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by Cary J. Calderone
This week was my first time visiting the Cloud Connect event in Silicon Valley. The event offered a great selection of tracks and speakers. Some speakers came from established companies that are trying to be leaders in the Cloud (Microsoft, Amazon), and others came from new Cloud companies. Opinions and projections were delivered in a variety of formats. For example, unlike typical single-speaker Keynotes, Tuesday included 10 different speakers, most of whom gave quick 10-minute presentations. The Wednesday Cloud Industry Summit presentation by John Hagel (another bio), one of the most respected technology thought leaders in the history of Silicon Valley, had no PowerPoint slides, and lasted only 20 minutes. But that was plenty of time for Mr. Hagel to explain the disruptive nature of the Cloud and to make his most important point. He believes the current "hype" about the Cloud is wrong. "We have underestimated the impact!"
