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Symantec to Present at Cloud Computing Expo Europe 2009

Dr Guy Bunker to speak in Prague on The Darker Sides Of Cloud Computing: Security and Availability

Dr. Guy Bunker, Distinguished Engineer for Symantec UK, will be presenting at SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Expo Europe 2009 (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) in Prague, The Czech Republic, this coming May 18-19, 2009.

Cloud computing offers a fantastic opportunity to businesses of all sizes. However, there are pitfalls that no-one wants to talk about. In this session, Bunker will talk to some of the darker sides to cloud computing - those around security and availability. Understanding where the issues lie will help service providers to create better services and enable customers to ask the right questions of their providers.

Speaker Bio

Dr. Guy Bunker is a Distinguished Engineer at Symantec Corporation. He works in the office of the CTO, responsible for various pieces of technical strategy across the company.  He is currently an active member of the Enterprise Privacy Group and the Jericho Forum.  Guy holds a PhD in Artificial Neural Networks from King's College London, several patents and is a Chartered Engineer with the IET.

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