Elastra Chief Software Architect Joins Cloud Computing Industry Luminaries at SD Forum

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elastra Corporation:

What:		Elastra Corporation, the leading provider of software for designing, deploying, and managing complete application systems in public and private compute clouds, will share best practices in cloud computing architecture and trends during open discussions at SD Forum on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 in Santa Clara, California.
		This daylong event will address both the benefits and challenges surrounding cloud computing, discuss the technologies involved, and enable attendees to explore what their companies should do to get started with this new computing model.
		Join Elastra Chief Software Architect, Stuart Charlton, as he provides companies ranging from small-to-medium sized business to large enterprises with an understanding of the issues and rewards of cloud computing. His discussion will cover architecture and portability while explaining the risks of building hard-coded proprietary clouds. Charlton will also examine how to employ both public and private clouds in a multi-cloud strategy.
Event:		"Cloud Computing and Beyond: The Web Grows Up (Finally)"
Panel:		"Crawl/Walk/Run" October 1, 2008 from 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Speakers:		Stuart Charlton, Chief Software Architect, Elastra
		Edgard Capdevielle, Vice President, Product Management, Nirvanix
		Alan Chhabra, Director, US Systems Engineering, Egenera
		Jason Hoffman, Chief Technology Officer, Joyent
		David Brown, Research Director, AMR Research (Moderator)
Where:		Network Meeting Center
		5201 Great America Parkway
		Santa Clara, CA
		408-562-6111
URL:		http://www.sdforum.org/

About Elastra

Elastra provides software for designing, deploying, and managing complete application systems in public and private cloud computing environments. Our products simplify and automate the complex processes associated with database and application infrastructure configuration, deployment and management, while elastically scaling sophisticated application systems up and down based on computing need. For companies building applications, Elastra removes the cost, complexity and resource-drain of owning, scaling and managing databases and the underlying infrastructure, and allows customers to realize the true value of cloud computing. For more about Elastra, visit us on the Web at www.elastra.com.