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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Board] HotCloud '09 Registration Now Open Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:16:05 -0700 From: Lionel Garth Jones lgj@usenix.org

We'd like to invite you to the Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (HotCloud '09), taking place in San Diego, CA, June 15, 2009.

HotCloud '09 will discuss challenges in the Cloud Computing paradigm, including the design, implementation, and deployment of virtualized clouds.

Join academics and practitioners in sharing experiences, leveraging each other's perspectives, and identifying new and emerging "hot" trends in this area.

The program includes sessions on: * Cloud Platforms and Architectures * Elastic Clouds and Resource Management * Storage Cloud and Appliances * Map Reduce and Cloud Applications * Panel on Cloud Computing

The full program can be found at http://www.usenix.org/events/hotcloud09/tech/

Don't miss this opportunity to engage in dynamic discussion on key topics in the cloud computing community. Register today at http://www.usenix.org/hotcloud09/proga

HotCloud will be co-located with the 2009 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX '09), June 14-19: http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix09/

Multiple Conference Savings: Go to both HotCloud '09 and USENIX '09 and save $100 off your USENIX '09 registration. Contact the Conference Department at conference@usenix.org to receive your priority discount code.

NOTE: If you're already registered for USENIX '09, contact the Conference Department at the email address above to receive your $100 refund.

We look forward to seeing you in San Diego!

Sambit Sahu, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Prashant Shenoy, University of Massachusetts Amherst HotCloud '09 Program Chairs

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