Business leaders are faced with enormous pressure to accelerate time to market for new products and services while controlling costs. Success requires rapid access to IT infrastructure, storage, and virtual server environments. IT resource provisioning should be dynamic and self service for application development teams. Platforms are required that enable organizations to rapidly develop, deploy, manage and integrate enterprise applications for their own use or delivery as SaaS. These platforms should support the migration of traditional and higher availability applications to meet user demand and control costs. Come join Mike McCarthy, IBM Vice President of Cloud Computing Global Technology Services, to learn about the next generation cloud platforms and how this technology is helping shape the way companies approach new business development.
Mike McCarthy is Vice President of Cloud Computing for IBM Global Technology Services.
In his current position, Mike has responsibility for the portfolio of cloud services and for development of IBM’s strategic cloud delivery platform. He joined IBM in 1986 as a software engineer for IBM network management software. He has held a variety of positions with IBM, including: Manager of Channels for IBM Networking Software in Asia Pacific, market strategist for IBM Retail Store Solutions, Director of Market Management for IBM TotalStorage Open Software, and Director of Strategy for IBM Tivoli Software. He also worked for Medic Computer Systems, a healthcare software company, where he was responsible for marketing strategy and analyst relations. Mike has a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from Michigan State University and a master’s degree in business administration from Duke University.