Burton Group Announces In-Depth Cloud Coverage

SALT LAKE CITY, UT, Apr 20 (MARKET WIRE) --
Burton Group, a research and consulting firm focused on in-depth analysis
of enterprise technologies announces a new research coverage area focused
on understanding, defining, integration, and the optimization of cloud
computing.

Cloud computing is changing the economics of IT. Many organizations look
to the cloud as a potential cost-savings boon by moving internally hosted
IT services to external hosting providers. Other IT organizations view the
cloud as a potential disaster recovery plan or as on-demand capacity to
boost business continuity and customer service levels. Multiple
definitions, competing vendor offerings, undefined risks, and new business
models obscure cloud computing, slowing down adoption.

Burton Group defines cloud computing as the set of disciplines,
technologies, and business models used to render IT capabilities as
on-demand services. "On-demand" permits agile deployment of services
within an enterprise; it also permits delivery of services as utilities
in an open market subject to competition.

At Burton Group Catalyst Conference 2009, presentations will spotlight
this important subject, and help IT organizations gain insight into
important cloud issues, answer key questions and leverage the cloud to
create a competitive business advantage. Sessions on hosting applications
and systems in external clouds, will show IT organizations the potential
available to reduce the power, space, capital equipment, and management
costs associated with hosting IT services internally. In addition,
building an internal cloud can improve the reliability and availability
of IT services offered by IT organizations and facilitate external cloud
migration. Cloud computing presents some difficult challenges to IT
organizations regarding storage, business continuity, compliance and risk
management which will be featured presentations.

Burton Group sees need in helping enterprises understand the business
risks and rewards of cloud computing, including whether an enterprise
chooses to build their own private cloud infrastructure or leverage an
external party, because getting the underlying architecture right is
critical.

Burton Group is offering a complimentary report, "Cloud Computing:
Transforming IT," along with a webcast to introduce this new Burton Group
coverage area.

About Burton Group

Burton Group (www.burtongroup.com) is an IT research and advisory
services firm that helps technologists make smart enterprise architecture
decisions. Burton Group provides in-depth, IT research and advisory
services to executives and technologists at Global 2000 organizations.
Focused on strategic business technologies and the unique needs of
enterprise organizations, Burton Group provides clients company-wide
access to its world-renowned analysts and a suite of powerful, intuitive
research and decision support tools unmatched in the industry.

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