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Enterprises registered to attend
- Network And Communications Engineer, Access Solutions Limited
- Senior Director - Group IT Vendor Management, AP - Moller Maersk
- Architecture Design Manager, BAA
- Group Head of Information Risk Management, Barclays
- Director of IT, Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP
- Global Director - Enterprise Architecture, Bombardier
- Principle Strategist, BT
- Former Head of IT Operations, Cable & Wireless
- Senior Director, CB Richard Ellis
- Enterprise Integration Architect, Credit Suisse
- Head of Global Services, Deutsche Telekom AG
- Information Security Officer, DHL
- Consultant , Dresdner Bank
- CIO-European Operations, Eli Lilly
- Technical Integrator, Eli Lilly
- CISO, Gala Coral Group
- CIO-UK and Ireland, General Motors
- Director of Strategic IT, GlaxoSmithKline
- VP Information Workplace, GlaxoSmithKline
- Strategic Consultant, GlaxoSmithKline
- Manager, Medical Imaging It, GSK Clinical Imaging Centre
- IT Director, Home Delivery Network
- Head of Data Centre Services, Kingston Communications
- Business Systems Manager, Morrison Utility Services
- Principal Technical Analyst, Norfolk County Council
- Strategic Level Advisor and Business Coach, Richard Sykes
- Director of Data Management, Richmond Pharmacology
- CIO, Schumacher Group
- CITO, SHL
- CIO, Telegraph Media Group
- Vp, Technology R&D, Visa Europe
- Principle Infrastructure Architect, Vodafone
- SVP & Head of IT, Zurich Financial Services
- IT Infrastructure Manager, Ph - An Experian Company
- Head of IT Services, Servite House
- CIO, Cabinet Office
- Chief Information Officer, Schumacher Group
- Associate Director Operations, Ecosecurities
- Head of ICT, Diocese of London
- Head of IT, Lewis Silkin LLP
- Head of IT Operations, Compas Group
- Principal Analyst, The 451 Group
- Technology Team Leader, Eli Lilly
- Data Manager, London School of Hygene and Tropical Medicine
- Market Analyst, Scottish Enterprise
- Associate, Commerzbank
- Design Engineer, Top-IX Consortium
- CTO, Top-IX Consortium
- Program Manager, Top-IX Consortium
- Director, Image Source Ltd
- CIO, Ministry of Finance
- Infrastructure Manager, Mars Information Services
- Managing Director, ECT Ltd
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Programme
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Day One: TUESDAY 10TH NOVEMBER – BUSINESS CASE AND IT STRATEGY DAY
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7.30am | Registration
| 8am | Optional Pre-conference briefing: Cloud Computing – Setting the scene
- Defining Cloud Computing and mapping its evolution
- Paradigm shift or just another passing fad?
- The Cloud and its role in (re)fuelling the global economy
- Understanding the rewards and risks involved in putting together a watertight virtualisation strategy
- Where does the cloud model fit into the virtualisation framework?
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| 8.55am | Chairman’s opening remarks | | |
| 9am | Keynote address: The business case for enterprise cloud computing
- Understanding how Cloud Computing fits in to the wider IT and organisational vision
- Asking the right questions for your organisation
- Deciding what strategy will be suitable for your organisation
- Understanding the benefits of moving CapEx to OpEx
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| 9.25am | Keynote address: Gearing your organisation for change
- Understanding the crucial elements involved at the drawing board stage
- Leapfrogging or baby steps?
- Involving your OEMs, suppliers and/or channel partners in your strategy
- Is it important to alter your IT strategy?
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| 9.55am | Keynote address: Breaking through the cloud
- Adopting cloud for parts of your enterprise IT
- Business enabler vs. market buzz – how do you see it?
- The truly enterprise-ready Verizon Business cloud computing approach
- How can you leverage an enterprise cloud computing solution to move your business forward?
| | | Joseph Crawford, Executive Director - IT Solutions, Product Management and Development, Verizon Business
| 10.25am | Morning coffee
| 10.45am | Keynote address: Understanding cloud computing costs, common mistakes and your desktop
- Cloud computing in reducing costs and improving flexibility?
- Is Cloud computing just another name for Virtualisation?
- So you have got the business case sorted, now what?
- Don't forget the Desktop, your biggest cost!
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| | EFFECTIVELY MANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE AS A SERVICE (IaaS) |
| 11.15am | Panel Discussion: Understanding IaaS and making sure it meets the demands of your business
- Why is virtualisation in the Infrastructure becoming increasingly popular?
- Making the most out of your existing infrastructure
- What elements should you keep in-house and what should your vendor provide?
- Gathering enough Network, Application and Endpoint intelligence to incorporate the cloud
| | | Mark Beaumont, Group Manager - Product Development, International IT Solutions, Verizon Business
| 12.15pm | Keynote address: Cloud brings Growth Opportunities - Putting the fully managed enterprise-class IaaS approach to work
- Case study - Solving the business problem within a Private cloud IaaS
- Resilient solutions vs resilent facilities
- What efficiencies can be realised and what benefits will today's CXO realise?
| | | Keith Tilley, Managing Director UK & EVP Europe, SunGard Availability Services (UK) Ltd
| 12.45pm | Networking lunch
| | SECURITY AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE |
| 2pm | Panel session: Moving from a network centric to a data centric security model
- How secure is your pipeline, more importantly, how secure is your vendor’s pipeline?
