[Webinar] How State Agencies Can Assess their Cloud Readiness Factor

Is your state or local agency ready for the cloud? Whether you’re thinking of moving to a SaaS email system or migrating data to cloud storage and processing platforms, a cloud readiness assessment might be in order.

Before you make the move to the cloud, risks need to be assessed and technical readiness must be considered. In-house expertise must be aligned and security concerns overcome. Then there’s the matter of data governance. Not forgetting your procurement team who must familiarize themselves with cloud models, contracts, and billing.

Top 5 Reasons to Migrate Your Oracle Licenses

Ever wonder what to do with your old, out-of-date software licenses from Oracle? Technology is constantly improving and new programs are being developed all the time.  Some of those old programs are combined with others to form new product bundles, some are upgraded and repackaged, and some are simply retired and replaced by new programs.  Fortunately, the license migration is a way to make sure that your licenses remain useful and valuable over time as technologies and business needs evolve, and facilitates effective license management by you, the end user.

Best Practices for Achieving Migration to a Cloud Model

The following is a transcription of the Best Practices for Achieving Migration to a Cloud Model webcast that was held on February 23, 2011 and hosted by i360Gov.com. You may also view the archived version by registering online. Moderator: Good afternoon, and welcome to today's webinar, Best Practices for Achieving Migration to a Cloud Model, brought to you by i360.gov, DLT Solutions, Red Hat and NetApp. We have a great line-up of speakers today. Our first speaker is Van Ristau, he's Chief Technology Officer with DLT Solutions. Our second speaker today is Dawn Leaf, NIST Senior Executive for Cloud Computing, Senior Advisor Information Lab at NIST. Our third speaker is Greg Potter, Research Analyst In-Stat. Before we get started, I just want to go over a few housekeeping items. Anytime during the next hour, if you'd like to submit a question, just look for the "Ask a Question" console, and we'll field your questions at the end of the presentation. If you have any technical difficulties during the webinar, click on the "Help" button located below the slide window, and you'll receive technical assistance. And finally, after the session is complete, we'll be emailing you a link to the archived version of this webinar, so you can view it again or share it with a colleague. And now, I'd like to hand it over to Van Ristau – Van.