rPath has hit the road to promote the graduated adoption of cloud computing technologies. This week, Marshall will speak at SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Conference & Expo 2008 West, which takes place November 19-21, 2008, at the San Jose Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA.

"For many organizations, now is the perfect time to make a concerted, yet measured push to virtualization and cloud computing," said Jake Sorofman, vice president of marketing for rPath. "Any organization subject to today's economic realities will appreciate the cost advantages and flexibility of cloud. At the same time, it's critical to recognize that virtualization and cloud introduce new levels of complexity that must be addressed through a graduated approach to adoption and an architectural approach to managing the application lifecycle in this new virtualized environment."

For SYS-CON's Cloud Computing Conference & Expo 2008 West, Marshall will present "On the Path to Cloud Nirvana." The session will focus on virtual appliances as a natural deployment vehicle for a cloud infrastructure such as Amazon Web Services' Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Marshall will also discuss the flexibility, scalability, and financial savings that result from leveraging virtual appliances and cloud computing. Implementation of this strategy is examined in a real-life case study on KnowledgeTree, a document management provider. "On the Path to Cloud Nirvana" will be held Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 6:45pm - 7:30pm.

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