Skyla Loomis is Program Director of Cloudant Development. She has been with IBM for 12 years and recently joined the Cloudant team full time after working closely with them since the acquisition in February. She has spent most of her career delivering products around data and how to get value out of data. She's held a variety of development leadership roles at IBM across business analytics, warehousing, NoSQL, database tooling, and most recently the cloud and mobile deliveries of Information Management services into BlueMix, the new IBM platform as a service offering. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a BS in Information Technology.

In his General Session at 14th Cloud Expo, Marc Jones, Vice President of Product Innovation for SoftLayer, explained how to take advantage of a multitude of compute options and platform features to make cloud the cornerstone of your online presence:

"As you need to store more data, you scale it out with Hadoop. Cloudant is very similar. Services are focused on APIs. Today, we also focus on the concept of the Internet of Things. We are getting to the point that any device, anywhere can generate data. That covers everything from Big Data. The data coming from sensors in small devices need to be stored somewhere. This could be log data, it could be actual captured data. But it has to be stored and analyzed somewhere. This needs to perform well, otherwise it creates a negative end user experience. Performance becomes key with the IoT."

The largest 'Internet of Things' event in the world has announced "sponsorship opportunities" and "call for papers."

The 1st International Internet of @ThingsExpo was launched this June at the Javits Center in New York City with over 6,000 delegates in attendance. The 2nd International Internet of @ThingsExpo will take place November 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, California, with an estimated 7,000 plus delegates attending over three days.

Sponsorship and Exhibit Opportunities for @ThingsExpo Silicon Valley and New York Are Now Available
Sponsors and exhibitors of Internet of @ThingsExpo will benefit from unmatched branding, profile building and lead generation opportunities through:

• Featured on-site presentation and ongoing on-demand webcast exposure to a captive audience of industry decision-makers.
• Showcase exhibition during our new extended dedicated expo hours
• Breakout Session Priority scheduling for sponsors that have been guaranteed a 35-minute technical session
• Online advertising in SYS-CON's i-Technology publications
• Capitalize on our comprehensive marketing efforts leading up to the show with print mailings, e-newsletters and extensive online media coverage.
• Unprecedented PR Coverage: Editorial coverage on IoT.sys-con.com, Tweets to our 75,000 plus followers, press releases sent on major wire services to over 500 combined analysts and press members who attended Internet of @ThingsExpo - making it the best-covered "Internet of Things" conference in the world

For more information on sponsorship, exhibit, and keynote opportunities contact Carmen Gonzalez by email at events (at) sys-con.com, or by phone 201 802-3021. Book both events for additional savings!

@ThingsExpo Silicon Valley (November 4-6, 2014, Santa Clara, CA)
@ThingsExpo New York (June 9-11, 2015, New York, NY)

Secure Your VIP Pass to Attend @ThingsExpo Silicon Valley
Internet of @ThingsExpo announced today a limited time free "Expo Plus" registration option. The onsite registration price of $600 will be set to 'free' for delegates who register during September.

To take advantage of this opportunity, attendees can use the coupon code "IoTSeptember" and secure their "@ThingsExpo Plus" registration to attend all keynotes and general sessions, as well as a limited number of technical sessions each day of the show, in addition to full access to the expo floor and the @ThingsExpo hackathon.

The registration page is located at the @ThingsExpo site here.