There was a time when application deployment was expected to take weeks or months because of centralized IT policies and processes. But times are changing, and virtualization and cloud are putting pressure on traditional IT organizations to transform from process bottleneck to “zero-latency” service provider. Today, there’s a new expectation that is forcing IT leadership to rethink the relationships between “apps” and “ops” and the tools to ensure deployment speed and control as part of a low-overhead deployment model.

In an upcoming webinar sponsored by rPath and Active Endpoints, industry experts will explore what it takes to establish a self-service application deployment model. Attendees will also see a demonstration of a self-service process in action.

What:		“The End of the IT Bottleneck: Blending Speed and Control with Self-Service Application Deployment” webinar
Who:		Peter Varhol, principal, Technology Strategy Research; Brett Adam, vice president of engineering, rPath; and Luc Clément, senior director of product management, Active Endpoints
When:		Thursday, July 16, 2009, at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time (11:00 a.m. Pacific time)
How:		Register for this free event at http://www.rpath.com/corp/webinar.

Attendees will learn:

• How to blend speed and control as part of a governed self-service model
• Lightweight, rapid-ROI approaches for deployment process automation
• A framework for calculating the cost impact of self-service models
• A simple, cost-effective solution for enabling self-service IT today

All registrants will have free download access to a self-service solution they can install and incorporate into their IT processes today. Registrants will also receive complimentary access to the Cutter Consortium essay, “Rethinking Application Delivery in the Age of Complexity,” by Erik Troan.

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