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VoiceCon Roundtable: Cloud Computing’s Role in Enterprise Communications

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 | located in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

Join Ribbit’s Greg Goldfarb tomorrow, November 5th, at the VoiceCon conference in San Francisco (at the Moscone North Convention Center) where he will join some fine folks in a roundtable discussion around the role of Cloud Computing in the world of Enterprise Communications.

The roundtable will start at 10am <tomorrow> in room 131.

Panel summary:

It seems as if the whole IT industry has its collective head in the “cloud” these days. Cloud Computing is all the rage and is being portrayed as the technical silver bullet to just about any IT-related problem. To be sure, the idea of reducing IT expenditures and headcount sounds compelling, particularly in tough economic times. But where – and how — does enterprise communications fit within the emerging framework for Cloud Computing? Does it portend a new set of options for delivering and managing voice, video and data communications, or is Cloud Computing for communications not much more than Centrex dressed up in 21st century buzzwords? Does the undeniable trend toward more mobile communications capabilities create the foundation for bringing together communications and Cloud Computing, or is it just the next iteration of heretofore unsuccessful initiatives like Application Service Providers (ASPs)?

This VoiceCon Summit will examine the promise, today’s realities and the possible future scenarios for marrying enterprise communications with Cloud Computing.

Hope you will join Greg and his fellow roundtable moderators as they share a variety of viewpoints and hear some of yours as well!

Moderator(s):

• Eric Krapf - Program Co-Chair, VoiceCon - Editor, No Jitter
• Zeus Kerravala - SVP Enterprise Research - The Yankee Group
• Panelist(s):
• James Urquhart - Marketing Manager, Data Center Solutions - Cisco
• Chris Moore - Senior Product Manager - Skype for Business
• Joe Weinman - Strategy and Business Development VP - AT&T
• Greg Goldfarb - VP Enterprise Applications - Ribbit
• Mike Palmer - Executive Director for Global Delivery - Verizon