Surgient, the market leader in virtual labs that power solutions for software testing, training and evaluation, today announced its participation in the InfoWorld Webinar, "Bridging the Gap: Key Issues for Coordinating Operations and Development Using Virtualization." Scheduled for Wednesday, February 6, 2008 and featuring Melinda Ballou, program director, application lifecycle management and ITMS, IDC, and Erik Josowitz, vice president of product strategy for Surgient, the Webinar will discuss how businesses can coordinate virtualization with operations and quality to accelerate the software delivery process.

The drive to fully automate the repetitive tasks of the software delivery lifecycle is hampered by the manual work of getting properly configured applications infrastructure. Leading organizations are using virtual labs to consolidate pre-production infrastructure while enabling development and test teams to deploy complex configurations on-demand.

This Webinar will educate organizations on how virtualization can enhance the software delivery and development lifecycle, as well as the immediate impact this can have on operations. Topics to be covered include: 

• Understanding the operational challenges and drivers for testing life-cycle management with virtualization; 
• Applying operations perspectives to virtualization across Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) phases from requirements through development and deployment; and
• Establishing a framework for requirements for virtual lab management and appropriate process and organizational strategies for success with operations.

What:	"Bridging the Gap: Key Issues for Coordinating Operations and Development Using Virtualization" InfoWorld Webinar

When:	Wednesday, February 6, 2008 2 p.m. Eastern Time / 1 p.m. Central Time / 11 a.m. Pacific Time

Speakers:	  Melinda Ballou, program director, application lifecycle management and ITMS, IDC, Erik Josowitz, vice president of product strategy, Surgient and Moderator: Doug Dineley, executive editor, Test Center, InfoWorld

Register at:  http://www.surgient.com/news/webinars/