Sponsor: EMC
Featured Analyst Firm: Gartner
Speakers: Thomas Bittman, Sandra Hamilton
Type: Video (18 minutes)
Private cloud computing is a new and better way to organize and manage information technology resources and services – and a new and better way for a business to consume them and put them to work.
What does that mean for a business? In a word, agility. What if you could more rapidly access and analyze information and make decisions? Innovate and launch new business capabilities faster? Scale business operations up or down as needed? Tap into new information and expertise, both inside the company and in the marketplace, on demand? And do all this while safeguarding sensitive information and other business assets? That would add up to genuine business agility. Private cloud can enable all of your company’s technology-dependent business processes to operate more efficiently, with faster cycle time, and at lower cost.
Private cloud enables you to scale business operations up and then back down precisely as needed. It enables you to innovate and launch new business capabilities faster. More readily connect and collaborate inside the organization and out. Tap into business services and expertise in the marketplace. And do all this while improving, not compromising, information security, regulatory compliance, and business continuity.
Join industry thought leaders from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and EMC Consulting, as they outline how you can leverage private cloud.
In this program you will learn:
- What the private cloud is and what the specific benefits are.
- Why private cloud is important now.
- The practical steps you should take towards private cloud.
- The key considerations for planning a private cloud initiative.
- What the future of the private cloud looks like.
- The role a strategic partner can play.
In today’s rapidly changing world, businesses like yours are seeking greater agility in their decision-making and operational processes. The advent of private cloud computing provides an unprecedented opportunity to deliver the IT agility required for stellar business innovation.
Watch this new program now and learn more.
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About Thomas Bittman, VP Distinguished Analyst, Gartner
Thomas Bittman is a vice president and distinguished analyst with Gartner Research. Mr. Bittman has led the industry in areas such as cloud computing, virtualization and infrastructure evolution. Mr. Bittman invented the term "real-time infrastructure," which has been adopted by major vendors and many enterprises as their infrastructure direction. He has served as Gartner's lead analyst covering IBM and Microsoft, and he served for three years as a member of Gartner's Senior Research Board. In 2005, he earned Gartner's Analyst of the Year Award.
Before joining Gartner, Mr. Bittman was a division plan manager and chief software engineer with IBM, where he had development responsibility for four operating systems.
About Sandra Hamilton, Vice President, EMC Consulting
Sandy Hamilton is Vice President of EMC Consulting. As part of EMC Corporation, the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions, EMC Consulting provides strategic guidance and technology expertise to help organizations exploit information to its maximum potential.
As the global Infrastructure Consulting Services (ICS) practice lead, Hamilton is dedicated to helping clients improve their IT operations, infrastructure and policies by providing solutions and subject matter expertise focused in the areas of data center transformation and
virtualization, data protection, security, and compliance.
Hamilton joined EMC almost two years ago from Accenture where she was a Partner working with EMC to help establish the foundation for what is now the ICS business. Prior to Accenture, she held various positions in Corporate Treasury and International Finance at Fortune 500 companies including Chiquita Brands International and Boston Scientific Corporation. Throughout her career, she has worked extensively in Europe, Latin America and Asia.
Hamilton graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a B.B.A. in International Finance. She earned a Master's Degree in Business from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College in Boston, MA.
