Cloud, Cocktails & the Sony Ericsson Open!

Learn how to effectively leverage Cloud technologies in your business environment today.

We are excited to announce the 2011 Miami Technology Summit to be held on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Downtown Miami. Whether you’re an enterprise or small to medium business, you’ll soon be benefiting from the Cloud. Join your peers and take advantage of some informative workshops, debate, and social networking that will drive a strategic ROI to your business. Register today

Summit Theme: Convergence in the Cloud

The Miami Technology Summit has selected Cloud Convergence as it’s theme for this year’s event. With the rapid growth of Cloud Computing, IT and business leaders are seeking to understand the risks, rewards and strategies for WAN integration of Voice, Video, and SaaS applications over virtualized Public, Private or Hybrid cloud environments.

Workshops

Voice as a Service
ROI of SIP over the WAN
ROI of SIP Trunking

Explore real world case studies for dramatically lowering legacy voice costs by deploying SIP Trunking & QoS based Voice as a Service (“VaaS”) over the WAN.

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Infrastructure as a Service
Virtual Private Data Center
Virtual Private Data Center

Recently recognized by Gartner as one of the top Infrastructure as a Service ( IaaS ) providers,  Savvis walks you through the future of cloud computing – the VPDC.

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Cloud Virtualization
VMware Cloud Models
Cloud Virtualization

Join David Krafft of VMware as he explores public, private and hybrid virtualization models using the VMware family of software solutions.

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CxO / Executive Panel Discussion

In today’s competitive and cost-conscious business environment, IT decision makers are challenged to do more with less. With IT capital and operating budgets getting tighter, decision makers are exploring new cloud self-service models such as Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, and the rapidly expanding pool of SaaS applications.

Dave Chatterjee Chair

Dave Chattejee
Chair | Miami Technology Summit
Tom Bittman of Gartner

Tom Bittman
VP Distinguished Analyst | Gartner

 Dennis Brouwer of Savvis

Dennis Brouwer
VP/GM of Global Network Solutions
Savvis
Thomas Packart

Thomas Packart
Chief Technology Officer
CareCloud

 Bert

Bert Hucks
Chief Information Officer
ABB CONCISE
Fernando Martinez

Fernando Martinez
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Jackson Health System

 Nick Pietrocarlo

Nick Pietrocarlo
Senior Manager, DataCenter and Life Cycle Management
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd

Gartner recently announced that, “Worldwide cloud services revenue is forecast to reach $68.3 billion in 2010, a 16.6 percent increase from 2009 revenue of $58.6 billion. The industry is poised for strong growth through 2014, when worldwide cloud services revenue is projected to reach $148.8 billion[1].”

As these new cloud offerings converge with legacy networks, administrators must carefully evaluate the fiscal and strategic risks/rewards of moving to cloud.

Join our Panel of seasoned IT leaders as they debate the issues of Cloud. Topics covered include:

  • Public vs. Private vs. Hybrid Cloud Models
  • Cloud Security
  • Cloud Service Level Agreements
  • Cloud Compliance
  • Cloud Economics
  • Voice, Video & SaaS
  • WAN Network Readiness
  • Key Findings

Summit Agenda