Alka Gupta

Current

Cloud Computing and XaaS Technologist at Sun Microsystems

Past

Staff Engineer, ISV Engineering at Sun Microsystems
Staff Engineer, Telecom Industries at Sun Microsystems
Member of Technical Staff at Center for Development of Telematics

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Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Connections

201 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Alka Gupta’s Summary

A natural leader with effective communication skills, fast learner, result oriented and thrives in challenging situations. Able to build win-win relationships across boundaries to successfully achieve mutual business objectives and goals.

Expertise in performance engineering, analyzing, tuning, sizing, integrating and benchmarking ISV applications on Sun platforms involving Java technologies, Middleware, Solaris and JVM engineering

Lead virtual engineering teams/projects spanned across organizations and geographies

Technical Account Management for many Sun Partners

Author of several publications and white papers in leading industry forums and magazines

Alka Gupta’s Specialties:

Design and Architecture
Performance Engineering particularly on JVM and Solaris
Partner Engineering and Technical Account Management
Cloud Computing and Software as a Service(SaaS)
Solaris, JVM, Java EE, Application Servers, RFID, OSS/BSS
Telecom: OSS, VoIP, IMS, Java ME

Alka Gupta’s Experience

Cloud Computing and XaaS Technologist

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2005 — Present (4 years 6 months)

Alka Gupta's Cloud
http://blogs.sun.com/WebScale
http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/features/2008-1209cc/index.jsp

Sneak Peak at Sun's Cloud Computing Offerings in Sys-Con http://www.sys-con.com/node/769255
Staff Engineer, ISV Engineering

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

March 1998 — June 2006 (8 years 4 months)

J2EE and Telecom: Emerging Trends and How to get involved http://developers.sun.com/learning/javaoneonline/sessions/2006/TS-8152/index.html

Developing Auto-ID solutions using Sun Java System RFID Software http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Ecommerce/rfid/sjsrfid/RFID.html

Analyzing and Tuning Java Applications using GC Portal http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/GCPortal/index.html

End-to-End mCommerce on the Sun ONE Platform http://developers.sun.com/techtopics/mobility/midp/articles/webdepot/index.html http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-03-2002/j1-02-robots.html
Staff Engineer, Telecom Industries

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

2001 — 2004 (3 years )

Turbo Charging Java Virtual Machine to improve the performance and scalability of JavaApplication Servers http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/turbo/index.html
Referenced in JDJ: http://java.sys-con.com/read/37613.htm

J2ME helps Developers Tackle Security, Reliability and Availability Concerns
http://www.planetpdamag.com/content/071702su.htm
Member of Technical Staff

Center for Development of Telematics

(Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

March 1995 — March 1998 (3 years 1 month)

Alka Gupta’s Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Telecommunication

Activities and Societies:

IIT Delhi Alumni

Additional Information

Alka Gupta’s Interests:

Swimming, hiking, playing guitar, gardening, shopping

Alka Gupta’s Groups:

IIT Alumni

OpenSolaris
Cloud Computing Community
Oracle OpenWorld
CloudCamp - Unconventional Cloud Computing
Cloud Storage
Sun Microsystems - Open Source
The Cloud Talk Community Forum
Cloud Computing: The Silver Lining
Mavin Digital Mashup
PaaS Network
Platform-as-a-Service
Cloud Connect - Cloud Computing Conference
Cloud Networking
Cloud Hosting & Service Providers Forum
Sun-Oracle
Enterprise Cloud Evangelists - VMWare , Citirix , Eucalyptus, Azure, Amazon for the Fortune 500
Cloudbook
Cloud Computing Marketing, Sales and Business Development