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How Will You Know if the Cloud Will Work for You?

eBook: How to Run a Successful Cloud Pilot

By Ellen Rubin
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March 21, 2011 06:45 PM EDT
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You’ve been thinking about cloud computing, but you’re not sure it’s a good fit for your organization. While there’s lots of hype and discussion around the cloud, the only way you can evaluate it for real is to run a pilot with enterprise applications and visibility for all your stakeholders. A well-managed pilot with clear goals and meaningful results can provide much-needed clarity. This eBook guides you through the process of running a successful cloud pilot, one that meets business requirements while addressing the concerns of networking, security, and operations management.

Download this eBook where you'll find what you need to know about this critical first step into the cloud, based on our real-world experiences with dozens of successful pilots for large enterprises.

In this eBook, you’ll learn:

  • Who should own the pilot and how it should be managed
  • Which application to put in the cloud first
  • What clouds should be considered
  • How to evaluate the pilot to determine success and more...

Get the eBook >

Published March 21, 2011 – Reads 3,177
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Ellen Rubin is the Founder & VP Products at CloudSwitch. She's an experienced entrepreneur with a proven track record in founding innovative technology companies and leading strategy, market positioning and go-to-market. Prior to founding CloudSwitch, Ellen was a member of the early management team at Netezza (NYSE: NZ), the pioneer and market leader in data warehouse appliances, where she helped grow the company to over $125M in revenues and a successful IPO in 2007. Prior to Netezza, she founded Manna, an Israeli and Boston-based developer of real-time personalization software. Rubin began her career as a marketing strategy consultant at Booz, Allen & Hamilton, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree from Harvard College. .

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