San Francisco, CA, June 19, 2013 — In conjunction with the 6th annual Structure conference, GigaOM Research today published a new report (subscription required) titled, “The Internet of Things: A Market Landscape” by research analyst Jon Collins. While the Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to have a massive impact on business and wider culture, these are still early days. There is no standard definition of the technology yet, and protocols and standards are still in development. This report examines the trends driving the growth of the IoT, components of the IoT ecosystem, and characteristics of a “thing.”

The IoT is not a single technology trend, but rather a way of thinking about how the physical world at large and the objects, devices and structures within it are becoming increasingly interconnected. It’s about the convergence of the physical and the virtual as cloud computing and big data power the back-end processing and analytics that truly connect “things” with each other.

In this report, Collins looks at the scale of market opportunities and early examples of use cases, as well as potential inhibitors to adoption and emerging challenges, notably around security, privacy and system failure. He attempts to answer questions about what to expect from the IoT and how its impact will be felt across industries.

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San Francisco, CA, June 12, 2013 – Structure, GigaOM’s flagship event on cloud computing and internet infrastructure, will kick off next week. More than 80 of the most influential voices in cloud computing will take the stage to discuss their innovations, implementations and use cases for infrastructure. Being held June 19-20 in San Francisco, Structure will emphasize software-defined and application-aware networks and how they are shaping the cloud of the future.

Looking at the physicality of the cloud, Structure speakers will debate issues such as how to build special-purpose architectures for applications that meet both scale and business needs. Speakers include:

• Werner Vogels, Amazon
• Kevin Scott, LinkedIn
• Pat Gelsinger, VMware
• Jeff Dean, Google
• Jay Parikh, Facebook
• Aneel Bhusri, Workday
• Ralph Loura, The Clorox Company
• David Giambruno, Revlon
• Dean Nelson, eBay
• Cynthia Stoddard, NetApp
• Bob Muglia, Juniper Networks
• Jonathan Murray, Warner Music Group
• Adrian Cockcroft, Netflix
• Jason Hoffman, Joyent
• Ratnakar Lavu, Kohl’s
• Paula Long, DataGravity
• Ben Haines, Pabst Brewing Company
• Joe Weinman, Telx

See the full speaker and session lineup here.

“IT departments are moving away from being just cost centers,” said Stacey Higginbotham, senior writer for GigaOM and chair of Structure 2013. “At Structure, we’ll bring a new wave of leaders to the stage who are building architectures that make IT a driver of business.”

All Structure attendees will receive a complimentary GigaOM Research report on software-defined data centers (SDDC). The report will examine how SDDC are expected to disrupt the enterprise data center market and the factors driving that disruption. Other highlights include:

• 40 sessions and 16 workshops on topics such as next-generation trends in software-defined networks and storage, distributed data centers, and implementation strategies to match real-time business needs
• Inside look at annual cloud buyers survey conducted by GigaOM Research and Northbridge Partners.
• LaunchPad competition recognizing the most-promising startups in cloud computing, internet infrastructure and data.
• Introduction of Cloud Trailblazers – 10 up and comers who are rethinking infrastructure for the next generation of computing.
• Presentations by winners of the Facebook/Open Compute Project Hardware Hackathon.
• Mapping session, led by GigaOM Research, that explores various reasons to adopt a multi-cloud strategy, and implications for customers, providers of cloud solutions and providers of cloud management tools and other middleware components.
• More than 65 sponsors and exhibitors, including 20 startups.

A limited number of tickets are still available. Follow @GigaOM on Twitter (#structureconf) to stay up to date as new speakers and sessions are announced.

Some of the most influential companies in cloud computing have already lined up to sponsor Structure, including headline sponsor Intel. Sponsorships are expected to sell out. Contact Mike Sly at eventsales(at)gigaom(dot)com or (415) 235-0358 to join primetime sponsors AMD, Aspera, Basho, BTI, Citrix, DataDirect Networks, Dell, HGST, HP Cloud Services, IBM, Juniper Networks, Kontron, New Relic, Nuage Networks, OpenStack, Plex Systems, SAP, Savvis, ServiceMesh, SnapLogic, SOA Software, SoftLayer, Verizon Terremark, Virtustream, Windows Azure, and WSO2.

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Founded in 2006, GigaOM is the leading global source of analysis on emerging technologies. Our news, research and events provide deep insight on the companies, people and trends disrupting technology and media.

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GigaOM events bring the people and companies driving disruptive technologies to the stage. Through a combination of strong editorial content and face time with technology innovators, GigaOM events give attendees the tools they need to capitalize on emerging trends.

San Francisco, CA, May 28, 2013 – GigaOM today revealed its picks for Cloud Trailblazers: 10 for 2013. These 10 up and comers are rethinking and redesigning internet infrastructure for the next generation of cloud computing. They will present their ideas on stage at GigaOM’s Structure conference, being held June 19-20 in San Francisco.

