[GRID-ANNOUNCE] See OGF at CloudWorld booth 431

[Joel Replogle]



OGF is participating in the joint conference of CloudWorld, Next  
Generation Data Center (NGDC), and OpenSource World going on now,  
August 12-13, 2009 in San Francisco, CA, USA.

OGF's VP of Standards, Chris Smith, is presenting a talk Thursday  
August 13, from 9:15am - 10:00am in room 3004:
      From Grid to Cloud: Leveraging Distributed Computing  
Technologies in Moving to the Cloud
There are many challenges in the minds of enterprise CIO's about the  
opportunities that cloud presents. On the one hand, the opportunity  
to flex resources to meet demand, particularly with pay as you go,  
addresses the challenge of sizing and capital expenditure for  
occasional events. Another class of challenge is the security and  
management of key corporate resources, for audit and compliance  
purposes. So why would the typical CIO be interested in throwing  
caution to the wind with a third party service provider?

This session will feature discussion of the potential for grid  
middleware to provide a vehicle for the development of private  
clouds, leveraging existing resources and infrastructure with the  
potential for extending services into the cloud using commercial  
suppliers. Much work has been done in the grid middleware community  
to demonstrate the viability of grid as an application, an extensible  
platform and an infrastructure in the cloud, thus providing an  
effective "on ramp" to the cloud for the existing user base.

Visit us at booth 431 in the Solutions Showcase!

Why is OGF at the joint CloudWorld/NGDC/OpenSource World conference?
    * To promote OGF's specifications and best practices
    * To inform conference attendees of OGF's mission and invite  
participation
    * To promote OGF's Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI) working  
group
    * OGF's Open Forum and Open Standards are a natural fit to many  
attendees
    * To promote OGF's upcoming events
    * To meet and network with organizations interested in cloud and  
distributed technologies.

Conference website:
http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/

Thanks,

Joel

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Joel Replogle              Executive Director, Open Grid Forum
replogle at ogf.org           http://www.ogf.org




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