This free cloud computing breakfast seminar will be held on October 21, 2009 at the Metropolitan in Minneapolis.  The seminar will provide IT managers and business executives the opportunity to hear from technology leaders on the topic of "Cloud Computing's Business Advantage".

Highlights include a live demo of the VISI cloud infrastructure, a complimentary catered breakfast from D'Amico Catering, and a drawing for a 24-inch Apple LED Cinema Display.

Chris Howard, the Vice President and Service Director for Burton Group, will present on the topic of "Using Cloud Computing as a Business Advantage".  Chris will help organizations gain insight into important cloud issues as well as speak about how cloud computing is changing the economics of IT.

Jason Baker, Chief Technology Officer for VISI, will present a session on "Getting Ready for the VISI Cloud".  Jason will provide an overview of VISI's cloud services and how they can help your business succeed.  He will also be giving a live demonstration of VISI's cloud infrastructure platform.

Register in advance for free at http://www.visi.com/cloud2009.

Cloud storage provides organizations with the ability to store nearly unlimited amounts of unstructured data in a safe and convenient way, while fulfilling the business needs for lower capital investment and utility costing. Cloud storage provides elastic storage for a wide variety of use cases and can be accessed via standard drive mounts, http, and API protocols. This webinar will provide ways you can leverage VISI's new cloud storage platform.

Register at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/902044354.

The move to cloud computing is changing the landscape of IT in significant and far-reaching ways. Traditionally when you buy computing power you pay for that power whether you use it or not. Cloud computing offers substantial economic advantages because you only pay for the computing resources that you actually you. And you dynamically increase or decrease those resources as your needs dictate. VISI is in a unique position to deliver cloud computing services to our customers. We are the largest Minnesota-based provider of data center and hosting services and have big network pipes and tons of Internet bandwidth. Most importantly, we have experienced technologists that are building the largest cloud computing infrastructure in Minnesota. Jason Baker with VISI will provide an overview of VISI's cloud services and how they can help your business succeed. He will also provide a live demo of how it will work.

Register for free at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/223681226.