Developing in and for the cloud -IBM resources to help you succeed

Session Date and Time: Day 1 March 25, 4:00pm EST (1:00pm West Coast) (1 hour)
Keywords: scalable infrastructure.
Moderator: Neil Ward-Dutton - Research Director at MWD Advisors.
Panelists:
Matt Waldbusser, GTS Center of Excellence for the IBM Smart Business Development & Test on the IBM Cloud.

Kim Querner, Manager, IBM Rational Software Delivery Services. Kim Querner-Grossman is an IBM program director for the IBM Rational cloud portfolio.

PK Sridhar, Manager, IBM developerWorks Market Management & Analytics.

Abstract: Join MWD's Research Director Neil Ward-Dutton as he moderates a panel of IBM experts to discuss how a development and test workload can be ideally suited for Cloud enablement. Hear about the IBM Smart Business Development & Test on the IBM Cloud service offering and the Rational Software Delivery Services for the IBM Cloud. Learn about the new online cloud resource from IBM developerWorks that enables IBM customers and partners to access the beta and development and test cloud environments on the IBM Cloud, as well as a place for visitors to learn how to make the most of cloud computing initiatives.

Moderator's bio: Neil Ward-Dutton is Research Director at MWD Advisors. Neil co-founded MWD in 2005 with a mission to share his knowledge of industry best practice to help organisations achieve better alignment between the way they invest in and deliver IT with what their business demands. Neil acts as advisor to large IT user organisations as well as to many of the world’s major IT vendors, advising clients on technology and management issues relating to business process management , SOA and Cloud computing, as well as the many other practices and technologies that impact this space, including enterprise architecture, IT governance, application development, and business integration.

Matt Waldbusser is a Product Manager in the IBM Cloud Center of Excellence for the Smart Business Development and Test Cloud. Matt has 10 years with IBM both in development and professional services. He received both BBA and MBA degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.

Kim Querner, Manager, IBM Rational Software Delivery Services. Kim Querner-Grossman is an IBM program director for the IBM Rational cloud portfolio.
With Kim's experience in systems management and development and delivery processes, she brings the customer focus of preparing quality applications and services for deployment into today's 24x7 competitive environments. She is energized by the evolution taking place in the industry today and the differentiating opportunities it provides for various organizations. Over the last decade, Kim has held roles in market and product management, interaction solution design, and development management. Kim earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Texas State University and holds an M.B.A from Texas State University.