Topic: Cloud Computing

Dispelling the Hype Around Private Storage Cloud Environments

Discover how Cloud Storage can help you manage your business more efficiently. Companies are constantly battling two equally important yet seeminglycontradictory objectives: data growth and constrained budgets. In addition, businesses are looking for ways to become more flexible in order to respond to competitive pressure and customer demands more rapidly.The traditional approach to data storage management alone is no longer adequate, but employing a Cloud model is a way to help mitigate these issues. This video explores the benefits of private Storage Clouds for both IT and business leaders and provides practical advice to help dispel the hype surrounding Cloud for storage management. You will learn how to build a practical roadmap toward private Storage Cloud by starting with a virtualized, efficient storage environment and build a more flexible and responsive business.

Sponsor: IBM
Type: Video (26 minutes)

Best Practices for Securing Virtual and Cloud Environments

According to analyst firm Gartner, "50 percent of IT workloads will be virtualized in 2012." As a result of this rapid virtualization growth in the data center, CIOs are getting on board to ride this wave because the benefits are too good to miss out on. Virtualization technology is the further enabling the shift towards private, hybrid and public clouds. Often with the adoption of new data center technologies, there is the introduction of new types of security risks. You have data thieves, cyber lurkers and hackers developing new ways to find a hole in your network to steal private information.   Today there are solutions in place for securing physical IT environments, but there is a lack of solutions that are not able to extend that same kind of security to these new and growing virtual and cloud environments, exposing data centers to new security threats and risks. As many organizations have already discovered, a successful migration to the virtual and cloud environments should always start and end with security. Organizations need to understand the security challenges associated with private and public cloud models, evaluate the risk of compliance in the cloud and properly budget for new security solutions to control data access and improve visibility. Once the cloud migration begins, finalizing SLAs with third parties, locking down the security of virtualized environments and investing in identity management, access control and reporting tools to support the new cloud business models will be essential steps to success. .

Sponsor: HP
Type: Video (31 minutes)

Revealing the benefits of Platform-as-a-Service

This webcast examines the possibilities and benefits of Platform-as-a-Service. Listen as featured analyst firm, Gartner Inc. analyst Daryl Plummer and Phil Goldie, Director of Server and Tools for Microsoft Australia provide an overview of platform as a service, why platform as a service is important to CIO’s and IT Decisions makers and the benefits of building applications on Platform as a Service. You’ll also discover the capabilities that Microsoft is introducing into the Windows Azure platform. Learn how Platform as a Service can help your organization remove many of the headaches associated with IT management, and how Microsoft’s Windows Azure can help customers harness the power of cloud computing. Discover what types of companies are adopting Platform as a Service and whether you should be considering it as part of your IT strategy.

Sponsor: Microsoft
Type: Video (31 minutes)

Empowering the Cloud through Network Virtualization

Empowering the Cloud through Network Virtualization Join Mark Fabbi from featured analyst firm Gartner, Inc. and Jean Turgeon, vice president and global general manager, Avaya Data Solutions as they discusses CIOs’ biggest networking challenges—increasing operational efficiencies and adaptability with fewer resources and less time. Also learn how the Avaya Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture can help your IT organization say “yes” to new service requests with cloud computing and virtualization.

Sponsor: Avaya
Type: Video (35 minutes)

Transforming Content Management with Cloud

Many organizations have struggled to gain continued business value from content management technology in business processes such as Invoice processing, contract management and case management. But delivery options such as cloud and composite content applications can transform time to delivery, cost and return on investment, making addressing these kinds of business process more compelling than ever. Find out why and how you can harness cloud technology to put your content to work.

Sponsor: SpringCM
Type: Audio (29 minutes)

Demystifying Cloud for the Enterprise

With on-demand access to instantly scalable IT resources, cloud services can help accelerate the development and delivery of applications to users and customers. If you are considering cloud services, there are important issues to examine closely, such as security and service level guarantees. Listen to what industry experts have to say about the current state of cloud services, and learn how Post-n-Track leverages the manageability, flexibility, and security of NaviSite Managed Cloud Services to deliver its communication and collaboration platform to a large community of healthcare organizations.

Sponsor: Navisite
Type: Video (14 minutes)

Extending Identity Management Strategies to Secure the Cloud

Enterprises today span a variety of physical, virtual, and cloud environments and more than ever, companies are taking advantage of the benefits that can be found in the Cloud. However, if you’re moving business applications and data to the Cloud, it’s critical that you balance the flexibility the Cloud provides with the need for strong identity and access controls that will streamline and safeguard your business. Learn from the experts the best ways to prepare for Cloud computing, the pitfalls you may encounter, and the key attributes your IT solution partners must have to ensure your success.

Sponsor: Novell
Type: Video (29 minutes)

Scalable Data Center Network Fabrics
The growth of server virtualization and data center consolidation has changed the game for data center networks. More than ever, data center networks need to connect large pools of IT resources that can quickly and easily be accessed in what is often referred to as a cloud IT model. And, as data center networks evolve to provide these seamless connections between IT resource pools, they are increasingly being called data center “fabrics” by networking vendors. Join leading experts from featured analyst firm, Gartner, Inc., and opinion leaders from Cisco Systems, Inc., as they look at the opportunities created by these emerging fabrics, new innovations and multi-path Ethernet, as well as the realities of building scalable data center network fabrics.

Sponsor: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Type: Video (15 minutes)

Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Convergence Trends in the Data Center and Beyond
New server virtualization technologies and cloud computing deployment models are reshaping the way data center networks are being designed and built. But how can your organization provide reliable, scalable and secure connectivity to propel server virtualization and cloud computing across your data center and branch office infrastructure? What network convergence strategies and technologies should you adopt to reduce cost and complexity while ensuring operational continuity? Join two leading industry experts as they address those questions, and more, in this new program.

Sponsor: HP Networking
Type: Video (28 minutes)