Cloudize is interviewed at TechCrunch’s Whose Cloud is it Anyway

We thought TechCrunch did an exceptional job at the cloud event. The expert panel had a great conversational approach (as opposed to the standard conference marketing jabber). It was also interesting to watch Marc Benioff’s relentless jabs at Microsoft’s Amitabh Srivastava (Corporate VP of Windows Azure). Srivastava handled the jabs with tact and a professional cool.

At the cocktail reception, there was an extraordinary opportunity and easy access to most of the expert panel with the noticeable exception of Marc Benioff. For example, we were able to speak to Srivastava and Sun Microsystems one-on-one around cloud platforms and attractive features for cloud entrepreneurs. Each of these guys gave us a good chunk of their time and stayed focused to our questions.

Alexa Lee of Ooyala.com, a high quality video technology syndication service, interviewed some of the entrepreneurs around our thoughts, concerns, and predictions for cloud computing. Our interview can be found by scrolling to option 19.




TechCrunch’s coverage is available here:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/01/the-cloud-is-the-new-dotcom-video-highlights/

Going to TechCrunch’s Cloud Roundtable and Meetup 2/27

Tomorrow, Cloudize will be at TechCrunch’s “Whose Cloud is Anyway?” Roundtable and Meetup at the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus. The meetup seeks to answer the following:

1) Will there emerge one victorious cloud platform?

2) Will cloud computing applications become simply mashups of the best cloud apps/platforms/services?

3) We know that the consumer web has headed to the cloud…what enterprise apps will be next?

The panel includes some big players such as:

Dan’l Lewin, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft
George Zachary, partner, Charles River Ventures
Geoff Ralston, CEO LaLa
David Bernstein, VP/General Manager, Cisco
David Kralik, Silicon Valley office Director of Newt Gingrich

Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce.com
Vic Gundotra, VP Engineering, Google
Amitabh Srivastava, Corporate VP, Windows Azure
Lew Tucker, CTO, Cloud Computing, Sun Microsystems
Scott Dietzen, SVP Communications Products, Yahoo
Paul Buchheit, Co-founder, FriendFeed; creator of Gmail
Werner Vogels, CTO Amazon
Mike Schroepfer, VP of Engineering, Facebook
Gina Bianchini, CEO, Ning
John Engates, CTO, Rackspace

You should check it out:

http://www.techcrunch.com/whose-cloud-is-it-anyway/

See you there,

Edwin