Amazon.com CTO, Dr Werner Vogels, heads the all-star cast at major cloud computing forum in London

Five of the world's “Top 10” cloud computing leaders to address Cloud Expo Europe [Olympia 25-26 January]*

Dr Werner Vogels, credit: Guido van Nispen

With its opening less than two weeks away, Cloud Expo Europe has revealed that five of the world`s Top 10 leaders in cloud computing will be keynoting at what is being billed as “the largest and most authoritative gathering of cloud computing expertise ever assembled in the UK”.

The five are Dr. Werner Vogels, Amazon.com, USA, Mark O’Neill, UK Government Digital Service, UK, Marten Mickos, Eucalyptus, USA, Joe Weinman, HP, USA and Sam Johnston, Equinix, Switzerland.

Other new top flight speakers include experts from blue chips such as HSBC, Honda, Microsoft, Google and BBC who join a line-up of over 130 speakers across six seminar theatres. Remarkably, the conference is free to attend.

Interest in the event is running at a record high – with registrations already double last year`s total - and it is set to attract its biggest audience yet of IT architects, managers and directors as well as technologists in C-suites keen to learn how the Cloud can further their IT and business strategy.
Also, new exhibitors are still signing up - most recently including Adapt, Datapoint, Vtesse and Equinix. “Cloud Expo Europe is absolutely not yet another blue-sky event, it`s a ‘how to’ exhibition and conference designed to help organisations plan and execute cloud strategies , not just talk about them,” said event director Maggie Meer. “Big or small, private or public, whether you are committed to or still exploring how to deliver effective cloud and virtualisation strategies on time and on budget, you will find plenty of practical help here.”.

According to top market analyst Gartner cloud computing is a huge opportunity that is growing rapidly. It says the global cloud services market will surpass $90bn in 2014 – with the UK hitting $6bn, more than double the current market. Nearly half of all businesses expect to have most of their IT running through cloud computing over the next four years.

The keynote theatre is packed with leading thinkers and shapers of the modern Cloud including Dr Werner Vogels, the CTO of Amazon.com, Stephen McGibbon, the regional CTO, EMEA, at Microsoft, David King, the global CTO of Logica, Joe Weinmann, Hewlett-Packard’s world wide lead on the Cloud, and former NASA IT chief and CEO of Nebula Chris Kemp.Joining this programme include Mervyn Eyles, the IT Director for Honda UK, Jas Virdee, Mothercare’s Group IT Change and Business Planning Director, Barry Childe, the Head of Research & Development for HSBC and David Jack, who is CIO at, The Trainline.com.

Backing them up are six further theatres which will give a sharp focus to some of the issues of the Cloud including:

• Cloud & virtualisation infrastructure & platforms
• Management, services and applications
• Mobile, wireless and communications
• Security and governance
• Cloud service providers
• The Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) theatre

The exhibition features some of the biggest, and the most innovative names in Cloud computing including Firehost, b2Net, CA technologies, Claranet, f5 Networks, Oracle, Rise Partners and Techgate. The applications and solutions on offer range from data centres to disaster recovery, from hosting to hardware, and clustering to connectivity.

Entry is free to qualified business visitors although pre-registration is advised. You can register at www.cloudexpoeurope.com

For more information contact:
Maggie Meer on 0207 348 5275, maggie@cloudexpoeurope.com
or Sophie Baker on 0207 348 5275 s.baker@closerstillmedia.com

*TechTarget`s Top 10 cloud computing leaders 2010 -2011