Maik A. Lindner is a Senior Business Development Manager for SAP Research at SAP Labs in Palo Alto, California, USA. Dr. Lindner builds an interface between partners, SAP internal groups, and researchers for future ICT systems and architectures. He holds an MSc in IS and a PhD in information and financial controlling systems from the University of Muenster (Germany). Dr. Lindner's interests include business and technical aspects of emerging technologies such as on-demand computing. He can be reached at m.lindner@sap.com.