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Archive for April, 2010
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Friday, April 9th, 2010Google to Hold CIO Cloud Computing Confab Next Week
Friday, April 9th, 2010Google to Hold CIO Cloud Computing Confab Next Week and it should be a good one! It will be held just a few miles away from Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters.
“We hope to unite and challenge IT executives and thought leaders as we assess the impact of cloud computing and other emerging technologies on the way we all do business today and in the future,” Google said in the invitation to the event.
Google said the sold-out event will host 400 CIOs and IT executives and feature talks by various Google execs as well as some familiar speakers on the tech conference circuit.
The event includes a panel of “Cloud Adopters” featuring execs from Genentech, Motorola Mobile Devices and MeadWestvaco and another session on the mobile Internet. This should be an amazing cloud hosting event for anyone out there looking to get into the cloud hosting, cloud server, or cloud computing area.
On a side note: On Tuesday, just a few miles away from Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters, enterprise software giant SAP will be hosting an evening event it’s calling Cloud Computing 2011.
Forbes Names Rackspace’s Lanham Napier One of 15 Most Powerful CEOs 40 and Under
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Forbes Names Rackspace’s Lanham Napier One of 15 Most Powerful CEOs 40 and Under. Napier has helped guide the company to become a force in the industry and expand from less than 100 Rackers operating a single data center in 2001 to over 2,750 Rackers and nine data centers worldwide in 2010. Leading the way in the Cloud Hosting era.
“We pride ourselves on a collaborative culture at Rackspace, so this honor is a larger acknowledgement of the hard work, growth and success of all Rackers,” said Napier. “Rackspace’s foundation of Fanatical Support has helped drive the company to continued innovation through the talented team of Rackers, whose hard work and dedication make this company what it is today.”
The Forbes list of “America’s 15 Most Powerful CEOs 40 and Under” is comprised of the heads of the 15 biggest publicly traded companies in the U.S. as of Feb. 8, 2010, as determined by market capitalization, with chief executives under 40 years old.
