Welcome to UP 2013
Fourth Annual Global Cloud Computing Conference
- Enterprise Automation and DevOps.
- Infrastructure and Operations.
- Business Agility and Continuity.
- Cloud Mobility.
- Transition, Integration & Process Optimization.
- Big Data, BI and Knowledge Management.
- Standards, Governance & Security.
- Cloud Adoption & Case Studies.
UP 2012 Conference Sessions
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How Microsoft runs its business on the cloud by Rob Craft, Senior Director of Cloud Strategy, Microsoft Corporation
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Panel Discussion: Cloud Storage - Trends and Future Outlook by Ken Copas, CTO, Glasshouse
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Panel Discussion: Hybrid Clouds - The Convergence of Public and Private Worlds by Deni Connor, Founding Analyst, Storage Strategies NOW
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Innovation and Transformation through the Power of Cloud by Sunil Murthy , Competitive Software and Cloud Leader, IBM
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Intellectual Property Strategy: Challenges and Opportunities in the Cloud by Efrat Kasznik, President, Foresight Valuation Group
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Closing the Cloud Gap by Mike Donaldson, Vice President, Marketing, Hosting.com
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Evolutionary and Revolutionary Clouds by Chris Keene, VP, Big Data Fast Data Initiative, VMware
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Forget Big Data. Bring on Big Memory. by Eric Frenkiel, CEO and co-founder , MemSQL and Nikita Shamgunov, CTO and co-founder of MemSQL
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Faster, Bigger, Smarter: Intelligent Automation of Cloud Operations by Antonio Piraino, CTO, ScienceLogic
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NoSQL in the Cloud: DynamoDB by Simone Brunozzi, Senior Technology Evangelist, Amazon Web Services
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Panel Discussion: PaaS 2.0 - Next Generation Cloud Platforms by Khazret Sapenov, CTO, Cloudcor
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Brave New World: Encryption and the Cloud by Ashvin Kamaraju, VP Product Development, Vormetric Inc.
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Lessons learned from successful hybrid cloud projects by Kurt Milne, Managing Director, IT Process Institute
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Take the Leap: Reap the Rewards of Graduating From Subscription to Activity Based Billing by Chris Couch, Chief Operations Officer, Transverse
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Beyond Mobile: Architecting the Future by Todd McKinnon, CEO, Okta
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Why your Data Center Should Be Run Like a Business by Mark Harris, Vice President of Marketing and Data Center Strategy, Nlyte Software
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Decentralized Cloud: an Industrial Reality with Higher Resilience by Jean-Paul Smets, CEO, Nexedi SA and VIFIB
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Cloud Marketplaces: Will Open Standards Makes Dreams of Profitability a Reality? by Alex Danyluk, Senior Director of ISV and SaaS Alliances, Parallels
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Cloud-Aware Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery by Carlos Escapa, CEO, VirtualSharp Software
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Cloud Computing: Bringing the Dark Side of Enterprise Apps into the Light by Jason Bloomberg, President, ZapThink, A Dovel Technologies Company
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Bring Your Own Data Breach: Solving BYOD Security Issues in the Enterprise by Adam Stern, Founder and CEO, Infinitely Virtual
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Navigating the Cloud Conundrum – public vs. hybrid vs. private clouds by Chris Pick, Chief Marketing Officer, Apptio
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Social, Structured and Gamified: Document Management Today by Daniel Chalef, CEO, KnowledgeTree
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The Future of Cloud Collaboration Among Teams in the Workplace - Exploring the Needs of Growing Companies by Isaac Garcia, CEO and co-founder, Central Desktop
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Network vs. Hypervisor: The Battle for the Virtual Cloud Network is Very Real by Dante Malagrino, CEO, president and co-founder, Embrane
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Taking Control of Bring Your Own Device BYOD with Desktops as a Service (DaaS) by Danny Allan, CTO, Desktone
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Transforming Cloud Infrastructure to Support Big Data Storage and Workflows by Jay Migliaccio, Director of cloud services, Aspera
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Data Integration – the New Game Changer? by Lou Guercia, President and CEO, Scribe
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Teaming Up to Take Back the Cloud: How Federation is Disrupting the IaaS Market by Ditlev Bredahl, CEO, OnApp
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Solving the Cloud’s Hidden Problem: Access to Knowledge in a Fragmented Environment by Louis Tetu, CEO, Coveo
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Rethink cloud security to get ahead of the risk curve by David Fowler, COO, Courion Corporation
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Building a cloud market place - the easy way by Nati Shalom, CTO, GigaSpaces Technologies
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Eliminating the Application Bottlenecks that Derail Cloud Implementations by Wally MacDermid, Head of US Operations, Centrix Software, Centrix Software
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Scaling MySQL in the Cloud by Moshe Shadmon, Founder, CTO, ScaleDB Inc.
