Cloud Expo at Javets..Not to be Missed

If you are planning to attend the Cloud Expo at Javets Convention Center in New York on April 19-12, don’t miss Michael Crandell and Lew Mooreman’s session entitled Beyond Theory: Applications in the Cloud Today.  Michael is the CEO and founder of RightScale and Lew is president, cloud and chief strategy officer of RackSpace.

Citing real-world case studies and best practices process, Michael and Lew will discuss the pragmatics of cloud computing today – what type of applications are best for the cloud (and which aren’t), how to get started, operational support, and what steps are already being taken to ensure the cloud’s security and stability.

RightScale offers a fully automated management platform that delivers the scalable, cost-effective, on-demand power of cloud computing, while providing complete IT control and transparency. To date, thousands of deployments and over 600,000 servers have been launched on RightScale for leading companies such as Animoto, Playfish, Sling Media and TC3.

RackSpace delivers enterprise-level hosting services to businesses of all sizes and kinds around the world. Since 1998, RackSpace have grown to serve more than 70,000 customers, including over 51,000 cloud computing customers worldwide.

One of my board colleague’s at Central Desktop, John Greathouse, turned me on to RightScale a few months back and I continue to run into them around every corner. Good expansion stage investment, John.