How IoT changes the cloud business

Reserve your place to attend and network in person

Weds 18th November 2015, 4:00 – 7:00pm
Furniture Makers Hall, 12 Austin Friars, EC2N 2HE

Expert Speakers ◊ Informed Debate ◊ Networking

Plus an update on Safe Harbor – what now?

There’s a lot of buzz about the Internet of Things but what’s it all about? Fact is, it will have a huge effect on the cloud business, both on the scale of computing being harnessed and on the applications landscape. Join us at EuroCloud UK’s November meeting to learn more about this trending topic and debate the implications. Expert industry speakers will bring their unique insight, including our meeting sponsor ServiceMax, which partners with leading IoT cloud operators PTC (Thingworx) and GE Capital (Predix).

• Intro & market overview – Phil Wainewright, diginomica, and chair, EuroCloud UK

• Understanding IoT and the future of service management
• Trevor Alexander, senior solutions consultant, ServiceMax
• IoT means connecting devices into an analytics cloud which then has to work with an application to deliver business value. How ServiceMax has done it.
• Connecting IoT to the cloud
• Dermot O’Connell, executive director and GM, OEM Solutions, Dell EMEA
• How to manage and secure IoT data flows using IoT Gateway. Lessons for cloud providers from Dell EMEA IoT Lab.
• Just like the Internet – but for things
• Mark Wharton, technology lead, Iotic Labs,
• Building mashapps and APIs to bring real-world IoT apps to life
• Safe Harbor, what now? – Emily Jones, partner, Osborne Clarke – An update for cloud providers following the recent ruling that Safe Harbor can no longer be used.

Hear from our panel of expert speakers from leading industry vendors, join in the debate and experience EuroCloud's legendary network effect. As usual each speaker will have 10 minutes, but then join together for a panel question and answer session before we break for drinks, food and networking.

If you are a cloud provider selling into the business and enterprise market, you cannot afford to miss this event. In just a couple of hours you'll gain expert insights on this key issue and have the chance to network and talk with the great, the good, the best of UK Cloud in a relaxed and convivial atmosphere.

Entrance is by prior registration only, and free to EuroCloud members. Non-members are made very welcome - all our members started first by coming to one of our meetings to take a look and assess the value we provide.

For details of regular monthly EuroCloud UK events see our website. Annual EuroCloud membership costs from £1,195 with reduced rates for startups.