We are thrilled that 2e2 has signed on as a Gold Sponsor of The 4th Cloud Circle Forum, 25 November 2010

2e2 is an ICT lifecycle services provider. They apply their skills and experience to address the breadth of their customers’ needs, helping to drive efficiency savings, meet governance requirements and create competitive advantage. 2e2’s range of flexible commercial options makes it easier for organisations to gain access to the Information and Communication Technology they require.

2e2’s portfolio addresses the entire ICT lifecycle from design through build and implementation to hosting and management. 2e2 also ensures that employees adopt technology quickly so that the expected benefits are achieved.

2e2’s offering provides commercial flexibility and is underpinned by a high level of responsiveness, with the agility to help customers meet their goals.

A key player in the Cloud marketplace, 2e2 sees most organisations evolving to take advantage of a blend of three complementary IT environments:

- Cloud Services: Some IT services will be procured from multiple Cloud suppliers.  Niche industry providers will aggregate content and applications to share across multiple organisations. Many will choose to buy email, storage and back up recovery from providers like 2e2.

- Private Cloud: Many organisations will consume private cloud as a service from companies such as 2e2. This is more than a traditional Managed Service, because Cloud benefits will be prevalent. These include pay as you go, flexibility to scale up and down to cover peaks, fast automated provisioning, flexible financing and flexible SLA’s. These organisations will choose to outsource to reduce costs by up to 20%, gain access to skills and stay current with technology.

- On premise: Many organisations will retain their own datacentres. They will have taken this decision either independently, or with help from 2e2, to optimise, standardise and automate their infrastructure to deliver a cost effective and flexible service.

More information is available at www.2e2.com

We are thrilled that Nathan Marke, Chief Technology Officer of 2e2, will be presenting the Morning Keynote Presentation ‘How does your selection of Cloud deployment or service model provide unique opportunities and risks; calculating the costs versus the rewards'.

Nathan is currently Group Chief Technology Officer at 2e2 where he works with the management team and vendor partners to determine the proposition, technology and go to market strategy for the Group. He is also working closely with 2e2’s customers to ensure that offerings continuously add value to their business.

By attending this session you will discover:

- The different types of Cloud users (start ups, small businesses, large enterprises) and Cloud deployment options (public, private, hybrid), and what is right for you.

- The business drivers for adopting each option (competitiveness, privacy issues) and how does Cloud Computing provide unique benefits to each of these groups.

- The different Cloud service models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and how each option compares in terms of reducing capital costs and increasing agility, innovation, security and portability.

- How to evaluate which Cloud option is a good fit for your organisation and for your business objectives.

- Practical examples of how to calculate the costs versus the rewards using real life case-studies of deployments.

If you and colleagues are interested in attending our biggest Forum on the 25th November 2010, please contact Hannah today.