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OSCON: Government & Cloud, and cloud panel debate

Katy — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:34:41 +0000

On the 20th July 2010, I presented at OSCON, on ‘The Government And The Cloud’. My position as co-lead on the technical architecture work strand of the UK G-Cloud programme enabled me to share some insights into the project. An overview of my presentation is below:

The role of cloud computing in government IT – an introduction to the large G-Cloud and App Store project under way in the UK; what the UK public sector hopes to gain from a cloud approach, an overview of the proposed technical architecture, and how to deliver the benefits of cloud while still meeting government’s stringent security requirements.

To watch the video of my presentation, click here:
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© http://oscon.com Kate Craig-Wood (Memset), “The Government and Cloud” under a Creative Commons license

Following my presentation I joined the panel to debate ‘A Cloudy Feature Or Can We See Trends?’

The panel of experts, including Dion Hinchcliffe (Dachis Group), Tim O’Reilly (O’Reilly Media, Inc.) and JP Rangaswami (BT Design) discussed what’s next for cloud computing, what implications cloud creates, the role of government and what changes are we likely to see?

Questions

Is cloud inevitable?
Will anyone win the cloud?
What national impacts will cloud have, will there be government regulation?
Are we heading towards a permission based web?
Are there any dangers you forsee?
What’s next?

To see the video, click here:
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© http://oscon.com Kate Craig-Wood (Memset), Dion Hinchcliffe (Dachis Group), Tim O’Reilly (O’Reilly Media, Inc.), JP Rangaswami (BT Design), “A Cloudy Future or Can We See Trends?” under a Creative Commons license

Intellect Regent panel with Paxman (video)

Katy — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:45:37 +0000

On 10th February I took part in a panel session at the 2009 Intellect Annual Regent Conference “Keeping ahead of changing markets”. The event took place at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in London, was attended by top executives from the high-tech industry and was chaired by the BBC’s Jeremy Paxman.

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The panel session was lively, and I raised a few eyebrows with my predictions that the Big Corps in software & broadcast were under major threat. I was particularly pleased when I managed to astound Mr. Paxman with some stats on women in technology – here is an excerpt from the Intellect blog on the conference:

In the final panel session, Jeremy Paxman (probably for the first time in his career) was stuck for words when Kate Craig-Wood, MD of Memset, indicated that there was a 23% gender pay gap in the IT industry. Paxman expressed a little scepticism over the statistic, but rest assured the figure is one oft quoted by Intellect and comes from an equalities and human rights commission report.

BCS video debate: IT policies and your green credentials

Katy — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:13:19 +0000

Back in February this year I tool part in one of a series of video debates on green IT hosted by the BCS as one of four “industry experts” (I’m an expert – go me! :p). The topic was “IT policies and your green credentials” and we were trying to address the following questions:

What does it take to be really green?
What needs to be in IT policies?
How can we tell myth from truth in an emotive area?

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The protagonists:

Chair: BCS managing editor Brian Runciman.
Tracey Rawling Church from Kyocera Mita
Louise Richards, chief executive, Computer Aid International
David Critchley, director of retail and professional services at Cisco
Kate Craig Wood, managing director of Memset and a member of the BCS Data Centre SG

CNBC / Fast 50 (video)

Katy — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:30:54 +0000

Last month I had a brief spot on CNBC due to our inclusion in the 2008 Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50. It is a two minute spot where I talk about what has driven our rapid growth, and some of the challenges that has brought us:

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