Univa UD CEO Jason Liu will lead a session at the CIO Business Continuity Forum on Tuesday, July 15th, discussing the characteristics, benefits and enabling technologies of grid, utility and cloud computing. This session will provide beneficial information to attendees looking to understand this technology as a business proposition.

Produced by CIO and CXO Media as part of their CIO Programs geared towards information technology executives, the Business Continuity and Risk Management Forum will provide a comprehensive lineup of expert tactics and world-class strategies focused on keeping businesses operating in the face of crises and disruptions of services.

Grid computing presents new possibilities within the context of business continuity. By partnering with external organizations to create a computing facility which houses shared resources, businesses can achieve greater network agility, increase cost effectiveness, and establish a more secure resource base. The Univa UD session, titled “Solving The Mystery of Grids, Utility Computing and Cloud Computing,” will provide case studies and examples of how cloud and utility computing can provide boundless capacity while improving business continuity and risk management.

“HPC and virtualization technologies are converging to create an environment in which a utility or ‘cloud’ approach can truly take hold and deliver value,” said Liu. “In such environments, IT leaders need technologies that enhance and extend, rather than seek to replace, their virtualization and systems management products already in place. This type of co-existence is a requirement for driving real value from cloud implementations.”

Univa UD is a leading provider of data center automation software. The company’s Reliance product makes it possible for application providers to offer breakthrough standards of performance by ensuring capacity is always there when end users need it. Reliance plugs in as an appliance to intelligently drive provisioning actions across an existing environment; delivering capacity on demand to ensure application SLAs are consistently met.

The three-day forum will be held at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge and will include daily keynotes along with industry expert led sessions and workshops.

About Univa UD

Univa UD is the leading provider of HPC systems management and data center automation software. Univa UD products simplify the complex nature of deploying and operating HPC and data center virtualization environments, saving customers time and resources while giving them confidence that their solution will perform as expected. Hundreds of market-leading companies come to Univa UD to build and operate their production infrastructures, from workgroup clusters to enterprise grids to dynamic data center application provisioning. With a focus on making business easier for our customers, Univa UD is advancing the vision and practice of HPC and data center virtualization. Visit us at www.univaud.com.

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