Surgient, the visionary and market leader of self-service virtualization automation and lab management, today announced a Webinar, “Internal vs. External Clouds: Issues and Decisions Facing IT Ops.” Scheduled for Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at 2 p.m. ET and featuring Surgient Chief Technology Officer Dave Malcolm, the Webinar will discuss the opportunities and pitfalls surrounding both external and internal enterprise cloud computing environments.

Industry analysts predict that cloud computing and the delivery of hosted applications will dominate the enterprise in 2009. These cloud computing solutions empower users with control of their own projects and timelines. However, there are several drawbacks, including concerns around data security, limited functionality and stability. Most cloud computing solutions don’t provide a full self-service experience as they require too much technical knowledge and cannot handle the breadth of needs for enterprise users.

There is also a growing uncertainty around whether companies should have an internal or external cloud. This Webinar will explore how organizations can offer the self-service internal cloud, enabling users to utilize the full value of cloud computing, without the concerns inherent in an external cloud. Webinar attendees will learn:

• The advantages to leveraging internal resources to create an internal enterprise cloud;
• The benefits of offering a fully self-service model for providing computing resources across the enterprise; and
• Best practices and approaches for offering a self-service internal cloud.

What: “Internal vs. External Clouds: Issues and Decisions Facing IT Ops” Webinar

When: Wednesday, December 3, 2008

2 p.m. Eastern Time / 1 p.m. Central Time / 11 a.m. Pacific Time

Speaker: Dave Malcolm, chief technology officer, Surgient

Register at:

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http://www.surgient.com/event-reg/20081203-cloudcomputingwebinar.htm

About the Speaker

Malcolm is responsible for product management, software development and datacenter operations for Surgient’s products and hosted solutions. Prior to Surgient, he was the vice president of Product Group at Motive where he built the software development organization from its early beginnings and was responsible for product marketing and development of the entire Motive product line that grew from $2 million to more than $65 million in annual revenue during his tenure. Prior to Motive, Malcolm was the vice president and general manager of the Internet Business Unit at Tivoli Systems. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor’s degree in computer science.

About Surgient

Surgient is the visionary and market leader of self-service virtualization automation and lab management. The Surgient Virtual Automation Platform is a powerful, flexible and mature solution that enables enterprise IT organizations to effectively manage diverse virtual resources and eliminate physical server and VM sprawl, while delivering self-service computing resources to users. With policy-driven automation and a robust, guaranteed reservation system, users have on-demand access to their resources, and IT is freed up from manual administrative tasks to work on mission-critical projects. Using Surgient Virtual Automation Platform, world-class companies including Merck, Raymond James, HP, Halliburton, EMC, CA, Iron Mountain, IBM, GE, SAP, Microsoft, Intuit and others are accelerating their growth and profitability by automating virtual infrastructure in support of their business initiatives. Surgient is a private, venture-backed company based in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.surgient.com.