Upcoming Meeting

October 26, 2012

Midwest Academic and Resilience Cloud Computing Consortium (MARC³) www.Marc3.info

((Closed Meeting))

((Non-Disclosure Access Required of All Participants))

Chief Information Officer Assistance

·      Competing with Managed Service Providers

·      Consulting Strategic Business Unit (SBU)_

·      Cloud Feasibility Assessment

MARC³ Support System

Cloud Aggregators & Brokers

·      Chief Information Officer (CIO) Servicing the Strategic Business Unit (SBU)

·      Cloud Vendors Servicing Other cloud Vendors

·      Universities, Community Colleges, K-12

·      Local, State, Federal Governments

·      Enterprise & Supply Chain

·      Associations

 MARC³ Confidence Index (CI)

Job Creation, Economic Development, Enhanced Business Competitiveness

·      Establishing Confidence in Return On Investment for Cloud Technology

·      Addressing Buyer & Seller Uncertainty of future cloud market

·      Acceleration of Digital Technology Adoption

Use of the Confidence Index (CI) in addressing 4 common barriers to Digital Technology Adoption 

·      Accessibility

·      Ease of Use

·      Sustainability

·       Outreach 

Agenda:

8:00-8:30 Arrival and networking

8:30-8:45 Greetings and overview

8:45-10:45  CxO Panel Discussion (Business Requirements)

10:45-12:00 End User Project/Pilot Characteristics

12:00-12:15 Next Steps!

RSVP to John Jones johnjones@marc3.info