Special Interest Brown Bag
Sponsored by Information Services/Information Technology Network
Friday, November 21, Noon EST
Cloud Computing
Moderator: Thomas Howe, Enterprise Sales Manager, Google
Abstract: In his book "The Big Switch" author Nick Carr states: "A hundred years ago, companies stopped generating their own power with steam engines and plugged into the newly built electric grid. This transformation had commercial and social ramifications that are impossible to overstate. Electric Light altered the rhythms of life, electric assembly lines redefined industry and electric appliances brought the industrial revolution into the home. The change was so fundamental that it became almost impossible for us to imagine what life was like before electricity began to flow through the sockets in our walls."
"Today, a similar revolution is under way. Hooked up to the Internet's global computing grid, massive information-processing plants have begun pumping data and software code into our homes and businesses. This time, it's computing that's turning into a utility. Cheap utility supplied computing will ultimately change society as profoundly as cheap electricity did."
In our talk on Cloud Computing, we will cover:
1) What has made it possible?
2) How is it different from the service bureaus and application service providers (ASPs) of the past?
3) Why do it?
4) How can you continue to leverage your existing investments in legacy technologies?
5) The risks of moving to the cloud
6) The benefits
To reserve your place for this event, please email Lee Green at green@iriinc.org.
Spring 2009 Multi-Network Meeting
March 9 - 11, Baltimore, MD
EHSN: 8am Tuesday, March 10 – 5pm Wednesday, March 11
ETN: 8am Tuesday, March 10 – 5pm Wednesday, March 11
FN: 8am Monday, March 9 – 5pm Tuesday, March 10
HRN: 8am Monday, March 9 – 5pm Tuesday, March 10
ILN: 8am Tuesday, March 10 – 5pm Wednesday, March 11
ISITN: 9am Tuesday, March 10 – 5pm Wednesday, March 11
NBDN: 12pm Monday, March 9 - 12pm Wednesday, March 11
RDSSN: 12pm Monday, March 9 – 12pm Wednesday, March 11
Hotel and registration information will be available shortly.
To join an IRI Network or to get more information, contact Lee Green at green@iriinc.org or 703-647-2580. Participation in the IRI Networks is a benefit covered by your company’s membership dues, and Network membership is open to all member company employees! Information on the IRI Networks is also available on our Web site at http://www.iriinc.org/networks. We encourage you to take advantage of this valuable program, considered by many as one of the greatest benefits of IRI membership!
Related Files
ILN Agenda F08 (Word Document)
Fall Brochure (PDF File)
Registration Form (PDF File)
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