Cloud Connect: Smart Cloud Strategies, Real-World Insights

Grazed from InformationWeek. Author: Clark Buckner.

Cloud Connect is partnering with Interop New York to bring its cloud-as-as-business-enabler programming to Interop attendees at the Javits Center this fall. Clark Buckner of TechnologyAdvice spoke with Cloud Connect conference chair Steve Wylie about how cloud is transforming enterprise IT, and about Cloud Connect’s role at Interop.

“The nature of enterprise IT is changing because of cloud computing,” said Wylie in a podcast interview. “The risk for people in IT is becoming less relevant in the business technology strategy if they don’t embrace cloud and understand how to fully leverage it to drive the business forward.”…

“Cloud has become a key enabler, and IT organizations that understand it fully will excel,” he said. As for the Interop partnership, Wylie said “We see a tremendous amount of value in bringing Cloud Connect to the enterprise IT audience that Interop is known for. There’s a lot of work that needs to still happen with adoption of cloud in the enterprise, so in our view it’s a perfect pairing.”…

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