January 10, 2011 - Monday
The Future of Cloud Computing - Uncovering the Opportunities
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Like it or hate it “the Cloud” is the future of IT. It may even be the most disruptive force that IT has ever seen -- literally restructuring the way that businesses work. In this talk, rICh Morrow, a Cloud Consultant with nearly 2 decades of IT experience, will walk us through the past, present, and (most importantly) future of Cloud and Virtualization technology. With a gift for making the deeply technical accessible and boiling the complex down to it’s essence, rICh will help techies and non-techies alike understand what “the Cloud” is, and together, we’ll dive into some amazing ways that it’s now being used, as well as ways we’ll all be using it 5,10, and 20 years from now.
Highlights include:
- Defining “the Cloud”. We’ll learn about software and hardware virtualization by studying pizzas. We’ll unlock the meaning of IaaS, SaaS (and the less relevant PaaS).
- Cloud Landscape. We’ll talk about Private vs Public clouds, infinite scale, cost benefits, automation, and some of the major cloud players.
- Present-Day Cloud. We’ll look at what’s currently possible, and we’ll discuss the skillset, organizational, and operational changes that the Cloud is affecting.
- Soon-to-be Cloud. We’ll talk about some exciting technologies that are coming within 5 years. Virtual Desktops, tele-presense, real-world modeling, and the gamification and digital persistence of everything we do.
- Far Future Cloud. Embedded chips monitoring our blood for early-stage disease, Robotics and True Artificial intelligence. Someone cue up the Jetson’s theme song...
Stop wondering what “the Cloud” is all about. Come spend 90 minutes with us and walk out with a solid understanding of how you can use it now, and in the future of your business and personal lives.
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EVENT: Night with a Futurist
DATE: January 10, 2011 - Monday
TIME: 6:30pm-9:00pm
WEBSITE: http://www.davinciinstitute.com/events/608/night-with-a-futurist-monday-june--4-2012
LOCATION: DaVinci Institute, 511 E. South Boulder Road, Louisville, CO 80027
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COST: $20, Members: Free, SuperMembers: Free
PHONE: 303-666-4133
TOPIC: The Future of Cloud Computing - Uncovering the Opportunities
SPEAKERS: Rich Morrow, Dave Jilk, Joel Wampler, John Sheehan, Thomas Frey
SPEAKER: Rich Morrow
Cloud Architect, Infrastructure and Security Engineer at quicloud, LLC
Rich Morrow is a passionate Senior Web Technologist with over 17 years experience delivering top-shelf product to Fortune 500 clients such as Amazon.com, FedEx, and Nike; government agencies such as NASA and the US Air Force; and small, fast paced entrepreneurial ventures with limited resources and unlimited workloads / vision. He has spent over 1/2 of his career in the start-up arena and is well-versed in building out infrastructure, processes, and teams which can take businesses to "the next level". He has nearly singular focus in Free and Open Source Software (or "FOSS"), and is an expert in Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP or "LAMP" stacks.
In a sentence: he specializes in architecture, development and maintenance of large-scale mission-critical custom Web applications, and has an extensive background in building and leading extraordinary technology teams.
His new venture, quicloud, helps small to medium sized businesses (SMBs) understand and appropriately build/manage their services in the cloud -- allowing them to dramatically cut costs while simultaneously removing the ceilings on their growth.
quicloud leverages solutions from Amazon's AWS (EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, etc), Rackspace Cloud (CloudServers, CloudFiles, CloudSites), GoGrid, and others, to build robust Web products with infinite scale and ludicrously low TCO.
PANELIST: Dave Jilk
Serial Entrepreneur and Founder of eCortex, Inc.
Serial entrepreneur David Jilk has been building software and Internet technology companies for twenty-five years. In 2006, he joined Prof. Randall O'Reilly to found eCortex, Inc., an R&D firm dedicated to commercializing and extending Prof. O'Reilly's research in neural models of brain function. These models are at the forefront of the type of general artificial intelligence research described in Ray Kurzweil's book "The Singularity Is Near." Mr. Jilk holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
PANELIST: Joel Wampler
Founding Systems Architect for Standing Cloud, Inc.
Joel Wampler is the Founding Systems Architect for Standing Cloud, Inc., a Boulder-based provider of cloud-based application management tools and services. Joel has over 17 years experience designing and deploying cutting edge technologies in environments ranging from large Fortune 500 companies to, more recently, fast-paced start-ups. He is currently focused on applying his expertise in designing secure, scalable, and highly-available systems to cloud infrastructures, using Linux and other Free and Open Source Software.
PANELIST: John Sheehan
Developer Evangelist for Twilio
John Sheehan is a Developer Evangelist for Twilio, a leading cloud communications provider that provides a simple API to send and receive phone calls and text messages. John has worked in a wide range IT roles for the past 15 years working with clients such as the Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Twins. At Twilio, John works closely with developers to empower them to build voice and SMS applications that provide maximum value for their organizations.
HOST: Thomas Frey
Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute
Thomas Frey is Executive Director and Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute as well as Google top rated futurist speaker.
As part of the celebrity speaking circuit, Tom continually pushes the envelope of understanding, creating fascinating images of the world to come. His keynote talks on futurist topics have captivated people ranging from high level government officials to executives in Fortune 500 companies including NASA, IBM, AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent Technologies, First Data, Boeing, Capital One, Bell Canada, Visa, Ford Motor Company, Qwest, Allied Signal, Hunter Douglas, Direct TV, International Council of Shopping Centers, National Association of Federal Credit Unions, Times of India, Leaders in Dubai, and many more.
Because of his work inspiring inventors and other revolutionary thinkers, Tom has been referred to as the modern "Father of Invention" and the "Dean of Futurists." Before launching the DaVinci Institute, Tom spent 15 years at IBM as an engineer and designer where he received over 270 awards, more than any other IBM engineer.
6:30 - 7:00 - Registration and networking
7:00 - 7:15 - Announcements and introductions
7:15 - 8:00 - “The Future of Cloud Computing" - Rich Morrow
8:00 - 8:45 - Panel discussion
8:45 - 9:00 - Networking
9:00 - Thank you for coming
