The San Francisco IT Roundtable

         What is the San Francisco IT Roundtable?

The San Francisco IT Roundtable is a peer driven and invite-only event.  We offer a unique forum for IT leaders to gain knowledge, collaborate, and build a meaningful peer network.  Our next meeting will be held on September 23rd, 2010 at one of San Francisco's newest highly acclaimed restaurants, Waterbar.  We have limited space, a great view, incredible food, and keep our events limited to up to ~10 people per session.  Sessions include lunch and hosted drinks.  Space fills up quickly so Invited guests, please RSVP for our next event.



Thursday September 23, 2010 Event
          
Location:         The Waterbar in San Francisco
                        399 The Embarcadero South  (Embarcadero & Folsum)               
Time:               Noon - 4PM

Key Speaker:     Randy L. Bias, CEO, Cloudscalling 
Speaker Topic:  How Cloud Computing Changes the Status Quo

This session will discuss how the cloud computing model changes enterprise IT.  Managing datacenters 'at scale' requires a whole new focus on automation and business agility. Cloud means providing self-service IT to a number of different constituencies including business owners, end users, developers, and IT/operations itself. Delivering on the promise of IT as a service with low friction and high cost efficiency means reconsidering the entire IT 'stack'.  A rethink and re-imagining of how IT 'does business' is crucial to delivering success.  At the end of the day you will be able to answer a number of key questions:  "Is my IT organization competitive against external services?"  "What applications need to reside inside or outside my firewall?"  "How do I wire it all together so that I can manage the return on investment regardless of where the IT service resides?"

Each event will include guest speakers,
and the majority of time is allocated to
peer discussion.  (Speaker's section is
typically reserved for an hour or less)