WASHINGTON and NEW YORK, Oct. 23, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Distributed Computing Industry Association (www.DCIA.info) and the Cloud Computing Association (www.cloudcomputingassn.org) today announced the first wave of speakers to participate in BROADBAND NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE, one of three co-located conferences at CLOUD COMPUTING WEST 2012 (CCW:2012), their inaugural strategic business summit taking place November 8th-9th in Santa Monica, CA.
"We're extremely pleased to have as keynote speakers David Sterling of i3m3 Solutions, Bill Sewell of Wiredrive, Bill Kallman of Scayl, Prabhat Kumar of i3m3 Solutions, Julian Lovelock of HID Global Identity Assurance, Doug Natal of Oracle, Jean-Luc Chatelain of DataDirect Networks, Linda Senigaglia of Navigation Solutions, Ryan Walters of Philotek, Tim Cavanaugh of Cavanaugh Consulting, and Daniel Kenyon of Equilibrium," said DCIA CEO Marty Lafferty.
"In addition, we're excited that our BROADBAND NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE panelists include Altman Vilandrie's Stefan Bewley, Hurricane Electric's Owen DeLong, Integrated Media Technologies' Bruce Lyon, Trend Micro's Bill McGee, CSG Systems' Monica Ricci, PricewaterhouseCooper's Jeff Sage, Attend's Chuck Stormon, Yale University's Richard Yang, and Huawei's Ning Zong," added Lafferty.
CCW: 2012 will feature more than ninety speakers in three co-located conferences focusing on the impact of cloud-based solutions in the industry's fastest-moving and most strategically important areas: entertainment, broadband, and venture financing.
"Along with an outstanding speaking faculty for our first joint effort with the DCIA, we are also very pleased with the level of participation among exhibitors and sponsors for CCW:2012. This promises to be an enormously valuable and stimulating experience for attendees," added CCA Executive Director Don Buford.
More information is available http://www.cloudcomputingassn.org/CloudWest.
About the DCIA
The DCIA is an international trade organization, established in 2003, with more than one-hundred industry-leading member companies, including software developers, broadband network operators, and content providers. The DCIA conducts working groups, oversees advocacy initiatives, and publishes the weekly online newsletter DCINFO.
About The Cloud Computing Association (CCA)
The Cloud Computing Association (CCA) is an independent membership organization dedicated to building a community of end-users and service providers of cloud-based solutions and products. For more information regarding the CCA, membership, and conferences, please visit: http://www.cloudcomputingassn.org.
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