Everything Cloud: from IAAS to SAAS. Cloud has a huge impact on how businesses use and do IT. We are going to discuss all aspects of this change. Impact on business. Impact on Architects. Impact on developers. Impact on operations. Cloud Application Architecture, building your own private Cloud, monitoring cloud solutions, securing cloud solutions. Using Cloud Platforms (PAAS), building clouding platforms. Building cloud applications. Succeeding with cloud. What does it mean for your business? W …

Big Data needs a new area of expertise that requires new skills (knowledge) and applications (tools). The city of Almere has started to unlock the potential of Big Data through the ambitious programme Almere DataCapital. The term DataCapital refers to an ecosystem of companies, services, knowledge and facilities all dedicated to the capture, storage, search, sharing, analysis and visualisation of Big Data. The power of the approach lies in the ability to really explore Big Data and in doing so p …