Industry Partners
For information on industry partnerships for Cloud/GOV 2012, contact Abby Verrillo 202-789-4468
Cloudbook is an online community designed to provide buyers, sellers and builders of cloud computing services with a comprehensive resource to help navigate and understand the growing cloud ecosystem. They offer a large collection of videos, podcasts, papers, books and events supplied by a network of thought leaders from respected cloud companies, organizations, analyst firms, academic institutions and government agencies. In addition, Cloudbook has the most complete online directory of Application (SaaS), Platform (PaaS) and Infrastructure (IaaS) products and services indexed into an easy-to-use taxonomy menu. They also provide a unique mix of online advertising and social media marketing services for cloud providers. To find out more about these services, how to become a contributor or to get your company, products and services listed on Cloudbook, please visit www.cloudbook.net.
The Cloud Standards Customer Council is an end user advocacy group dedicated to accelerating cloud's successful adoption, and drilling down into the standards, security and interoperability issues surrounding the transition to the cloud. The Council will provide cloud users with the opportunity to drive client requirements into standards development organizations and deliver materials such as best practices and use cases to assist other enterprises. The Council will complement existing cloud standards efforts and establish a core set of client-driven requirements to ensure cloud users will have the same freedom of choice, flexibility, and openness they have with traditional IT environments.
Toolbox.com helps professionals do their jobs better by enabling them to easily share knowledge with experienced peers. The online communities at Toolbox.com provide the tools through which executives and professionals collaborate to solve problems, make decisions, and increase workplace efficiency. Through innovative marketing services, advertising partners become part of the conversation and engage professionals as they research, discuss, and influence purchasing decisions. This combination of community and advertising value has made Toolbox.com a leading destination for professionals and a leader in online advertising.
For over a decade, ZapThink has cut through the hype surrounding agile architectures for the enterprise. We forged a path for organizations planning and implementing Service-Oriented Architecture worldwide. Now, as a Dovèl Technologies company, ZapThink continues to drive innovation in SOA and EA with its market leading Licensed ZapThink Architect SOA & Cloud course, as well as offering a Cloud Computing Competency Center that provides architecture-driven approaches to leveraging the Cloud for both government and private sector enterprises.
