Understanding Cloud Utilization and Costs - Fireside Chat, Jan. 29

Many commentators on cloud computing state that its main benefit is business agility – the ability for companies to deliver new offerings more quickly, with greater elasticity, and more rapid updates. 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. This month's fireside chat brings together a panel of experts to discuss how IT organizations can get a better handle on their cloud utilization and cost analytics. Register to attend this live webcast. Date: Thurs. Jan. 29th Time: 10 am PT / 1 pm ET / 6 PM GMT Format: 60 min. with real-time Q&A via Twitter #cfchat Hosted by Bernard Golden, VP of Strategy at ActiveState, this discussion will cover topics such as: What does the changing role of IT mean for the importance of understanding IT costs? Is understanding utilization and costs more important in a cloud computing environment than in a traditional IT setting? Key challenges enterprise IT groups face when analyzing their cloud economics Guest Panelists: 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 Look forward to an insightful discussion on Jan. 29th! - The Stackato Team, ActiveState Invite your colleagues:   Copyright © 2015 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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