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You’re interested in cloud computing but you’ve got to have more information before making a commitment.  What is it?  And what technologies enable cloud computing? What about my data? Will it be safe? How do I integrate cloud with my on-premise applications?  And how complex is this integration?

Find answers to these questions and more by joining us in September for a 4-week series of events to learn how cloud computing with WebSphere emerging technologies can drive greater operational efficiency and flexibility in your business. Events will include webcasts and educational podcasts. Mark your calendar now to hear IBM cloud experts from around the world discuss the coolest, most cutting-edge cloud and virtualization technologies from IBM WebSphere.

Week 1 – Enabling Cloud Computing with WebSphere
Date:  September 7, 2010
Webcast: Enabling Cloud Computing with WebSphere
Time:   11:00 AM EDT
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Cloud computing is about evolving datacenters, where organizations virtualize, standardize, and automate their middleware infrastructure to improve time-to-market and reduce costs. This webcast will set the stage for the 4-week cloud series by discussing the challenges of enabling cloud computing within organizations, while providing a methodology for how customers can evolve their middleware infrastructures to become more agile through the use of cloud computing.

Meet the Presenters

Don Boulia
Director, Product Management, IBM WebSphere Software

Snehal Antani
Business Strategy Lead & Product Manager, IBM WebSphere Cloud & Virtualization Technologies

Date:  September 9, 2010
Webcast: Considering Moving to Cloud? Developing Strategy, a Provisioning Plan, and Good SOA Governance Is a Must.
Time:   12:00 PM EDT
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Cloud Computing is rapidly driving real business value. The advancements in IT virtualization, rapid provisioning, and hardened security are transforming how businesses derive benefits from IT and drive tangible outcomes in business agility, cost optimization, and efficiency.

Come hear Randy Heffner, VP and Principal Analyst from Forrester and John Falkl, IBM Distinguished Engineer for SOA Governance discuss the considerations for moving to cloud and how governance will be a key requirement. Learn how a focus on strategy, provisioning, and SOA Governance can provide real business value for cloud computing environments.

Meet the Presenters

Randy Heffner
VP and Principal Analyst from Forrester

John Falkl
IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect, SOA Governance

Week 2 – Enabling Cloud Computing with WebSphere

Educational Podcasts – Cloud Building Block Technologies
WebSphere's cloud and virtualization offerings are optimized and tailored to help you leverage cloud computing.  During this week's series of educational podcasts, our cloud experts will discuss the importance of building capabilities across the following pillars in order to enable cloud computing.

Podcasts for the second week of this series will be delivered to this page on the dates indicated.

Week 3 – Enabling Cloud Computing with WebSphere

Date:  September 21, 2010
Webcast: Going Above and Beyond: Integration and Collaboration in the Cloud
Time:  12:00 PM EDT
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As cloud computing enters the mainstream, savvy technology pros are looking beyond simple cloud-based applications as they seek to integrate on-premises applications with SaaS offerings. Still others desire to use the cloud as a collaboration platform for corporate employees and business partners. By leveraging cloud solutions like Cast Iron and WebSpan, IBM has your complete cloud coverage.

Join this webcast to learn how to:

• Maximize the value of your cloud-based applications like Salesforce.com through rapid integration with SAP, Oracle and other on-premises systems

• Extend cloud or on-premise ERP systems and business processes to external business communities, such as customers, partners and suppliers

• Cut costs by up to 80% while increasing revenue with integration

Meet the Presenters

Simon Peel
SVP of Strategy and Marketing
Cast Iron Systems, an IBM company  

Margaret Dawson
VP of Product Management
Hubspan  

Date: September 23, 2010
Live Q&A Webcast: Enabling Cloud Computing with WebSphere
Time: 11:00 AM EDT
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Join an online Q&A session with our cloud experts.  Submit your questions ahead of time or join the conversation and submit your questions live.

Webcast panelists

Snehal Antani, Business Strategy Lead & Product Manager, IBM WebSphere Cloud & Virtualization Technologies
 

Nitin Gaur , Senior Consulting IT Specialist - IBM WebSphere Infrastructure
 

Dustin Amhrein, IBM WebSphere Technical Evangelist

Ryan Boyles, IBM WebSphere Technical Evangelist + Community Manager

Yakura Coffee, IBM WebSphere Technical Evangelist - Cloud Computing and Extreme Transaction Processing

Week 4 - Enabling Cloud Computing with WebSphere 

Date: September 29, 2010
Webcast: The evolution of the application infrastructure
Time: 11:00 AM EDT
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As cloud computing continues to evolve, it has become clear that the application should take center stage as the central concept supported by the cloud. This means exposing  not shared hardware via virtual machines, but rather exposing shared middleware in support of your application. In this webcast, Greg Truty will discuss the evolution of cloud computing, the importance and value of application-centric clouds, and IBM's vision of Platform-as-a-Service. He'll also provide insight on ways to get started today with application centric cloud computing.

Meet the Presenter

Greg Truty
IBM Distinguished Engineer,  WebSphere Architect for Web Services, REST, and Cloud Services. 

Additional Resources

• GWC Forum: Continue the discussion with the cloud experts