Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts, FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud.
We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.
If you are at Microsoft TechEd next week there will be a few sessions I will be giving there:
Birds-of-a-Feather,”Going to the Cloud: Are We Crazy?” Dmitry Sotnikov, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday May 12, room 501A – this one is IT-oriented discussion of risks and benefits of putting your IT systems into the cloud.
PowerShell Ask the Experts Session, Dmitry Sotnikov and Kirk Munro, 12:30 p.m. Wednesday May 13, Quest booth 808 – this will actually be PowerShell – not cloud – oriented.
Birds-of-a-Feather, “Developing on Azure: Stories from the Trenches,” Dmitry Sotnikov, 6:45 p.m. May 14, room 502A. A developer-oriented discussion so everyone who is kicking the Azure tires can share there war stories and get advice.
“Case Study: Migrating Existing Client Applications to Windows Azure,” Dmitry Sotnikov, 2:45 p.m. May 15, room 515B – my main session of the show. I will talk about how Quest is using Windows Azure to turn its products into SaaS offerings.
Also, check out this session if you are interested specifically in Exchange Online and corresponding migration path: “Migration to Microsoft Online Services from Exchange and Non-Microsoft Platforms,” Quest’s Keith Ridings and Microsoft’s Erik Ashby, 4:30 p.m. May 14, room 403B.
About Dmitry Sotnikov Dmitry Sotnikov has over ten years of experience working in the Windows management area, and is the author of multiple whitepapers, a regular blogger - at Dmitry's PowerBlog and CloudEnterprise.info - Microsoft MVP and a presenter at numerous trade shows, including: Microsoft Management Summit, WinHEC, Longhorn RDP Airlift, IT Forum, Platforma and TechEd. He is currently leading the new product research and development team for Quest’s Windows Management business unit. While in this role he has already made Quest an industry leader in Migration, SharePoint and PowerShell space, and is now leading the company into the cloud computing era.
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