1. technology and computing

Cloud World Forum Executive Summit
24 & 25 June 2015, London
Wednesday 24th June 2015
Roundtable Discussions
10.30 – 11.30
Cloud Adoption – the Main Headlines
• The second adoption wave is struggling
• Cloud computing is increasingly managed
• Cloud computing-centric convergence continues to disrupt
• Frankenclouds are raising their ugly head
• Cloud turns to Fog
• Micro is Macro
• Marketplaces are increasingly important
Laurent Lachal, Senior Analyst, Infrastructure Solutions, Ovum
11.30 – 11.50
Refreshment Break
11.50 – 12.50
Cloud Economics
 Differences between cloud and traditional approaches
 Economies and diseconomies of aggregation
 What is value for your organisation?
 Securing value with the cloud
 Overview of cloud business cases
Chris Tiernan, Managing Partner, Grosvenor Consultancy Services LLP
12.50 – 14.00
Lunch & Networking Break
14.00 – 15.00
Impact of Digital on Business Models for Cloud
Cloud computing has enabled new kinds of business and technology models but we
now see a plethora of digital solutions: social media, mobile, big data, internet of
things, cyber, remote networking and many others. Cloud has provided an
infrastructure and “data fabric” for these new services but how does business and IT
need to think? How do business and IT get the right business case and ROI for the new
era of digital ecosystems and the Digital Economy?
Topics will include:
 What are the drivers of digital and how does this fit your business model?
 Where does cloud computing fit into this story?
 Is Digital strategy a separate strategy to the business strategy?
 What are the underlying economics of the business model and strategy– how
savings arise
 How does culture, leadership and skills get impact by digital and cloud?
 What are the implications for Cloud Vendors and Digital solutions?
 How does your ERP, CRM, PLM and other Enterprise Applications work with the
new Digital Technologies of Social, mobile, analytics, Internet of Things?
 What new Skills, roadmaps do we need to achieve a clear strategy for the
business?
Professor Mark Skilton, Digital Leader, PA Consulting
Cloud World Forum Executive Summit
24 & 25 June 2015, London
15.00 – 15.15
Refreshment Break
15.15 – 15.45
The Rise of Shadow IT. - Threat or Opportunity?
The Cloud and SaaS have brought democracy to corporate IT. Users are acquiring
business solutions that greatly enhance their productivity without always having to
involve commercial, procurement or IT departments.
But the benefits have to be weighed against the risks to the whole organisation of
this new freedom.
Jim Odell leads a debate to address the challenges that the CIO now faces in securing
this uncontrolled IT Estate. He is supported by Dr Danny Gozman lecturer in
information systems at Henley Management School, Andy Knapp Director Cryptzone
and Paul Hinton Senior Commercial Partner at Kemp Little LLP.
This briefing is aimed at users suppliers of Cloud based systems but will be of great
interest to all corporate CIO’s.
Jim Odell, Partner, Kemp Little Consulting
Paul Hinton, Senior Commercial Partner, Kemp Little LLP
Dr Danny Gozman, Lecturer in Information Systems, Henley Management School
Thursday 25th June 2015
Roundtable Discussions
10.30 – 11.30
Cloud Business Cases
 Overview of cloud economics
 Which aspects of business cases are different?
 Benefits of cloud
 Cloud set up and running costs
 Effects on budgets, user accountability and financial ratios
Chris Tiernan, Managing Partner, Grosvenor Consultancy Services LLP
11.30 – 11.50
Refreshment Break
11.50 – 12.50
New Technologies and the Impact on the CIO’s Role
Cloud computing is now one of the core business technologies for enabling
organizations to build productive, cost effective environments. But with the rise of
enterprise cloud and systems now connecting to social media, mobility, big data,
Cloud World Forum Executive Summit
24 & 25 June 2015, London
internet of things, machine learning, cyber intelligence and much more, the enterprise
of tomorrow is now a rapidly changing place.
 In this session we look at a recent survey assessing this impact across 500
organizations, cross-sector, called the “Digital barometer” and consider the
impact on leadership, culture, skills, organization and relationships with
employees, customers and governance.
 We will then distil this into case study examples of how businesses are either
targeting specific technologies, business processes, products, and services or their
entire operating model using a “Digital maturity” model
to help build a business case for this increasingly complex and varied economic
environment.
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Finally, we summarize and discuss key learning points around critical roles and
skills and the leadership styles and personalities that are unfolding and how might
your business position itself for a successful digital destination.
Professor Mark Skilton, Digital Leader, PA Consulting
12.50 – 14.00
Lunch & Networking Break
14.00 – 15.00
Are your Mission Critical Applications and Data in the Cloud? How Can you
Mitigate the Risks of Supplier Failure?
SaaS has enabled a host of great systems that have transformed our world. In the old
analogue world you secured your software with an Escrow agreement. But now you
have to be confident that the whole system is secure.
That includes:
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Applications and how to operate them
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Data and Data Schemas
•
Passwords and encryption routines
Users and suppliers need to mitigate the risk of loss if SaaS is to find mission critical
use, particularly in highly regulated industries.
Jim Odell, Partner, Kemp Little Consulting
David Turver, Senior Associate, Kemp Little Consulting
Chris Hill, Commercial Partner, Kemp Little LLP
Cloud World Forum Executive Summit
24 & 25 June 2015, London
15.00 – 15.15
Refreshment Break
15.15 – 15.45
IaaS Cloud Market evolution.
• Private IaaS clouds will increasingly be third-party hosted and/or managed.
• Public IaaS clouds will increasingly become virtually private.
• Hybrid private-public IaaS clouds will take off in the next two years.
Laurent Lachal, Senior Analyst, Infrastructure Solutions, Ovum