The Midwest Academic & Resilience Cloud Computing Consortium (MARC3) will host a Cloud Computing Workshop on July 23, 2010 at the Illinois Institute of Technology Rice Campus in Wheaton, Illinois. The workshop featuring AMD will discuss topics related to cloud environments, power efficiency platforms, data center power management best practices, and power efficiency organizations. The event will run from 8:00 am to 11:30 am with presentations, discussions, and remarks. RSVPs can be sent to John Jones.

1. On Friday July 23rd, 2010,
The Security Board and the IIT
School of Applied Technology will
host a Cloud Computing
Workshop featuring AMD at the
MIDWEST ACADEMIC & RESILIENCE
CLOUD COMPUTING CONSORTIUM
Illinois Institute of Technology
Rice Campus in Wheaton.
Event: The Midwest Academic & Resilience Cloud Computing Consortium (MARC3)
presents an AMD Cloud Computing Workshop
Date/Time: Friday July 23rd, 2010 at 8:00 am
Location:
Illinois Institute of Technology School of Applied Technology
at IIT’s Rice Campus, 201 East Loop Road, Wheaton, Illinois
http://www.iit.edu/rice/about/directions.shtml
Discussion Areas:
Cloud environments Power efficiency platforms
l Types of cloud solutions l Designing platforms for power efficiency
l Software stacks, structures, emerging data l Processor power efficiency features
center trends l Platform-level power capping and
l Cloud workloads & power consumption modulating
l Scaling cloud solutions within power l Power efficient components
envelopes Data center power efficiency
l Virtualization in clouds best practices
Data center power management l Best practices/case studies of
l Power measurement companies who have addressed
l Business impact of power efficiency power efficiency
l Facilities vs. IT – who sets the strategy? Power efficiency organizations
l Future cloud data center cooling trends l The Green Grid – a global advocate
– free air, etc. for data center power efficiency
Agenda:
8:00 – 8:30 am Networking & Registration
8:30 – 8:45 am Welcome Remarks & Introductions
8:45 – 11:15 am Presentation & Discussion
11:15 – 11:30 am Next Steps & Closing Remarks
Speaker:
John Fruehe
Director of Product Marketing for Server/Workstation products at AMD
RSVP to:
John Jones via email at john.jones@thesecurityboard.org