The GigaOM Network today announces its second Structure conference after the runaway success of the 2008 event. The Structure 09 conference returns to San Francisco, Calif., on June 25th, 2009. Structure 09 (http://structureconf.com) is a conference designed to explore the next generations of Internet infrastructure. Over a year ago, The GigaOM Network Founder Om Malik saw that the platforms on which we have done business for over a decade were starting to provide diminishing returns, and smart money was seeking new options. Structure 09 looks at the changing needs and rapid growth in the Internet infrastructure sector, and this year's event will consider the impact of the global economy. "I cannot remember a time when a new technology had so much relevance to our industry as cloud computing does in the current economic climate," said The GigaOM Network Founder Om Malik. "We all need to find ways to leverage what we have and cut costs without compromising future options. Infrastructure On Demand and Cloud Computing are very strong avenues for doing so and we will look for what practicable advice we can bring to our audience." "Structure 08 was a great experience for our audience and partners, and I am very pleased to be bringing it back again this year," said Malik. "Along with GigaOM Lead Writer Stacey Higginbotham and the conference program committee, I am bringing together what I intend to be one of the most authoritative programs for the cloud computing and Internet infrastructure space." The GigaOM Network is also announcing early speaker selections. Confirmed speakers include: Marc Benioff - Chairman and CEO, Salesforce.com Paul Sagan, President and CEO, Akamai Werner Vogels, CTO, Amazon Russ Daniels, VP and CTO, Cloud Services Strategy, HP Raj Patel, VP of Global Networks, Yahoo! Jonathan Heiliger, VP, Technical Operations, Facebook Greg Papadopoulos, CTO and EVP - Research and Development, Sun Microsystems Jack Waters, President, Global Network Services and CTO, Level 3 Communications Michael Stonebraker, PhD, CTO and Co-Founder, Vertica Systems David Yen, EVP and GM, Data Center Business Group, Juniper Networks Vijay Gill, VP Engineering, Google Yousef Khalidi, Distinguished Engineer, Microsoft Corporation Tobias Ford, Assistant VP, IT, AT&T Richard Buckingham, VP of Technical Operations, MySpace Lew Tucker, VP and CTO, Cloud Computing, Sun Microsystems Lloyd Taylor, VP Technical Operations, LinkedIn Michael Crandell, CEO and Founder, RightScale Jim Smith, General Partner, MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures Bryan Doerr, CTO, Savvis Doug Judd, Principal Search Architect, Zvents Brandon Watson, Director, Azure Services Platform, Microsoft Jeff Hammerbacher, Chief Scientist, Cloudera Jason Hoffman, PhD, CTO, Joyent Mayank Bawa, CEO, Aster Data James Urquhart, Market Manager, Cloud Computing and Infrastructure, Cisco Systems Kevin Efrusy, General Partner, Accel Lew Moorman, CEO and Founder, Rackspace Joe Weinman, Strategy and Business Development VP, AT&T Business Solutions Peter Fenton, General Partner, Benchmark Capital David Hitz, Founder and Executive Vice President, NetApp James Lindenbaum, Co-Founder and CEO, Heroku Joseph Tobolski, Director of Cloud Computing, Accenture Steve Herrod, CTO and Sr. VP of R&D, VMware Further Details can be found at the Structure 09 Website http://events.gigaom.com/structure/09/ High Scalability readers can register with a $50 discount at http://structure09.eventbrite.com/?discount=HIGHSCALE