Cloud Utilization and Costs - Fireside Chat Next Thursday

Cloud Utilization and Costs - Expert Panel When: Next Thursday, Jan. 29th, 10 am PT / 1 pm ET / 6 pm GMT Format: 1 hour with real-time Q&A via Twitter #cfchat Register to attend next week's webcast. Preview: Cloud computing's main benefit is often stated to be business agility – the ability to deliver new offerings more quickly and with greater flexibility. But the emphasis on agility ignores the obvious: if your new business offering is IT-based, you need to understand your usage patterns and their resulting costs – otherwise, your costs may outstrip the business value your offering delivers. Hosted by Bernard Golden, VP of Strategy at ActiveState, this month's fireside chat brings together a panel of experts to discuss topics such as: What does the new role of IT mean for understanding IT costs? How is understanding costs in a cloud computing environment different than in a traditional IT setting? Key challenges enterprise IT groups face when analyzing their cloud economics Panel Guests: John Cowan, Co-Founder and CEO, 6fusion John is a 6fusion founder and is regarded as the company's business model visionary. 6fusion standardizes the economic measurement of IT infrastructure, enabling a global marketplace for buyers and sellers.  Sharon Wagner, Founder and CEO, Cloudyn Sharon is responsible for strategic company direction and operations at Cloudyn. Cloudyn helps businesses select the right mix of cloud vendors, increase operational performance, reduce cloud costs and capitalize on customer choice. Owen Rogers, Senior Analyst, Digital Economics, 451 Research Owen Rogers helps customers understand the economics behind digital and cloud technology, so they can make informed choices when costing and pricing their own products and services, and those from their vendors, suppliers and competitors. Attend This Fireside Chat We look forward to seeing you on Jan. 29th! - The Stackato Team, ActiveState Invite your colleagues:   Copyright © 2014 ActiveState Software Inc. All rights reserved.  |  1700 - 409 Granville Street   Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1T2  |  ActiveState.com  |  Phone: (778) 786 1100  |  Toll-Free: 1 (866) 631 4581

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