Date: Tuesday 7th June 2011
Time: 10am
Venue: Imperial War Museum, London SE1 6HZ
This exclusive half day strategic briefing from Capita’s IT Services business will help you to understand the current capabilities of the Cloud, and assess whether Cloud Computing could benefit your organisation as well as highlight the numerous deployment options available.
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Agenda
10.00 – 10.15 Registration and coffee
10.15 – 10.45 The emerging IT landscape by Martin Wheeler, Capita IT Services,
Customer IT Strategy and Offerings
The Future of IT: Cloud… What’s it really all about? Where might it
fit in for you? What’s driving Cloud adoption? What are the practicalities
of Cloud? What are the deployment options? These questions and many
more will be answered in this session.
10.45 - 11.15 Towards the cloud with virtualisation by Dave Cherry, VMware
An evolutionary approach to an IT Revolution
11.15 - 11.45 HP 3PAR by Howard Jennings-Frisby, HP 3PAR Specialist
Discover how 3PAR can help you reach the Cloud
11.45 – 12.00 Refreshment break
12.00 – 12.30 HP Networking by Jeremy Arnold, HP Networking Solutions
Architect
Find out how HP networking can help you reach the Cloud
12.30 – 13.00 Building an IT infrastructure today that works for tomorrow by
David Waters, Capita IT Services, Presales Consultants Team
Leader
Bringing it all together to enable the journey to the cloud with case studies
and examples
13.00 – 13.30 The Cloud in Action by Matin Philpott, Business Development
Manager, Capita IT Services
With customer case studies, see how we are delivering buisiness
intelligence and information management from the cloud
13.30 – 14.15 Lunch
14.15 – 15.00 Optional guided tour of the Imperial War Museum
Guided tour by one of the Principal Historians from the Imperial War
Museum. The tour will cover the Large Exhibits Gallery which is the setting
for some of the most important weapons and vehicles in the collection.
These include a rare and unique Battle of Britain Spitfire and 'Ole Bill', a
London bus that once transported troops on the Western Front during the
First World War.
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What’s it about?
“Over the next five years cloud adoption among CIOs will rise by 40%.”*
“We expect 20% of infrastructure utility to be fully cloud-based by 2013.”**
So what does this mean for you? The strategic briefing will give you the chance to assess what Cloud really has to offer, whether it is right for your organisation now or in the future. You will be able to evaluate what you need to do to get the most out of the latest technologies and assess what the future looks like to enable you to prepare for the future of IT in your organisation.
Who's it for?
Created specifically for senior IT decision makers, this briefing will highlight which IT investments can drive operational cost savings and give your organisation the ability to provision IT as an agile, cost effective service.
Specifically if you are looking for:
- On demand capacity and scalability with rapid deployment
- Improved IT infrastructure manageability and flexibility
- Lower total cost of ownership of servers
- Improved disaster recovery and business continuity
- Lower capital expenditure by purchasing services instead
… then this briefing is for you.
Why should I attend?
By the end of this half day briefing, you should have a clear understanding of Cloud Computing and whether it makes sense for your organisation. You’ll:
- Be able to assess whether Cloud is right for you now
- Know what you will need to do now in preparation for Cloud Computing
- Gain an understanding of the Cloud options
- Be in a position to evaluate the offerings from HP and VMware as well as Capita IT Services
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“All companies are in the IT business today. The difference lies in how well or badly they use the technology.” (Percy Barnevik, chief executive of ABB)
This briefing is sponsored by Capita’s IT Services business in conjunction with HP and VMware.
* Gartner 2011 CIO Survey
** Cloud Computing: The Next Generation of Outsourcing by Ben Pring, Gartner 1 November 2010