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Organizing for the Cloud: New Skills, Ops and Finances of the Cloud

Ken Oestreich (Moderator); Tim Crawford, Data Center Pulse; Beth Arnold, EMC; Richard Donaldson, Data Center Pulse
Cloud computing will disrupt how enterprise IT services are generated delivered. To ensure that this new operational model is successful, enterprise IT has to re-think job roles, organizations, finances, and the IT supply-chain. This panel of industry experts will explore what IT domains will need to evolve, and where in the process the changes will become necessary.
May 16 2012
59 mins
Organizing for the Cloud: New Skills, Ops and Finances of the Cloud
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