Exploring Applications in the Cloud

Cloud Computing is one of the strongest up-and-coming telecommunications segments today, with Google’s (News - Alert) AppEngine platform, Amazon’s EC2 and S3 and some projects in the work by computing giant Microsoft.

 

Yet, some telecom players and enterprises still have their heads in the clouds, wondering how they can get started.

 

Co-presenter Praful Shah, vice president of strategy at San Mateo, Calif.-based RingCentral -- a cloud-computing service provider that combines a toll-free or local number with advanced call management, PBX, voicemail and Internet fax - told TMC CEO Rich Tehrani (News - Alert) in an interview that attendees of his ITEXPO West 2009 session “Exploring Applications in the Cloud,” Wednesday at 9:30 a.m., will get the answers they need to get up and running.

 

If your company is interested in this market even a little, you don’t want to miss this 45-minute educational session. 

 

Join Shah, along with panelists Dan York, best practices chair of VOIPSA; Irv Shapiro (News - Alert), CEO of Ifbyphone; Charles Studt, vice president of product management and development at IntelePeer and moderator David H. Yedwab, a partner with Market Strategy & Analytics Partners, for the scoop on what is involved with developing voice applications on cloud-computing platforms.

 

Panelists will touch upon cloud-computing options and what your company needs to look for in a platform. The session will include demonstrations and real-world examples of how cloud-based solutions are impacting the market today and in the future.

 

And in challenging economic times, who doesn’t want to learn about new capital-saving opportunities?

 

As Shah said: “Small businesses should look at alternatives to inflexible and expensive legacy hardware based business phone systems.”