VCCG 2010

Dave Nielsen

Founder & Principal Consultant

CloudCamp

Dave Nielsen is a world-renowned Cloud Computing strategy consultant and speaker. He is also the founder of CloudCamp, a series of more than 200 unconferences, all over the world, where he enjoys engaging in discussions with developers & executives about the benefits, challenges & opportunities of Cloud Computing. Prior to CloudCamp, Dave worked at PayPal where he ran the PayPal Developer Network & Strikeiron where he managed Partner Programs.

In spite of cloud computing descriptions and definitions from organizations like NIST and the University of California at Berkeley, cloud computing remains a vague topic. This session will clearly articulate what cloud computing is, the state of cloud computing today, and what users can anticipate in the future. This discussion will help attendees get the most out of the subsequent cloud computing sessions and optimize their participation the conference.

Participants will learn:

• cloud computing concepts
• various cloud computing models
• how these models are used today - and how they’re likely to be used in the future