Sponsor: Internap
Featured Analyst Firm: Gartner
Speakers: Lydia Leong, Paul Carmody
Type: Video (20 minutes)
Performance plays a vital role in the success of your online applications and web-based content - whether you are processing millions of transactions, delivering business-critical software or servicing a massive gaming community. Research shows that even one second of delay on a typical website can result in 7% fewer customer conversions. For many businesses, that means lost revenue and damage to their brand. As cloud is becoming an increasingly viable infrastructure choice for enterprise applications, it is essential to select a high-performance cloud service that will support the best possible experience for your end users.
Determining the right cloud solution for your needs also necessitates thorough analysis of the level of security, control, customization and support your business requires. In this webcast, thought leaders from Gartner and Internap outline the performance factors that affect your cloud decision-making process and discuss how to optimize your IT Infrastructure to create satisfied end users.
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About Lydia Leong, Research VP, Gartner
Lydia Leong is a research vice president in the Technology and Service Provider group at Gartner. Her coverage includes cloud computing, data centers, hosting, content delivery networks (CDNs) and Internet infrastructure services. Because cloud computing is reshaping the IT landscape, her research covers a broad range of topics related to the transformation of IT organizations, data centers and technology providers. She works primarily with IT organizations, but also produces strategic and quantitative research targeted at service providers, vendors and investors. She was Gartner's Analyst of the Year in 2010.
Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Leong held various technical and management positions in the Internet industry, including director of server engineering at Excite@Home and director of product engineering and operations at Digex/Intermedia Communications. Her prior roles have included product management, systems architecture, operations, deployment and product development.
About Paul Carmody, Senior Vice President, Product Management & Business Development, Internap
Paul Carmody leads the Product Management and Business Development functions at Internap. He is a seasoned executive with extensive product management, development and strategy experience spanning key technology sectors including IT Hosting, Software-as-a-Service and Enterprise Software. Mr. Carmody leads the creation, evaluation and execution of business plans that support Internap's long-term profitable growth strategy.
Mr. Carmody was previously at Broadlane where he served as Senior Vice President of Marketing, Product & Strategy. At Broadlane, he led the implementation of corporate strategy, contributing to the successful sale of the company in November 2010.
Prior to Broadlane, Mr. Carmody served in key positions at Rackspace Hosting, including Vice President of Product Development. Mr. Carmody began his career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and has also held positions at Closedloop Solutions, Lawson and Zenith Electronics.
Mr. Carmody holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and an A.B. from Princeton University.
