Deep Dive: Infrastructure as a Service, IaaS

Telecom Council Deep Dives provide a unique opportunity for telecom and wireless decision makers to network with decision makers in the space, review some new technologies, contribute to the discussion, and get answers from topic experts - the discussion is driven by your questions, not ours. The topic on the table for this month, Infrastructure as a Service, is sure to bring a very informative discussion, so bring your opinions and business cards.

About the Topic:
The Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) industry is a young one, but it has grown incredibly fast, revolutionizing the deployment of IT infrastructure, radically altering the business model, lowering the costs of entry, and empowering hundreds of entrepreneurs to shoe-string their tech venture. Amazon definitely got out of the gates first, and is the big dog in this hunt. While Amazon steadily adds to its portfolio of supported services while lowering costs, a number of other IaaS providers are differentiating their offerings and capturing notable market share.

Some differentiators include SSD faster storage, easier scale-up-down models, emphasis on processing or storage, five nines, low price, or specific application hosting expertise. The upshot is that there is no obvious single choice for IaaS, but that enterprises looking for hosting must analyze their business needs, their technology needs, then match that against the range of providers in the market.

Meanwhile, thanks to the NSA and the government espionage, there is increasing pressure to shift IaaS hosting to "more secure" locations. This pressure is forcing disruption in the industry, as well as changing the way cloud providers do business.

Join 100 of your telecom colleagues as we dive deeper into IaaS, examine the greater trends, discuss the role of telecoms, and hear from some of the cutting edge companies changing the cloud game - in true Telecom Council style, this is sure to be a very interactive discussion with top-notch networking to help you build your relationships in this segment.

Demo Opportunities:
Companies with ground-breaking personalization technologies, are welcome to purchase a demo table which is located in the main meeting space, and receives good traffic. Sometimes, there is no substitute for getting your technology into the hands of our innovation scouts. So, register your table today.

Access and Fees:
Meeting Participation Fees:
Members - FREE
Non-Members - $200

Optional Demo Table Fees:
Members - FREE
Non-Members - $500
Prerevenue startups may qualify for a 50% startup discount - email the Council to inquire