People here may be interested in this event for which we still have some (but not all that many) places…

Virtualisation and the Cloud: Efficiency, shared services, impact and effectiveness

May 12 2011

Royal College of Physicians, London

This year’s Eduserv Symposium will provide the perfect platform for your institution to explore cloud computing and virtualisation. Taking place in London on 12 May 2011, the Symposium has been organised for benefit of the HE/FE sector and is free to attend.

Visit our website to reserve your free place.

Why attend ?

· Hear about the latest developments in the University Modernisation Fund (UMF) shared services in cloud computing infrastructure project.

· Understand the strategic role of virtualisation and the cloud in the delivery of shared IT services.

· Find out about current and future directions in the provision of cloud solutions for compute and storage, both within academia and beyond.

· Cover the issues and challenges associated with these approaches and their impact on efficiency and cost effectiveness.

· Listen to practical experiences of institutions already working in the area.

· Network with peers who have a shared interest in these issues.

Speakers

Listen to keynotes by Simon Wardley (Leading Edge Forum) and Armando Fox (one of the authors of the influential position paper “Above the Clouds: A Berkeley View of Cloud Computing”) and talks by Chris Cobb (Pro Vice Chancellor, Roehampton University), Phil Richards (Director of IT, Loughborough University), Kenji Takeda (Senior Lecturer, University of Southampton) and Terence Harmer (Technical Director, Belfast e-Science Centre).

Find out more and register

You can find out more and register for a place at the Eduserv Symposium 2011 by visiting our website: http://www.eduserv.org.uk/newsandevents/events/eduserv-symposium-2011

If you would think this information may be of interest to a colleague, please forward it onto them.

Andy

Andy Powell

Research Programme Director

Eduserv

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