Mobile Monday Detroit provides forum to learn about ‘The Cloud’ from industry experts including Microsoft. As more and more companies support increasingly complex mobile scenarios, the need for a reliable and cost-effective back-end solution is paramount. Users expect access to personal and corporate data from whatever devices they choose to carry, blurring the traditional boundaries of corporate firewalls.
Development timelines for mobile applications are usually measured in days or weeks, not months or years, so there is a need to provision resources quickly, and a successful mobile app may need to scale very rapidly as well.
With his presentation, ‘Mobile and the Cloud – A Perfect Match’, Microsoft’s Patrick Foley will explain how cloud technologies match these needs of mobile software development perfectly. The cloud is cheap, reliable, secure, ubiquitous, and easy to scale. His presentation gives an overview of what “the cloud” is, who the major players are, and how mobile developers can take advantage of cloud technologies today.
Also presenting will be Jim Jakary of Fiberlink Communications. Jim’s presentation will focus on the realities of enterprise remote device management using a cloud-based utility solution. He will share mobile industry trends and best practices seen while working with Fortune 1000 companies, discuss core attributes that define cloud-based services for mobility, and provide insights to help attendees see and manage smartphones, tablets, and laptops that connect to corporate systems. Further, he will contrast SaaS offerings with “hosted” mobility solutions, and talk to key IT considerations for each delivery model regarding on-premise hardware and software, maintenance, updates, network configuration, licensing and life-cycle.
The May 9th event will be held at Compuware Headquarters, located at 1 Campus Martius in Detroit; networking begins at 5:30, with presentations starting at 6:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served and free parking is available in Compuware’s well-lit and easy-to-access parking structure. The event is FREE to attend, however, reservations are required. Reservations may be made at http://meetup.com/Mobile-Monday-Detroit.
Sponsors for the event are the Mobile Technology Association of Michigan, Mobile Monday Michigan, and Compuware.
For more information about this event, email your questions to info@MobileMondayMichigan.org.
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