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Webinars and Online Events
See below for upcoming events – and check replay options for any events you missed!
2015
June 9th, 2015, Webinar: BrightTALK Summit – Cloud Management
Description: Choosing the right cloud deployment model is a tedious process but only the first step in developing a comprehensive cloud computing strategy. Successful implementation, migration and management are crucial in maximizing the business value of any cloud offering, which can be overwhelming for IT decision makers with concerns over performance, compliance, security and disaster recovery. Attend this summit to hear Neovise principal analyst, Paul Burns, talk about latest cloud management tools and best practices for achieving scalability and flexibility of your cloud environment.
Date: Tuesday, June 9th, 2015
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT
Stay tuned for registration info!
August 12th, 2015, Webinar: BrightTALK Summit – Software and Infrastructure
Description: IT Infrastructure is not all about hardware, for many enterprises and businesses it’s role is to support the software that let’s your business function as it should. But implementing Enterprise Software effectively can be costly, long and can often fail entirely if you aren’t prepared – and keeping the package up to date is a full time task. So join this summit where industry experts, including Neovise founder and analyst, Paul Burns, will cover everything from ERP, CRM, EAM and database management to inclusive products like SAP, Oracle and Salesforce and provide everything you need to know to keep your Enterprise Software, and you infrastructure, together.
Date: Wednesday, August 12th, 2015
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT
Stay tuned for registration info!
February 19th, 2015, Webinar: The Lure of Cloud Storage: Transforming on Your Terms
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Description: Join Neovise principal analyst, Paul Burns, and other industry leaders for a free analyst webinar: The Lure of Cloud Storage: Transforming on Your Terms. GigaOM analysts discuss the benefits of IT becoming a service provider to the business, and explore how they can leverage the cloud for storage benefits. This webinar will give you insight on how to ease your transformation to the cloud, while achieving infrastructure efficiency, cost optimization, control and security.
Panelists:
- Paul Burns, Principal Analyst, Neovise
- Rich Morrow, Founder, quicloud LLC
- Peter Sjoberg, VP and CTO, Hitachi Data Systems
This webinar is moderated by cloud consultant Marc Staimer, President, Dragon Slayer Consulting.
Date: Thursday, February 19th, 2015
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT
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2014
November 20th, 2014, Webinar: Building Cloud Revenue Streams
Description: Watch the replay of the webinar: Building Cloud Revenue Streams. Neovise principal analyst, Paul Burns, discusses primary cloud revenue streams in the areas of compute, network and storage, and compares the top commercial and open source cloud management platforms – including OnApp, OpenStack and CloudStack – to assess how each enables different sources of cloud revenue. You’ll also receive a free copy of the full Neovise whitepaper!
Topics include:
- The revenue streams you should expect from your cloud platform
- Which revenue streams you should enable first and why
- How well OnApp, OpenStack and CloudStack succeed in enabling cloud revenue
Date: Thursday, November 20th, 2014
Time: 10:00 a.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. GMT
Click here to watch the replay!
November 18th, 2014, Webinar:
Future-Proof Your Data Center by Leveraging the Application-Defined Data Center
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Description: Join Neovise principal analyst, Paul Burns, and other industry leaders for a free webinar: Future-Proof Your Data Center by Leveraging the Application-Defined Data Center. GigaOM analysts discuss how enterprises can leverage application requirements to define the right data center architecture. This process will help enterprises identify the proper use of data center assets, and understand how cloud-based platforms may or may not fit into the mix.
Panelists:
- Paul Burns, Principal Analyst, Neovise
- Lindsay Salisbury, Chief Cloud Architect, IO
- Rich Morrow, Founder, quicloud LLC
This webinar is moderated by cloud expert David Linthicum, SVP, Cloud Technology Partners.
Date: Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
Time: 1:00 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. PT
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October 30th, 2014, Webinar: Choosing the Right Cloud Management Platform
Description: Watch the replay of the Neovise webinar: Choosing the Right Cloud Mangement Platform. Paul Burns compares the top commercial and open source cloud management platforms – including OnApp, OpenStack and CloudStack – to assess the pros and cons of each, and discusses which is the most suitable for service providers. You’ll also receive a free copy of the full Neovise whitepaper!
Topics will include:
- Choosing a cloud platform: business, product & support requirements
- The pros and cons of open source and commercial platforms
- How leading cloud providers chose their cloud management platform
Date: Thursday, October 30th, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. ET / 1:00 p.m. GMT (replays available for other geographic regions)
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September 9th, 2014, Splunk Webinar:
5 Steps to Effective Monitoring and Analytics in a Hybrid IT Environment
Description: Paul Burns, a leading cloud computing industry analyst and president of Neovise, shares five key steps enterprises follow to successfully monitor and analyze hybrid on-premises and cloud IT environments. Praveen Rangnath, director of cloud product marketing at Splunk, also outlines how to use machine-generated data to deliver real-time operational intelligence for any hybrid environment.
Topics include:
- Best practices for monitoring and analytics in a hybrid IT environment
- The value of machine data in unlocking operational insights
- An approach for achieving 24×7 uptime for mission-critical infrastructure
Date: Tuesday, September 9th, 2014
Time: 9:00 – 10 a.m. PT / 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. MT / Noon – 1 p.m. ET
Watch the replay here!
