Navin Sabharwal - Cloud Capacity Management

Cloud Capacity Management

Navin Sabharwal

Prashant Wali

Cloud Capacity Management

Copyright 2013 by Navin Sabharwal and Prashant Wali

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Dedicated to my lovely family and my deity, Lord Shiva.

Prashant Wali

Dedicated to the people I love and the God I trust.

Navin Sabharwal

Contents at a Glance

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About the Authors

Navin Sabharwal is an innovator, thought leader, author, and consultant in the areas of IT service management, product development, intellectual property creation, cloud computing, cloud lifecycle management, and software product development.

Navin has created niche award-winning products and solutions and has filed numerous patents in diverse fields such as IT services, assessment engines, ranking algorithms, capacity planning engines, and knowledge management.

Navin leads the automation and cloud computing practice for HCL Technologies Infrastructure Services Division. Navin holds a Masters in Information Technology and is a Certified Project Management Professional.

Prashant Wali is working with a leading Indian multinational IT company as a consultant and holds a B.Tech/MBA in IT from Symbiosis International University in India. He is currently handling multiple cloud service areas like product management, technology incubation, pre-sales, and ITSM process consulting.