Scale Computing Announces Chris Barton, Founder and Creator of Shazam, as the Keynote Speaker for Platform//2025

The company also announced the event agenda is live 

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Scale Computing, the market leader in edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions, today announced Chris Barton, founder and original CEO of Shazam, as the keynote speaker for the upcoming Scale Computing Platform Summit (Platform//2025), Scale Computing's flagship event for IT professionals and partners.

The three-day event, held May 13-15, 2025, at Resorts World in Las Vegas, will feature live educational and best practices sessions, dedicated networking opportunities, the Platform//2025 Awards Dinner, training and certification opportunities, and more. Guests can register for the event and view the event agenda on the Platform//2025 website.

Embracing the event's tagline, "Let's innovate and transform together," Chris Barton's keynote, Bring Impossible Ideas to Life, will focus on how imagination and innovative thinking can create new visions for the future. Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are drastically changing what is possible in today's world, yet they also create new and unique challenges. Barton's keynote will share his story of creating Shazam, address how innovation comes from not just an idea but from a series of insights to overcome obstacles along the way; and how creative thinking can create change through technology.  

"We are thrilled to have Chris headline Platform//2025. His story around creating Shazam and his innovation and perseverance is truly inspiring, and will really resonate with our audience. At Scale Computing, we've always prided ourselves on bringing the most innovative IT infrastructure solutions to our customers and partners. We're coming off an incredible year, and we're excited to welcome partners, customers, and industry colleagues in Las Vegas later this year as we come together to learn and discuss market trends, industry growth, and ways we can innovate and transform the industry together," said Jeff Ready, CEO and co-founder of Scale Computing.

Chris Barton is the creator, founder, and original CEO of Shazam, the music application that changed the way the world discovers music and laid the groundwork for the consumer AI industry we know today. When Barton came up with the idea for Shazam in 2000, it was three years before iTunes and eight years before the App Store. In 2018, Shazam was acquired by Apple for a reported $400 million, making it Apple's 6th largest acquisition of all-time. Shazam has been downloaded over 2 billion times and is used each month by over 300 million people. In addition to creating Shazam, Barton holds twelve patents and played key roles in the early days of both Google and Dropbox. His newest venture, Guard, aims to use AI to detect drowning in swimming pools.

If you are interested in sponsoring Platform//2025, please email [email protected]. To register for the event, please visit the Platform//2025 website.

About Scale Computing
Scale Computing is a leader in edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions. Using patented HyperCore™ technology, Scale Computing Platform automatically identifies, mitigates, and corrects infrastructure problems in real-time, enabling applications to achieve maximum uptime, even when local IT resources and staff are scarce. Edge Computing is the fastest-growing area of IT infrastructure, and industry analysts have named Scale Computing an outperformer and leader in the space, including being named the #1 edge computing vendor by CRN. Scale Computing's products are sold by thousands of value-added resellers, integrators, and service providers worldwide. When ease-of-use, high availability, and TCO matter, Scale Computing Platform is the ideal infrastructure platform. Read what our customers have to say on Gartner Peer Insights and G2.

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