Karen Longshore is Chief Information Officer at BP Solar, a leading international solar energy company.

Joining BP Solar in early 2009, Karen has extensive IT experience with senior-level credentials at Oracle Corporation, Cendant Corporation and Crump Group, Inc. In her current role, she is responsible for global information technology oversight, governance and compliance, and improving organizational efficiencies through effective identification and implementation of IT solutions.

Phil Hochmuth is a principal analyst in Yankee Group's Anywhere Enterprise research group, with a focus on cloud computing. Phil's research analyzes enterprise demand for cloud computing, including the adoption drivers and inhibitors of software-, platform- and infrastructure-as-a-service models in the enterprise. Phil's research also analyzes and evaluates current cloud computing technologies and business models from both a vendor and provider perspective. A particular focus of his research and consulting work is to help service providers understand and leverage "as-a-service" technologies, both as a revenue-generating opportunity and a way to increase carriers' operational efficiencies and reduce their costs.

Prior to Yankee Group, Phil was a senior editor at Network World magazine, covering enterprise routing and switching technology, wireless LANs, VoIP and unified communications, as well as Linux and open-source software. Before that, Phil was a systems integrator for a New Hampshire-based VAR, installing networks and prepress systems for clients in the newspaper and publishing industry.