Best Practices for Moving into the Public or Hybrid Cloud

Session Date and Time: Day 2, March 24, 2010 at 13:00 ET (10:00 PT) - (30 min)
Keywords: Agile, Scrum, Cross-Company, Trusted, Collaboration.
Authors: Miki Sandorfi, Hitachi Data Systems.
Abstract: As end-users look to deploy public or hybrid Clouds, it is important to have a set of best practices to guide them. In this session, Miki Sandorfi will discuss the foundational requirements every customer should look for in a Cloud solution. He will also identify how customers can consume Cloud storage, and the service-level, management, and security guidelines they need to consider. Learn how a phased approach to moving into the cloud will provide the greatest TCO impact to your organization. Explore possible on-ramps for moving data into the Cloud and the trade-offs of each.

Join Miki Sandorfi to learn about Cloud storage best practices including questions, features and attributes to consider before deploying a Cloud.

Three Learning Objectives:

1. Identify the foundational Cloud requirements to consider before deploying a Public or Hybrid Cloud
2. Understand the various design principles, architectures and the tradeoffs of each
3. Learn how to recognize the immediate economic benefits of Cloud by leveraging a phased approach and best practices