Intel Keynoting at Cloud Slam 2012 Cloud Computing Conference and Expo

Jason Waxman, General Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Group at Intel Corporation, to Deliver Headline Keynote Address at 4th annual Cloud Slam'12 Cloud Computing Conference in San Francisco

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cloudcor announces Intel Corporation as headline Diamond Partner for the 4th Annual Cloud Slam’12 Conference and Expo, taking place Wednesday May 30 - June 1, 2012 in San Francisco and broadcast virtually globally.

“Intel is leading the way when it comes to helping fortune 1,000 companies navigate the right path to the cloud and are driving cloud efficiencies across the enterprise. We look forward to their contribution to this year's CS12 proceedings.“”

Jason Waxman, GM, Cloud Infrastructure Group, will deliver a headline keynote address focused on Intel’s vision of federated, automated, and client aware cloud environments and the programs that Intel is driving with the industry to make it easier for enterprises and service providers to build, deploy, and enhance cloud environments to add value to their businesses.

“Today, cloud computing is driven by more users, more devices, more storage, and more traffic – all of which requires a solid infrastructure to manage the growth,” said Jason Waxman. “Intel’s Cloud 2015 Vision includes the following characteristics: federated, to share data securely across public and private cloud environments; automated, so that IT can focus more on innovation; and client aware, to optimize services based on device capabilities. Moving forward, there must be open industry standards to enable interoperability and allow for industry innovation.”

"We are delighted to have Intel headline Cloud Slam’12 as our conference Diamond Partner," said Khazret Sapenov, chairman of Cloudcor. “Intel is leading the way when it comes to helping fortune 1,000 companies navigate the right path to the cloud and are driving cloud efficiencies across the enterprise. We look forward to their contribution to this year's CS12 proceedings.“

Headline Keynote Session Details

Title: Cloud Innovations to Action

Date: May 30

Time: 09:00 am. (Pacific Time)

Location: South San Francisco Conference Centre

Access to this session is free (while seats available, and on a first come first served basis) - sponsored by Intel. To take advantage of this limited time offer, please use VIP code INTEL-RUBY or visit http://cloudslam.eventbrite.com/?discount=INTEL-RUBY.

About Cloudcor and Cloud Slam'12

Cloud Slam'12, produced by Cloudcor, is one of the world's largest independent cloud computing conferences. The conference, now in its fourth year, encompasses a tried and tested hybrid format event, which last year attracted a global audience in excess of 10,000 senior business decision makers. For more information, visit www.cloudslam.org or Twitter @CloudSlam