San Francisco, CA, May 8, 2012 – GigaOM, a leading business and technology media company, today announced more headline speakers for GigaOm Structure 2012, the number-one cloud computing conference now in its fifth year. Scheduled for June 20-22 in San Francisco, Structure is the seminal event in cloud computing, expected to bring together over 1,100 innovators shaping the future of the technology industry.

“When dozens of top minds from companies like Cisco, Amazon, Box, Zynga, Netflix, Microsoft, Intel and more convene in one place to debate the future of the tech industry, you know it’s the most important cloud computing conference in the world – and Structure 2012 is that conference,” said Om Malik, founder and senior writer at GigaOM. “The fifth-annual Structure is shaping up to the be the largest, most influential, and well-attended one yet; it’s the only conference where leaders from large enterprise technology companies mingle with cutting-edge startups, venture capitalists, journalists, and analysts in an open-format debate.”

Visionary speakers have lined up to take the stage at Structure. Returning headliners Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon, and Aaron Levie, CEO and co-founder of Box, will be joined by new speakers this year, including newly confirmed speakers Lew Tucker, VP and CTO of Cloud Computing at Cisco; Jason Waxman, GM of the Cloud Infrastructure Group at Intel; Paul Sagan, President and CEO of Akamai; Byron Sebastian GM Heroku and SVP of Platforms at salesforce.com; Adrian Cockcroft, Director of Architecture at Netflix; Andrew Feldman, Corporate VP and GM of Data Center Server at AMD; and Lisa Su, SVP and GM of Global Business Units at AMD.

The complete speaker lineup includes the industry’s top thinkers in cloud computing, including Satya Nadella, President, Server and Tools Business at Microsoft; Thomas Roloff, COO of EMC; Jason Hoffman, Founder and CTO of Joyent; Bob Toohey, COO of Verizon Enterprise Solutions; Debra Chrapathy, CIO of Zynga; and Derek Collison, Founder and CEO of Apcera. More speakers are being announced weekly.

Structure is the pivotal, must-attend conference for the top executives, investors, entrepreneurs, and technology directors innovating, shaping, and defining the cloud computing industry. Speakers and attendees will engage in interactive panels, fireside chats, and engaging roundtables to discuss how cloud computing can drive innovation in software, infrastructure, communications, chips, servers, networking, and other building blocks of the computing industry. Attendees will also hear real-world case studies of organizations that have successfully implemented cloud technologies to reduce costs, improve efficiencies, and boost performance.
Just some of the engaging sessions already scheduled at Structure include:

• A Cloud Without Borders: International Market Perspectives
• Cloud Core is Different Than Enterprise Core
• After Software Defined Networks, The Software Defined Data Center
• No More Datacenters? Amazon’s Big Infrastructure Store
• API Wars: Delivering the De-Facto Standard
• Intelligence as a Service: How Artificial Intelligence Will Disrupt Markets

Launchpad
Structure 2012 will once again host a LaunchPad event to recognize top startups in the cloud computing industry. This year, special partner Sequoia Capital, the legendary VC firm, will work with finalists at a Startup Bootcamp to improve their communication and media skills.

The 10 best startups or major product launches will be presented in front of an audience of VCs, angel investors, tech journalists, and other conference attendees. Startups less than 12 months old with innovative technologies powering cloud computing, Internet Infrastructure, or big data applications can apply online to take part in Structure Launchpad. The closing date for entries is May 11, 2012 at 11:59pm PDT, and winners will be announced on June 20, 2012.

Register Now 

For the past four years, Structure has sold out. Business leaders, IT professionals, investors, entrepreneurs, and anyone else interested in the future of computing and the Internet should register right away to ensure their place at the number one cloud computing conference.

Sponsors
Some of the world’s most influential companies have lined up to sponsor Structure 2012 – the only conference that brings together the world’s top leaders and influencers in cloud computing. Headline sponsor Intel will be joined by dozens of other confirmed sponsors, including Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Citrix, Dell, eTrade, IBM, Joyent, Red Hat, and VMware. To gain visibility for your brand among the movers-and-shakers of the cloud computing industry, 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 has grown into the leading independent voice on emerging technologies and the disruption of media. The GigaOM news network’s online audience of 6 million monthly unique readers relies on its definitive coverage of cloud, mobile, cleantech, consumer web and media. GigaOM Events bring together the people innovating, shaping and defining the ongoing evolution of the technology industry. GigaOM Pro offers the highest quality research and analysis of emerging technology markets and the companies making a difference in those sectors.

San Francisco, CA, April 18, 2012 – GigaOM’s paidContent 2012 returns to The TimesCenter in New York City on May 23 to examine the most promising opportunities at the crossroads of technology and content. Luminaries from the publishing, media and entertainment industries will discuss how their content business models have shifted. Media strategists, content producers, investors and industry insiders will gain a better understanding of the economics of content and discover new ways to make content meaningful and profitable.

Investors including John Borthwick of betaworks, Amy Banse of Comcast Ventures, Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, and Brian Bedol of Bedrocket Media Ventures will reveal where they are finding value in the content market, which models are ephemeral and which ones are here to stay, and what the current investing atmosphere means for digital content producers and publishers.

“We’re very excited to tap into the knowledge of such savvy investors,” said Staci D. Kramer, senior writer and editor for paidContent. “Between big exits for Instagram and Draw Something, and some of the most intense seed investing in memory, this is the perfect time to learn from some of the best investment strategists in the content business.”

