MHF Specials Episode 5: Cloud Expo Europe 2012 Part 1

We have a few people that we need to thank for making us feel welcome at Cloud Expo Europe 2012.

Hannah Townsend
Claire Ayles
Chris Drake
Richard Scarlett
John Soanes
Jeffrey Samuels
Rupert S. Tagnipes
Jacqueline Brooker

From both of us here at The MHF Tech Network, thank you.

Roundup for day one:

Adapt , silver sponsor of the show were show casing their latest Enterprise cloud services, infrastructure management , integrated network and data centre services .

Citrix the industry giant were demonstrating their build and manged services for the cloud with their priemnun products Citrix cloud stack and cloud portal delivering highly scalable cloud infractuture to the likes of Godaddy and Apple.

Equinix newest techology The Equinix Internet Exchange provides a convenient platform for network service providers, content companies and enterprises to execute peering relationships across the globe, resulting in enhanced service levels and lower connectivity costs.

Firehost were demonstrating their Enterprise security meaning true security for the cloud, their comprehempsive managed support to the customer and their powerful customer portal.

Go-grid were showcasing their latest Infrastructure as a service technology solutions for the public and private cloud.

We were talking with the Jeffrey Samuels and Rupert S. Tagnipes from GoGrid. The talking points from this interview were as follows:

The partnerships/services that GoGrid have/provide with some of the mobile telecommunications providers
The out-of-the-box solutions that GoGrid provides
What is unique about GoGrid that separates it from other vendors in the marketplace
Their thoughts on the future of cloud computing in 5 to 10 years
Their thoughts on the next great thing in the cloud hosting marketplace
What the future is for GoGrid

If you want to find more information about GoGrid, then visit their website or follow GoGrid on Twitter .

We also talked with Chris Drake from FireHost. The talking points from our discussion were as follows:

Who FireHost are
Chris Drake’s thoughts on the Sony Playstation Network hacks
The key technologies and services that FireHost provides
What is unique about FireHost that separates it from the other vendors in the marketplace
The steps that it takes to ensure that its customers data is safe
Chris Drake’s thoughts on the future of cloud security
Chris Drake’s thoughts on the next great thing in the cloud security marketplace
Auto-scaling with regards to FireHost’s cloud hosting services

To find out more about FireHost’s products and services, visit their US site or visit their UK site.

We also spoke with John Soanes from Adapt. The main talking points of the discussion were:

John Soanes’ thoughts on achieving their VMWare VCloud-powered status
The solutions and technologies that Adapt provides
What is unique about Adapt that separates it from the other vendors in the marketplace
The Adapt Management Portal
The Datacenter services that Adapt provides
The other network services that Adapt provides
John Soanes’ thoughts on the future of cloud computing
John Soanes’ thoughts on the next great thing in the marketplace
Adapt’s MPLS IP VPN services

You can find out more about Adapt’s products and services by going to the Adapt website .

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