Andrew Fisher — Cloud computing

Web Directions South 2009, Sydney Convention Centre, October 9 11.45am.

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Session descrip­tion

Infrastructure and ser­vice costs are always a pri­or­ity for any busi­ness, whether client-​​side or agency-​​side, espe­cially now when we’re all try­ing to be par­tic­u­larly spend-​​efficient. A cloud tech­nol­ogy can com­prise infra­struc­ture (Amazon’s S3, Google Apps for Domain), soft­ware ser­vices (Salesforce​.com, Google Docs) and less tan­gi­ble appli­ca­tion ser­vices such as APIs (Facebook Connect, Google Friend Connect, Google Maps, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, etc).

Cloud ser­vices change the way a busi­ness or cam­paign can oper­ate, increas­ing flex­i­bil­ity, tak­ing less time to deploy and intro­duc­ing superb cost effi­cien­cies so that we can redi­rect finances to where they’ll really pay for us — in inno­va­tion, exper­i­men­ta­tion and plan­ning ahead. With these oppor­tu­ni­ties, how­ever, come chal­lenges around data and plat­form secu­rity, change man­age­ment and who “owns” the plat­form and data you are using.

About Andrew Fisher

Andrew Fisher PortraitAndrew Fisher is the Technology Director for Citrus, an award winning digital marketing agency. Andrew has been involved in developing innovative digital solutions for businesses across Australia and Europe for the likes of Sportsgirl, Borders, Victoria Racing Club for Citrus and previously for Nintendo, CRAI, Mitsubishi and peoplesound. He’s been solving real business issues for diverse clients using cloud technologies and specialises in helping organisations combine the right technologies together in the most effective manner.

Follow Andrew on Twitter: @ajfisher

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