Next March, we’ll hold the second Cloud Connect conference. Last year’s event went far beyond our expectations, with a huge number of IT professionals, government representatives, and lean entrepreneurs coming together for a week of debate and learning.

What a difference a year makes. By now, we’ve moved beyond the “what” and “why” of clouds, and we’re learning from best practices and case studies. Utility computing has quickly become another tool in the IT toolbox, offering advantages to those who embrace it and leaving others wondering how it changes their industries.

We’ve received hundreds of proposals for a wide range of topics, from security to storage to portability, and we’re thrilled to be putting together the content for this defining event once again, in conjunction with the folks at UBM/Techweb.