David Chappell on Cloud Platforms Today: A Perspective

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Cloud Platforms Today: A Perspective --

What is a cloud platform, anyway? What’s the real difference between Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS)? And how does the Windows Azure platform stack up against alternatives like Amazon Web Services, Google AppEngine, and the rest? In this presentation, David Chappell will examine these questions and others, including a look at the private cloud/public cloud debate. The goal is to provide a balanced and accurate perspective on cloud platforms today.

About the Speaker --

David Chappell is Principal of Chappell & Associates (www.davidchappell.com) in San Francisco, California. Through his speaking, writing, and consulting, he helps people around the world understand, use, and make better decisions about new technology. David has been the keynote speaker for more than a hundred events and conferences on five continents, and his seminars have been attended by tens of thousands of IT leaders, architects, and developers in forty countries. His books have been published in a dozen languages and used regularly in courses at MIT, ETH Zurich, and other universities. In his consulting practice, he has helped clients such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Stanford University, and Target Corporation adopt new technologies, market new products, train their sales staffs, and create business plans. He holds a B.S. in Economics and an M.S. in Computer Science, both from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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