Leading Experts Discuss Best Practices for Using Cloud Services







Leading Experts Discuss Best Practices for Using Cloud Services


(I-Newswire) - Santa Clara, CA—January 6, 2009 – A free Sonoa Systems webcast, “Can you trust the cloud?,” featuring Managing VP & Gartner Fellow Daryl Plummer and Sonoa CEO Chet Kapoor, examines the enormous change in economics happening with IT today and addresses key challenges and best practices with cloud computing. The webcast is available now on-demand at www.sonoasystems.com. Sonoa Systems, Inc., is an innovative provider of cloud service gateways.

Cloud computing is driving a tectonic shift in the economics of IT for which companies must be prepared in order to address the challenges and considerations of using or providing cloud services. In this program, the two leading experts address the following issues around cloud computing:

Gartner analyst Daryl Plummer speaks to the following:
-    What is cloud computing?
-    Has enterprise cloud computing hit the mainstream?
-    What are the risks of cloud computing?
-    What are the key considerations for cloud service?
-    What should companies look for in cloud governance or infrastructure solutions?

Sonoa Systems CEO Chet Kapoor tackles:
-    Who is Sonoa Systems?
-    What is ServiceNet?
-    Sonoa customer case studies from two leading companies that Cloud Now.

"Today, the whole IT economy is in flux as companies change to cloud offerings," said Gartner Analyst Daryl Plummer. "Cloud computing has introduced great freedom both to the providers and the consumers of cloud services; however, companies looking to monetize their services need to address many surrounding issues before proceeding into the open cloud."

“Given our current IT environment and the economic conditions, companies want to lower IT costs and having the ability to use cloud services now makes a great deal of sense. Cloud computing gives enterprises the opportunity to focus on the top line as well as on the bottom line,” said Chet Kapoor, CEO of Sonoa Systems. “Sonoa’s vision is to make cloud computing enterprise class and our solution addresses the growing need for businesses to provide and use cloud services by making them secure, compliant, fast, and work with the existing IT.”


About Sonoa Systems

Sonoa Systems provides a cloud service gateway that solves critical visibilty, control, and governance challenges for enterprises that are using cloud-based business applications. Leading customers such as Pfizer, Warner Music, and IntraLinks use Sonoa to create new revenue channels, reduce costs, and innovate faster. The company is based in Santa Clara, CA, privately held, and backed by leading investors including Norwest Venture Partners, Bay Partners, Third Point Ventures, and SAP Ventures.

For more see www.sonoasystems.com.



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