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 (INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.) The IndyCloud Users Group, http://indycloudusers.com/, an informal on and off-line network of cloud computing users has announced Erik Troan CTO of rPath will be the featured speaker for their July 8th, event. The program will be hosted at the Bluelock facility at 6325 Morenci Trail, Indianapolis, In 46268 from 6:00 – 8:30 pm.

Troan, founder and CTO, rPath; first engineer and former VP of engineering at Red Hat and creator of RPM will discuss “Rethinking Application Delivery in the Age of Virtualization and Cloud”.

Event Description:
In today’s challenging economic climate, the most pressing IT mandate is cost reduction and finding ways to “do more with less.” Central to this discussion is dealing with the explosion of application deployment and systems management complexity, which has brought today’s manual processes to the brink. This session will discuss a new automated model for application delivery that allows organizations to dramatically reduce the cost, risk and delay of deploying and maintaining applications across physical, virtual and cloud-based environments.

You’ll learn about:

• The hidden cost of virtualization and cloud: an explosion in cost, complexity and risk
• The transition from an infrastructure to an application-centric approach to systems management and what this means for virtualization and cloud computing
• The business case and ROI for automated application delivery
• The role of the cloud as part of the application deployment “fabric”

There is no fee to attend, but RSVP’s are requested. To view event details or RSVP, go to IndyCloudUsers.

About Indy Cloud Users:

The Indy Cloud User Group has been established to connect members of the Indiana IT community interested in the business and technical aspects related to Cloud Computing and to discuss all things about cloud computing and infrastructure. The goal is to provide a platform for education and open discussion on all elements of Cloud Computing. All information related to the Indy Cloud User Group can be found at indycloudusers.com.

About Erik:
Prior to founding rPath, Erik served in multiple roles at Red Hat including Vice President of Product Engineering for several years as well as the Senior Director of Marketing and chief developer for Red Hat Software. During his tenure with the company Erik was responsible for leading development for Red Hat Linux, RPM, and Anaconda. He managed a multimillion-dollar budget, participated in two public stock offerings and assisted in acquiring and integrating nine other companies. Erik has co-authored two editions of Linux Application Development. At rPath he is responsible for all aspects of product design and implementation and for the company’s IT infrastructure. He holds BS degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Virginia. Since May 2007, Erik also serves on the Board of Directors for Digium, Inc.

About BlueLock:

BlueLock serves its clients by providing the people, expertise and IT infrastructure in a world-class, SAS 70 certified data center. The company provides Virtual Cloud Computing through Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) where clients subscribe monthly to just the right amount of computing, storage and bandwidth capacity needed today with the ability to grow “on demand” in the future. Their unique IT environments are ideal for Web-facing software applications (also known as Web 2.0 or SaaS) and IT environments that require high availability and the ability to expand and contract dynamically for production or disaster recovery. BlueLock, a Collina Ventures company, is privately-held and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. For more information please visit www.bluelock.com.

Contact:

Lorraine Ball

Lorraine@roundpeg.biz

317-569-1396