Bristol Media member Star provides on-demand IT and communication services for UK businesses. Utilising an advanced computing and communications platform (Cloud Computing), they have fundamentally redefined the way business people harness and buy the technology that underpins everything you do.

They are running a free seminar on Brunel's ss Great Britain, Great Western Dockyard , Bristol, BS1 6TY on 9^th December 2010 from 2pm to 4:30pm  

With organisations in the UK already taking advantage of “quick win” cloud services, such as Email, Security, CRM etc. many IT professionals and business leaders alike are asking “what and how do I move to the cloud and how do I do it to guarantee the stated benefits?”.  Finance Directors and CIOs are looking to the cloud to enable their business strategy and transform their business.  More legacy in-house operations are moving to managed service environments and being delivered back as “on demand” cloud services with a “fixed monthly price”.

This seminar will answer these key questions:

• What is Cloud Computing?
• What are the business benefits?
• How do you buy into Cloud services?
• Are there any risks?
• What is best practice?
• How do you manage a third-party service provider?
• How do you compare costs with on-premise alternatives?

Who should attend? The Seminar is open to  Finance Directors and CIOs looking to enable business strategy and drive business transformation.

Although the event is free to attend you do need to register at http://www.star.co.uk/ccsem1210