The speaker lineup also features genuine innovators from publishing, media, finance and entertainment, including:

• Tomas Bella, Chief Executive Officer, Piano Media
• David Card, Vice President, Research, GigaOM Pro
• Anil Dash, Co-Founder and Partner, Activate
• Lisa Gersh, President and Chief Operations Officer, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
• Jim Guerard, Vice President and General Manager, Professional Video & Digital Publishing, Adobe Systems
• Rob “cmdrtaco” Malda, Chief Strategist and Editor-At-Large, Washington Post, Labs Team
• James McQuivey, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
• Matt Mullenweg, Founding Developer and Founder, WordPress / Automattic
• Richard Russo, bestselling author & Pulitzer Prize winner
• Liz Schimel, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, Meredith National Media Group

Now in its third year, discussion topics at paidContent 2012 include: discoverability, subscription models, e-book strategy, video payoff, mining talent and brands as competition. More details on sessions, speakers and registration are at http://event.gigaom.com/paidcontent/.

About GigaOM
Founded in 2006, GigaOM has grown into the leading independent voice on emerging technologies and the disruption of media. The GigaOM news network’s online audience of 5.5 million monthly unique readers relies on its definitive coverage of cloud, mobile, cleantech, consumer web and media. GigaOM Events bring together the people innovating, shaping and defining the ongoing evolution of the technology industry. GigaOM Pro offers the highest quality research and analysis of emerging technology markets and the companies making a difference in those sectors.

San Francisco, CA, April 17, 2012 – GigaOM, a leading business and technology media company, today announced it will host Structure, its flagship cloud conference, in Europe for the first time. GigaOm Structure:Europe 2012 will take place October 16-17 in Amsterdam, bringing together hundreds of global innovators shaping the future of computing.

Visionary speakers are already lining up to take the stage at Structure:Europe. Headliners include Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon; Tony Lucas, founder of Flexiant; Nick Halstead, founder and CTO of DataSift; Joe Wienman, CTO of Telx; Richard Nicholson, CEO and Founder of Paremus; Nelson Fonseca, president of Terremark; James Mitchell, CEO and founder of Strategic Blue; Robert Jenkins, CTO of CloudSigma; and JP Rangaswami, Chief Scientist at SalesForce. More speakers will soon be announced, and pre-registration is now open.

“It’s about time we brought Structure to Europe, which leads in many of the core technologies being impacted by cloud computing, such as mobile, broadband and communications infrastructure,” said Bobbie Johnson, Europe editor for GigaOM. “A who’s-who of the European technology industry will convene alongside GigaOM editors and analysts in Amsterdam to debate the future of cloud computing and how it will impact every facet of global business and consumers’ lives.”

Now in its fifth year in the United States, Structure is the pivotal, must-attend conference for the top executives, investors, entrepreneurs and technology directors innovating, shaping and defining the cloud computing industry. GigaOM is taking Structure to Europe due to strong demand from the European tech industry for a forum where top thinkers can gather to debate the opportunities and challenges in the global cloud industry.

At the first-ever Structure:Europe, speakers and attendees will engage in interactive panels, fireside chats, and engaging roundtables to discuss how cloud computing can drive innovation in software, communications, chips, servers, networking, and other building blocks of the computing industry. Top innovators from Europe and Silicon Valley will join GigaOM editors to debate topics such as big data, PaaS, green cloud initiatives, and global regulation. GigaOM Pro analysts who cover the European cloud industry will present overviews of the hottest sectors, key trends, and opportunities to watch.

Key Themes
Some of the topics discussed at Structure:Europe will include:

• European CIOs: Where do they stand on the public vs. private cloud debate?
• 
The Telco Cloud Provider: How are European telcos becoming the biggest cloud providers?
• Putting Big Data to Work: How are global businesses harnessing big data to deliver new products and improve their bottom line?
• The PaaS Platform Evolution: Are developers using the right cloud platforms to scale cloud investments in cost and capacity?
• Software-Defined Networking: How are new networking technologies leveraging cloud technologies to dramatically improve resiliency, security and capacity?
• Next Generation CDNs: European broadband is ahead of the curve – what advances exist to transport video, big databases, and backup in the cloud?
• European Regulation: What are Europe’s ministers doing to shape cloud policy and legislation?

LaunchPad
Structure:Europe will host a LaunchPad event to recognize top European startups in the cloud computing industry. The 10 best startups or major product launches will present their companies in front of an audience of VCs, angel investors, tech journalists, and other conference attendees. Startups less than 12 months old with innovative technologies powering cloud computing, internet infrastructure, or big data applications can apply online to take part in Structure:Europe Launchpad. The closing date for entries is August 31, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.

Sponsors
Some of the world’s most influential companies, including Salesforce.com, Microsoft, NetApp, VMWare, Cisco, IBM and dozens of others, have sponsored Structure events in the past. Structure:Europe is expected to sell out sponsorships at all levels. European and global technology companies that want to gain visibility among the movers-and-shakers of the cloud computing industry should contact Mike Sly at eventsales(at)gigaom(dot)com or +1 415 235 0358 to learn more about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities.

About GigaOM 

Founded in 2006, GigaOM has grown into the leading independent voice on emerging technologies and the disruption of media. The GigaOM news network’s online audience of 5.5 million monthly unique readers relies on its definitive coverage of cloud, mobile, cleantech, consumer web and media. GigaOM Events bring together the people innovating, shaping and defining the ongoing evolution of the technology industry. GigaOM Pro offers the highest quality research and analysis of emerging technology markets and the companies making a difference in those sectors.