{"id":650829,"date":"2013-04-05T11:32:09","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T15:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.datacenterknowledge.com\/?p=95039"},"modified":"2013-04-05T11:32:09","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T15:32:09","slug":"top-10-women-in-cloud-named-at-cloud-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/650829","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Women in Cloud Named at Cloud Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/cloud-now.org\/\">CloudNow<\/a><\/strong>, an association for women in cloud computing, honored ten exceptional women in cloud computing this week during Cloud Connect Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CloudNOW is paying tribute to ten outstanding women in cloud computing for their contributions, accomplishments and thought leadership in our dynamic industry,&#8221; said Jocelyn DeGance Graham, founder of CloudNOW. &#8220;We&#8217;re honored to be part of Cloud Connect and at the cutting edge of the cloud conversation &#8212; a place where women are playing a key role.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CloudNOW is a non-profit consortium of the leading women in cloud computing, focused on using technology for the overall professional development of women from around the world by providing a forum for networking, knowledge sharing, mentoring and economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cloud computing is transforming business across virtually every industry, and it&#8217;s imperative for women to be key players in this strategic shift,&#8221; said Lauren States, Vice President and CTO for the IBM Corporate Strategy team, and CloudNOW Advisor.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s Top Ten Women in Cloud Award recipients are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Becky Swain<\/strong>, Director Cloud Assurance, PwC; and Founding Member, Cloud<br \/>\nSecurity Alliance (CSA)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cara Beston<\/strong>, Partner, PwC<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lori MacVittie<\/strong>, Senior Technology Analyst, F5 Networks<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lydia Leong<\/strong>, Vice President of Research and Cloud Expert, Gartner<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manjula Talreja,<\/strong> Vice President Global Cloud Business Development, Cisco<\/li>\n<li><strong>Margaret Dawson<\/strong>, Vice President of Product Marketing, and Cloud<br \/>\nEvangelist, HP<\/li>\n<li><strong>Michelle Munson<\/strong>, Co-Founder and President, Aspera<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rhonda MacLean<\/strong>, Founder, MacLean Risk Partners, and former Global Chief<br \/>\nInformation Security Officer at Barclays and Bank of America<\/li>\n<li><strong>Susan Wu<\/strong>, Founder Persona Equity<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vanessa Alvarez<\/strong>, Director Product Marketing, Gridstore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cloud Connect, produced by UBM Tech, is taking place this week at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CloudNow, an association for women in cloud computing, honored ten exceptional women in cloud computing this week during Cloud Connect Silicon Valley. &#8220;CloudNOW is paying tribute to ten outstanding women in cloud computing for their contributions, accomplishments and thought leadership in our dynamic industry,&#8221; said Jocelyn DeGance Graham, founder of CloudNOW. &#8220;We&#8217;re honored to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7437,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-650829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}