Grounded in the Cloud

Cloud Basics - How to Take Advantage of the Cloud

Written by: Jonathan Sharp 

 

Beyond all the hype about the cloud, some companies are achieving great savings, and some aren’t. So what’s the difference? What’s the key to using the cloud to your advantage rather than following the crowds to an overpriced, poor investment?

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  • Archie delivers strategic solutions focused on today’s critical and evolving business needs, linked to the growing list of Strategic Enterprise Services including Hybrid Cloud, IM&A including Social Media, Security and Mobility from BYOD to mobile applications. Archie is the author of 4 books so far, and a founding director of the Australian Cloud Security Alliance chapter.
  • Lending 20 years of IT market expertise across 5 continents, for defining moments as an innovation adoption change agent.
  • Global Marketing Manager at HP in the Converged Application Systems organization, ESSN for Cloud Maps Solution which is a key part of HP’s Converged Cloud and CloudSystem strategy. Responsible for leading marketing for Cloud Maps with a focus on creating internal & external awareness, sales & partner enablement, and demand generation. You can follow me on Twitter @BelaniDeepak
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  • A comprehensive partner program for key service providers to jointly take advantage of the rapidly growing cloud market with HP.
  • Jim is a technology marketer with over two decades experience in product launch, branding, and product marketing
  • 15 years in the IT industry holding titles such as System Administrator, Professional Services Consultant, Technical Instructor, Solution Architect and Technical Product Marketing.
  • I've been with HP for 30 years. Half of that time was in R&D, mainly as an architect. The other 15 years has been spent in product management and product marketing. .
  • René J. Aerdts is chief technologist and leader of the Strategic Pursuits and Cloud Enablement organization within the Chief Technology Office for HP Enterprise Services. René is responsible for creating and delivering direction and content for consultative driven thematic pursuits, where leading edge technologies and offerings are part of the solution.
  • Roger has been trying to get out of Information Technology since programming COBOL on mainframes in the late '80's. But no matter in which continent he awoke, or whom employed him, his passion to enable people with technology was constant. So now he enables businesses to determine their strategy using the latest technologies like cloud computing, mobility, and big data. HP calls these Strategic Enterprise Services, Roger calls them "another day in the office."
  • Shakeeb "Shak" is responsible for HP's Cloud Solutions as Sr. Product Marketing Executive. He helps strategize HP's future directions around Cloud offerings and works closely with HP's large enterprise and strategic customers to understand their needs and requirements and help map them to HP's solutions. Prior to joining HP - Shak was with Cisco managing their Global Unified Compute and Virtualization Practice. Before that Shakeeb was with VMware in various capacities for nearly 6 years managing VMware's customers and strategic partners. Shakeeb spend almost a decade prior to VMware with other enterprise software companies such as Interwoven and Platinum Technology managing enterprise content management and enterprise performance management solutions respectively. Shak started his professional career after completing his Master's in Management from University of California, with PriceWaterHouseCoopers where he managed multiple consulting teams responsible for worldwide delivery of large enterprise solutions.


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