Free Exhibition and Workshops
Taking place on the 2nd day of the conference, 29th February 2012, the FREE Expo and FREE workshop program will provide delegates with an opportunity to discuss cloud computing with some of the world's top IT vendors, and attend focused seminars designed to tackle specific issues related to adopting the technology.
Day 2 - 29th February:
9:30-10:00 A Coherent Cloud – Understanding Business Models and Strategy
• Scope of cloud in the region: the current and exaggerated necessities for cloud
• Defining the core fundamentals of cloud adoption
• Identifying the potential challenges in cloud adoption
10:20-10:50 Cloud and the Unified Communications Equation
• Does cloud make UC affordable?
• Assessing the demand for unified communications in economic downturn
• How cloud’s influence on communications is benefiting the SME market
Ramesh Bhandari, Business Development Manager, Etisalat
11:10-11:40 Changing the Game
• Brief overview of SmartHost
• The Road to the Cloud
• Cloud Computing Technology Platform
• Solutions and Services – SaaS, IaaS, PaaS
• Customer Benefits
• Case study – Red Crescent
Walid Khodja, COO, SmartHost
12:00-12:30 How Your IT Transformation Will Succeed - Cloud Orchestration for Enterprise and Telcos
Successful cloud and application management strategies do have a strong impact on your business – they can optimize your internal IT or build the foundation of a new business model.
Join this session and you will know how ASG CloudFactory can …
• Optimize and transform Enterprise IT into Private and Hybrid Clouds with TCO reductions of up to 60% while increasing speed of innovation and agility
• Jump-start Public SaaS Clouds for Telcos to unlock new revenues, raise customer loyalty and boost the competitive advantage
• Ensure a successful IT transformation by learning from exciting reference projects
Thomas Mueller, CTO of Cloud Technologies, ASG Software
12:50-1:20 Adopt Cloud at Your Own Pace
• The Cloud-ready infrastructure
• Infrastructure-as-a-service
• Increased utilization rates
• Service level management
Andrew Mason, District Manager Middle East, Hitachi Data Systems
1:40-2:10 Viability of Cloud Computing
• A real demonstration of the economic driver, hear it from Ireland’s Leading Golf Resort - The K Club
• Priority concerns and barriers of shifting from legacy IT infrastructure to cloud - A DIT research
• Impacts on environment, sustainability and emission control
Mojtaba Akbari, Head of IT, The K Club
2:30-3:00 One Small Step to Private Cloud Infrastructure: An End User Perspective
• Background and Introduction
• How cloud infrastructure can help organization goals and objectives
• An implementation approach to cloud infrastructure
Taufik Kurnaiwan, Head of IT Infrastructure, Royal Court of Bahrain
3:20-3:50 Findit Cloud – A Unique Search Service
• How to reach the right user with the right information at the right time
• How to make use of the information value
• How to use Findability solutions to reach business goals
Mohammad Shadab, Business Development Manager, Findwise
3:50 - FInish
