What Did We Learn at Cloud Expo in New York?

Roger Strukhoff talks about the recent Cloud Expo in New York  in this article over at in.sys-con.com:

A year ago, most IT execs were looking into the “what” of Cloud Computing, as Cloud Expo speaker Dr. Hal Stern of Oracle noted. “But this year, people are here to talk about ‘how.’” as he said during his session in New York. (Hal was so integral to Sun Microsystems for so long, it’s odd to write or see the phrase “Dr. Hal Stern of Oracle.” It’s sort of like saying “Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings,” although we’re not sure how hockey-fan Hal feels about being compared to The Great One.)

Cloud Expo in New York did have that “how” feel through and through, in a way that Santa Clara did not. The last-minute rush in Santa Clara reflected an extreme interest in Cloud; everyone showed up at once to see what all the hubbub was about. In New York, they showed up to see how to squeeze performance out of Cloud Computing, how to become more efficient with it, and how to make it secure.