Platform CEO Songnian Zhou and The 451 Group Principal Analyst William Fellows to offer framework, best practices and case studies for the enterprise

Toronto, Canada, February 10, 2011 — Platform Computing, the leading independent cloud management software provider, today announced it will be hosting a webinar, entitled “The Journey to the Private Cloud – Ensure Your Success,” on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Dr. Songnian Zhou, CEO of Platform Computing, will be joined by William Fellows, principal analyst of The 451 Group, to discuss strategies and best practices to ensure the success of enterprise private cloud projects. While many are calling 2011 the year of the private cloud, the journey to adoption is still uncharted territory for most companies developing or re-examining their cloud strategies.

Registration is now open to the public, and Platform Computing invites all CIOs, IT managers, enterprise architects, business analysts, cloud strategy teams and similar interested parties to join the discussion. Zhou and Fellows will offer observations on the private cloud market evolution and developing trends, as well as discuss the following key points:

• Essential components of an enterprise private cloud strategy;
• How to build a business case and justify the initial investment for private cloud;
• How to create a roadmap for your cloud, from initial proof-of-concept to production; and
• Lessons learned from private cloud implementations and case studies.

Webinar Details:

Who: Dr. Songnian Zhou, CEO of Platform Computing, William Fellows, Principal Analyst, The 451 Group.
What: "The Journey to the Private Cloud - Ensure Your Success," webinar discussion
When: Wednesday, Feb.16, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. EST/ 8:00 a.m. PST/ 4:00 p.m. GMT

For more information and to register for this webinar, please visit here.

About Platform Computing
Platform Computing is the leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software ― serving more than 2,000 of the world’s most demanding organizations. For 18 years, our workload and resource management solutions have delivered IT responsiveness and lower costs for enterprise and HPC applications. Platform has strategic relationships with Cray, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Red Hat, and SAS. Visit www.platform.com.

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