Microsoft Corporation, one of the foremost software companies worlwide, has announced their involvement with the upcoming Green IT & Cloud Computing 2.0 Summit 2011 to be held in the Washington DC area on April 20-21, 2011.  The summit is an annual event put on by the Green IT Council.  The summit is set to cover Green IT and Cloud Computing.  Microsoft’s representatives at the summit will be their experts on Windows Azure and Energy Efficient Data Centers. http://www.greenITdc.com  or http://www.greeniteconomicsummit.org/

Online registration is now open  http://greeniteconomicsummit.com/

Driving Data Center Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability at Microsoft

Datacenters have captured the attention of the computing industry over the last few years, fueled mainly by the tremendous growth in cloud computing. Microsoft has taken a holistic approach to datacenter efficiency, challenging convention and identifying innovative ways to increase efficiency. Microsoft’s Datacenter Services team is working to reduce water and power consumption, carbon wastes, and construction time to increase our right-time-to-market cloud computing scale and efficiency while driving IT innovations in the industry.

This presentation covers the top drivers of datacenter total cost of ownership (TCO) and return on investment (ROI), how Microsoft “right-sizes” servers and optimizes power and performance, how Microsoft operates its datacenters with the goal of maximizing efficiency and minimizing environmental impact, discusses the challenges with traditional datacenter designs, and Microsoft’s modular datacenter strategy.

Vlad Vinogradsky, Sr. Principal Architect Evangelist

Vlad Vinogradsky is a senior technical architect supporting Microsoft's Public Sector business. He works with a variety of Federal customers, systems integrators, and partners on developing innovative solutions that include cutting edge Microsoft technologies. Vlad has over 20 years of software industry experience as a developer and architect. Prior to joining Microsoft, Vlad developed complex software solutions in a number of domains including terminal guidance systems, real-time image processing and recognition, document imaging, securities governance, supply chain management, insurance, and fixed asset accounting. Throughout his career, Vlad has worked on a diverse array of platforms ranging from Inmos Transputers and specialized vector processors to mainframes, VAXes and personal computers, using a variety of programming languages and distributed technologies. Vlad received his Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in automatic flight control systems from the Moscow Aviation Institute. Vlad was born and raised in Moscow and immigrated to the United States in 1993.

Efficiencies through Cloud Computing: A Cloud Computing and Windows Azure Overview

There have only been a handful of technological advances in the history of IT that have the potential to impact Green IT initiatives as much as cloud computing.  With the ability to dynamically grow and shrink server count, a Platform as a Service has the potential to dramatically change how developers approach building, deploying and managing applications.

In this session, we’ll briefly explore what cloud computing is, the various models of cloud computing as well as the many ways those models can be deployed.  We’ll then spend a majority of the time focusing on the Windows Azure platform, which is Microsoft’s platform as a service. Windows Azure provides developers an internet-scale cloud computing environment which enables you to focus on building great applications, and not worry about such things as managing the infrastructure and OS that your applications depend on.  We’ll look at the platform as a whole as well as the many services that make up the platform such as compute and storage, as well as the ability to create secure Hybrid clouds.

Online registration is now open  http://greeniteconomicsummit.com/

Dustin Sell, Federal Azure Lead

Dustin is the Federal Azure Lead on the Specialist Technical Unit (STU) for Microsoft Federal focusing on the Windows Azure Platform.  His background includes service for the United States Navy as well as several years as a UNIX System Engineer for Eastman Kodak.  He was also the Lead Developer for The Motley Fool’s Data and News Team developing, among others, quotes, portfolio applications as well as email campaign systems which span both Linux and Windows platforms.  Dustin came to Microsoft after several years as the NAS/CAS Team Lead at EMC Corporation covering Federal Intelligence accounts worldwide.  In this role he was responsible for the architecture, implementation, and knowledge transfer of mission critical/mission essential network storage systems.

About Microsoft Corporation

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

About the Green IT Council

The Green IT Council is a non-profit initiative started by leading experts in the IT Industry.  The purpose of the Green IT Council is to educate IT professionals, managers, and government on the need for eco-friendly technology. The council works with leading experts to determine a standard for Eco-friendly technology, and it’s true environmental impact. Recognize and award companies showing a forward thinking view of technology and its environmental impact. http://www.greenITcouncil.org

Online registration is now open  http://greeniteconomicsummit.com/