Mobilize 2008

OPENING REMARKS

Speakers:Om Malik – Founder, GigaOM

PANEL

Building The Perfect Host for Web Apps

When a hosting platform is built from boxes and bandwidth, it is built with a vision of usage in mind. When a startup codes the next big hit app, it has preconceived notions about what load challenges its platform will cope with. With cloud computing will things change drastically? This panel brings together two of the most innovative hosting companies and two rising web app startups to outline what each wants from the other and what new opportunities can be generated from the missing elements.

Moderated by:Rohit Sharma – Investor, Independent
Speakers:James Lindenbaum – Co-Founder and CEO, Heroku

BREAK

(Optional Workshops – Located on Level 2)

SUN MICROSYSTEMS – Room 2

Navigating a World of Many Clouds

As cloud computing becomes increasingly popular, the question becomes not whether you should use cloud resources, but rather, what kind of cloud resources you should use. How can you ensure that you’re able to move seamlessly from one cloud to another? What issues might you face when migrating? In this workshop, experts from Sun Microsystems’ Cloud Computing team will provide answers to these questions and more.

Speakers:Veena Avula – Director of Product Marketing, Cloud Infrastructure, Sun Microsystems

PANEL

The Myth of the One-Size-Fits-All Cloud

As enterprises begin to evaluate cloud computing, some are asking if the current model of commodity servers and virtualization meets their needs. Is there money to be made creating specialized clouds for industries that require highly specific computing tasks, from video trans-coding to fiscal transactions and medical records?

Moderated by:Stacey Higginbotham – Staff Writer, GigaOM
Speakers:Michael Crandell – CEO and Founder, RightScale

LUNCH

(Optional Workshops – Located on Level 2)

CISCO – Room 2

The Enterprise Data Center and Cloud Computing

In this highly interactive workshop session, the audience will explore the application of cloud computing to the Enterprise, including public clouds, private clouds, internal clouds and cloud interoperability. With so many options, what are the best choices for your enterprise?

Speakers:Doug Gourlay – VP, Data Center Solutions, Cisco

PANEL

Toward Cloud Computing: Private Enterprise Clouds As A First Step

Enterprises are cautious about migrating their most demanding applications to public clouds. Public cloud infrastructure can’t run all existing enterprise applications, particularly the most mission critical, without some modification and more advanced management software. IT also faces concerns about security and control. Yet the lure of self-service provisioning and usage-based pricing is still strong. The solution? Build your own cloud with your existing infrastructure investment as a first step. This panel will explore how enterprise clouds are likely to take shape, building on the evolution of virtualization infrastructure and systems management technology as a foundation.

Moderated by:George Gilbert – Co-Founder and Partner, TechAlpha
Speakers:Kia Behnia – CTO, BMC Software

PANEL

Better Broadband: Enabling the Cloud Era

We’re building huge Cloud Computing cities, but are we neglecting the already clogged broadband highways between them? As internal data center networking speeds start to exceed 40 Gbps, the pipes that connect those clouds to the outside world and each other will hit their limits. This panel examines what stress fractures we may see initially, what technology can do about it, and who will ultimately pay for it.

Moderated by:Dave Asprey – VP, Technology and Corporate Development, Blue Coat Systems
Speakers:Kenneth Duda – VP Software Engineering, Arista Networks

JUNIPER NETWORKS – Room 1

If you could build the ideal data center network for the Cloud computing world, what would it look like?

Cloud computing to set to take off, but today’s legacy data center networks just won’t fly. Learn about next-generation networks where the simple solution lies in a simpler architecture.

Speakers:Viswesh Ananthakrishnan – Director, Product Marketing, Juniper Networks

PANEL

On The Shoulders of Giants

Innovation occurs when you push at the edge of reasonable practice. When your job is to manage some of the worlds largest infrastructures, with demands that test the limit of technology and budgets, innovation is your only option. Keepers of six of the largest collections of boxes, bits and bandwidth on the planet will share their successes with current technology and their desires for and opinions on the future.

Moderated by:Jonathan Heiliger – VP, Technical Operations, Facebook
Speakers:Najam Ahmad – General Manager, Global Networking Services, Microsoft

MININOTE

Cloud Success Stories: Lessons Learned and Best Practices

Speakers:Willy Chiu – VP, IBM Cloud Labs & HiPODS, IBM

CLOSING REMARKS