IDA-NLB Public Talk Series on Cloud Computing: Private Clouds - Driving Business Transformation

Abstract

Cloud Computing technologies are providing significant value to businesses - technology providers as well as consumers - in creating innovative delivery and consumption models. While there are many cloud deployment models that are available for use, a significant number of clients interviewed preferred private clouds over public or hybrid clouds. Due to the benefits they provide, private clouds are being used today by major businesses around the world to transform their IT and application delivery services in very interesting ways.

In this session, we will discuss the key characteristics of private clouds that are enabling this innovation and will provide an insight into what makes private clouds work with a some real case studies. We will also look at the kind of business workloads that are best suited for private clouds and will deliver the maximum ROI in a short time. Finally, we will look at some of the existing technologies and enablers that make it easy to deploy private clouds in an enterprise environment. At the end of this session, you will be well equipped to evaluate the suitability of private clouds for the workloads in your enterprise and would have a view into the next steps for deploying one.

About the Speaker

Vikas Mathur is the Program Director for IBM Cloud Computing Lab at IBM Singapore. In this role, he works with major clients and partners to develop leading edge first-of-a-kind cloud based solutions and help drive cloud adoption in Singapore and the ASEAN region. Vikas also works with IBM worldwide teams to develop next generation cloud technologies and industry focused assets in this space.

Vikas is a seasoned technology and business professional with over twenty years of multi-domain technical experience in the enterprise software industry. Prior to joining IBM Singapore he led the Strategic Partnerships team for the India Software Lab (ISL) at IBM India. In that role, he helped create technology roadmaps and business strategies for joint solutioning, deliveries and capability development for cross-brand teams from Software Group, Systems Group and Business Services. Earlier, as the Program Director for the Tivoli team at ISL, Vikas led a team of about 200 engineers and managers who worked on the development and support of the Tivoli suite of technologies in the areas of Security, Service Management and Automation. Prior to joining IBM, Vikas helped create a technology startup that built an enterprise class Grid Computing platform used by some of the early adopters of Grid computing for business applications. In addition to his current focus on Cloud Computing in the enterprise, Vikas’ interests continue to be in business applications of Grid Computing, Relational Data Management and Fault tolerance in databases and operating systems.

Vikas has co-authored a book on Java and J2EE technologies that was published by Tata Mc-Graw Hill Publishers for the Indian market in 2003 and subsequently translated and published for the Chinese market in 2005.

Vikas has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Pune, India.

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.

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