DreamSimplicity is proud to announce itself as a media sponsor for the UP 2010, being held November 15 - 19.  This is the inaugural year for what will surely prove to be one of the premiere virtual conferences for the Cloud Computing community.  

Here at DreamSimplicity we're all about furthering the adoption of SaaS and Cloud Computing...  To that end we've partnered with some of the industries leading events and we're proud to add UP 2010 as the latest conference we've identified as one of this year's do-not-miss events.  What we love about this event is that it takes to heart some of the core principals of Cloud Computing - it's virtual!  That's right... No packing, airlines, security check points, or taxi's...  Just browse to up-con.com and log in...  Sound familiar?  

But in addition to the virtual component, UP is addressing the needs of those people and companies that want to make a more personal connection with partners and prospects by offering a traditional conference to be held in San Francisco, as well.  The main event will be the UP Start Cloud Awards!  being offered in partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

To learn more about the events read below, or visit up-con.com.  

Last but not least, to get 15% off of all virtual and hybrid tickets use discount code "DREAMSIMPLICITY" when registering!

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About UP 2010 conference November 15 – 19 2010 www.up-con.com

This conference is an annual review of cloud computing developments, on the cloud's

impact on world economy and society, and an aggregation point for the study of future

trends.

UP2010 conference is hybrid in delivery model which has both virtual and physical

elements. Virtual sessions will be streamed to physical locations, where people could ask

their questions back to presenter.

Day 1 physical extension will be hosted at Hyatt Regency Hotel Burlingame

California USA.

UP 2010™ conference is the premier cloud computing event, covering latest trends and

innovations in the world of cloud computing.

Conference panels, workshops, and tutorials are selected to cover a range of the

hottest topics in cloud computing across the following tracks.

This track covers applications for use across business and industry areas to help

increase knowledge of what is possible from sales and marketing, customer and contact

centers, supply chain of product and services, financials, human resources to specific

areas across business including analytics, business intelligence, business process

management, location intelligence, operational intelligence, information and data to

business focused collaboration.

This track covers Data as a Service, Application Delivery Controls, Private cloud/

public cloud, Data Centers, High Performance Computing, Cloud Storage, Hardware/

Equipment, Software, Platforms, Virtualization, SaaS, Security, Monitoring, Distributed

Technologies, Data in Cloud, Content Delivery Networks, cloud as a platform for

innovation in IT and Business, and many other aspects.

Cloud For Public Sector/E-Government

This track covers Usage/ industry focus such as application to and lessons learned from

use in Public & Government sectors.

Industry Implementation Insights

Learn about experiences transitioning traditional IT resources into the cloud, efforts to

use the cloud to support business processes that are presently supported by traditional

IT. Usage/ industry focus such as application to and lessons learned from use in Public

& Government sectors, institutional and / or retail financial businesses, life sciences,

manufacturing, retail, medicine, pharmaceutical, etc. Discussion of practical usage and

issues discovered/addressed could help in promoting a shift in perception of Cloud

Computing.

Legal Aspects: Governance & Enforcement

What is personal information? What is privacy? Where is the personal data

stored, What laws apply to the data in question.

Is individual consent provided? How? is it informed? Can it be revoked? Can

conditions be attached?).

Who owns the data? (In the U.S., it is exclusively the organziation's, everywhere

else, ownership is a "shared responsibility") Who (e.g. third parties, agents) is the

data shared with? Under what circumstances?

Are there data breach disclosure requirements in place - if a breach

occurs will you be informed? What remedies, if any, will be offered?

What steps or measures can people and organizations to limit exposure and

lability?

In this Information era of unlimited storage, mirrors, backups, etc - has data

deletion (when no longer needed for its original purpose) become an obsolete

idea?

Tickets to full Virtual proceedings start from just $50 up to $250

All inclusive tickets (Physical + Virtual) $299

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Cloudcor and PricewaterhouseCoopers announce the 2010 UP-START Cloud

Computing Awards recognition event to be held November 15, 2010 on Day 1 of the

UP 2010 Cloud Computing Conference. (Nov 15 – 19 2010)

This exclusive event (in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers - PWC), will be delivered as a

physical extension to the UP 2010 conference (Nov 11- 15 2010), taking place at the prestigious

Hyatt Regency Airport Hotel in San Francisco – California;

Following the great successes of our second annual sister conference CloudSlam’10, the UP 2010

Conference is the Cloud industry’s annual showcase event, which the very first time will be delivered as

a “truly hybrid” format Cloud Computing conference.

You, your organization, staff and industry colleagues are most welcome to attend this internationally

recognized event. (Please be aware that space is limited due to capacity, book early to avoid

disappointment!)

There will be a distinguished line up of expert session presentations that will be delivered to delegates

in attendance, where you can actively participate & interact, as well as gain unprecedented

networking with Cloud Computing peers, experts and colleagues. We will also be streaming a

world leading “Headline Keynote” session Live into the location.

Highlights of the UP-Start Awards will include:

· World class industry Speakers, Panels and Presentations (details to be announced shortly)

· First hand access to The UP START 2010 Cloud Computing Awards

· Valuable business networking with peers from the cloud computing space*

· The Gala Cloud Awards winners Reception

· Enjoy Social activities on location

· Attend Virtual proceedings amongst fellow conference attendees

· Experience the sunny delights of San Francisco and Silicon Valley

*Distinguished Delegates in attendance will comprise of Private/public Sector executives,

Members of Financial community, Cloud Experts, as well as Business Leaders form world

class vendors and solutions providers.

This exclusive ticket covers you for virtual and physical access

consisting of:

· Admission to the Cloud Awards 11 November 2010 San-Francisco

· Complementary pass to banquet Lunch on premises

· Complementary Access to 1 hour VIP Winners reception post conference proceedings

· Complementary VIP access to all virtual days of UP! 2010 conference (16 - 19 November)

· Complementary 2 disk DVD replay of all UP! 2010 conference proceedings (physical and virtual)

· Access to all post event web downloads of conference sessions

· Discounted Conference hotel room rates (35% saving) – (Limited number of rooms available)

The cost to attend this physical extension to the UP! 2010 cloud conference is $299. Tickets

are available via http://www.up-con.com/register.