IDA-NLB Public Talk Series on Cloud Computing: Adoption of cloud computing services for business innovation and operational efficiency

Abstract

In the age of the virtual era, many organisations are realising that their traditional and incremental Infocomm strategy is potentially at risk from being outpaced by cloud computing services. Responding to such pressures with a revised strategic cloud computing roadmap is not easy in a market still very much full of choices and directions with relentless technology changes. What is clear is that for many major commercial and public organisations is that complete adoption of cheaper external cloud services in not realistic for a variety of reasons. What we can expect to see in future as common place is that major organisations will blend both public and private cloud computing as a compromise or balance between compliance risk and pressure on operational costs. In this presentation we will take a look at what components make up a balanced cloud computing model, develop an understanding of how we can better innovate and improve customer satisfaction.

About the Speaker

Martin Yates is a senior management consultant with twenty seven years breath and diversity in IT technology, operations and services working exclusively inside global fortune organisations. He has worked on numerous global projects and has provided advisory in areas of enterprise architecture, service strategy management, service operation, service optimisation, security and enterprise governance. In technology domains, Martin has focused on back end data centre transformation, virtualisation technologies, cloud computing models, office desktop and mobile computing technologies to meet changing market dynamics.

In late 2010, Martin joined Dell’s Infrastructure Consulting Services (ICS), Asia Pacific Japan business as the Solution Architecture Director where he focuses on bringing the latest cloud technology design, transformation best practices and capabilities to clients in the Asia Pacific region. He spends much time working with Dell key clients to help visualise and plan transformation strategies within the fast growing emerging markets of Asia as well as the major global market place of mainland China.

In the last ten years, Martin has been an automotive and manufacturing industry client management consultant for a major global organisation in the located in the Stuttgart and Singapore. Prior to this, Martin had been leading various architect and development manager roles for clients such as KPMG, Barclays Bank, ING Bank and Shell Europe.

Martin is Chairman of Singapore Computer Society SIG on Cloud Computing. He also serves on the IT Standards Committee on cloud computing and National Infocomm Competency Framework (NICF) technical committee on cloud computing.

This talk series on Cloud Computing is organised by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, supported by National Library Board, Singapore Computer Society Special Interest Group on Enterprise Cloud Computing & Virtualisation and Imperial College Alumni Association of Singapore.

Attendance is free of charge. All is welcome.