Elizabeth White

Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here! Private clouds are a great way to provide real-time service delivery of IT resources with a single-tenant, customized, secure environment. However, the challenge of scaling and managing physical resources still exists. The solution may be to leverage an Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider to build an off-premise Private Cloud to add scalability to your current private cloud. In his general session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Duke Skarda, CTO of SoftLayer, will discuss: How to achieve scalability at Internet speed Why it makes technical and business sense to host the cloud off-premises What hosting options are available Explore Cloud Expo Sponsorship & Exhibit Opportunities ! Speaker Bio: Duke Skarda is CTO of SoftLayer. He joined SoftLayer in November 2010. As the CTO, he holds responsibilities for implementing, des... (more)

Cloud Expo New York: Move to the Cloud and Modernize in One Step

Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here! Faced with migrating applications from Windows Server 2003 to Windows 2008 or 2012 when adopting the cloud? In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Greg O'Connor, President & CEO of AppZero, will demonstrate new "up-level OS" migration capabilities. This technology allows users to effortlessly move server applications from old operating systems to new ones as part of a cloud migration. With Windows Server 2003 end of life approaching, companies will be faced with moving large numbers of enterprise applications. See how you can m... (more)

Cloud Expo New York: Scalable Big Data Solutions in a Bare Metal Cloud

Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here! The cloud provides an easy on-ramp to building and deploying Big Data solutions, particularly the latest technologies that favor scale-out architectures. Transitioning from initial deployment to a large-scale, highly performant operation may not be as easy. Understanding the benefits, weaknesses, and performance characteristics of public cloud and bare metal cloud deployments can help you make the right decisions. In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Marc Jones, VP of Product Innovation for SoftLayer, will provide some insig... (more)

SoftLayer Now Powers Online Games for More than 100 Million Players

In the hypercompetitive online gaming world a couple of milliseconds of lag can be the difference between virtual life and death, and the inability to scale up with demand can kill an entire game title. In the last two quarters, more than 60 new gaming companies have moved to SoftLayer's global platform, frequently migrating from commodity cloud platforms because of problems with cost, latency, availability and raw performance. Hundreds of the top mobile, PC and social games with more than 100 million active players, are now supported by SoftLayer's infrastructure platform. With... (more)

Cloud Expo New York: Best CIO Practices Shared from SHI’s Customers

Cloud Expo New York $500 Savings here! In his session at the 12th International Cloud Expo, Richard Taggart, CTO of SHI, will share a collection of best Information Technology Practices and Innovation Programs that have been proven to work in real life situations. These practices are some of the best ideas taken from SHI's database of customer submissions. These programs include those designed to solve business to technology alignment issues, technology effectiveness, and new ways to stimulate true innovation in IT. Taggart is the former SVP and Corporate CIO of the Walt Disney ... (more)