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James Urquhart Joins Cisco's Cloud Computing Dream Team

Urquhart: This is an opportunity in which my passion for blogging and my passion for cloud computing come directly into play

By Jeremy Geelan
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November 15, 2008 06:50 AM EST
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"What sold me on joining Cisco was the excellent opportunity to explore the 'uncharted territory' that is the network's role in cloud computing." With those words the tireless and insightful Cloud blogger James Urquhart (pictured) this week revealed that he's taking on the role of Marketing Manager/Technology Evangelist for Data Center Virtualization at Cisco Systems, Inc. (including Cloud Computing and Cisco's Data Center 3.0 strategy, at least as it relates to virtualization). "I have the chance to be part of what will most likely be the most important producer of cloud and virtualization enabled networking software, services and equipment," Urquhart adds.

For those unfamiliar with Urquhart's relentless coverage of All Things Cloud, be sure to bookmark his blog - focused on utility computing, cloud computing and their effect in enteprises and individuals

He started his career programming a manufacturing job tracking system on the Macintosh (circa 1991), and slowly expanded his experience to include distributed systems architectures, online community and identity systems, and most recently utility computing and cloud computing architectures.

The move to Cisco ignites his considerable enthusiasm:

"I am excited to work with both Doug Gourlay and Peter Linkin, who are incredibly smart people with a vision I can really get my head around," he writes.

For the past two years, Urquhart had been Director of Solutions Engineering, Alliances at Alfresco.

Published November 15, 2008 – Reads 5,346
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Jeremy Geelan is Sr. Vice-President of SYS-CON Media & Events. He is Conference Chair of the all-new International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series, of the International Virtualization Conference & Expo series, of AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo series, and of the long-running SOAWorld Conference & Expo series. He's founder of Cloud Computing Journal, Web 2.0 Journal, AJAX & RIA Journal and other leading SYS-CON titles. From 2000-6, as first editorial director and then group publisher of SYS-CON Media, he was responsible for the development of all new titles and i-Technology portals for the firm, and regularly represents SYS-CON at conferences and trade shows, speaking to technology audiences both in North America and overseas. He is executive producer and presenter of "Power Panels with Jeremy Geelan" on SYS-CON.TV.

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