Moving to the cloud: The next frontier for E/CTRM systems?

THE PANEL

• Sudip Dasgupta, infrastructure architect, Sapient Consulting
• Marco Scherer, cluster head global commodities & wholesale, E.ON Business Services
• Tommy Yanowski, manager, global trading systems, Chevron
• Moderator: Alexander Osipovich, commodities editor, Risk.net

Sponsored by Sapient, this webinar convenes a panel of top industry thinkers in energy/commodity trading and risk management (E/CTRM) systems to discuss the challenges of migrating E/CTRM platforms to the cloud.

As energy and commodity firms cut their IT budgets, a growing number of companies are exploring hosted solutions as a way of cutting costs and making their IT infrastructure more nimble. But moving to the cloud is not often a straightforward process. Aimed at chief information officers, risk managers, trading desk chiefs and other senior business leads, this webinar helps listeners understand:

• The challenges of moving large, complex platforms to the cloud
• Pros and cons of cloud-based E/CTRM solutions
• What to do with legacy systems not made for the cloud
• Vendors’ promises: whether to believe them
• The trade-offs of private versus public clouds
• How to navigate the Software-as-a-Service agreement
• Security concerns: will hosted solutions keep your data safe?

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