CMG Offers New Education Track Featuring Michelson Award Winners for CMG'11 Conference Taking Place December 5-9 at Gaylord National Hotel in DC Area

Speakers Delve Into Conference Theme of Optimizing IT Infrastructure: Management, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing

TURNERSVILLE, N.J., July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Computer Measurement Group (CMG), a not-for-profit, worldwide organization of IT professionals, today announced that it has launched an exclusive "full day" speaking track featuring selected Michelson Award winners for the 37th International Computer Measurement Group annual conference (CMG'11) taking place from December 5-9 at the Gaylord National Hotel in the Washington D.C. area.

CMG created the A.A. Michelson lifetime achievement award to recognize those individuals who combine the rare qualities of vision and execution, are highly respected by their peers, and have been honored for their high level of accomplishments and contributions to the IT industry.  Albert Abraham Michelson was known for his technical accomplishments in measuring the speed of light and for his role as teacher and inspirer of others.

"We are so excited to offer CMG'11 conference attendees this track," said Ted McGavin, General Chair of the CMG'11 conference.  "Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from some of the best in the field all in one location. Speakers on this track are not just well-known but have been highly recognized for their practical contributions."

Michelson Track speakers will delve into CMG'11's conference theme of Optimizing IT Infrastructure: Management, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing.  

The following individuals and presentations are scheduled on Wednesday, December 7:

-8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. -- Dr. Michael Salsburg, Unisys, "Automation and the Cloud"
-9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. -- Bernie Domanski,  City University of New York, "Benchmarking Experiments"
-10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. -- H. Pat Artis, Performance Associates, "Metrics for Cloud Computing"
-2:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. --  Bruce McNutt, IBM Corporation, "Modeling Storage Tiering"
-4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. -- Connie U. Smith, Performance Engineering Services, "Software Performance Engineering"

For more information about CMG'11 or to be added to the e-mail list for updates, please contact CMG Headquarters at [email protected] or 1-800-4FORCMG or visit www.cmg.org. Registration is now open.

The Computer Measurement Group (www.cmg.org) is a not-for-profit, worldwide organization of IT professionals committed to sharing information and practices focused on ensuring the efficiency and scalability of IT service delivery to the enterprise through measurement, quantitative analysis, and forecasting.

SOURCE Computer Measurement Group