- Including ‘hot potatoes’ into the greater data warehouse
- Cloud security Vs security in the cloud
- HIPAA – How will it affect you as an enterprise user?
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| 2.45pm | Speed networking and afternoon coffee
| 3.45pm | Cloud A La Carte. The Cloud – The choice is yours: Application deployment in complex, multi-modal environments
- Adding cloud to your salad – how does it fit into the enterprise IT picture
- Dining in - A Cloud-to-go, in time for dinner
- Dining out - Going out to meet a friend in the local Cloud
- Private Party - Lucrative, but the only place in town to enjoy unique Cloud flavours
- Home-Made - So comforting, but will it fly?
| | | Ofer Spiegel, Director of Product Marketing, Magic Software Enterprises (UK) Ltd.
| | UNDERSTANDING PLATFORM AS A SERVICE (PaaS) |
| 4.15pm | Panel session: PaaS – Understanding its key benefits and preparing for any eventuality
- How to make sure you don’t get ‘locked-in’ with your vendor?
- Vendor coding – managing inconsistencies across your different vendors
- Understanding where the Cloud fits into the five layers of the platform
- Making sure lengthy vendor partnerships benefit your data centre in the long run
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| 5pm | Close of Day One and networking drinks reception and Birds of a Feather Tables.
Join your colleagues, partners and peers for a drink to reflect on the day and make new relationships at our Birds of a Feather tables. Tables include: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and Security & Risk.
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Day Two: WEDNESDAY 11TH NOVEMBER – IMPLEMENTATION AND RISK MANAGEMENT DAY
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8am | Registration
| 8.55am | Chairman’s opening remarks | | |
| | CORPORATE DISASTER RECOVERY AND RISK MANAGEMENT |
| 9.05am | Case Study: What General Motors are doing with cloud to further their business needs
- Cloud Computing in the current context
- Global manufacturing: potential benefits and detriments
- When should you choose clou and when should you not bother?
- How will things change in the larger organisations and how should you deal with it?
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| | SOFTWARE |
| 9.30am | Keynote address: Software as a Service (SaaS) – the most popular form of cloud computing
- SaaS – not an option just for SMEs
- Understanding maturity levels and how they can affect your data centre’s productivity
- How can you effectively manage multi tenants in an SaaS model
- Overcoming customisation issues without having to completely change your IT strategy
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| 10am | Morning coffee
| 10.20am | Case Study: AP Moller Maersk – why SaaS isn’t just for SMEs
- Challenges with cloud procurement for over 50,000 employees
- Understanding important implementation hurdles and being prepared to make tough decisions
- What is APMM’s verdict of the cloud?
- Important lessons learnt and what next?
| | | Mr Kerny Ustrup, Senior Director - Group IT Vendor Management, AP - Moller Maersk
| | PEOPLE AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT |
| 10.50am | Case Study: Deutsche Telekom – Effectively managing change within the organisation
- Developing winning business, operational and technical transformational strategies
- How to overcome employee stigma that comes with adopting the cloud
- Making sure your IT department can adopt from application to infrastructure managers
- Integrating your team with your vendor to bring out the best out of them
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| 11.20am | Keynote address: Creating organisational readiness – Cloud as a structural change in your business
- Key elements to consider before altering your IT strategy
- How to maintain high motivation levels to bring out the best out of your staff
- Putting together a sound power sharing strategy between your team and your vendors
- Recognising and training and development areas and implementing appropriate programmes
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| 11.50am | Keynote address: Delivering Business Class Cloud Computing to the Enterprise
- Cloud Computing promises significant benefits to the Enterprise
- Enterprises demand high service levels, can Cloud Computing deliver?
- Closed Enterprise Class services are entering the market place, will these meet customer demand
- Reliance Globalcom’s Assured Cloud Service (ACS) – enabling best of breed Business Class cloud services
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| | SLAs, KPIs and VENDOR MANAGEMENT |
| 12.20pm | CIO Panel discussion: Getting the most out of your vendor
- Choosing the right vendor and deciding what information should be in the cloud
- Negotiating contracts and treating vendors like a virtual extension of your company
- Being realistic, prioritising and delivering a clear and concise strategy with minimal vendor risks
- Taking KPIs to the next level – moving away from traditional numbers
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| 1pm | Networking lunch
| | THE FUTURE OF CLOUD COMPUTING |
| 2pm | Keynote address: Cloud Matters?
- What the history of cloud teaches us about the future
- Understanding and overcoming the real security challenges
- How to avoid marketing confusion between security as a service and security of a service
- Why you don’t have to worry about security
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| 2.30pm | Panel session: Virtualisation and cloud computing in the next decade
- Evolution from security to interoperability to portability
- What can you expect from the usual suspects i.e. Google, Microsoft, Amazon etc.?
- How will the cloud transform networking in IT?
- Data as a Service (DaaS) – the end of hard drives and servers?
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| 3.15pm | Afternoon coffee
| 3.45pm | Keynote address: Green IT – Understanding the benefits of having a sound sustainability strategy
- How to measure data centre efficiency?
- Understanding initiatives you can take today and tomorrow
- The importance of the data centre/maturity model
- Achieving ‘true’ efficiency, end to end
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| 4.15pm | Close of Day Two and networking drinks reception
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