Public, Private, or Hybrid: Where’s the Value Today and Where’s It Going?
There’s no doubt that virtualization, automation, and service-centric architectures lead to cost efficiency and more agile information technology. But there are many ways to deploy clouds: Privately, atop on-premise hardware behind enterprise firewalls; publicly, through third-party service providers; or in a hybrid, blended model that leverages the best of both worlds. Which of these is right today? Why, and will this change? Join this panel for a look at the sweet spot of clouds and how utility computing will evolve in coming years.
Moderator – Vanessa Alvarez, Industry Analyst, Enterprise Infrastructure, Frost & Sullivan
Panelists:
- Joseph Ziskin, Vice President, Strategy, IBM
- James Watters, Sr. Manager Cloud Solutions, VMWare
- Sailesh Yellumahanti, Director, Service Provider Practice, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group
- Valerie Knafo, Senior Manager, Business Development, Dell, DCS
- Scott McClellan, Vice President & Chief Technologist, Cloud Services, Hewlett-Packard Company
- Jinesh Varia, Amazon AWS Tech Evangelist
Opening statements
Joseph Ziskin, IBM: Setting context from IBM point of view, Joseph reminds us, no enterprise will move the entirety of their service delivery to “the cloud”. more >>
