Cases of PaaS (Platform as a Service)

What: Cases of PaaS (Platform as a Service)
When: Wed, June 13th, 2012 5:30 PM -- 9:00 PM
Where: Bellevue City Hall

Co-host company: CloudStack & Microsoft User Research
Event style: Talks, Q&A and interactive discussion
Admission: Registration required
Parking: Free (but limited)
Food: Light snacks/drink provided at hallway
Gifts: Swags from our sponsoring companies are available, including door prize(s).

We are expecting 130+ people from local IT companies, organizations and startups, not necessarily technical people, but maybe marketing, PM, recruiters, investors...

Besides the world-class-expert speakers, there will be 30+ VIP guests from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Boeing, Facebook, Zynga, Ebay, Intel, IBM, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, HTC, Hulu, Oracle, SAP, CA, UW, EMC, Expedia, Zillow, SEOmoz, Bungie, Nintendo, Nordstrom, Alaska Airlines, Dice, Salesforce, SGI, VMWare, Citrix...

Come on time and print out the confirmation page to guarantee a seat.

===Tentative Agenda =====

5:30pm - 6:20pm, Snack & social (come early and meet interesting tech guru and investors, besides food)

6:20pm - 6:40pm, Introduction of CloudStack, MUR & Apptio

6:40pm - 7:00pm

Not All PaaS Are Equal

Jeff MacDuff, CTO & CoFounder, Buddy.com

7:00pm - 7:20pm

How to bring best of Open Source and .NET together

Jawaid Ekram, COO / Co-Founder, Uhuru Software

7:20pm - 7:40pm

Focus on Apps and Data and Leave the Rest to Pros

Bhanu Mullapudi, Sr. Systems Architect, Alaska Airlines; Co-founder, PlayMySurvey.com

7:40pm - 8:00pm

Eyejot's Move to the Cloud: Simple Choices and Complex Solutions

David Geller, CEO & Founder, Eyejot

8:00pm - 8:20pm

How ISVs are using the Salesforce PaaS to drive revenue

Bill Mariani, Technical Evangelist, Salesforce.com

8:20pm - 9:00pm, Q&A to all speakers, and interactive free discussion

9:00pm, Door prize draw

9:00pm - 9:30pm, Social

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We are actively seeking new sponsors and speakers...