Creating the Cloud-Ready Enterprise – Part 2 of the GigaOM Pro & Rackspace Webinar Series

Filed in by Angela Bartels | March 28, 2011 9:57 am

Are you an Enterprise ready for the Cloud? Whether you’re looking for a solution to improve productivity or to host critical applications, you have to build a strategy around how you will make the move to the Cloud. To help get you started, you’ll want to sign up for upcoming webinar, Creating the Cloud-Ready Enterprise, this Wed, March 30th, 10am-11am PST.

This webinar will focus on how to create a cloud-ready enterprise as experts discuss what the sources of friction are in cloud-transition, who the key constituents are for the transition process, and best-case examples of enterprises who have transitioned their business and legacy IT infrastructure to a cloud-ready enterprise. In this webinar, you will learn:

• Gain an understanding of what areas of your business are cloud-ready
• How cloud-transition strategies may be unique for each line of business, but why an enterprise-wide strategy is crucial
• Understanding by looking at case-studies of successful (and un-successful) cloud transitions
• What key personnel and expertise are required to create a large-scale enterprise transition to the cloud
• How to make a business case for investing in creating a cloud-ready enterprise

Click here to register. Wed, March 30th, 10AM PST/1PM EST. [1]

Panelists include:

Michael Wolf
Moderator, VP of Research at GigaOM Pro

Andy Schroepfer
Vice President of Enterprise Strategy, Rackspace Hosting

Derrick Harris
Cloud Curator, GigaOM Pro, Editor of GigaOM Structure Blog

Michael Dortch
Analyst, GigaOM Pro and DortchonIT

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Did you miss the last webinar, Taking the Pulse of the Business Cloud[2]? If so, click below to see the recording:

Source URL: http://www.rackspace.com/blog/creating-the-cloud-ready-enterprise-part-2-of-the-gigaom-pro-rackspace-webinar-series/

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