The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) has announced that Alliance board member BMW will headline the second annual ODCA Forecast 2013. The conference is scheduled for June 17-18 in San Francisco in conjunction with GigaOm’s Structure event. Forecast 2013 is a unique opportunity for enterprise IT professionals to set actionable plans for deployment of cloud and big data solutions based on real-world best practices from leading IT organizations.
Mario Müeller, ODCA chairman and BMW vice president of IT infrastructure, will headline the proceedings with an opening keynote where he is expected to detail BMW’s plans for cloud computing and the influence of ODCA requirements on the company’s strategy. The keynote will set the stage for a full agenda focused on sharing insights from leading enterprises and providers on the implementation of enterprise-ready cloud.