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Cloud Computing Consortium Conference a Big Success
The conference, our inaugural event, was held on November 7th at the Wesley J. Howe Center on the campus of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. This full day event featured speakers and panels providing the latest leadership and management thinking about cloud computing. Our keynote speakers, Frank Kovacs and Amr Ahmed from Ernst & Young provided an excellent set of fundamental information explaining cloud computing. Our working groups reported their findings and recommendations in the areas of Value Proposition & Business Economics, Strategies, and Governance. Additionally, attorney Matthew Karlyn of Foley & Lardner, LLP spoke about risk management and what organizations need to do to protect themselves, their data and their intellectual property when operating in the cloud.
Over 100 people attended, including CEOs and CIOs as well as executives from management consulting and service provider organizations. Feedback about the event was extremely positive with a number of attendees commenting about the new information
they learned.
For C3 members, the presentations and working groups’ reports are available for downloading from the Members Only area of this website.
Three New Working Groups Provide Status Updates
Three of the Cloud Computing Consortium's working groups provide updates on their progress to date. Change Management and Culture Working Group with Keith Chappell of Altira Strategic Partners as the team leader, Service Level Management with Mike Brophy of AT&T and IT Processes with John Fcasni talk about their purposes and their work leading up to publishing their respective Scope and Issues documents. This document will serve as the roadmap for their next phase which is research, analysis and preparing their executive focused reports.
The working groups are examining what impact cloud computing will have in their respective areas. Part of this examination lies in identifying the net business and IT changes needed and creating an analysis report. Findings and recommendations will include the steps that business and IT should do in each of these areas to maximize the benefits that cloud computing can bring to their organizations.
The working groups will present their findings at C3’s June 2012 conference.
Cloud Computing Consortium Announces 2012 Conferences and Mini-Sessions Schedule
C3 has just released its 2012 events schedule. The schedule includes two full day conferences and six 2.5 hour mini-session briefings, which will be a mix of breakfast and later afternoon/evening sessions. The mix of events should have broad appeal and it allows people who cannot devote a full day to a conference to participate in our shorter min-session briefings. To download a copy of the 2012 schedule click here.
2012 Sponsorships - Support C3 and Our Events
C3’s conferences and mini-session briefings bring business and IT leaders together to obtain the latest insights and best practices for enabling business value through the use of cloud computing.
We encourage your organization to step forward and become a C3 sponsor. Sponsorships are our primary way to fund C3 programs and expenses. Sponsors will have the opportunity to meet our C3’s members (CEOs, CIOs, and other corporate leaders) as they demonstrate their support for the consortium and its mission. Also, please encourage your partners and suppliers to become sponsors.
We offer different sponsorship programs including Yearly Events Sponsorships and Individual Event Sponsorships. Each offering has a choice of sponsorship levels.
To learn more click here.
Members Sought for Two Working Groups
We need your help to continue to produce new research and analyses. We have two working groups that need to recruit more members so that they have enough members to begin their work. Please step up and volunteer for one of these groups:
- IT Implementation/Operations
- Human Capital & Skills
Participating in a working group provides you with these benefits:
- Work with other members, meet new people and expand your network
- Contribute to knowledge creation
- Gain knowledge for yourself and your organization
- Be recognized in the published working group’s report
- Have the opportunity to give back to the profession
To learn more click here.
Invite Your Peers to Join C3
We are seeking new members, who can add value to the consortium and increase our ability to assist business leaders in understanding about cloud computing. Please reach out to friends and colleagues that you feel will benefit from participating and will meet our membership qualification. The consortium welcomes CxOs and CIOs/IT leaders from larger small cap, mid cap and large cap size organizations to join the consortium.
Here is a partial list of the companies represented in C3. These companies include ADP, Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Bank of New York Mellon, Brother International Corporation, Business & Decisions NA, Cigna, City of Philadelphia, College of Business, University of North Texas, Diageo Inc., Direct Brands, EMCOR Group, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Equinix, Ernst & Young, FIS Global, Fordham University, GAF Materials Corporation, GlaxoSmithKline, Grey Global, Hewlett Packard Company, Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., IBM, Integra Life Sciences Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Lazard Capital Markets, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Metlife, Microsoft, Navisite, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Oracle, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Thomson Reuters, and Verizon Corporation.
Please direct new member inquiries to Ken Saloway, program director, at ken.saloway@cloudcomputingconsortium.net, (973) 885-6461.
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The emergence of cloud computing is a watershed event for IT and a ground change for business. We believe that a strong impartial resource needs to exist that will provide C level executives with the knowledge, and practical experience necessary to effectively/efficiently transition to the world of cloud computing. The Cloud Computing Consortium (C3) was created to provide these capabilities and to help you navigate through all of the competing claims. 
The challenge currently exists that there are multiple, competing views of what cloud computing really means. Standards are still in flux. Yet, there is a consistent view that cloud computing will definitely be a ground change for business and IT. These changes will go beyond the technology aspect and into how business and IT works together. It will require the need for new business and technology skill sets, governance and organizational changes, and encompass numerous other changes.
