Mr. Hamid Khafagy
Mr. Hamid Khafagy is a veteran IT Professional with more than 20 years of experience. He started in IBM Toronto
Lab as a software developer, designer, project manager, and product development manager. He also worked for IBM Canada's Marketing and Services arm as a Consultant and IT Architect. He came to IBM Middle East in Dubai as the Regional Manager of Software Technical Sales and Services with responsibility over the Gulf, Saudi, Levant countries, Egypt and Pakistan. Currently, he is an IBM Executive IT Architect focusing on complex technical solutions to IBM clients. Mr. Khafagy has Masters degree in Computer Science from University of Waterloo, Canada.
Lecture's title & abstract: Cloud Computing, the Standardization initiative
Cloud Computing is a new IT Services platform that is promising to change
the IT industry as we know it. Web Services are at the heart of Cloud
Computing as the facilitator of interoperability between Clouds: Public,
Private and Hybrid. Currently, Clouds are going thru the "Innovation"
phase, where every Cloud Vendor (Amazon, Google, Microsoft, IBM, etc) is
competing for market share. Yet, it's widely accepted that in order for the
Cloud to achieve its significant economical potential, Standards
development and Standards adoption are key to achieving this vision.
In this talk, I'll share with you the status of the Cloud Standards
Development: What they are, how far they have progressed, and what to
expect in the near and long term future.