Parallels

Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 am / Keynote

Serguei will kick off Parallels Summit 2009 and help clear the foggy realm of Cloud Computing for service providers and businesses. This year’s keynote will describe Parallels’ Cloud Computing vision and how you can win in an ever-changing landscape where the Giants (Googles, Amazons, etc…) are making their name in hosted computing.

Tuesday 12:00 - 12:40 pm / Keynote

Cloud computing is emerging as an exciting approach to providing dynamic IT resources in an energy efficient approach through greater consolidation and robust systems management. This talk will cover the path the computing industry has taken to this stage — from the origins of the power challenges to IBM’s innovative and holistic approach to these problems, including offerings in the cloud computing space.

Tuesday 12:40 - 1:05 pm / Keynote

Transforming your internet infrastructure is no small task. Virtualization has provided more flexible and dynamic capabilities for data center managers around the world. As Cloud Computing emerges to transform the next generation of Internet Data Centers, Intel is working to develop the next set of silicon technologies to deliver the industry’s best Physical Layer for Cloud Computing. Please join us for a "Talk in the Clouds".

Tuesday 4:50 - 6:00 pm / Keynote

Panel: Morris Miller, Founder, Sequel Ventures, LLC / Andreas Gauger, Founder, 1&1 / Bernie Meyerson, IBM Fellow, Vice President, Chief Technologist, Systems & Technology Group / Bill McNee, President and CEO, Saugatuck Technology

This panel of hosting industry heavyweights discusses the changing landscape brought about by cloud computing, how cloud computing is transforming the traditional hosting business, what are the competitive threats, and what hosters should be doing now. Other topics include whether Amazon and Google will redefine enterprise computing, will MS be able to hold on to its developer network and Azure, and what ISVs should do now?

Wednesday 9:30 - 10:15 am / Keynote

The fuzziness of recent discourse concerning the Cloud Computing and SaaS phenomenons has obscured the emerging ecosystem forming around these disruptive technology waves. Is this merely another Internet "gold rush" or do they represent a major transformation of the technology industry landscape? How will enterprises, large and small, take advantage of these technology waves? How will SaaS and Cloud adoption differ in various regions? What services will Cloud Computing vendors offer? How will organizations create and manage Private Clouds? Saugatuck’s Four Waves and its Cloud Ecosystem Model offer the answers to these and other puzzling questions, clearing the air on Cloud Computing and SaaS.

Wednesday 10:15 - 10:35 am / Keynote

The industry is buzzing with questions about cloud computing. How long will it be before it’s real? Are cloud providers the new hosters? What will current hosters do to adapt? This talk, by Microsoft’s Industry Director for SaaS ISVs, discusses Microsoft’s upcoming cloud computing platform Azure and explores the move to cloud computing from the point of view of what customers will actually do during these first years. Far from replacing hosters, cloud platforms will complement and extend the value that hosters provide. In the long run, strong partnerships between Cloud platform providers and hosters will be essential to the success of the cloud computing revolution.

Wednesday 10:35 - 10:55 am / Keynote

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure or hosted desktops are all around you. VDI promises to lower the cost and complexity of provisioning, deploying and managing Windows desktop infrastructures for organizations of all sizes. A market segment that hardly existed less than two years, according to Gartner, the VDI market is expected to reach $300 Million this year and up to $2 Billion by 2013. As they look to increase their agility, efficiency and competitiveness, organizations will look to service providers to deliver a hosted workspace as a utility-like service. Desktops as a service is the next revenue frontier for service providers. Join Quest Software, the leaders in hosted desktop virtualization solutions, and learn how to differentiate your offerings in a fiercely competitive hosting market with next generation value added services. All attendees will be eligible to receive a free 20-user license of Quest vWorkspace, the award-winning desktop virtualization solution.

Wednesday 11:10 am - 11:35 am / Keynote

Richard Rosenblatt, CEO and Founder of Demand Media, will present his vision of the future of social media and content and how participants in the hosting market can take advantage of this emerging opportunity. Demand Media was busy in 2008 building the infrastructure to deliver cutting edge social media tools, relevant content and active communities to its expansive network of partner sites and internally managed properties. The company’s success includes powering more than 3 billion monthly social interactions with its Pluck social media suite, becoming the largest contributor of content to YouTube, generating more than 2,000 pieces of text and video content per day through its Demand Studios content creator network, and the continued growth of its eNom registrar operations. Richard’s keynote address will outline how Demand Media’s radical approach to creating and growing web sites can now be leveraged by hosting companies, ISPs and domain name resellers to grow their businesses.