Anno Scholten - Session leader President
Connexx Energy    | Aggregating Data to the Cloud, Why and How |
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Cloud Computing is the latest technology trend in the IT market. Today, popular cloud services include Netflix, Google Docs, Windows Live, Flickr, Facebook, and MobileMe, to name just a few. Even Microsoft's 'To the cloud!' TV commercials are part of a recent trend to market cloud computing to consumers.
The primary advantage of cloud computing is the significantly lower cost required for data processing services when compared with the older model of establishing and maintaining software and its associated hardware on an internal system. The use of a cloud system removes the need for the potentially large capital and operating costs associated with purchasing or leasing such software and hardware and shifts the costs to a usage-based model. This can also substantially simplify a company’s software and hardware structure and the associated costs. Cloud computing allows companies to better control the capex and opex associated with non-core activities.
After a brief overview of Cloud Computing basics, this session discusses the benefits and advantages of using Cloud Computing for Smart Grid, Energy and BAS applications.
Ken Sinclair - Leader
Publisher/Editor/Owner
AutomatedBuildings.com
Anno Scholten - Moderator
President
Connexx Energy
Robert Wallace - Panelist
CEO
Building Clouds, LLC
John Petze - Panelist
Partner
SkyFoundry
Josh Patterson - Panelist
Sr Solutions Architect
Cloudera
Cary Stronach - Panelist
Director
Digi International
