Marty Gauvin is the Founder, President & CEO of Virtual Ark. He is also Founder and Chairman of Tier 5, a company that designs, builds and operates data center parks and a Director of Playford Capital. Prior to Virtual Ark, Gauvin founded and led the publicly listed company, Hostworks, as CEO for over 10 years to its successful sale in 2008 for $68.9M to the Macquarie Group. He is also a member of the Microsoft Service Provider Partner Advisory Council, the Dell Asia-Pacific Platinum Advisory Council, and various government innovation committees established to invest Government capital into selected venture capital funds.
Virtual Ark General Session at Cloud Expo
Cloud Expo General SessionSpeaker Marty Gauvin believes that 3G-SaaS – the
combined effect of Cloud Computing and outsourcing with application
management – will drive the use of IT for a significant period of time.
"The capacity for well-executed 3G-SaaS to revolutionize IT sourcing is
profound," he writes. Here he sets out the Virtual Ark vision in detail.
Outsourcing is entering its third generation with the advent of the Cloud.
The first iteration of outsourcing was “your mess for less”, followed by
second generation strategic or selective sourcing, which included hosting and
early Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings.
The adoption of these second generation SaaS services was constrained by
their high fixed costs and rigid contract terms. So much of what customers
and vendors take for granted in their sourcing frameworks h... (more)
Marty Gauvin is the Founder, President & CEO of Virtual Ark. He is also Founder and Chairman of Tier 5, a company that designs, builds and operates data center parks and a Director of Playford Capital. Prior to Virtual Ark, Gauvin founded and led the publicly listed company, Hostworks, as CEO for over 10 years to its successful sale in 2008 for $68.9M to the Macquarie Group. He is also a member of the Microsoft Service Provider Partner Advisory Council, the Dell Asia-Pacific Platinum Advisory Council, and various government innovation committees established to invest Government capital into selected venture capital funds.
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