S2:E1 The Value of the Interconnected Ecosystem: Cloud Economics

Live stream with CoreSite’s Chief Revenue Officer, Steve Smith every Friday at 9:00AM MST for an interactive discussion on industry trends and hot topics. May 1st, Season 2 Episode 1 As more and more enterprises look to transform their IT Infrastructure they are looking up to “the cloud”. However, is a cloud first strategy a “cloud nine” approach? In this live talk, we will explore the benefits and challenges of a cloud only approach as well as how, as their strategy evolves, enterprises are exploring the hybrid/multi-cloud approach to address their transformation requirements. According to IDC, by 2022, 70% of enterprises will “integrate cloud management — across their public and private clouds — by deploying unified hybrid/multicloud management technologies, tools, and processes.” What is your strategy? Special Guests: Hear from industry experts, Rags Srinivasan, Sr. Director, Marketing at Seagate and Gerry Fassig, VP Sales and Strategic Cloud at CoreSite Trending Topics: • Cloud benefits and challenges o Pricing transparency o Predictability of costs o Scalability o Latency savings • Hybrid/multi-cloud approach • Lessons learned