Slides from the lightning talks at CloudCamp Chicago for our March 20th event "Cloud in Action"
Speaker info:
"Outsource everything: tools for a modern cloud-based company" - Yan Pritzker, CTO at Reverb.com @skwp
"Lessons learned from a mobile side project" - Jason Farrell, Staff Consultant at Centare Holdings @jfarrell
"From its Leagcy in Hardware to its Future in Software" - Greg Baugues, Developer Evangelist at Twillio @greggyb
"How the Cloud Added 2 Hours Back to my Day" - Sue Brady, VP Client Services at RM Factory @SueBrady
"We've come a long way, cloud" - Dan Cerceo, VP IT at comScore, Inc. @dancerceo
"Building A Scalable Multiplayer Game Platform in the Cloud” – Evan Jacover, Jackbox Games, Inc. @evanjacover
Thank you to sponsors Twilio, Cloud Technology Partners, CohesiveFT, the ITA, and TechNexus!
3. … sponsored by you!
Bruce Fox - Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Derek Myronuk - iNETWORKS Group
Jeff Henderson - salesforce.com
Mark Calaguas
Mike Dorosh - IBM
Erin Hallett - ServerCentral
Robert Clarke - Crissie Insurance Group
Charlie Havens - GlobalTech & Resources
5. 6:00 pm Introductions
6:10 pm: Lightning Talks
"Outsource everything: tools for a modern cloud-based company" -
Yan Pritzker, CTO at Reverb.com @skwp
"Lessons learned from a mobile side project" - Jason Farrell, Staff
Consultant at Centare Holdings @jfarrell
"From its Leagcy in Hardware to its Future in Software" - Greg
Baugues, Developer Evangelist at Twillio @greggyb
"How the Cloud Added 2 Hours Back to my Day" - Sue Brady,
VP Client Services at RM Factory @SueBrady
"We've come a long way, cloud" - Dan Cerceo,VP IT at
comScore, Inc. @dancerceo
"Building A Scalable Multiplayer Game Platform in the Cloud” –
Evan Jacover, Jackbox Games, Inc. @evanjacover
6:45 pm: Unpanel
7:30 pm: Unconference / Networking, drinks and pizza
Agenda
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6. "Outsource everything: tools for a
modern cloud-based company”
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Yan Pritzker, CTO
Reverb.com
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Tweet: @skwp
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48. "Lessons learned from a mobile
side project"
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Jason Farrell, Staff Consultant
Centare Holdings
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Tweet: @jfarrell
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59. “From its Legacy in Hardware to its
Future in Software"
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Greg Baugues, Developer Evangelist at Twillio
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Tweet: @greggyb
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77. "How the Cloud Added 2 Hours
Back to my Day"
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Sue Brady,VP Client Services
RM Factory
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Tweet: @SueBrady
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78. How the Cloud Added Two
Hours Back to my Day
March 20, 2014
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Sue Brady
@SueBrady
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79. Before the cloud came into my life
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Option 1
Option 2
80. After the cloud came into my life
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81. • I work for a small marketing agency of 30ish people
• We work from home offices across the country
• We couldn’t function without cloud services
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82. We depend on the cloud for all that we do, from team meetings to instant
messaging, tech support and document storage…and holiday parties.
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90. WHAT DOESTHE CLOUD MEAN FORTHE IT DEPT.?
Email Administrators
Network Engineers
IT Generalists
Helpdesk Staff
Voice/Video Specialists
DBAs
Data CenterTechnicians
Storage Experts
Managers
91. ENTERTHE CLOUD MANAGER
NEW SKILLS FORTHE NEW IT DEPT
Vendor relationships > How do we pick the right cloud partners?
Emerging trends >What’s moving to the cloud? Is the timing right?
Integration specialist > How do we make cloud services work w/ existing processes?
Manage expenses > Accurate budgeting/forecasting
Evaluation of new services > How do we evaluate and compare cloud services?
Decision maker > How do we decide what goes to the cloud?
Mixing cloud with on-prem > How do we strike a balance between in-house and in-cloud?
Transition to the cloud > How do we migrate IT services to the cloud?
Customization > Do we have the right skills to ensure a good fit?
Cloud savvy support > Can our helpdesk effectively support our cloud users?
Deep expertise > Do we need dedicated resources to support our cloud initiatives?
93. "Building A Scalable Multiplayer
Game Platform in the Cloud”
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Evan Jacover,
Jackbox Games, Inc.
!
Tweet: @evanjacover
#cloudcamp
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