Jamie is a software technology professional working in the upstream oil and gas business. He has over 15 years of experience as a developer, architect and manager working on major projects for a variety of clients and delivering products that are widely used in the industry including PetroBank MDS.

Jamie and David are co-founders (together with Ugur Algan) of FUSE Information Management, a software company whose flagship product is XStreamline - a customer proven web based E&P team productivity tool.

David (right picture) is a leading consultant in upstream information management and designed the infrastructure for some of the world's largest National Data Repositories.

Abstract of the presentation:
Cloud Computing is getting a lot of attention in the IT world as the "next great thing". Some cynical observers have therefore suggested that the Oil & Gas industry won't even consider the idea for at least another ten years. We are already using many of the techniques of Cloud Computing today. In this presentation we will examine the myth versus reality and consider potential applications for Cloud Computing in E&P