New website to act as bridge between the 'how' and 'why' of Cloud Computing
PlatformCloud9 – the bridge between the `why’ and `how’ of Cloud Computing
Sift Media today announces the launch of PlatformCloud9 (www.platformcloud9.com), adding an IT Decision Maker-centric extension to its existing BusinessCloud9 brand and taking the Cloud into its next phase.
While BusinessCloud9 has focused on the use and application of practical Cloud Computing for business, PlatformCloud9 will focus on the building practical Cloud services for business. Pitched at an ITDM and developer audience, the new site will cover the practicalities of `how’ to use technology to deliver Cloud services for end users.
As well as covering topics such as Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service and developments in data centre and Cloud Computing architectures, PlatformCloud9 will track the changes coming for developers - the new opportunities that are opening up as the more traditional development tasks become increasingly automated.
Stuart Lauchlan, head of publishing – editorial, Sift Media, added: “Three years ago we launched BusinessCloud9, pioneering the coverage of the business application of Cloud Computing from the perspective of the people who use it. With PlatformCloud9 we will be adding another layer and looking at the nuts and bolts of the Cloud from the perspective of the people who build it.”
The new site will be edited by Martin Banks, a respected ICT journalist and analyst with over 40 years experience of covering the technology industry. Banks said: “The arrival of Cloud Computing, particularly as a way to deliver those services, has served to emphasise the gap in mutual understanding that still exists between what business people need and what the technologies and technologists, can provide. There is still a need for a common language both sides understand and my hope is that PlatformCloud9 can help create that.”
PlatformCloud9 will be launched in January 2012.
About Sift Media:
Sift Media is a leading business-to-business publisher specialising in online professional communities and face-to-face business events.
With a range of services including websites, email publications, industry awards and exhibitions, Sift Media delivers original, branded content to over half a million professionals every month, across small business, finance, accounting, HR and training, IT, marketing, customer management and knowledge management.
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For further information:
For further information:
Editorial – Stuart Lauchlan - stuart.lauchlan@siftmedia.co.uk
Sales – Paul Briggs - paul.briggs@siftmedia.co.uk
