Agencies on Cloud 2: Accelerating Performance Webinar
An estimated one-fourth of government IT will transition to the cloud by 2015. For many agencies email represents the best immediate opportunity in the cloud to realize benefits like cost savings, streamlined management, and increased employee productivity. Unfortunately, it can also bring performance challenges as end users are suddenly relying on applications outside of the agency infrastructure.
On June 21, 2012, government and industry leaders came together for a webcast focused on how government agencies are overcoming the challenges of running applications over the public internet and learn how to improve performance of cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) applications. On the webcast we:
- Discussed how to optimize SaaS applications like email to improve and accelerate performance
- Heard best practices from an agency that has successfully taken cloud mail to the next level
- Learned how to avoid common cloud mail challenges
Featured speakers included:
- Tom Kireilis, Program Executive and Product Line Manager for SaaS, General Services Administration
- Michael Cucchi, Director of Product Marketing, Akamai
- Joe Ghory, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Riverbed
- Steve O'Keeffe, Founder, MeriTalk (Moderator)
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Tom Kireilis
Tom Kireilis joined the Federal Government post-9/11. He currently serves as the Program Executive and Product Line Manager for GSA's Software as a Service (SaaS) suite of cloud based initiatives. In addition, he serves on the Shared Services Subcommittee of the CIO Council as well as NIST's Cloud Computing Standards Working Group. Previously he served as the Program Executive for GSA's EGov Travel Service ETS2 Acquisition planning effort. In previous positions at GSA, Mr. Kireilis served as the Deputy Director of the Office of Infrastructure Optimization where he provided oversight of three Presidential Initiatives of the President's Management Agenda: SmartBUY, E-Authentication, and Homeland Security Presidential Directive -12. Prior to joining the Federal Government he was an IT Auditor and IT Security Practitioner with such firms as KPMG and Citigroup.
Michael Cucchi
Michael Cucchi is the Director of Product Marketing for Akamai's Enterprise Cloud division. In his role, he sets the go-to-market strategy for positioning Akamai's solutions towards strategic IT initiatives within the enterprise such as cloud computing, web application performance, and cloud security. Michael has over 18 years of engineering, management, and marketing experience in the high-tech industry.
Before joining Akamai, Michael spent five years running a major data center for the U.S. Federal government. From there Michael served as Director of Sales Engineering at Ammasso, where he helped launch the world's first Ethernet based cluster interconnect. He was also integral in launching a next generation IP based video recording technology as Director of Technical Services at Timesight Systems Inc. Most recently he served as Sr. Director of Global Product Marketing at Expand Networks, which is a pioneer and leader in the WAN Optimization space.
Joe Ghory
Joe Ghory is currently a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Riverbed Technology, where he specializes in public and private cloud infrastructure and services, mobility, virtualization, and disaster recovery. Joe joined Riverbed from Updata Partners, a top quartile growth stage venture capital firm in New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C., where he led the firm's sourcing and diligence efforts in the enterprise technology space. His previous professional experience includes roles in which he directed the firm's marketing campaigns for multiple global brands and at a number of start-ups, where he focused on competitive analysis, strategy, and market expansion. He received an M.A. in Economics from the University of Cambridge (UK) and a B.A. in International Business and Politics from the University of California at Berkeley.
Steve O'Keeffe
Steve O'Keeffe is the founder of MeriTalk – www.meritalk.com – the government IT network. MeriTalk is an online community that hosts professional networking, thought leadership, and focused events to drive the government IT dialogue. A 20-year veteran of the government IT community, O'Keeffe has worked in government and industry and has contributed to The Washington Post and The Economist. Today, he regularly sparks dialogue on his blog, My Cup of IT. O'Keeffe is a fixture as an expert witness on Capitol Hill, testifying on government IT and workforce issues in both House and Senate hearings. In addition to MeriTalk, he founded Telework Exchange, GovMark Council, and O'Keeffe & Company. O'Keeffe is a member of the USO-Metro board.
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