Datapipe's Ed Laczynski to Share Insights into Enterprise Cloud Computing Billing and Pricing at TM Forum Management World Americas

WHO:

Ed Laczynski, VP of Cloud Strategy and Architecture, Datapipe

(www.datapipe.com)

Laczynski is responsible for driving Datapipe's cloud computing strategy and architecting new cloud platforms and integrations. He joined Datapipe, a leading global managed IT and hosting services provider, after founding and serving as CTO for a cloud computing company that helped pioneer the delivery of software and infrastructure services to the enterprise. Laczynski has extensive experience in high-availability web infrastructure and development for media, financial services and telecommunications industries.

WHAT:

Billing and Pricing Models in the Cloud

At TM Forum Management World Americas, Laczynski will present insights and best practices on the billing and pricing for cloud computing services. This panel session will look at how monetization of cloud services is the missing link in cloud offerings, yet it's a key pre-requisite of cloud success. The session will tackle billing challenges from the service provider and the enterprise point of view. Discussion will address integrated end-to-end billing while maximizing agility and driving down the total cost of ownership for different cloud types, homogeneous and heterogeneous cloud offerings, including embedded partner usage measurement. What is the basis for billing - what is the billable unit? Different charging models will be analyzed, convergence and billing on multiple parameters also will be examined.

WHERE:

TM Forum Management World Americas

Rosen Shingle Creek

Orlando, FL

(http://www.tmforum.org/ManagementWorldAmericas/8061/home.html)

WHEN:

Thurs., Nov. 11, 2010, 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Eastern

INFO:

For more information on cloud computing billing and pricing, or to arrange an interview with Ed Laczynski, please contact Christie Denniston at 303-581-7760 or via email at cdenniston@catapultpr-ir.com