What's "Cloud 2.0"? Who's behind "SHadoop"? Why is the Cloud so important to the Big Data boom? Are you turning your data into dollars? Which cloud model is right for your company?

Register to attend 11th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo Silicon Valley and get your questions answered November 5–8.

Here's what you can look forward to, expressed numerically:

• 1 Convenient Venue – Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA
• 2 Interlocking Themes – Cloud Computing & Big Data
• 4 Content-Packed Days – November 5–8, 2012
• 6 Industry Keynotes
• 8 Distinct Parallel Tracks
• 174 Breakout Technical & Strategy Sessions
• 203 Expert Speakers & Panelists
• 90,000 Square Feet of Expo Floor
• and 1 Not-To-Be-Missed Opening Night Welcome Reception on Nov 5 !

The event is co-located with 2nd International BigDataExpo. Registration includes both events.

Whether you are a large enterprise, a growing business, a government organization, or a service provider, Cloud Expo Silicon Valley is THE place you need to be November 5–8. Click on the topic of your choice and you'll be taken immediately to the most relevant session/s . Then register today, and save yourself $500!

Cloud Expo Silicon Valley $500 Savings here!

See you in just over five weeks' time at the Santa Clara Convention Center...

Jeremy Geelan
Conference Chair
11th Cloud Expo / 2nd International Big Data Expo

INDEX OF SESSIONS BY TOPIC
[CLICK ON TOPIC TO GO TO RELEVANT SESSION/S]

APIs

APIs – The Wiring Behind the Cloud Adam DuVander | Executive Editor - ProgrammableWeb.com

Best Practices of API Management Alistair Farquharson | CTO - SOA Software

How Does My Enterprise API Platform Differ From Facebook, Twitter and Netflix? Ian Goldsmith | Vice President - SOA Software

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Applications

From Infrastructure to Applications Murthy Mathiprakasam | Sr. Product Marketing Manager - VMware

Performance Management in Big Data Applications Michael Kopp | Technology Strategist - Compuware

Taking Your App Delivery Strategy to the Cloud Todd Paoletti | Sr. Director - Akamai Technologies

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Big Data

Address Your Big Data Needs with the Cloud Robert Miggins | Sr. VP of Business Development - PEER 1 Hosting

Big Data is at the Heart of Cloud Computing Tom Leyden | Director of Alliances and Marketing - Amplidata

Big Data Storage & Management Ari Zilka | Chief Products Officer - Hortonworks

Big Data Storage Panel: Object Storage for Big Data Robin Harris (Moderator) | Founder & President - TechnoQWAN LLC

Internet of Things + Smart Grid = Big Data (and a Solution to the Energy Crisis) Chris Black | Sr. Vice President, Engineering -Tendril

Performance Management in Big Data Applications Michael Kopp | Technology Strategist - Compuware

Scaling Big Data in the Cloud Cory Isaacson | CEO - CodeFutures Corporation

Transforming Cloud Infrastructure to Support Big Data Michelle Munson | President, CEO & Co-Founder - Aspera

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Cloud (General)

Cloud Computing Adoption: Where Are We Really? Sean Hackett | Managing Director, Cloud Computing - The InfoPro

From Infrastructure to Applications Richa Dhanda | Sr. Product Marketing Manager - VMware

Managing the Explosive Growth and Consolidation of Data in the Cloud Raejeanne Skillern | Director, Cloud Computing Marketing, Intel Corporation

Private vs. Public Cloud Josh Butikofer | Chief Solutions Architect - Adaptive Computing

Reducing the Cost and Complexity of Cloud Migrations Adiascar Cisneros | Director of Operations - Racemi

Scaling Big Data in the Cloud Cory Isaacson | CEO - CodeFutures Corporation

Scaling Cloud Network Infrastructures with Maximum ROI Sujal Das | Director of Product Marketing - Broadcom

Scaling in the Cloud Brian Jawalka | Principal Solutions Architect, Cloud Strategy - Rackspace

The Five Steps to Deploying a Private Cloud Rich Wolski | Co-Founder & CTO - Eucalyptus Systems

Zero Touch Compliance for Cloud Platforms George Gerchow | Director, Center for Policy & Compliance - VMware

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Cloud Education

Investing in a Sound Cloud Education Strategy Marc Halcrow | North America Regional Manager - ITpreneurs

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Cloud Management

Next-Generation Cloud Management: The Cloud Service Broker Iain James Marshall | CTO - Groupe Prologue S.A.

