HP today announced the fourth in a series of webcasts that provide an in-depth customer view into the inner workings of the technology used in today’s data centers and the business benefits they deliver.

This week’s webcast, titled “Deploying a Cloud Computing Infrastructure,” is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 27.

The HP “CIO Real Talk” webcast series features chief information officers (CIOs) and IT executives from leading companies on a panel moderated by Jonathan Eunice, principal IT advisor at Illuminata. During each audio webcast, IT executives will discuss important industry topics and share real-world experiences as to how they transformed their technology infrastructures to support and drive business objectives. Panelists also will explore the challenges, lessons, tips and techniques related to maximizing technology investments.

“Deploying a Cloud Computing Infrastructure” will explore how cloud computing is delivering reduced technology infrastructure costs and complexity while enabling new business opportunities. The panelists will discuss goals and challenges, as well as share best practices for leveraging cloud computing architectures to grow a business. The distinguished panel includes:

• Joe Crawford, executive director of IT services product management and product engineering at Verizon Business, a global communications, IT and security solutions partner to business and government.
• Doug Howard, president at USA.NET, a leading provider of email hosting that delivers messaging, collaboration, mobility and archiving.

The “Deploying a Cloud Computing Infrastructure” live audio webcast with online question and answer session will take place on Thursday, Aug. 27, at 11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT. Users can preregister for and attend the webcast at

A replay will be available at the same URL shortly after the call and will remain available for approximately 90 days.

An additional HP “CIO Real Talk” event is scheduled at the end of August.