Digital Walkabout

OMG Cloud Computing Standards Summit

The Object Management Group is holding the Cloud Computing Standards Summit July 13-15 in Arlington, VA, as part of their Standards in Government & NGO's Workshop.The Summit will focus on  standards for government clouds. Participants include:

Peter Mell and Tim Grance - National Institutes of Standards and Technology
Reuven Cohen - Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum)
Kevin Jackson - Dataline, LLC
Mark Carlson - Storage Network Industry Association
Winston Bumpus - Distributed Management Task Force
Robert Grossman - Open Cloud Consortium
Craig Lee - Open Grid Forum
Nils Puhlmann - Cloud Security Alliance
Douglas Johnson - Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)
Jim Warner - TM Forum
James Odell - OMG SOA SIG Co-Chair, CSC,
Ralph Thrash - CSC

Recommendations from this summit will be made available to the July 15th, NDU IRM Cloud Computing Symposium attendees. 

The establishment of compatible industry and government standards are crucial to the broad adoption of cloud computing. Just as standards allowed the global spread and enhanced the utility of the Internet, standards will drive the utility of the cloud computing paradigm.

Registration for this event is available at http://www.omg.org/registration/GOV-WS/css/index.htm

In the Cloud(s) this week

I will be attending Cloud Camp SFO and Structure 09 this week in the SF Bay Area, and am looking forward to meeting a lot of my friends from the Web, Cloud and IT mgmt areas next week. If you are planning on attending any of those events, feel free to ping me....

BriForum2009

Come see me speak at BriForum 2009 taking place July 21 - 23 at the Hilton Chicago Hotel - the three-day conference focusses on end-user virtualisation and practical cloud computing. Along with fellow industry experts, I aim to provide comprehensive, independent and advanced technical information, best practices and practical tips and techniques to get you started with cloud and to enable you to reduce TCO for your organisation. 

Learn more and register today online, by phone (781-657-1380) and see if you qualify for one of the admission fee pricing discounts.

MAX 2008 Call for Topics is open

The official Adobe MAX 2008 Call for Speakers and Sessions has been opened - the best and most innovative topics and presentations are being sought for MAX 2008 in North America, Europe, and Japan. The event will take place in San Francisco, Milan and Tokyo. This is a great opportunity to present and discuss the bleeding edge in Adobe RIA, Web and SOA technologies and their application. As such, post a session that you would like to present or attend at Adobe MAX 2008.

Thanks for helping making Adobe MAX 2008 a success.

WebManiacs 2008 - Early Bird Ending Soon

Building on the success of last year's FlexManiacs, the new WebManiacs, to be held May 19-23 2008 in Washington, D.C., is 2 events in one - CFManiacs and FlexManiacs,. With more than 50 speakers, 200 sessions, hands-on sessions, and more, WebManiacs is an excellent opportunity to get the latest on ColdFusion, Flex and AIR. Early-bird discounted pricing closes on March 14th, so register now. Meanwhile I'll refrain from any Early Bird humour. :-)

WebManiacs - ColdFusion, Flex and AIR conference

I will present at WebManiacs in D.C. this year - WebManiacs is an expansion of the 2007 FlexManiacs conference, to now include 2 days of CFManiacs for ColdFusion content. The FlexManiacs portion (which includes Flex and AIR content) will run for 3 days as with the 2007 conference.

The 2008 conference will run from May 19 - 23, with registration is $649 for all 5 days. Also, one can attend the 2 days of CFManiacs for $299, or the 3 days FlexManiacs for $449.

I will present on "What's New with Flex 3" on May 20th. I am looking forward to see everyone in D.C. this May.

Flex Camp in Chicago - Jan 2008

A Flex Camp will be held in Chicago on January 18, with a keynote by Bob Tierney and presentations by Josh Berling, Jeff Tapper, Mike Labriola, Mike Nimer and Shashank Tiwari. Cost is $20 for the entire day of Flex training, which includes lunch.
URL: http://flexcampchicago.com/

Flex.org and AIR Showcase highlighted at Adobe Sales and Marketing conference

Attending the Adobe's annual sales and marketing conference, I was pleased to see Flex.org and the AIR showcase highlighted - these are splendid resources for understanding the capabilities of these technologies and how they can be used in your organisation. Some of the most interesting apps include:

• eBay Desktop: a dashboard for your eBay account replete with alerts, offline capabilities and an easily reconfigurable and organisable interface
• Anthropologie: the catalogue is driven by AIR and the site links to a demo
• MySecondLife.com: a search portal for SecondLife residents or Scrapblog to easily create stunning online scrapbooks with your photos, transitions and music
• Glass Flash: an easy and fun game to play with excellent graphics

For more on AIR, take a decko at the examples in the showcase.

Ribbitt Release Party

Ribbit is having their Platform Release Party in San Francisco this Thursday. They are doing some splendid work and Adobe RIA evangelist Ryan Stewart will present as part of the event. If you're in San Francisco on Thursday, take some time to pop in:

What: Ribbit Platform Release Party
When: Thursday, December 13th, 19.00 - 22.00
Where: 535 York St, San Francisco, CA 94110

Interview with the Thermo dudes

Julie Campagna from the Edge Newsletter recently interviewed Mark Anders and Steven Heintz on Thermo. Fairly early in its cycle, Thermo doesn't have much information available, so have a decko. Also see the high-resolution demo posted by Ryan Steward on the Thermo page (Facebook).