The ones to watch are:

• Narges Bani Asadi, CEO of Bina Technologies – changing the way medicine works with big data and high performance computing.
• Matt DeBergalis, founder at Meteor Development Group – making real-time development and deployment possible.
• Eric Frenkiel, CEO of MemSQL – building a better database without building a new database.
• Mitchel Hashimoto, CEO of HashiCorp – building an open source suite of tools to configure and manage virtual machines.
• Avinash Lakshman, founder of Hedvig – redesigning storage for massively distributed architectures.
• David Mytton, CEO of Server Density – building tools to monitor massive groups of servers.
• Matthew Prince, CEO of CloudFlare – rethinking security for a distributed world.
• Jennifer Rexford, the Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor in Engineering at Princeton – building a new programming language for software-defined networking.
• James Tamplin, CEO of Firebase – creating a new architecture for building scalable web apps quickly.
• Jean Yang, a PhD candidate at MIT – writing a framework to allow programmers to build new services and features with privacy in mind.

Read more about their work here.

The infrastructure that supported the web in its early days is no longer up to the job. As businesses and consumers rely increasingly on the internet, companies that provide the underlying computing power are remaking the hardware and software on which those services depend. In doing so, they have changed the culture inside IT organizations, disrupted old-line businesses and made it easier than ever to build a web-based business.

“We’ve documented those shifts for the last six years at Structure, but this year we’re looking ahead,” said Stacey Higginbotham, senior writer for GigaOM and chair of Structure 2013. “We’ve found 10 big thinkers who are already planning the next generation of infrastructure and solving problems most companies aren’t even anticipating yet.”

Structure is GigaOM’s flagship event on cloud computing and internet infrastructure. More than  70 of the most influential technologists in cloud computing will take the stage, including:

• Jeff Dean, Google
• Jay Parikh, Facebook
• Pat Gelsinger, VMware
• Kevin Scott, LinkedIn
• Werner Vogels, Amazon
• Aneel Bhusri, Workday
• Lew Cirne, New Relic
• Ralph Loura, The Clorox Company
• Bob Muglia, Juniper Networks, Microsoft

See the full speaker and session lineup here. A limited number of tickets are still available. Follow @GigaOM on Twitter (#structureconf) to stay up to date as new speakers and sessions are announced.

Some of the most influential companies in cloud computing have already lined up to sponsor Structure, including headline sponsor Intel. Sponsorships are expected to sell out. Contact Mike Sly at eventsales(at)gigaom(dot)com or (415) 235-0358 to join primetime sponsors AMD, Aspera, Basho, BTI, Citrix, DataDirect Networks, Dell, HGST, HP Cloud Services, IBM, Juniper Networks, Kontron, New Relic, Nuage Networks, OpenStack, Plex Systems, SAP, ServiceMesh, SnapLogic, SOA Software, SoftLayer, Verizon Terremark, Virtustream, Windows Azure, and WSO2.

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Founded in 2006, GigaOM is the leading global source of analysis on emerging technologies. Our news, research and events provide deep insight on the companies, people and trends disrupting technology and media.

San Francisco, CA, May 22, 2013 – GigaOM is teaming up with Facebook to support the Open Compute Project’s second annual hardware hackathon on June 18. Winners will present their projects on stage to more than 500 technologists, journalists and investors at GigaOM’s Structure conference on June 19. Now in its sixth year, Structure is GigaOM’s flagship event focused on the future of cloud computing and internet infrastructure.

Limited to 100 participants, hackers will be vying for $10,000 in seed funding, mentoring from the Open Compute Project foundation, and the opportunity to pitch to venture capitalists and angel investors. Projects will judged on the completeness of the design, its applicability to scaled-out computing, and the probability of the hack attracting funding.

“Software may be eating the world, but in the last two years the shifts in computing have also led to shifts in the machines doing the actual computing,” said Stacey Higginbotham, senior writer for GigaOM and chair of Structure 2013. “As this market opens up there is an opportunity for startups and new ideas to infiltrate the multi-billion data center hardware industry now controlled by giants. We’re supporting this hackathon and bringing it to Structure so our audience has the chance to meet the world’s next Michael Dell or David Packard.”

Other topics and speakers to be featured at Structure include:

• What’s keeping your CEO up at night – Ralph Loura, The Clorox Company, and Ben Haines, Pabst Brewing Company
• Behind Google’s evolutionary leaps – Jeff Dean, Google
• Keeping a billion users happy – Jay Parikh, Facebook
• How infrastructure can transform business success – David Giambruno, Revlon, and Cynthia Stoddard, NetApp
• Is the future software-defined everything? – Pat Gelsinger, VMware
• The CEO, the investor and the future – Aneel Bhusri, Workday
• AWS: Amazon’s winning strategy – Werner Vogels, Amazon
• Metamorphosis: Everything must go first – Kevin Scott, LinkedIn
• The economics of scaling – Bobby Murphy, Snapchat

See the full speaker and session lineup here.