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Case Study - Transitioning Government Agency To A Big Data Cloud by David Lucas, Chief Strategy Officer, GCE
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Harnessing Big Data in the Cloud. by Jack Norris, Vice President of Marketing, MapR Technologies
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The 10 Ways Real-Time Technologies are Disrupting Markets by Todd Greene, CEO and Co-Founder, PubNub
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World of services: the software architecture that is eating the world by Solomon Hykes, CEO, dotCloud
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Cloud Transformation Enabling through TSG's Service Lifecycle Tool by Helmuth Zimmermann, CEO, TSG AG
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Security: What You Need to Know Before Choosing a Cloud Storage Provider by Tony Gauda, Co-Founder and CEO, Bitcasa
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Radically Different Support Model Needed for Post-Cloud World by Jim McDonnell, President, Americas & Chief Product Officer, SolveDirect
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Managing Application Performance for Cloud-based applications by Debu Panda, Product Management Leader, BMC Software
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Regulatory Compliant Cloud Computing: Rethinking web application architectures for the cloud by Arshad Noor, CTO, StrongAuth, Inc.
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Multi-tenancy in PaaS: Server PaaS vs. Resource PaaS by David Jilk, CEO, Standing Cloud
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Keys to Service Provider Success: Unify, Differentiate and Accelerate by Glenn Donovan, Regional Director, Cordys
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Making a Case for Network Virtualization by Ben Cherian, Chief Strategy Officer, Midokura
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Future of Cloud: Will Dis-Economies of Scale Break the Silver Lining by Margaret Dawson, VP of Product Management, Symform
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Yes, You Can Be PCI Compliant Using a Public Iaas Cloud – A Case Study by Philip Cox, Director of Security & Compliance, RightScale
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Big Data and Big Brands: How Data Has Transformed the Ad Industry by Eshwar Belani, VP of Products & Biz Dev, Rocket Fuel
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How to Get your Cloud Company Funded by Glenn Solomon, partner, GGV Capital
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Evaluating NoSQL Performance: Which Database is Right for Your Data? by Renat Khasanshyn, CEO, Altoros
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The Elephant in the Room by Bill Peer, Principal Technical Architect, Infosys
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OpenStack 2.0 by Joshua McKenty, CEO, Piston Cloud Computing
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How Clean is Your Cloud?: The Necessity of Renewable Power for a Sustainable IT Future by Bala Kamallakharan, CEO, GreenQloud
Cloud Awards
The 2012 UP-START Cloud Awards are now established in the cloud community as the de-facto recognition platform to cultivate the understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contribution of cloud computing to the business and technology community.
We use a consensus-based Borda Count voting system where voters can make up multiple choices per single vote in order of preference. The overall winner in each category is whoever gets the most total points in two rounds. Round 1 voting is open until November 23, 2012. Final round is scheduled on December 12, 2012 during UP 2012 conference.
Awards Categories
- Best Hybrid Cloud Solution
- Best Big Data Solution 2012
- Best Cloud Automation Solution 2012
- Best Cloud Chargeback/Billing Solution of 2012
- Best Cloud BI/Analytics Solution 2012
- Best BYOD Solution 2012
- Best Cloud Broker Service 2012
- Best Industry Application 2012
- Best Cloud Service Provider 2012
- Best Cloud Storage Solution 2012
- Best Cloud Security Solution 2012
- Best Cloud Middleware 2012
- Best Cloud Hosting
- Best Mobile Solution 2012
- Best Data Center Infrastructure Management Solution 2012
- Best Cloud Partner Program 2012
- Best VDI solution 2012
- Best CRM Solution
- Best Cloud System Integrator 2012
- Best Cloud Consulting
- Best Cloud Video Solution
- Best Cloud Database 2012