You’re sitting at your desk when your manager comes in, or even the CEO. He says “I’ve heard something about that cloud thing. Can it really save me money? Is it secure?”

In this video, Newvem Board Member Mary-Lou Smulders explains how Newvem (previously referred to as ‘that cloud thing’) is building its business using Amazon Web Services.

We do everything on EC2 and it has given us the flexibility and agility we need to maximize our cloud usage. Watch this video to hear what one word Mary-Lou uses to describe the AWS cloud.

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About the Author

Ofir Nachmani is Chief Evangelist and Community Leader at Newvem. On his previous adventure, he led ClickSoftware’s Cloud adoption initiative. He also held several positions at Zarathustra SaaS development including ContractorOffice.com product manager and company CEO. In 2009, ClickSoftware acquired the AST group and Zarathustra as part of it. Check out his personal cloud computing blog at http://www.iamondemand.com | Twitter: @iamondeamnd

Keywords: Amazon Web Services, AWS Cloud, Cloud Usage, Cloud Optimization, Cloud Management, Risks, Assets, AWS Resources, Newvem Business Views, Fault Tolerance, Cloud Costs, Cloud Spend