The cloud descends in Toronto on Nov. 3rd. That’s when my employer IDC Canada, will help attendees of the Virtualization Under a Cloud – Payoffs and Pain conference better understand one of the tech industry’s hottest topics and growth prospects.
Consulting and research firm IDC estimates 10 per cent of the world’s IT spending will be cloud-related by the year 2012, making it a topic and an opportunity that tech community types, IT managers and other affected parties in Canadian (and worldwide) end-user organizations can’t ignore.
Even the conservative Economist magazine, in a recent special report on the topic, said cloud computing “itself is here to stay and to grow.”
Yet it’s difficult to ascertain the direction cloud computing, let alone a specific type of it, is going to play out. After all, the term became a buzzword in the IT vernacular about a year ago. IDC can help attendees of the conference, which will be held at the Toronto Board of Trade beginning at 7:30AM, better understand the topic and the prospects for it moving forward through fact-based analysis.
There will be a variety of analyst presentations, case studies as well as a moderated discussion by the CIO Association of Canada on the topic of cloud computing to help attendees.
A wide variety of business people should benefit from the panel discussions and presentations including chief information officers as well as vice-presidents and directors of IT infrastructure, operations as well as strategy and planning.
There are a limited number of spots which are disappearing quickly – sign-ups have picked up in recent weeks. Space is at a premium so interested potential attendees should act quickly. Some registrants may gain access for free to the conference.
To register for free, enter the code IDCF in the special promotion field. Register by phone at 1-888-432-2812 or 416-673-2299 or email at tabramova@idc.com.
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