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I was fortunate enough to be a keynote presenter at the Cloud VISION 2009 event in Minneapolis this past Wednesday. My presentation, “Getting Ready for the VISI Cloud”, was focused on the new ReliaCloud service platform — and specifically Cloud Servers, the first product to be launched on this new platform.

We had a couple hundred people attend the morning seminars. That’s a pretty amazing turnout on a cold and rainy October morning. It is obvious to me that cloud computing services have gained traction in the hearts and minds of IT people across the Twin Cities region.

Chris Howard from the Burton Group gave the first keynote speech. He focused on cloud computing from a very strategic standpoint — explaining how the cloud was reshaping IT within enterprises. I thought Chris gave one of the best cloud computing presentations I have heard in the past year. His presentation was clear and insightful. He skillfully blended cloud computing and socioeconomic trends. Well done Chris!

I’ve spent the past nine months working on ReliaCloud and I’m excited to see all the hard come together in a very solid service offering. Of course none of this would have been possible without a great team of application developers, system and network admins, and product managers. VISI has never launched a product with this level of automation, self-service capability, and scalability. It represents the evolution of our business and the way customers buy infrastructure.

You can check out a great synopsis of the event at the Minnov8 website. You can also find the presentations online at the VISI Blog. Here are YouTube videos of the presentations from the event: videos.

Thank you to the hundreds of people that attended the event. I really enjoyed talking with you and hearing your feedback. VISI is still accepting beta testers for the new ReliaCloud platform. The beta testing will start in early November — probably the second week of the month.