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Cloud Security

Building a Safe and Available Cloud Daniel Graves | Cloud CTO - Symantec

Cyber Security in the Cloud Steve Orrin | Sr. Security Architect & Principal Engineer - Intel

How Clouds Will Become Safer Than Your Datacenter Sean Doherty | VP & Security Group CTO - Symantec

How Identity and Information Protection will Dictate Future Cloud Success...or Failure Nico Popp | VP of Product Management & Development - Symantec

Safe Cloud Applications: Why is Nirvana So Hard? Jon Matsuo | VP Emerging Products & Technologies - Symantec

Top Ten Cloud Security Threats for SMBs Terry Woloszyn | Founder - Leeward Security

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Cloud Storage

Storage Performance in the Cloud Nelson Nahum | CEO & CTO - Zadara Storage

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Cloud Testing

Testing Cloud Applications Wayne Ariola | Vice President of Strategy - Parasoft

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Cloud 2.0

Address Your Big Data Needs with the Cloud Robert Miggins | Sr. VP of Business Development - PEER 1 Hosting

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Hadoop

Creating a Secure Hadoop Initiative Brian Christian | Co-Founder & CTO - Zettaset

Unlocking the Power of Hadoop Ari Zilka | Chief Products Officer - Hortonworks

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Hot Topics

Why Capacity Management As You Know It is Dead Andy Walton | Director -CiRBA

Cloud-Based Application Delivery Strategy Gary Ballabio | Product Line Director - Akamai Technologies

Empowering Your Software Ecosystem with an Application Marketplace James Weir | CTO and Co-Founder - UShareSoft

Expanding into Europe – A Checklist for Cloud Service Providers James Tyler | Director of Marketing & Communications - TelecityGroup

From Infrastructure to Applications Murthy Mathiprakasam | Sr. Product Marketing Manager - VMware

Leveraging Cloud Solutions in a Cloud Service Broker Model Chad M. Lawler | Director of Consulting, Cloud Computing - Hitachi Consulting

Maximizing Business Value in a Cloud-Enabled Ecosystem Mark Skilton | Global Director, Infrastructure Services - Capgemini

Preparing Your Enterprise IT Talent for the Cloud Lisa Larson | VP of Enterprise - Rackspace

Reaching China with Your Website & Cloud Application: The Hard Truth Jerry Miller | Vice President of Technology - CDNetworks

The Cloud and the Network – A Match Made in Heaven Jay Upchurch | Executive Director, Product Marketing Management - AT&T

The Democratization of IT: IT as Service Provider Bernard Golden | VP of Enterprise Solutions - enStratus

The Software Defined Data Center: Will It Disrupt Your Application Delivery Strategy? Apurva Dave | VP of Products & GM, Stingray - Riverbed Technology

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HPC

Cloud Based Super Computing Dan Rosanova | Sr. Architect - West Monroe Partners

High Performance Computing in the Cloud For Everyone Scott Houston | Founder & CEO - GreenButton Stephen Spector | Dell Cloud Evangelist - Dell

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MySQL

Lessons from Managing 500+ AWS MySQL Instances Ronald Bradford | Founder & CEO - Effective MySQL

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Open Clouds

An Open Cloud Discussion John Engates | CTO - Rackspace

Intel IT's Approach to the Open Private Cloud Das Kamhout | Principal Engineer - Intel IT

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OpenStack

Cloud Application Black Magic Wayne Walls | OpenStack Developer Advocate - Rackspace Hosting

This is Your Career. This is Your Career on OpenStack. Niki Acosta | Private Cloud Evangelist - Rackspace Hosting

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PaaS

Are Enterprises Ready for Private SaaS and PaaS? John Yung | CEO - Appcara

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Performance

Cloud Acceleration Techniques for Mission-Critical Applications Brian Goleno | Product Manager - Akamai Technologies

Flow-based Network Elasticity in Cloud Pascale Vicat-Blanc | Co-Founder - Lyatiss

Performance Management in Big Data Applications Michael Kopp | Technology Strategist - Compuware

Storage Performance in the Cloud Nelson Nahum | CEO & CTO - Zadara Storage

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SaaS

Are Enterprises Ready for Private SaaS and PaaS? John Yung | CEO - Appcara

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Virtualization

Network Virtualization – Amplifying the Power of Cloud Computing James Meredith | Product Mgr, Rackspace Open Cloud - Rackspace

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