Krisandra Russo

Yahoo! Session at Cloud Expo Cloud Computing is receiving a lot of attention, and a number of companies see it as a key to increased agility and efficiency. The technology, however, is still at an early stage and many fundamental challenges need to be addressed before the full promise of the paradigm can be realized. In this general session at Cloud Computing Expo 2009 West, Yahoo! Chief Scientist Raghu Ramakrishnan highlighted some of the key challenges, described projects at Yahoo! that seek to address one or more of these challenges, and - in particular - he discussed the issues in managing large data stores in the cloud. Click Here to View Raghu Ramakrishnan's Session Now! Raghu Ramakrishnan serves as Chief Scientist for Cloud Computing and is responsible for the s... (more)

#TwitterJamBand to Perform Benefit Concert Live

Over the last six months, a group of social media musicians in San Antonio have been playing music together under the name, #TwitterJamBand. It's really been a way to get friends together, jam and just have some fun. In the process, the band is being noticed by the media, world-wide. As the band and the get-togethers progressed, they decided to combine social media with social good by ho... (more)

Intel’s Cloud Expo Presentation Streaming Live on SYS-CON.TV

Intel Session at Cloud Expo There are tangible economic benefits and efficiencies to be gained from cloud computing. To realize those benefits, companies should consider specific criteria and develop a strategy for how to optimize their datacenters to gain efficiencies and significantly improve datacenter TCO. In this session at Cloud Computing Expo 2009 West, Jason Waxman discussed the k... (more)

rPath Eliminates the “Pain of Change” for Linux Shops

Linux Session at Cloud Expo Today's enterprise IT organizations are intimately familiar with the pain of change. Under pressure to do more with less while accelerating velocity and responsiveness, IT is finding software systems harder than ever to provision and maintain. Similarly, most IT organizations lack consistent and repeatable processes for the handoff between phases in the rele... (more)

Macworld 2010 Announces Special iPad Event

Macworld 2010 will offer a preview of the new iPad, providing attendees with in-depth analysis and commentary on Apple's latest revolutionary product, IDG World Expo, owner of Macworld 2010, announced today. Jason Snell, vice president and editorial director at Macworld, the preeminent news and information source for professional and enthusiast users of Apple products, and a panel of ind... (more)