{"id":641522,"date":"2013-02-06T11:55:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=607291"},"modified":"2013-02-06T11:55:16","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:55:16","slug":"open-hybrid-cloud-have-you-thought-of-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/641522","title":{"rendered":"Open hybrid cloud: Have you thought of everything?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Building on the well-received analysts\u2019 roundtable \u201cOpen hybrid cloud: when open really means open,\u201d GigaOM Research and Red Hat continue the discussion with a deeper investigation into the benefits of an open cloud. Focusing on business cases, the conversation will center on hybrid clouds and why a company would want to maintain the flexibility to run its enterprise using both public and dedicated resources. Panelists will discuss the importance of scalability, portability, choice and other attributes that are must-have checklist items an organization should look for and expect in an open hybrid cloud.<\/p>\n<p>In this webinar, we\u2019ll discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The importance of the right storage architecture in a hybrid environment<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>How open APIs can help users move across various cloud environments<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>How companies can leverage their existing IT and avoid creating new silos<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Why community-driven innovation has become so important to cloud computing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Why maintaining choice by avoiding vendor-in is key to success, both today and in the future<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our panel of experts includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/members\/davidlinthicum\/profile\/%22?utm_source=cloud&#38;utm_medium=editorial&#038;%2338;utm_campaign=intext&#038;%2338;utm_term=607291+open-hybrid-cloud-have-you-thought-of-everything&#038;%2338;utm_content=kathyosweiler\"><b>David Linthicum<\/b><\/a>, CTO and founder, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluemountainlabs.com\/\">Blue Mountain Labs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mikekavis\"><b>Mike Kavis<\/b><\/a>, chief technologist, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kavistechnology.com\/\">Kavis Technology Consulting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/members\/joemckendrick\/profile?utm_source=cloud&#38;utm_medium=editorial&#038;%2338;utm_campaign=intext&#038;%2338;utm_term=607291+open-hybrid-cloud-have-you-thought-of-everything&#038;%2338;utm_content=kathyosweiler\"><b>Joe McKendrick<\/b><\/a>, president and principal analyst, <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/?utm_source=cloud&#38;utm_medium=editorial&#038;%2338;utm_campaign=intext&#038;%2338;utm_term=607291+open-hybrid-cloud-have-you-thought-of-everything&#038;%2338;utm_content=kathyosweiler\">McKendrick &#38; Associates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/gordon-haff\/0\/114\/a10\"><b>Gordon Haff<\/b><\/a>, senior cloud strategy marketing and evangelism manager, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhat.com\/\">Red Hat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Register <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/webinars\/redhat-open-hybrid-cloud-have-you-thought-of-everything\/?utm_source=cloud&#38;utm_medium=editorial&#038;%2338;utm_content=kathyosweiler&#038;%2338;utm_campaign=intext&#038;%2338;utm_term=607291+open-hybrid-cloud-have-you-thought-of-everything\">here<\/a> to join GigaOM Research and our sponsor Red Hat for \u201c<strong>Open hybrid cloud: Have you thought of everything?<\/strong>\u201d a free analyst roundtable webinar on Wednesday, <strong>Feb. 13, 2013, at 10 a.m. PT.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=14960843&#038;%23038;post=607291&#038;%23038;subd=gigaom2&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&#038;%23038;c=729299\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?iu=\/1008864\/GigaOM_RSS_300x250&#038;sz=300x250&#038;%23038;c=729299\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related research and analysis from GigaOM Pro:<\/strong><br \/>Subscriber content. <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/?utm_source=cloud&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_campaign=auto3&#038;utm_term=607291+open-hybrid-cloud-have-you-thought-of-everything&#038;utm_content=kathyosweiler\">Sign up for a free trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2010\/12\/three-ways-google-can-succeed-in-e-books\/?utm_source=cloud&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_campaign=auto3&#038;utm_term=607291+open-hybrid-cloud-have-you-thought-of-everything&#038;utm_content=kathyosweiler\">This Week in Connected Consumer: 3 Ways Google E-books Can Succeed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2013\/01\/cloud-and-data-fourth-quarter-2012-analysis\/?utm_source=cloud&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_campaign=auto3&#038;utm_term=607291+open-hybrid-cloud-have-you-thought-of-everything&#038;utm_content=kathyosweiler\">The fourth quarter of 2012 in cloud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/2012\/12\/how-direct-access-solutions-can-speed-up-cloud-adoption\/?utm_source=cloud&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_campaign=auto3&#038;utm_term=607291+open-hybrid-cloud-have-you-thought-of-everything&#038;utm_content=kathyosweiler\">How direct-access solutions can speed up cloud adoption<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img width='1' height='1' src='http:\/\/gigaom.feedsportal.com\/c\/34996\/f\/646446\/s\/284c8c83\/mf.gif' border='0'\/><\/p>\n<div class='mf-viral'>\n<table border='0'>\n<tr>\n<td valign='middle'><a href=\"http:\/\/share.feedsportal.com\/viral\/sendEmail.cfm?lang=en&#038;title=Open+hybrid+cloud%3A+Have+you+thought+of+everything%3F&#038;link=http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2013%2F02%2F06%2Fopen-hybrid-cloud-have-you-thought-of-everything%2F\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res3.feedsportal.com\/images\/emailthis2.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign='middle'><a href=\"http:\/\/res.feedsportal.com\/viral\/bookmark.cfm?title=Open+hybrid+cloud%3A+Have+you+thought+of+everything%3F&#038;link=http%3A%2F%2Fgigaom.com%2F2013%2F02%2F06%2Fopen-hybrid-cloud-have-you-thought-of-everything%2F\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/res3.feedsportal.com\/images\/bookmark.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/151885541446\/u\/49\/f\/646446\/c\/34996\/s\/284c8c83\/a2.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/da.feedsportal.com\/r\/151885541446\/u\/49\/f\/646446\/c\/34996\/s\/284c8c83\/a2.img\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/pi.feedsportal.com\/r\/151885541446\/u\/49\/f\/646446\/c\/34996\/s\/284c8c83\/a2t.img\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=dC3Sf2gC4HM:pArTAqY7QkY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~4\/dC3Sf2gC4HM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building on the well-received analysts\u2019 roundtable \u201cOpen hybrid cloud: when open really means open,\u201d GigaOM Research and Red Hat continue the discussion with a deeper investigation into the benefits of an open cloud. 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