Verizon Business and VMware to Present Cloud-Computing Webinar on Dec. 14 for Small and Medium Businesses

Verizon Business and VMware to Present Cloud-Computing Webinar on Dec. 14 for Small and Medium Businesses

NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --Verizon Business and VMware will offer a free live webinar on Tuesday (Dec. 14) to discuss how small and medium businesses can leverage cloud computing as a new way to purchase and use business-IT resources. The webinar, "Cloud Computing 101: Is Cloud Computing the Path for Your Business IT Services?" will explore and define cloud computing and highlight how it can help reduce costs and improve efficiencies.  The webinar will conclude with an interactive Q&A session.

                  Tuesday, Dec. 14, at 1:15
    WHEN:         p.m. EST

                  Online - Please register at
                  least one hour before the
                  start of the free webinar.
                  To receive an evite and
                  call-in information, click
    WHERE:        here.

                  Jeremy Webb, Verizon Business
                  IT Solutions product
    WHO:          marketing
                  Joe Andrews, VMware, director
                  of product marketing

                  Cloud computing is a new way
                  to purchase and consume IT,
                  enabling companies to adjust
                  capacity to meet rapidly
                  changing business
                  requirements and pay only
                  for the resources used.
                  Verizon offers an expanding
                  portfolio of cloud-
                  computing solutions for
                  small and medium businesses.
                   Verizon Computing as a
                   Service, SMB offers a
                  simple-to-use, Web-based
                  console to quickly purchase
                  and scale computing
                  capacity, with no minimum
                  spending commitment; all
                  that's needed to get started
                  is a credit card. The
                  service joins the company's
                  flagship cloud-computing
                  portfolio - Verizon
                  Computing as a Service -
                  known for its built-in
                  security and high
    BACKGROUND:   performance.

SOURCE  Verizon Business

Verizon Business

CONTACT: Ellen Yu, Verizon, +1-908-559-3496 or ellen.yu@verizon.com; Kevin W. Irland, Verizon Business, +1-703-886-1117 or kevin.w.irland@verizon.com

Web Site: http://www.verizonbusiness.com