May 6th, 2014, Video Roundtable: Cloud Computing Adopter’s Toolkit
Description: Watch the replay of this Video Roundtable from May 6th, 2014 – “Cloud Computing Adopter’s Toolkit.” Migrating to the cloud offers numerous advantages in terms of efficiency and flexibility, yet it requires an entire new toolkit — including new skills, management tools, and solutions. How do you monitor your cloud spending? What about application performance in the cloud? What about connectivity and access speed? In this Video Roundtable, four cloud industry experts discuss these and other questions relating to cloud adoption.
Panelists:
- Paul Burns, President and Founder, Neovise
- Sharon Wagner, CEO, Cloudyn
- Pete Johnson, Sr. Director of Product Marketing, CliQr
- Greg Lord, Analyst, Akamai Technologies
Click here to watch the discussion!
February 4th, 2014, Google Hangout: Working with AWS Cloud Computing: Pros and Cons
Description: Watch the replay of this Google Hangout from February 4th, 2014 – “Working with AWS Cloud Computing: Pros and Cons.” Amazon Web Services has solidly established itself as a market leader in public cloud computing. For many firms, AWS is the default choice for migrating to the cloud. Yet as easy as it is to get started with AWS, actually getting the most from the service – from managing costs to improving the efficiency of your cloud operation – requires a smart strategy. In the video discussion, four leading experts on AWS talk about how to get the most from this popular cloud platform.
Scheduled Panelists:
- James Maguire, Senior Managing Editor, Datamation
- Jeremy Edberg, Reliability Architect, Netflix
- Bernard Golden, Author, Amazon Web Services for Dummies
- Mat Ellis, Founder and CEO, Cloudability
- Paul Burns, President and Founder, Neovise
Click here to watch the discussion!
2013
December 4th, 2013, Virtual Conference: Cloud Maturity – How to Solve Your Cloud Security Challenges
Click the image above to learn more about the conference, the agenda and how to register.
Paul Burns is the speaker for Session 4: “Where is my data? Tools for tracking cloud-stored information”
Description: “Many businesses are turning to the remote cloud servers to store files that include important company information. But where is that data stored, exactly? And does that location provide adequate data security and privacy? These questions make tools for tracking cloud data -– both in motion and at rest – vital to optimize cloud services. In this session, learn about tools such as remote monitoring and management (RMM) software platforms, how these RMM platforms are evolving for cloud monitoring and application management, and new cloud data monitoring tools that are on the horizon.”
Learn more about this virtual conference here!
October 9th, 2013, Put Object Storage to Work for Your Enterprise, Sponsored by Cloudian
Object storage technologies have already changed the scale, economics and reliability of data storage in public cloud environments. Now these benefits are also available on-premises, within enterprise data centers.
Watch this practical and informative session to learn:
- The unique benefits of object storage
- Why enterprises are choosing on-premises object storage
- The most popular use cases among enterprise users
- How real companies are putting object storage to work
- What to look for in an on-premises object storage solution
Watch the webinar replay here!
September 10th, 2013, The Seven Success Factors for Becoming a Cloud Service Broker, an HP event
Join this panel of experts as they discuss the critical success factors that IT and business leaders should consider for becoming a cloud service broker. Speakers include Matt Morgan, Vice President of Product Marketing at HP Software, Paul Burns, President and Principal Analyst at Neovise, and Ken Won, Director of Product Marketing of Cloud Software at HP Software.
Each of the 7 success factors are discussed:
- Develop a Strategic Plan
- Plan for All Types of Cloud Services
- Automate Common Processes
- Manage Your SLAs
- Protect Your Services
- Manage Your Assets
- Manage Vendor Risk
Watch the webinar replay here!
May 1st, 2013, Cloud Computing 2.0 Webinar, Sponsored by ProfitBricks
Some of the key discussion points:
- Scale – Not limiting customers exclusively to horizontal scaling and offering the dimension of vertical scaling
- Performance – Better and more consistent performance is a key opportunity for improvement
- Flexibility – More dials to turn in terms of instance sizing, network topologies, and billing models
- Integration – The ability to see and more easily deploy complex, multi-tier apps
- Usability – Graphical tools improving ease-of-use over first-generation management tools
- Components – Visibility to the actual underlying components being used on a public cloud system
Replay information and slides available here. (Free white paper also available!)
March 27th, 2013, Building Your Infrastructure for Big Data
Part of Internet Evolution’s Seven Days of Executive Education
Overview:
Learn how to lay down the technology foundation for your analytics transformation. In this session, we’ll walk you through the relative advantages and disadvantages for mid-sized firms of public cloud, private cloud, HPC and clusters scaling up versus scaling out, placing data close to compute resources, and more.
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2012
June 27th, 2012, Analytics on Demand: A Services Approach for Increased Agility
Overview:
Today’s fast-paced, always-on, global, and mobile business operations demand new thinking on application delivery, management, and support. An on-demand analytics environment could give your company much-needed agility for competing in the new economy.
Join AllAnalytics.com for Analytics on Demand: A Services Approach for Increased Agility, where Paul Burns, IT and cloud computing expert, shares his insight on how to make on-demand offerings integral to your analytics strategy.
The Webcast will reveal:
- Various on-demand options – traditional hosting, public or private cloud infrastructure, SaaS delivery mechanisms – and which best fits your analytics requirements
- Best first steps, whether starting from scratch or building out a standing analytics environment
- How on-demand analytics can boost agility and optimize your initiatives
Replay information available here.
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