On June 29, 2009, government IT professionals and industry thought leaders attended the Navigate Your Way through the Cloud breakfast event, which aimed to facilitate help government agencies make the decisions needed to leverage virtualization and cloud technologies, while still meeting Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Highlights Include:

• Government Panel – "Service Level Management to Meet Agency Cloud Computing Requirements: Executive Insights"
  • Stephen O'Keeffe, Founder and Executive Director, MeriTalk
  • Roberta Stempfley, Chief Information Officer, Defense Information Systems Agency, Department of Defense
  • Patrick Stingley, Chief Technology Officer, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior
  • Stephen Warren, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (Deputy Chief Information Officer), Department of Veterans Affairs
• Industry Panel – "Using Cloud and Virtualization Technologies for Effective Service Level Agreements: Industry Insights"
  • Stephen Elliot, Vice President of Strategy, Infrastructure Management and Data Center Automation Business Unit, CA, Inc.
  • Mark Zalubas, Vice President, Enterprise Solutions Division, Chief Technical Officer, Merlin International

Click here to view photos from the event.

According to our panelists' discussion, you might be surprised at what it costs to run a typical server in the Federal government. Click here to let us know what you think the magic number is.

View speaker presentations/resources, and continue the discussion:

• "Cloud Cost Estimation," Patrick Stingley
• "Cloud Resources," Patrick Stingley
• "Responsibly Getting to Cloud Computing," Mark Zalubas
• "Key Management Decisions for Cloud Deployments," Stephen Elliot

If you want to connect with the speakers directly, check out their profiles:

• Stephen O'Keeffe
• Roberta Stempfley
• Patrick Stingley