Conference

Tuesday-Thursday, March 16-18

Comprehensive thought leadership for executives, IT professionals and developers. Topics include:

• Case Studies & Lessons Learned
• Cloud Futures and Roadmaps
• Cloud Risks, Challenges, and Governance
• Dealing with Big Data
• Developing for the Cloud
• New Infrastructure: The Fabric Beneath the Clouds
• Migration Strategies
• ROI, Cost and Economics
• Standards, Governments and Industry

Free Programs

Tuesday-Wednesday, March 16-17

All passes include access to keynotes, sponsored sessions and the expo.

Cloud Business Summit

Monday, March 15

Join industry leaders, CEOs, entrepreneurs, technologists, VC's, CIOs and service providers as they sort out the winners and losers in the emerging cloud marketplace. Topics include:

• Business Models
• Enterprise Market Opportunities
• Go to Market Strategies
• Funding and Investment
• Who's Making Money
• Fireside Chats with Industry Leaders

Host: MR Rangaswami, Sand Hill Group

IT Workshops

Monday, March 15

If you’re a cloud provider or user, get the skills you need to run applications in on-demand environments.

• Intro to Cloud Computing
• CloudOps Boot Camp

Developer Workshops

Monday, March 15

Cloud Connect's developer workshops bring together experts from the leading cloud platforms. It's the only place where you can, in theory, build three cloud apps on three different clouds, guided by the folks behind that cloud, in a single day.

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	1:00 PM - 2:45 PM	3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Building on Google App Engine	Building Your First Amazon App	Creating Applications on Force.com
Cloud Performance Optimization	No SQL, no Join, noRDBMS: Understanding Cloud Data	Developing for Microsoft Windows Azure Platform