Going to the Cloud - the Agile Way

Part II of Cloud series

Recorded Session
Duration: 1 Hour

Cloud computing is and will continue to dramatically change the way applications will be architected, developed, tested, delivered and deployed by everyone from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses.

Users will need to understand the various Cloud options and pick from a variety of providers available to them. A lot of companies have jumped in with small pilots/ proof-of-concept activities. As with any pilot, the goal is to enter wisely, learn fast and then move forward. Given the iterative and incremental method of Agile, the speakers will showcase some case studies covering public cloud, private and hybrid clouds in development as well as in production environment. These case studies at Fortune 500 enterprise provide the learning so that you can approach your Cloud efforts and avoid the risks of a bleeding edge technology with a promising future.

GlobalLogic, IBM and Rally Software invite you to attend the second of its multi-part series of informative, case study-based webcasts on Wednesday July 16, 2009, during which speakers will discuss trends and options related to Cloud computing.

About the Presenters

Sachin Saxena, VP Strategy & Worldwide Marketing, C&E BU, GlobalLogic, Inc.

Sachin Saxena has over twenty years of experience with technology start-ups and established software companies. His experience spans leadership roles in Product Development, Alliances and Professional Services. At GlobalLogic, Saxena heads the Consumer Business Unit.

Prior to joining GlobalLogic, Saxena served as Vice President of Product Management at E2open, where he worked with many Fortune 1000 companies to define a scalable and secure platform that generated millions of dollars in ROI. E2open’s SaaS/On-Demand platform was called “visionary” by analyst firms such as AMR Research and Gartner.

During the course of his career, Saxena has worked in the US, India, Japan, Singapore, Canada and Europe. He also volunteers with PVC Ventures as part of its Business Advisory Program. Saxena earned a Bachelor of Technology in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, a Master of Science in Computer Integrated Manufacturing from Georgia Tech, and a Sloan Fellowship from Stanford Business School.

Ryan Martens, Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Rally Software

Ryan Martens brings to Rally proven leadership in dynamic, high-growth software companies and is an expert in helping organizations transition from traditional development processes to more Agile techniques. Before founding Rally Software Development – his fourth software start-up – Martens directed the corporate adoption of Internet technologies within Qwest Communications.

Martens also co-founded Avitek, a Boulder-based custom software development firm, where he served as Vice President of Marketing & Business Development. Martens’ successful efforts at Avitek culminated in an acquisition by BEA Systems in 1999. At BEA, Martens served as Director of Product Management for the eCommerce applications division, where he was instrumental in growing the division to more than $50 million in revenue within its first twelve months.

Martens is an alumnus of the Colorado Chapter of the Young Entrepreneurs’ Organization and is involved in a variety of community organizations, including the Colorado Conservation Trust, the Knight Foundation and the Entrepreneur Foundation of Colorado. Most recently, Martens was named as a semi-finalist for the 2006 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Martens received his Master of Business Administration and his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Mac Devine , IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Corporation

Mac has 19 years of experience with networking and virtualization. Mac’s innovations and leadership in these areas lead to his appointment as a Master Inventor and IBM Distinguished Engineer. Mac also served as the Chief architect for System z Enterprise Software for many years and still has deep relationships with both customers and ISVs from the System z community. Mac currently serves as the Vice CTO for the Application Integration and Middleware division of SWG and is the CTO for all SaaS/Cloud activities within the WebSphere portfolio.