BWI: IBF Media to Host Event on Cloud Security

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Source: IBF Media
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 11:28 AM IST (05:58 AM GMT)
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IBF Media to Host Event on Cloud Security


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, March 22, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- IBF Media will be continuing its Cloud Computing series of events with a panel discussion on Cloud Security at the ITC Grand Central Hotel, Mumbai, India on March 23, 2011 from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM. This event is part of the Cloud Computing technology series that kicked off early in 2010.

The upcoming event is focusing on Cloud Security and will comprise of panelists that are thought leaders in the space, from the likes of Bikram Barman - Senior Engineering Manager, RSA; Andy Karandikar - Head Marketing, Red Hat India; Raman Srinivasan - Manager HP -India Software Operations; Nitin Khanapurkar, Executive Director with the Advisory practice - KPMG; Rajendra Dhavale, Director- Techinical Sales - CA; Dhiren Savla, Ex- Director IT & CIO - CRISIL Ltd who will discuss cloud security and the challenges that small and large enterprises face in implementing the cloud in their organizations and keeping their mission critical enterprise data secure.

"One of the most significant concerns for customers regarding cloud computing has to be cloud security. We hence felt it was befitting to conduct a panel discussion with some of the leading players in the industry on this topic thereby dispersing apprehensions and concerns about implementing the cloud and educating end users", said Craig Sims, Executive Director for IBF Media in the US.

Commenting on this event Bikram Barman, Senior Engineering Manager, RSA said, "Security is cited as the greatest concern surrounding private and public cloud computing adoption. I feel this conference agenda is currently on top of the minds of both users and providers of cloud services. I look forward to discussing key cloud security concerns with the conference attendees and how we can establish trust in the cloud."

The event will showcase some of latest trends to senior technology and IT professionals, customers and buyers of technology solutions as well as venture investors looking for investment opportunities in this high growth segment. The panel will be composed of accomplished leaders from the technology industry, security specialist's and technologists as well as IT professionals from companies in India that are facing the security challenges head on and competing in this space to win customers and help secure their data in the cloud.

This event presents and discusses one of the key challenges in cloud computing, which is securing a company's mission critical data. One of the fundamental issues facing CIOs and technology professionals today is if they deploy the cloud, then how do they secure their applications and data.

About IBF

IBF Media (www.ibfmedia.com) produces and hosts conferences in the emerging markets focusing on the technology, clean technology, life sciences, social media, mobile applications and retail and logistics sectors as well as the venture capital and private equity community. The company has operations in the US, Europe, and in Bangalore, India.


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