All Structure attendees will receive a complimentary GigaOM Research Sector RoadMap™ report that explores the major trends disrupting the software-defined network market and six key vendors impacting the space. Other highlights include:

• 40 sessions and 16 workshops on topics such as next-generation trends in software-defined networks and storage, distributed data centers, and implementation strategies to match real-time business needs
• More than 65 sponsors and exhibitors, including 20 startups.
• LaunchPad startup competition.
• Introduction of Cloud Catalysts – 10 up and comers who are rethinking infrastructure for the next generation of computing.
• Mapping session led by GigaOM Research, focused on the next 12-18 months of the cloud.
• Inside look at annual cloud buyers survey conducted by GigaOM Research and Northbridge Partners.

Discounted supersaver tickets are available through May 24. Follow @GigaOM on Twitter (#structureconf) to stay up to date as new speakers and sessions are announced.

Some of the most influential companies in cloud computing have already lined up to sponsor Structure, including headline sponsor Intel. Sponsorships are expected to sell out. Contact Mike Sly at eventsales(at)gigaom(dot)com or (415) 235-0358 to join primetime sponsors AMD, Aspera, Basho, BTI, Citrix, DataDirect Networks, Dell, HGST, HP Cloud Services, IBM, Juniper Networks, Kontron, New Relic, Nuage Networks, OpenStack, Plex Systems, SAP, ServiceMesh, SnapLogic, SOA Software, SoftLayer, Verizon Terremark, Virtustream, Windows Azure, and WSO2.

About GigaOM
Founded in 2006, GigaOM is the leading global source of analysis on emerging technologies. Our news, research and events provide deep insight on the companies, people and trends disrupting technology and media.

About GigaOM Events
GigaOM events bring the people and companies driving disruptive technologies to the stage. Through a combination of strong editorial content and face time with technology innovators, GigaOM events give attendees the tools they need to capitalize on emerging trends.

San Francisco, CA, May 10, 2013 – The most influential technologists in cloud computing will take the stage at GigaOM’s 6th annual Structure conference, June 19-20 in San Francisco, to examine a fundamental shift that is redefining the role of information technology departments in companies of all sizes and creating business and technical opportunities for entrepreneurs.

How are information technology departments transforming themselves from simply being cost centers to planning for next-generation computing to support business? It’s not only an issue that faces big business but also is the case for banks, retail shops and other sectors of the economy where mobile, digital or cloud strategies all are integral parts of running business and serving customers.

At Structure, speakers will talk about a new generation of IT professionals who aren’t just trying to solve business problems with technology but are building architectures that are integral parts of the business.

Speakers include:

• Pat Gelsinger, VMware
• Werner Vogels, Amazon
• Satya Nadella, Microsoft
• Jay Parikh, Facebook
• Bob Muglia, Juniper
• Jeff Dean, Google
• Lew Moorman, Rackspace
• Kevin Scott, LinkedIn
• Raj Patel, Cisco Systems
• Dean Nelson, eBay
• Gary Grider, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Ben Haines, Pabst Brewing Company
• Ralph Loura, The Clorox Company
• Stefan Apitz, Box
• Peter Gross, Bloom Energy
• Lew Cirne, New Relic

See the full speaker lineup here.

“This is an exciting time in IT as computing becomes cheaper, and our ability to capture data expands,” said Stacey Higginbotham, senior writer for GigaOM and chair of Structure 2013. “Disruption is everywhere. At Structure, we’ll learn what the future of cloud computing holds from the people getting their hands dirty with deployments.”

Cloud practitioners representing a variety of sectors – including retail, consumer goods, technology and energy – will examine how real-time business needs are shaping IT architectures and what tomorrow’s cloud will look like.

Other highlights include:

• More than 16 in-depth workshops on implementing cloud services, including case studies and new technology reviews.
• Mapping sessions led by GigaOM Research, focused on the next 12-18 months of the cloud.
• More than 65 sponsors and exhibitors, including 20 startups.
• LaunchPad startup competition.

See the full schedule here.

All attendees will receive a complimentary GigaOM Research Sector RoadMap™ report on software-defined networking. This Sector RoadMap looks at the disruptive trends shaking up the market and the emerging and existing players set to dominate the space.

Discounted supersaver tickets are available through May 24. Follow @GigaOM on Twitter (#structureconf) to stay up to date as new speakers and sessions are announced.

Some of the most influential companies in cloud computing have already lined up to sponsor Structure, and sponsorships are expected to sell out. Contact Mike Sly at eventsales(at)gigaom(dot)com or (415) 235-0358 to learn more about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities.

About GigaOM
Founded in 2006, GigaOM is the leading global source of analysis on emerging technologies. Our news, research and events provide deep insight on the companies, people and trends disrupting technology and media.

About GigaOM Events
GigaOM events bring the people and companies driving disruptive technologies to the stage. Through a combination of strong editorial content and face time with technology innovators, GigaOM events give attendees the tools they need to capitalize on emerging trends.