{"id":3249,"date":"2013-07-18T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2013\/07\/18\/free-procurement-cloud-computing-webinar-next-wednesday\/"},"modified":"2021-07-08T06:36:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T10:36:59","slug":"free-procurement-cloud-computing-webinar-next-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/free-procurement-cloud-computing-webinar-next-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Procurement &amp; Cloud Computing Webinar Next Wednesday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif\">Organizations are investing heavily in cloud computing today.\u00a0 Every day, more and more evidence points to the importance of cloud computing to global growth. One recent study found that public and private IT cloud services will produce nearly 14 million jobs worldwide by 2015 \u2014 and more than half of those jobs will come from small and medium-sized businesses. The study goes on to predict that cloud computing will generate as much as $1.1 trillion in annual revenue by 2015. (Cloud Computing\u2019s Role in Job Creation, IDC\u00a0 March 2012)<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif\">That backdrop presents a real challenge for procurement personnel. We need to be aware of the benefits as well as the unique challenges presented by cloud computing. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif\">Procurement must be prepared to effectively address them prior to acquiring cloud computing services. Procurement departments\u2019 failure to address the challenges of cloud computing would expose their organizations to excess pricing and a wide range of risks related to data security, compliance, service availability, and vendor lock-in among other issues. <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif\">The NLPA\u00a0webinar, <span style=\"font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';font-size: 11pt\">\u201cWhat Every Procurement Professional Should Know About Cloud Computing,\u201d<\/span>\u00a0addresses what cloud computing is, the essential paradigm shift it presents, the benefits and risks of cloud services, and an overview of how to prepare to acquire these services. This will bring everyone up to the same level before tackling the cloud service vendors \u2013 many of whom try to circumvent both IT and procurement. Also this webinar will help procurement professionals better understand the depth of procurement issues in the cloud.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif\">The guest presenter for this webinar will be Ron Scruggs.\u00a0 Mr. Scruggs is a \u201cContracting for Cloud\u201d Instructor for UCLA Extension Services and an Executive Consultant for Scruggs International.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri\"><span style=\"color: #000036\"><span style=\"color: #000036\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif\">This webinar will be held on Wednesday July 24 at 11:30AM Eastern US time. This webinar is open to all members of the NLPA and a Basic Membership in the NLPA is instant and doesn\u2019t cost a cent! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Here\u2019s how to secure your attendance for the webinar:<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re already an NLPA member: Go to<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/lms.nextlevelpurchasing.com, log into the members\u2019 area, and navigate to the \u201cWebinars\u201d tab. There you\u2019ll find a registration link, be sure to enter a valid email address as attendance details will be sent to you by email.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not yet an NLPA member: Sign up for your free membership in the Next Level Purchasing Association at https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/ After doing so, you\u2019ll receive an email with information about how to log in. After logging in, navigate to the \u201cWebinars\u201d tab. There you\u2019ll find a registration link, be sure to enter a valid email address as attendance details will be sent to you by email.<\/p>\n<p>Registration is free but may be limited, so sign up soon to ensure access to this event. I hope that you will join me for this exciting webinar!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organizations are investing heavily in cloud computing today.\u00a0 Every day, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v19.13) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Free Procurement &amp; Cloud Computing Webinar Next Wednesday! - Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/free-procurement-cloud-computing-webinar-next-wednesday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Free Procurement &amp; Cloud Computing Webinar Next Wednesday!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Organizations are investing heavily in cloud computing today.\u00a0 Every day, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/free-procurement-cloud-computing-webinar-next-wednesday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NextLevelPurchasing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-07-18T17:17:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-08T10:36:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/11\/nlpa-images-121.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Galo Matagay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nextlevelpurch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nextlevelpurch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Galo Matagay\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/free-procurement-cloud-computing-webinar-next-wednesday\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/free-procurement-cloud-computing-webinar-next-wednesday\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Galo Matagay\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#\/schema\/person\/72d094fab77892483dfa6e061cb27eaa\"},\"headline\":\"Free Procurement &amp; Cloud Computing Webinar Next Wednesday!\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-07-18T17:17:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-08T10:36:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/free-procurement-cloud-computing-webinar-next-wednesday\/\"},\"wordCount\":492,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Procurement\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/free-procurement-cloud-computing-webinar-next-wednesday\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/free-procurement-cloud-computing-webinar-next-wednesday\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/free-procurement-cloud-computing-webinar-next-wednesday\/\",\"name\":\"Free Procurement &amp; Cloud Computing Webinar Next Wednesday! 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