The US Government, as well as governments around the world, is looking to invest heavily in Cloud Computing. The cloud promises a lot of efficiencies and cost savings but it also presents a new revolutionary way to approach citizen services.

Majed Saadi's session at 12th Cloud Expo | Cloud Expo New York [June 10-13, 2013] will offer insight into how Cloud Computing coupled with other technical advancements in mobility and security are changing government IT organizations. It will also provide general guidance and best practices for developing practical and pragmatic cloud strategies.

Speaker Bio:
Majed Saadi is the Director of the Cloud Computing Practice at SRA International. His practice encompasses service areas from Cloud Strategy Development to Cloud Management and all areas in between Cloud Readiness, Cloud Engineering, and Cloud Modernization.

He has served as a thought leader at many Federal Systems Integrators and he has over 16 years of experience in the areas of IT Strategy Development, Enterprise Architecture, and Enterprise Systems Management. Majed holds a master’s degree in IT Management from UVA and several industry certifications including TOGAF 9, ITIL Expert, ISO 20000 Certified Consultant, and Management of Risk (MoR) Certified.

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• Launching Hadoop into the Cloud in Three Clicks
• The Promise of an End-To-End SDN Solution: Can It Be Done?
• Best CIO Practices Shared from SHI’s Customers
• Patterns to Bring Enterprise and Social Identity to the Cloud
• Big Data into a Small Storage Package with Cloud Storage
• Enabling Real-Time Analytics Using an In-Memory Data Grid
• Developing the World’s First IaaS Marketplace
• Flash Storage and Networking Innovations for Cloud Computing
• Understanding SSD Technology to Avoid the Rip-and-Replace Game
• Clouds Unchained – How Enterprises Will Seek a Better Network to the Cloud
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• Environmental Pressures Driving an Evolution in File Storage
• Is Cloud Safer Than Your Traditional Datacenter?
• Scaling Big Data in the Cloud
• NoSQL and Big Data – the No 'BS' Edition
• The Answer to Data Scientist Scarcity Lies in Automation
• Anatomy of an Internet-Scale Application
• Isolated Networks in the Cloud
• When APM Meets Big Data – Making Your Hadoop Jobs Faster
• Big Data on OpenStack
• Getting the Most From Hadoop Development and Real-Time Dedicated Clusters
• Go Beyond IaaS to Deliver "Anything-as-a-Service"
• Optimize Your Virtual Environment to Obtain Maximum Business Value
• How to Stop Worrying and Love Your Cloud
• Solving the Cloud Talent Gap
• Don’t Believe the Hype: Getting to the Promise of Big Data
• Business Transformation with Cloud – Is Your Organization 'Cloud-Ready'?
• The Who, What and How of Selling Cloud to SMBs