[Myexperiment-discuss] It as a Utility Information/launch meeting 4th Sept Royal Society

[Frey J.G.]

Subject: Re: It as a Utility Information/launch meeting 4th Sept Royal Society

Hi
Sorry for the imposition but I need some help in publicising our new network on 
IT as a Utility so please could I ask you to forward the details of the IT as a 
Utility Meeting on the 4th September to those who might be interested
Thanks for your help
Jeremy

Subject: It as a Utility Information/launch meeting 4th Sept Royal Society

ITaaU Information Event
=======================

ITaaU Information Event
Tuesday 4th September 2012
At the Kohn Centre,
Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, SW1Y 5AG
London
14:00 – 17:00

Meeting programme will be updated at
http://indico.vm11.omii.ac.uk/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=7

Welcome
The Background: The Digital Economy RCUK Theme
Introduction to the ITaaU Network
ITaaU Events and Opportunities
Design for Usable IT (USTWO)
The ITaaU Network and EU FP7 and Beyond (Dr. Mike Surridge, IT Innovation)
The ITaaU Network and Asia (Prof. Gerard Parr, University of Ulster)
Cloud & Pervasive Computing (Rob Fraser, Microsoft UK)
Summary of ITaaU events, opportunities and deadlines

More details will be published on the Network web site www.itutility.ac.uk 
shortly. There will be no registration formalities or charge for this meeting 
but please email address@hidden<mailto:address@hidden> to let us know that if 
you are planning to come so we can ensure adequate refreshments. The event is 
being held at the Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace, London. Directions can 
be found online at http://royalsociety.org/venue-hire/location/


IT as a Utility Network+
=======================

IT as a Utility (ITaaU) is one of the 4 sub-themes of the RCUK Digital Economy 
programme 
<http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/research/xrcprogrammes/Digital/Pages/home.aspx> . The 
ITaaU Network purpose is to promote and enhance the community interested in 
this aspect of the DE programme and help co-ordinate activities in this area.

IT as a Utility is about the provision of information and technology in a 
transparent and highly usable manner. It is closely related to Grid and Cloud 
Computing with its emphasis on making IT resources effortlessly and almost 
invisibly available the end user. Cloud paradigms for access to applications 
and infrastructure are now well established, and are changing the way users 
interact with applications, especially where the application is accessible from 
multiple devices and users.

See www.itutility.ac.uk (this is being updated and a new version will appear 
soon)

Also blog post 
http://www.software.ac.uk/news/2012-08-13-how-can-we-build-trust-it-utility-services

Jeremy Frey