Where in the World is CohesiveFT...

Email, Twitter, phone calls... they all work just fine, but what do you do when you want to get F2F with a CFT team member and you're not in Palo Alto, Chicago, or London? Check out our travel schedule, find us, and buy the beer! Below is a list of where we'll be and what we'll be doing for the rest of the month. Check out our What's New Page for a regularly updated list of events we will be attending, presenting, and/or sponsoring.

Sun CommunityOne East
March 18th-19th, 2009
Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York, NY

CommunityOne is a conference sponsored by Sun Microsystems that focuses on open source innovation and implementation. It brings together developers, technologists and students for technical education and exchange. In 2009, CommunityOne will focus on the free and open platforms, tools and services that can be found powering the Internet, running enterprises, and enabling high-performance computing.

CFT's Patrick Kerpan speaking during the Cloud Lightning Talks immediately following the Opening Keynote. Contact us to lock in some time to meet!

CloudCamp NE England
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
Beehive Research Facility, Newcastle University

Following on from the great success of the first two London CloudCamps, and various other CloudCamps around the globe, this is the turn of the North East of England to host it’s first CloudCamp. CloudCamp is an unconference where early adopters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas. With the rapid change occurring in the industry, we need a place we can meet to share our experiences, challenges and solutions.

CFT's Chris Purrington will be attending and presenting ‘Taking Control in the Clouds’ during the Lightning Talks. Contact us if you want to buy Chris a beer.

CloudCamp Scotland
Tuesday, March 25th, 2009
Concourse at Appleton Tower, Edinburgh

Completing the tour of the North, CloudCamp will be traveling to Scotland. CloudCamp is an unconference where early adopters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas. With the rapid change occurring in the industry, we need a place we can meet to share our experiences, challenges and solutions.

CFT's Chris Purrington will be attending and presenting ‘The approach to security and how we extend an existing enterprise into the cloud’ during the Lightning Talks. Contact us if you want to chat with Chris about rugby :-).


SYS-CON Cloud Computing Expo East
March 30th - April 1st, 2009
The Roosevelt Hotel, New York, NY

SYS-CON's International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, held each year in California, New York and Prague is the leading event covering the fast-emerging Cloud Computing market for Enterprise IT professionals.

CFT's Patrick Kerpan will be speaking at both the Cloud Computing Expo and Cloud BootCamp. Contact us to reserve some of Pat's time!


CloudCamp NYE @ Cloud Computing Expo
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Sun Microsystems’ Main NYC Office

CloudCamp NYE will be tacked on the back end of SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Expo East. All joking aside, the unconference should draw some very informed parties that will be attending the parent event. CloudCamp is an unconference where early adopters and industry leaders of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas. With the rapid change occurring in the industry, we need a place we can meet to share our experiences, challenges and solutions.

CFT's Patrick Kerpan will be attending.

Meet up.