The Age of the Small Device and the Big Cloud
Thomas Koulopoulos - Author, Futurist, Visionary, Leader
Daniel Burrus - Keynote Speaker, Business Strategist and Technology Futurist
Simon Wardley - Researcher, Leading Edge Forum
June 24 - 27, 2012
Fairmont St Andrews
St Andrews, Scotland
JUNE PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
The rapid rise of cloud computing, coupled with a slew of increasingly powerful mobile computing devices, is killing the PC faster than analysts had predicted. In fact, some now say the desktop PC is essentially dead -- an immobile zombie that's already irrelevant to many consumers and soon will be to businesses, too. Smart phones and tablets have given rise to a new consumer demand for immediate information at our fingertips, which is making the desktop computer defunct.
Small, mobile devices and cloud technologies are a near-perfect symbiosis to conquer the ever-increasing need for information, on-demand products and services. Mobile applications and cloud solutions have already been adopted on the web, and the use of mobile smart devices is becoming mainstream with consumers and businesses. Now, this movement of mobile and cloud solutions to enterprises requires a shift in how companies fundamentally develop, maintain and secure software, along with a converged approach to infrastructure. What is required for companies to make this shift into "the age of the small device and the big cloud?" How is your operation and firm preparing for this paradigm shift in computing?
Join us in the conversation at CSC's The Age of the Small Device and the Big Cloud Executive Exchange. We look forward to sharing our insights and hearing your perspectives on this exciting topic.
FEATURED DISCUSSION LEADERS
TOM KOULOPOULOS is the author of eight books and founder of Delphi Group, a 20-year-old Boston-based think tank, which was named one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. by Inc. Magazine. He is also an Executive in Residence at Bentley University, the past Executive Director of the Babson College Center for Business Innovation, and past Executive Director of the Perot Systems Innovation Lab, which was acquired in 2009 by Dell Computer.
Named one of the industry's most influential consultants by InformationWeek magazine, his articles and market insights appear frequently in national and international print and broadcast media such as BusinessWeek, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The Economist, CNBC, CNN and NPR. Forbes.com named him one of its Business Visionaries with, "an incisive view of world trade." His work has been praised by luminaries such as Peter Drucker and Tom Peters who called his writing, "a brilliant vision of where we must take our enterprises to survive and thrive." And according to the late Peter Drucker, his writing "makes you question not only the way you run your business but the way you run yourself." Mr. Koulopoulos' eight books include The Innovation Zone, Corporate Instinct, and his most recent, Cloud Surfing.
DANIEL BURRUS is considered one of the world's leading technology forecasters and business strategists, and is the founder and CEO of Burrus Research, a research and consulting firm that monitors global advancements in technology driven trends to help clients better understand how technological, social and business forces are converging to create enormous, untapped opportunities. He is the author of six books, including The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal best seller Flash Foresight: How To See the Invisible and Do the Impossible as well as the highly acclaimed Technotrends.
In 1983, Mr. Burrus became the first and only futurist to accurately identify the twenty technologies that would become the driving force of business and economic change for decades to come. Since then, he has continued to establish a worldwide reputation for his exceptional record of predicting the future of technological change and its direct impact on the business world. He has helped hundreds of clients identify new opportunities and develop successful competitive strategies based on the creative application of leading-edge technologies, and has delivered over 2,500 keynote speeches to corporations, associations, and professional organizations worldwide. He is also a featured blogger on the topics of innovation, change and the future for CNBC, Huffington Post, and Wired Magazine to name a few.
SIMON WARDLEY is a Researcher for the Leading Edge Forum and his focus is on the intersection of IT strategy and new technologies. His recent research covers subjects including A Lifecycle Approach to Cloud Computing and Learning from Web 2.0. Mr. Wardley is a seasoned executive who has spent the last 15 years defining future IT strategies for companies in the FMCG, Retail and IT industries. From Canon's early leadership in the cloud computing space in 2005 to Ubuntu's recent dominance as the #1 Cloud operating system.
As a geneticist with a love of mathematics and a fascination in economics, Mr. Wardley has always found himself dealing with complex systems, whether it's in behavioral patterns, environmental risks of chemical pollution, developing novel computer systems or managing companies. He is a passionate advocate and researcher in the fields of open source, commoditization, innovation, organizational structure and cybernetics. Mr. Wardley is a regular presenter at conferences worldwide and was voted as one of the UK's top 50 most influential people in IT in ComputerWeekly's 2011 poll.