The first wave of cloud computing enabled data center consolidation. In his session at the 10th International Cloud Expo, Cary Landis, senior cloud architect at NJVC, will discuss how the next wave, Platform as a Service (PaaS), will enable application consolidation. It will be more complex; however, the benefits may be greater.
Cary Landis is senior cloud architect at NJVC, one of the largest information technology solutions providers supporting the US Department of Defense. Since 2003, he has owned and operated Virtual Global, creators of the SaaS Maker family of cloud platform products for federal customers. He worked with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help create its Reference Architecture for Cloud Computing, and serves on a working group that’s developing the new Federal Enterprise Architecture. Landis co-authored “Cloud Computing Made Easy” at Cloudipedia.com, a free resource for cloud computing newbies.

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