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Upcoming Structure Conference Features Top-Notch Cloud Pundits

The GigaOM Network, parent of OStatic, is gearing up for its second annual Structure conference, coming up on June 25 at the Mission Bay Center in San Francisco. The theme of the conference is "Put Cloud Computing to Work," and it follows last year's successful, sold-out event. The number of open-source players on the cloud computing front continues to grow rapidly, and the conference promises to be a good opportunity to hear from successful cloud movers and shakers from Amazon, Salesforce.com and other companies. Here are more details, including how to register and get a discount.

This year's Structure 09 conference will be keynoted by two pioneers in the world of “infrastructure on demand” – Marc Benioff and Paul Sagan. Sagan, CEO of Akamai, will share his vision about how Akamai continues to innovate in an industry it helped birth a decade ago. Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, will share his insights that drove Salesforce.com to become the first SaaS (Software as a Service) company to pass the billion-dollar revenue mark.

“I think Paul and Marc are leading the industry with bold ideas and products," says GigaOM's Om Malik. "Their successes are a testament to their leadership. They are perfect to lead the overall message at Structure 09.”

A strong base of industry leaders and innovators supports the keynote speakers. Structure 09 is proud to have Michael Stonebraker, a pioneer of database (RDBMS) systems, participating and also welcomes luminaries such as Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon.com, and Greg Papadopoulos, CTO of Sun Microsystems, back to share their thoughts on the progress of the industry since their keynote addresses at last year's sold-out event. In a unique panel, Jonathan Heiliger, VP of Technical Operations at Facebook, will moderate a panel of his industry peers, who handle some of the biggest web infrastructures on the planet – Yahoo, Google, LinkedIn and MySpace — and will ask them to share their learning and best practices from the industry's cutting edge. Register here now, and you'll get a $60 savings on your ticket. Check out the speakers and topics here. 

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