Will introduce a cloud storage maturity model based on real-world cloud storage adoption trends
 
HOUSTON, July 12, 2010 – Mezeo Software (www.mezeo.com), the leading provider of a deployable cloud storage platform for service providers, today announced that Mezeo President and CEO Steve Lesem will present on the opening day of HostingCon 2010. His session, “Cloud Storage Adoption: Public, Private, Enterprise, and Service Providers,” will describe the evolution of cloud storage and the adoption trends of private, public and hybrid clouds.
 
HostingCon, scheduled July 19-21 in Austin, Texas, is the largest gathering of hosted services professionals in the world. This year’s conference, entitled “Piloting Into the Cloud – Setting a Course for the Future,” will focus on how to strategically confront the cloud and set a plan in motion for how to compete with it or against it in the future.
 
Lesem will present a Cloud Storage Maturity Model, which he developed based on actual cloud storage adoption processes witnessed in the marketplace. Lesem’s presentation is scheduled for 9 a.m. CST on July 19.
 
“We are excited to return to HostingCon as both a sponsor and a selected speaker,” said Mezeo President and CEO Steve Lesem.  “The cloud storage market is an exciting space that is quickly evolving, and service providers are looking for innovative solutions that get them to revenue as quickly as possible.  My session will focus on use cases for private, public and hybrid clouds, including standardizing technologies. We will also examine the role of the service provider in the enterprise cloud strategy.” 
 
Mezeo will exhibit at the event in booth #337 and will demonstrate the Mezeo Cloud Storage Platform, which enables IT service providers to immediately enter the cloud storage market with their own branded cloud storage solution that includes Web, Windows desktop and smartphone access clients.
HostingCon 2010 is expected to attract more than 1,500 service professionals from more than 30 countries to the Austin Convention Center. For more information, visit www.hostingcon.com.
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About Mezeo Software
 
Mezeo is the industry’s leading provider of a deployable cloud storage platform.  Service-enabled, the Mezeo platform is easy to deploy, multi-tenant, highly scalable and secure, with REST Web Services APIs for platform extensibility. With Mezeo, IT Service Providers can rapidly monetize Storage as a Service with a branded offering, and large enterprises can implement a secure, private cloud with clients for BlackBerry®, iPhone, Windows desktop and the Web. Mezeo was named in CRN’s list of the 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Products and Top 25 Coolest Emerging Vendors of 2009.  For more information, visit www.mezeo.com