International Computerware, Inc. (ICI) CTO, Brad Maltz, Announced as TechAmerica Foundation U.S. CLOUD Strategy Commissioner

LAS VEGAS, May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC World -- International Computerware, Inc. (ICI), a global award winning infrastructure consulting firm, today announced from EMC World that Brad Maltz, ICI CTO, has been selected as a Commissioner to the TechAmerica Commission to accelerate the U.S. Deployment of Cloud Computing Strategy.

Mr. Maltz, ICI CTO and VMware Certified Design Expert (an elite group of worldwide virtualization technologist), is credited with helping ICI becoming a leading provider of storage, virtualization, and cloud services for business in the commercial sector.

The Commission is comprised of experts from the I.T. industry and academia, with members from both the commercial and public sectors. Mr. Maltz is one of 21 commissioners in the U.S. who will represent the commercial sector.

"Having Brad Maltz nominated to this very important and strategic commission for our country is a prestigious one for ICI," said ICI Partner, and Executive Vice President of Technology Solutions, Jamie Shepard. "It just shows the U.S. as a country continues to lead in technology innovation, creation, and strategy."

"ICI is recognized as an experienced industry leader with our forward thinking approach to data center infrastructure and Cloud Computing," said ICI CTO, Brad Maltz. "I am honored to be able to bring this experience to the TechAmerica CLOUD2 Commission as a Commissioner. "The U.S. has always been a leader in technology and supporting this commission shows the federal government is trying to ensure we are positioning future generations to handle evolutionary changes that Cloud Computing will have on our country in this rapidly changing global economic and social environment."

"The Obama Administration has demonstrated a clear understanding of the need to adopt cloud technologies across the government enterprise," said Dallas Advisory Partners Founder, and TechAmerica Foundation Chairman, David Sanders. "CLOUD2 represents a broad range of companies, and is well-positioned to provide diverse insight on issues critical to the cloud. These new commissioners will be essential to the continued advancement of U.S. innovation, and we look forward to providing the Administration constructive recommendations that address these critical issues."

CLOUD2 will be broken into public sector deployment and commercial policy considerations. Technology visionaries Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of salesforce.com and VCE Chairman and CEO, Michael D. Capellas, serve as co-chairmen of the commission of experts. CSC President of North American Public Sector Jim Sheaffer will serve as Vice Chairman and lead the public sector deployment recommendations. Microsoft Corporate Vice President of Technology Policy and Strategy Dan Reed, who also leads the company's eXtreme Computing Group (XCG), will also serve as Vice Chairman and will lead the commercial policy considerations portion of the report. The Commission's recommendations for government deployment will be presented to Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra. Commercial-facing recommendations will be shared with Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Commerce Under Secretary for Standards and Technology Pat Gallagher.

Joining co-chairmen Benioff and Capellas and representing academia will be John Mallery of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, and Michael R. Nelson, visiting professor of Internet studies in Georgetown University's Communication, Culture and Technology Program.

A full list of commissioners can be viewed online at http://www.techamericafoundation.org/cloud-commission-commissioners.  To learn more about CLOUD2, please visit http://www.techamericafoundation.org/cloud-commission.

About International Computerware, Inc. (ICI)

International Computerware, Inc. (ICI) is a global award winning infrastructure consulting firm founded in 1985. ICI's focus is customer enablement and early cloud adoption, through process driven technology solutions. Utilizing their proven consulting methodology nCubed™ Now, Next, Nirvana, grounded in ITIL fundamentals, ICI is providing their clients with datacenter solutions designed around ICI's intellectual capital and vast integration experience; built on best-of-breed technologies. As a leader and innovator in Infrastructure As A Service (I.a.a.S.), ICI is further enabling clients to realize a service based computing model with their vCube™ offerings. A flexible, cost effective, and highly leveraged approach to actualizing the private, public, and hosted cloud computing models. For more information, visit www.iciamerica.com.

About TechAmerica Foundation TechAmerica Foundation educates executives, policymakers, opinion leaders, and the public on the size, scope, outlook, and impact of the technology industry and on policies that enable and promote technological innovations to advance prosperity, security, and the general welfare. Launched in 1981, the Foundation is a 501c(3) non-profit affiliate of TechAmerica, the leading voice and resource for the U.S. technology industry. The Foundation disseminates award-winning industry, policy, and market research covering topics such as U.S. competitiveness in a global economy, innovation in government, government IT forecasts, technology employment and international trade indicators, and other areas of national interest.  It also organizes conferences and seminars to explore pertinent issues with government and industry representatives and to share the Foundation's findings.

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