)
Venue: Mandarin Orchard Hotel, Singapore

• The need to reduce costs and the changing business needs, cloud computing's on-demand, pay-as-you-go service model has transformed the enterprises both small and large, public and private.
• Why is Cloud the most talked about phenomena in IT and business? Cloud computing – the process of replacing inhouse services and resources with cloud-based(internet) resources and services – offers many promising benefits: lower costs, scalability, flexibility, freedom from software maintenance, pay-as-you-use pricing structures instead of upfront huge capital expense at the time of purchase.
• Though vendor hype, lack of understanding, potential risks, and user apprehension hinder or slow the adoption of cloud computing.
• Real life examples will be illustrated, how they leverage Cloud computing’s unique business model, elasticity and scalability to streamline IT and business operation.

The 2 day workshop will provide you insights an knowledge on:

• What is driving organizations to cloud computing
• What are the usage and business models
• What are the benefits of the cloud, and the cloud concerns and pitfalls
• How can I use the cloud for my business
• Can my organization use the cloud to create a competitive advantage
• What would be impact of cloud computing on different industry sectors, organizations and individuals
• What are the key considerations in transitioning business applications into clouds and how to prepare for the transitions
• How do we address legal and compliance requirements in moving into clouds
• How to prepare for careers in cloud computing
• and more

Participation in this workshop will help you to understand several key aspects of cloud computing – technologies, service delivery models, applications that are better suited for cloud, options and services currently available, and deployment considerations.
It’ll also help you comprehend how cloud computing technology can create a competitive advantage, understand the pitfalls, create your cloud strategy and plan for the future. You will gather the expertise you need to determine where (or if) cloud computing fits in your firm's overall business-technology strategy and how to begin the adoption process..

Who Should Attend
• IT professionals, application developers
• IT academics and students
• CIOs and CTOs
• Business and IT consultants

Key Topics
• Cloud computing: An introduction
• Differentiating types of clouds: public, private, hybrid
• Cloud architecture
• Services from the cloud
• Types, vendors and features
• SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and AaaS
• Key drivers of cloud computing solutions
• Promise of cloud computing to business and industry
• Limitations of clouds
• Cloud deployments
• Considerations and options in moving into clouds
• Managing cloud applications
• Meeting compliance and security requirements
• SLAs for cloud services
• Development and implementation of enterprise cloud strategy
• Embracing the new paradigm - phased adoption to cloud computing
• Illustration of real-world cloud applications
• Preparing for careers in cloud computing

Speaker & Facilitator:
Professor Dr San Murugesan

Former Senior Research Fellow,
US National Research Council, NASA Ames Research Center, California, USA

Fellow of the Australian Computer Society (ACS)

Adjunct Professor,
School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Western Sydney, Australia

He edited the widely acclaimed Handbook of Research on Web 2.0, 3.0 and X.O: Technologies , Business, and Social Applications (Information Science Reference, 2009) and is currently working on his books on Cloud Computing and Green IT.
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Early-bird Registration due:
20 August 2010

Fee (SGD):

7 Sept (Half-Day Executive
Forum) : $550

8-9 Sept (Two Days) : $1080

7-9 Sept (Two-&-Half Days) : $1280
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Regular Registration due:
31 August 2010

Fee (SGD):

7 Sept (Half-Day Executive
Forum) : $700

8-9 Sept (Two Full Days) : $1180

7-9 Sept (Two-&-Half Days) : $1380
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Organized by:

www.GlobalSTF.org
For more details, please contact:

Alvin Lee

Tel:
(65) 6327 0164/5

Address:
10 Anson Road, #14-04 International Plaza,
Singapore 079903

Email:
alvin@GlobalSTF.org