SaaS & Cloud Computing EDA Roundtable @ DVCon
I’ve been writing about Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Cloud Computing as relates to EDA for some time now. Then back in January I made a New Years resolution to organize a SaaS EDA roundtable at the 2009 Design and Verification Conference (DVCon). About a month ago I asked for volunteers and several of you have stepped up to help. Now, just a week before DVCon, I’d like to formally announce the event.
The SaaS and Cloud Computing Roundtable will be held from 6:30 - 8:00 pm on Wed Feb 25th in the Monterey/Carmel rooms at the San Jose Doubletree Hotel. This is immediately following the DVCon reception down the hall, so grab a drink and a bite and then wander on over.
SaaS and Cloud Computing are 2 of the hottest trends in the Information Technology and software industries. Some EDA companies have already put their toes in the water. This roundtable will explore the following question: Are they trailblazing the future of the industry or are they chasing an empty fad?
The format will consist of 5 brief (< 10 minute) presentations from people involved in various perspectives in SaaS and cloud computing for EDA:
- Harry Gries (Design Methodology Consultant @ the ASIC guy)
- James Colgan (CEO @ Xuropa)
- Susan Peterson (Verification IP Marketing Manager @ Cadence)
- Jeremy Ralph (CEO @ PDTi)
- Bill Alexander (VP Marketing @ Blue Pearl Software)
This will be followed by an open, and hopefully lively, discussion.
I’m greatly looking forward to this event, especially since I get to collaborate with such a high-powered team and I have no idea what to expect. I truly believe that this could be one of the more interesting events at DVCon this year.
I hope to see many of you there.
harry the ASIC guy
Tags: Blue Pearl, Cadence, Cloud Computing, DVCon, EDA, PDTi, SaaS, Xuropa
February 17th, 2009 at 10:51 am
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February 18th, 2009 at 12:49 am
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February 18th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
This sounds promising. Have you solicited Mentor Graphics ?
February 18th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Hi Jacob,
I’d love to have Mentor Graphics participate in this discussion. Let me know and I’m sure we can work it out.
Thanks,
Harry
February 18th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Some how we at “The Digital Electronics Blog” are going to miss this event big time reason being that we are in india and absolutely no scope to plan a travel or even make it beyond the US consulate unless we have some kind of a “genuine” sponsorship.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:40 am
We’re hoping to record the event and post it for those who cannot attend. Still working out the technical details so I won’t promise, but I’m hopeful.
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February 8th, 2010 at 9:56 am
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