My friend, Om Malik, founder of technology blog network GigaOm, is putting together a conference about the latest trends in Internet infrastructure buildout. It promises to be an excellent event with speakers from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Sun, Facebook, Slide and many more. Panels and workshops address the methods that the new infrastructure masters like Google, Facebook, Meebo, Hi5, and Slide have adopted to ensure that they meet the needs of a rapidly growing network.

Find out also how, In a barren IPO winter, Netsuite and VMWare are the few tech darlings that managed to be well valued by the market. What are the ingredients in their secret sauce? Why is the value of these companies not only surviving but also booming and fueling the growth of others?
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DETAILS

Structure 08
June 25, 2008
San Francisco, CA
Mission Bay Conference Center
Conference Website — www.structureconf.com

THE SPEAKERS

All of the key influencers in cloud computing and the web infrastructure buildout will be on hand to discuss the future of the business.

Keynotes:

Werner Vogels - Amazon.com, CTO
Greg Papadopoulos - Sun Microsystems, CTO
James Crowe - Level 3 Communications, CEO

Other confirmed speakers include:

Parker Harris - Saleforce.com, Co-founder
Mendel Rosenblum - VMWare, Co-founder
Zach Nelson - NetSuite, CEO
Christophe Bisciglia - Google, Senior Software Engineer
Jonathan Heiliger - Facebook, VP of Technical Operations
Jeremiah Robison - Slide.com, Chief Technology Officer
Jason Hoffman - Joyent, Co-founder & CTO
Click here to see the full speaker list

EXCLUSIVE WORKSHOP BY GOOGLE APP ENGINE

At Structure 08, GigaOM is hosting the very first workshop on Google’s App Engine, exclusively for the attendees. Google’s App Engine makes its infrastructure available on-demand, and the Google team will be leading Structure 08 attendees through a jam-packed workshop on what opportunities it opens up for entrepreneurs and hackers.

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