[Crib-list] SPEAKER: Thorsten von Eicken (CTO RightScale)-- Computational Research in Boston Seminar -- DATE: Friday, 4/3/2009 -- TIME: 12:30 PM in Room 32-144

[Shirley Entzminger]

		    COMPUTATIONAL RESEARCH in BOSTON SEMINAR	

DATE:		Friday, April 3, 2009
TIME:		12:30 PM
LOCATION:	Building 32, Room 144 (Stata Center)

Pizza and beverages will be provided at 12:15 PM outside Room 32-144)


TITLE:		Cloud Computing: A New Computing Paradigm


SPEAKER:	Thorsten von Eicken, CTO RightScale


ABSTRACT:

Cloud Computing offers significant benefits over traditional solutions for 
deploying production internet services. It also creates a flexible 
environment for conducting research, development and testing activities. A 
key characteristic of cloud computing is the ability to fully automate the 
provisioning and management of compute resources, but contrary to the hype 
surrounding cloud computing many issues are largely unresolved. This talk 
will illustrate the benefits and challenges of operating in the cloud 
using case studies and over two years of cloud computing experience.

Thorsten von Eicken received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from UC Berkeley. 
He spent 6 years on the faculty at Cornell University before joining 
Expertcity (now Citrix Online) as Chief Architect. Most recently he 
co-founded RightScale and raised over $20M in venture funding.

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