The first phase of the Cloud Computing trend was predominately about the IaaS layer - Infrastructure as a Service, from providers like Amazon. As adoption matures the key next step will be PaaS - Platform as a Service, and the new 'DevOps' software development model this makes possible. With a variety of options like Microsoft Azure, Force.com and many other PaaS options, this market will offer huge productivity improvement features for IT organizations.

Speaker Agenda

Neil McEvoy - Agile Cloud Procurement System

Neil McEvoy, Founder of the CBPN, will introduce the session with a focus on the Agile Cloud Procurement System - A framework to update procurement procedures to enable more Agile software implementation practices.

Jim Leary - Java in the Cloud

CloudBees are one of the keynote presenters - Read profile here.

Jim's presentation will be 'PaaS Best Practices', where he will cover a variety of topics about how CloudBees' technology enables Continuous Integration via the Cloud.

Jawaid Ekram - Building a .NET PaaS on VMware

Jawaid Ekram is the Founder and COO of Uhuru, a startup that is enabling VMware platforms to operate as a .NET PaaS.

Read our profile of them here.

Sasha Gilenson - Analytics for DevOps

Sasha is the CEO of Evolven, a provider of software and service for Change and Configuration Management.

Read more here.

Government Community Cloud

Free Takeaway - Attendees to the webinar will be sent our free e-guide : Building Government Community Clouds, a best practices manual for how to implement shared services computing models for transformation initiatives like Shared Services Canada.

This will include:

• Building government PaaS and SaaS services - Implementing PaaS services based on standards like the Canadian Federal Govts.
• Shared IT cost models - Working with other levels of government to maximize taxpayer efficiencies.
• Portability - The ability to switch workloads across multiple Cloud providers, to avoid lock-in and increase price competitiveness
• Open Data sharing - Data interoperation between different Cloud providers
• Best practice sharing - Using formats like OVF to package best practices and share them between agencies