CEO OF Red Hat and CEO of VMware To Open The Cloud Factory in Banff
July 31, 2013
Grazed from Calgary Herald. Author: Lloyd Lobo.
The Canadian Cloud Council and Boast Capital have just announced The Cloud Factory, a two day conference that will bring together senior enterprise executives, corporate M&A teams, venture capitalists, enterprise startups, industry disruptors, technology thought leaders and global media to discuss best practices and innovations in Big Data, Enterprise and the Cloud.
The Cloud Factory will be held on April 7 and 8, 2014 at the Banff Centre and will culminate in the first ever Canadian Cloud Awards dubbed as the Oscar’s of Cloud Computing. Each day will focus on a distinct theme – Democratizing the Enterprise and Growth Hacking the Enterprise – featuring keynote presentations, fireside chats, panel discussions, enterprise startup pitches, demo stations and post-event excursions and activities. The opening speakers for The Cloud Factory include Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat and Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware…
“The move to the cloud is on par with the Industrial Revolution and highlights the first real push into a global Information Economy, but not all clouds are created equal,” said Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat. “Given the importance of cloud computing to the continued existence of business in general, enterprise buyers and CIOs must ensure that their chosen cloud platform remains open and transparent, eliminating lock-in and keeping their data free and flexible. This is why the education and conversations fostered by The Cloud Factory and the Canadian Cloud Council are so important to the business world at-large.”…
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