SYS-CON Events announced today that Ross Chevalier, CTO for Novell Americas and President for Novell Canada, will be presenting at the upcoming Government IT Conference & Expo (www.GovITExpo.com) this coming October 6 in Washington, DC.

His session will be entitled "Strategy Considerations for Collaboration in the Cloud"

Strategy Considerations for Collaboration in the Cloud
This session will discuss best practices for implementing a secure on-premise and cloud deployment mix, challenges organizations should anticipate when shifting to the cloud, and the key things any government organization needs to consider when building out a collaboration strategy in the cloud. Attendees will take away key tips for designing a next-generation collaboration deployment model that connects both government employees and citizens to tools in the cloud that enable the necessary interactions that promote progress and productivity in today's government environment.

Speaker Bio
Ross Chevalier is the President of Novell Canada and also the Chief Technology Officer for Novell Americas.  In both roles he focuses on customer relationships and architectural thought leadership. Mr. Chevalier joined Novell in 1998. Mr. Chevalier is co-chair of the Digital Business Forum (Canada), a member of the Board of Directors of the Information Technology Association of Canada and is the founder of Internet Safety for Kids Canada, a not for profit organization focused on helping parents and educators to keep children safe online.

1st Annual Government IT Conference & Expo
Government IT Conference & Expo, which is being held October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC, builds on the success of SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Expo, the fastest-growing conference anywhere in the world devoted to the delivery of massively scalable IT as a service using Internet technologies. Agency CIOs and CTOs need the flexibility to choose the best tools to accomplish their mission regardless of platform. Cloud computing, virtualization, SOA, security and compliance are among the major themes of the technical program.

Top Keynotes, Meaty Technical Session, Highly Engaged Delegates
Keynote speakers at SYS-CON Events have historically come from the very highest echelons of the computer software industry, and from giant enterprise software companies like IBM, Sun, Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon, VMware, and many other industry-leading companies.

With GovITExpo we widen and broaden our reach to embrace those who are bringing technology into the Federal domain. This high-energy event will be a must-attend for senior technologists involved in Government IT at every level including CIOs, CTOs, directors of infrastructure, VPs of technology, IT directors and managers, network and storage managers, network engineers, enterprise architects, and communications and networking specialists.

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