In this session Thorsten von Eicken will review the definitions as well as the pros and cons of the different kinds of clouds. He will provide guidance on when and how to use each, outlining the typical uses cases for public, private and hybrid clouds using real-world examples, including: Develop in public, deploy in private; Develop in private, deploy in public; Private core, public expansion; Some runs are public, some are private, some are in-between.

Speaker Bio:
Thorsten von Eicken is the CTO and a founder of RightScale. He is responsible for the overall technology direction of the RightScale Cloud Management Platform. Previously, von Eicken was founder and chief architect at Expertcity (acquired by Citrix Online), where he directed the architecture of the company's online services, including the popular GoToMeeting service. He also managed the Expertcity/Citrix data center operations, where he acquired deep knowledge in deploying and running secure, scalable online services. Dr von Eicken was a professor of Computer Science at Cornell University and he received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.