- which calibre is right for me?"

with Chris Read

This event will be held in the Kilburn Building, University of Manchester at 6:45pm on Thursday January 21st, 2010. The venue requires a list of names in advance so, if you'd like to come along, please register. If you have an upcoming.com username that is recognisable as your real name, you can register by saying "I'm coming" on our upcoming.org event page. Otherwise, please fill in this registration form.

There is a lot of buzz, confusion and FUD around the subject of clouds these days. Each of the vendors is trying to tell you why their solution is best. Architects and others who don't understand it cry "Beware the Vendor Lock In!". CEO's are saying strange things like "We must move to the cloud so we can reduce our capex.". In this talk you'll learn about the strengths and weaknesses of the various cloud types and understand what questions to ask when deciding which one of them, if any, is right for the problem you're trying to solve.

Target audience: Anyone who is confused by what the real difference is between the various cloud types or is curious about how "the cloud" can help them.

About Chris Read

Chris Read is a Principal Consultant and Infrastructure Specialist at ThoughtWorks Inc., where he helps clients design and impliment their production infrastructure, and make the process of deploying their software as painless as possible. He is one of the creators of Buildix: an integrated development environment that helps projects get started quickly.

Before joining ThoughtWorks Chris has worked as a System Administrator, Network Administrator and a Developer. Specializing in Unix environments, he uses his experience from both sides of the wall to help administrators and developers realize they're both playing for the same team.