The NZCS Canterbury Branch invites you to join in the stimulating discussion that Cloud-watchers Ben Kepes of Diversity and Ben Reid of Memia will be generating when they present on the state of "the Cloud" in 2010.

Free for NZCS members, inexpensive for others.

The Cloud in 2010: After the hype!

First, The Cloud - A Post-hype Reflection.  Cloud Computing analyst and commentator Ben Kepes tiptoes through the tulips of what is happening "in the Cloud" in 2010.

Late 2009 saw almost every vendor producing "cloud-specific" marketing material and tailored cloud offerings. In an IT world where almost everything is offered "as a Service", where the Cloud is seemingly the panacea for hunger, disease and early balding and where traditional business models are falling by the wayside - profit?  Who needs profit?

Then, a big question from Ben Reid - 21st Century CIO: All your IT is in the Cloud - now what?

The founder of New Zealand-based Memia Cloud Consulting will present on the immediate future of IT management for businesses of all sizes, given the current momentum towards placing IT solutions in the Cloud. What if all your systems were cloud based?  First, is it possible?  What will be the differences for IT managers when there are no servers or software left to manage?  What will be the practical impact on running your organisation's IT and what new techniques will the CIOs of the future need?

About Ben Kepes

Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a board member.  

His business interests encompass a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology.  As a commentator, he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and as an extensive blogger.

He sits on the boards of a number of organisations, both commercial and not-for-profit.  Ben is well connected having spoken at length with the vast majority of SaaS players in existence.  He is editor of CloudAve.com, a specialist Cloud Computing blog and principal of Diversity Analysis a broad spectrum consultancy specialising in SaaS, Cloud Computing and business strategy.

About Ben Reid

Ben Reid, founder of Memia Cloud Consulting is a software and enterprise architect with 15 years of professional software and IT architecture experience.  

Originally from the UK, Ben moved to NZ in 2004 and worked for four years as a software architect at HP Consulting until leaving to start Memia in 2008.  

Ben has worked in a wide range of vertical industries and technologies, and is driven by applying technology innovation to build business value. Ben is a qualified TOGAF Enterprise Architecture practitioner and has worked as part of the IT architecture teams for some of NZ's largest enterprises.

Refreshments kindly sponsored by Novell.

 

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