Track 1: Opportunities for Cloud and Virtual Computing

1-6: The Environmental Benefits of Cloud Computing--Dramatically Reduce Energy Cost and Carbon Footprint

September 9th, 2011

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

John Potter photo

John Potter

Vice President, As a Service Solutions

AT&T Business Solutions

Attend this focused session to learn how cloud computing implementation is saving billions in energy costs for global enterprises, and how to apply this kind of efficiency to government operating environments.  Further, the potential for CO2 reductions by agencies is significant based on a recent study released by the Carbon Disclosure Project on "Cloud Computing: The IT Solution for the 21st Century," conducted by independent analyst research firm Verdantix and sponsored by AT&T.  This is your opportunity to hear how commercial concerns are accelerating their move to the cloud, where it is estimated that more than half of private sector computing may reside by 2020. 

You will learn:

  • How cloud adoption can reduce organizational energy consumption and carbon emissions
  • The role of cloud in supporting greener operating environments while saving scarce IT investment funding
  • How the inherent benefits of cloud, including flexibility and rapid applications deployment, go hand-in-hand with sustainable 21st Century computing

Keynote Speakers

Mary Davie Mary Davie
Assistant Commissioner,
ITS, GSA


Bajinder PaulBajinder Paul
Deputy Associate Administrator,
OCSIT, GSA


Henry SienkiewiczHenry Sienkiewicz
Chief Information Officer,
DISA


Mike KriegerMike Krieger
Deputy Chief Information Officer, G-6
Department of the Army