Session: Public + Private = Reality. Patterns for building solutions that span public and private clouds
Wednesday, 14:10 - 15:00
Track: Architecture
Many organizations have scenarios where they would like to take advantage of the public cloud for their business but are unable to do so today. This can range from concerns related to government or industry compliance to legacy systems to data sovereignty concerns.This session reviews how to architect solutions that span private and public clouds, incorporating lessons learned from real world customer engagements.
Prerequisites
Understanding of basic software architecture.
Marc Mercuri
Marc is a Sr. Director in the Cloud Strategy team, where he leads a team of geo-distributed architects that engage on strategic Azure and hybrid cloud projects. This team engaged with 50 customers worldwide this year, with lessons learned and best practices captured in whitepapers, presentations, and videos for use by the Microsoft field and partners. Prior to joining that team, Marc served in senior architecture and strategy roles in Microsoft HQ, where he led high visibility projects in areas related to robotics, cloud, mobile, social, search, and crowdsourcing. Marc has been actively working in the software and services industry for the past 18 years and has worked on ground in Europe, Latin America, and the United States on a number of projects and products. In his career, Marc has served as an architect in lead roles that have spanned startups, enterprises, and ISVs across multiple verticals. Marc is the author of four books and has 27 patents pending in the areas of cloud, mobile, and social.
