Topic: Cloud Computing

Application Performance Monitoring - What is it? What can it do for IT and the business?
In this webcast, Will Cappelli, Research VP from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and opinion leaders from Quest Software discuss the importance of Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and will provide valuable insight into strategies that will not only help you manage both your virtual and physical infrastructure, but also address the challenges that are plaguing your most critical IT projects. Join your colleagues for an informative and timely discussion.

Sponsor: Quest Software
Type: Video (44 minutes)

Application Management in 2010: How to Manage Your Internal and Cloud Apps
Join industry experts from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and opinion leaders from HP Software and Solutions, for an on-demand webcast available now as they share their insight on application performance management (APM) in 2010 and how best to manage your internal and cloud applications. Additionally, Victor Miller, Sr. Manager of Systems Management from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida (BCBS FL) will share his APM story, including why they implemented HP’s APM solution, the ROI they’ve achieved and where they’re headed next.

Sponsor: HP Software and Solutions
Type: Audio (42 minutes)

Cloud Computing benefits for mid-size enterprises
Cloud computing is the mother of all buzzwords today. You need to understand what it is, what it means, and how it affects your business. Join industry experts from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and opinion leaders from IBM, as they share their unique perspective on how mid-size enterprises, like yours, can benefit from cloud computing. In this program you’ll hear David Cearley, VP & Gartner Fellow discuss how cloud computing changes the way enterprises approach technology. With cloud computing, you don’t have to focus on buying and installing hardware and software. Instead, you can offload some of that responsibility to a provider that deals with all the details behind the scenes.

Sponsor: IBM
Type: Video (22 minutes)

Do you know private cloud?
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. Watch this new program and learn more about how your organization can benefit from private cloud computing. Go now.

Sponsor: EMC Corporation
Type: Video (18 minutes)

Managing Service Delivery in Cloud and Virtualised Environments
What management disciplines and capabilities do you need to ensure highly virtualised environments, both on and off premise? How can you deliver cost savings and more agile service, while managing business risk? How do you automate both business process and resource tasks? And how can you optimise IT and non-IT assets in real-time for greater energy efficiency? To find out the answers to these questions, and more, join leading industry experts from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and opinion leaders from IBM Tivoli Service Management, in this new program now.

Sponsor: IBM
Type: Video (22 minutes)

Securing the Next Generation Data Center
The risk to business continuity continues to grow as the data center becomes the central, strategic location for shared resources and the most complex component of the IT environment. Join two leading industry experts – Greg Young, Research Vice President at featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and Roark Pollock, Director of Worldwide Product Marketing for TippingPoint – as they address the evolving needs around securing the next generation data center. Go now.

Sponsor: TippingPoint
Type: Video (24 minutes)

Virtualization, Cloud Computing, and the IT Service Catalog
Virtualization and Cloud Computing are the two highest-impact, technology issues facing enterprise IT today. These technologies also have important ramifications on the management and operations of the enterprise IT infrastructure. Join the experts from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and opinion leaders from newScale, Inc., as they address these questions, plus show you how an IT service catalog can help you achieve the promised virtualization benefits of cost savings and agility while paving the way for an internal cloud.

Sponsor: newScale, Inc.
Type: Video (27 minutes)