“Private Cloud Computing” is but one topic on tap for the third and final day of the Fifth International Cloud Expo, being held at the Javits Center in New York.

This particular session will be delivered by Rick German, co-founder and CEO of Stoneware.

Other sessions throughout the week have been delivered by Oracle, Microsoft, CSC, and innumerable other Cloud Computing leaders.

Cloud Expo was announced on February 24, 2007, the day the term "cloud computing" was coined. That same year, the first Cloud Expo took place in New York City with 450 delegates. Next April, Cloud Expo is returning to New York City with more than 5,000 delegates and over 100 sponsors and exhibitors.

"Cloud" has become synonymous with "computing" and "software" in two short years. Cloud Expo is the new PC Expo, Comdex, and InternetWorld of our decade. By 2012, more than 50,000 delegates per year will participate in Cloud Expo worldwide.

Now it's onto Prague for the Sixth International Cloud Expo June 21-22, and to the heart of Silicon Valley in Santa Clara for the Seventh International Cloud Expo November 1-4.

As Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan has said, "No one can take full advantage of cloud computing without first becoming familiar with the latest issues and trends, which is why the organizing principle of Cloud Expo - is to ensure - through an intensive three-day schedule of keynotes, general and breakout sessions, and our bustling Expo Floor - that attending delegates leave the conference with abundant resources, ideas and examples they can apply immediately to leveraging the Cloud, helping them to maximize performance, minimize cost and improve the scalability of their Enterprise IT endeavors."