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L to Right Pankaj Dhume, Pankaj Malani, Gaurav Khandelwal, Dr. Arun Pasrija, Suniul Shenoy, Jagdip Ahluwalia

2013-06-20-IACCGH-Clearing The Cloud Seminar Presentation (2036 KB)

The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston (IACCGH) conducted the first in a series of seminars in 2013 based on the topic of Cloud technologies and how small businesses and individuals can benefit from it. The seminar was held on June 20, 2013 at START Houston and was a big success as it was attended by a capacity-full crowd. IACCGH took this initiative of conducting the seminar based on the feedback from their members and prior survey topics that were sent out. Needless to say, it is a topic that everyone is currently interested in due to its ubiquitous nature and rapid rate of adoption. The panelists for the seminar comprised of Dr. Arun Pasrija, President of CHR Solutions; Mr. Gaurav Khandelwal, CEO of ChaiONE; Mr. Pankaj Malani, VP of Unique group of Industries; and was moderated by Mr. Sunil G. Shenoy, Technical Partner Manager from Dell, Inc. After a brief introduction of the IACCGH Charter by Mr. Pankaj Dhume, President and Mr. Jagdip Ahluwalia, Executive Director; Ms. Leah Mayo from START Houston provided a quick background on the concept of START Houston, which provides an incubator environment for entrepreneur individuals in the IT field. The panelists and moderator who are all from relevant industries then commenced the seminar and provided insights into the various aspects of Cloud including the basic definitions, characteristics, types of clouds and what makes the Cloud so powerful and useful. They then covered the different Cloud applications that small businesses can leverage from a cost savings and revenue generation perspective. Relevant facts about Cloud adoption as well as actual business cases were also discussed. It was a very lively and interesting seminar with continuous interaction from the attendees. A copy of the seminar presentation can be found on the IACCGH website at www.iaccgh.com