Pre-conference Events

As you plan your All About the Cloud participation, be sure to mark your calendars to join us on Monday, May 10, for several pre-conference events. Participation is free, but we do request you sign-up during your conference registration.

1:00-5:00PM	Mastering ISV Cloud Challenges, hosted by Progress Software & IBM Attend these back-to-back, two-hour sessions designed to provide ISVs with solutions to the top challenges on around-the-clock responsiveness, as well as development and management in the Cloud. Session details follow: Responsiveness in the Cloud, hosted by Progress Software, 1:00-3:00PM In today’s dynamically changing world, ISVs need to respond quickly and easily to their customers, employees, partners and suppliers by providing 24/7 support. This session will explore the business requirements for becoming more operationally responsive, and address the differences for developing business applications and process management in the cloud. You’ll learn how Progress Software’s ISV partners have been able to transform from an on-premise world to a SaaS world, including how deployment in the cloud requires more visibility into service levels and business process flows. Development & Management in the Cloud, hosted by IBM, 3:00-5:00PM Join IBM and their business partners to address two areas that are critical to cloud success: development in the cloud and management in the cloud. We’ll discuss strategies that will help you manage your cloud computing environment for reduced cost, improved flexibility and reliable service delivery. We’ll also share cloud computing tools that offer an agile, flexible computing model to help you simplify and streamline your operation so delivery teams can work faster.
3:00-5:00PM	A Path to SaaS, hosted by Intel As Cloud Computing becomes increasingly more prevalent in the B2B space, ISVs are challenged with making the transition to offer on-demand solutions. At Intel, we are interested in learning how we can help our ISV community make this transition smoother by partnering with the software ecosystem. This session is designed to explore and address the operational and business challenges that ISVs face, and collect the requirements to insure success in the Cloud. We look forward to getting your valued feedback as we develop our strategy in the Cloud arena. Note: so that we may engage in an in-depth discussion, this event is limited to 30 participants.
5:00-6:30PM	Speed Networking Event, sponsored by Mezeo Software You’ll meet a large number of attendees in an efficient and relaxed way. These 3- minute introductory meetings are the starting point for conversation and networking throughout the conference. (Note: this event is limited to the first 200 participants who sign-up.)
6:30-9:30PM	Cinco de Mayo Welcome Reception, sponsored by NTT Celebrate Cinco de Mayo all over again with your software industy peers at this casual networking reception featuring food, drink, and plenty of fun!