Optimizing App Performance in the Cloud

A highly experienced network architect and trusted IT consultant with worldwide contacts, particularly in the United States and SE Asia, Andrew has nearly two decades of experience and possesses multiple industry certifications in the field of enterprise networking. Andrew has participated in the design and maintenance of networks for State Farm Insurance, United Airlines, Chicago-area schools, and the University of Chicago Medical Center. He is founder and president of Loveland, Colo.-based West Gate Networks, which specializes in enterprise network architectures and data center buildouts. The author of two Cisco certification study guides published by Sybex, he is a regular contributor to multiple enterprise IT-related websites and trade journals, offering insights into rapidly changing developments in the IT industry.

Allyson Barr is an experienced, end-to-end, metrics-based Marketing executive, with 20 years’ experience leading B2B enterprise marketing, business development, and product in the technology industry in North America and internationally. At StackState, she oversees the company's global marketing initiatives.

Mark Arts has over 20+ years of experience in IT. He is an evangelist of Observability for IT Operations and highly specialized in this domain. As a Senior Sales Engineer, he is the key person between the sales-, development department, and the customer.

Salvatore Salamone is the managing editor of Network Computing. He has worked as a writer and editor covering business, technology, and science. He has written three business technology books and served as an editor at IT industry publications including Network World, Byte, Bio-IT World, Data Communications, LAN Times, and InternetWeek.