Announcing San Diego’s Premier Cloud Computing Conference 2011

The Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) announces that registration is now open for San Diego's 3rd Annual Cloud Computing Conference. This one day event will be held Thursday, September 22, at the San Diego Marriott Del Mar, CA. Designed for CxO, Senior IT Management and Professionals, this year's conference theme, The Cloud: Risks, Rewards and Realities, addresses the business issues and facing companies today as they determine how to leverage cloud computing.

San Diego, CA, August 18, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Platinum Sponsors, CA Technologies, Microsoft, and Citrix to Tackle
The Cloud: Risks, Rewards and Realities

The Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) San Digeo Chapter is proud to announce registration is now open for San Diego's 3rd Annual Cloud Computing Conference. This popular, one day event will be held on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at the San Diego Marriott Del Mar in Del Mar, CA. Designed for CxO, Senior IT Management and IT Professionals, this year's conference theme, The Cloud: Risks, Rewards and Realities, will address the business and implementation issues and opportunities facing companies today as they determine the best way to leverage the Cloud for their competitive advantage.

Keynoting this year’s conference and Platinum Sponsors are leaders in Cloud Computing: CA Technologies, Citrix, and Microsoft. Upon demand, this year’s conference format has been expanded to include topical breakout sessions, vendor fair/exhibitions, and a networking happy hour reception. Leading the Breakout Sessions are the Gold Sponsors, ScaleMatrix, redIT, and GTC Systems. Associations, Media and Silver sponsors include: Orion Marketing, National University, Tabor Communications, Savvis and StaffSmart.

“The growth in cloud computing has been staggering with solutions being announced on daily basis,” said Marc Clark, President AITP, San Diego Chapter. “At the same time organizations of all sizes struggle with how and where to jump in and realize the benefits of reduced IT costs. This, coupled with the concerns of security and privacy in a public cloud environment are still major concerns for many would be users. This conference provides an unbiased platform for IT professionals to learn more.”

The preliminary agenda and speakers for the Conference is now posted at http://www.sdcloudcomputing.com/. A few session and keynotes highlights include:
· Introduction: Cloud Computing: An Industry Perspective, IDC
· Private, Public or Hybrid clouds: what's best for my business today and tomorrow?
· Security in the Cloud: Panel of Experts
· Hype versus reality: Who is really moving to the Cloud and Why?
· Privacy and compliance dilemmas with the Cloud
· Building a business around the Cloud: Lessons learned

Early conference registration is now open. The early registration fee for AITP & Association Members is $75, for non-members $85 and $75 for Military/Students any time. This reflects an early registration discount of $10.
To register please go to: http://www.sdcloudcomputing.com/

A limited number of sponsorships and exhibits are still available. Sponsor feedback from the past year's event was outstanding on the organization of the event and the quality of the attendees. Information on reserving a sponsorship or exhibit opportunities are available at http://ow.ly/61eLa. For additional information on the conference, please contact AITP San Diego Chapter at info@sdcloudcomputing.com.

About AITP: The San Diego Chapter is the local community of members of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP). Founded in 1952, AITP San Diego is one of the oldest AITP chapters, the oldest continuously operating professional technology organization in San Diego, and one of the largest professional chapters in Region One. AITP is the sponsor of the annual San Diego Cloud Computing Conference and has a very active CIO Roundtable. They sponsor student chapters at San Diego State University, University of San Diego and National University. Visit us at http://sandiego.aitp.org.

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