Name: Straight Talk on Business Critical Applications in the Cloud
Start: 2017-10-17T17:00:00Z
End: 2017-10-17T17:32:23.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 4.5

The combination of leadership by OpsCompass in the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) space, and thought leadership by House of Brick regarding virtualization and cloud computing for enterprise applications enables even better, more meaningful, solutions for clients.
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OpsCompass’ SaaS product drives operational control, visibility, and security in and across cloud platforms including Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Office 365, and Google Cloud. To learn more, visit www.opscompass.com.</p>

<p>House of Brick Technologies provides leadership in the optimization of business-critical systems, with a focus on Oracle, Microsoft, AWS, and VMware-based workloads. Offerings include cloud and virtualized architecture optimization, high availability and disaster recovery strategies, application re-platforming and data migration, and license compliance consulting. To learn more, visit www.houseofbrick.com.</p>

In transitioning to multi-cloud, IT organizations have the same responsibility to provide quality service and operational security, yet have a much greater need to understand how to efficiently govern and manage these disparate cloud services. In this session, we will examine some key patterns and models taken from a Cloud Adoption Framework through a multi-cloud lens. The presentation will include a mixture of high-level guidance, examples where vocabulary and terminology differ, and opinions on when to utilize cloud-agnostic vs cloud-native technologies for strategic decisions. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of how to implement a Cloud Adoption Framework across multiple clouds and a higher level of confidence in their multi-cloud adoption plans.

Adopting Multi-Cloud Services with Confidence

2020 has ushered in a new era of Ops management for tech teams. Traditional engineering and administration teams focused on owned and on-premise infrastructure have evolved into a next generation of Ops management styles focused on cloud resource management, security, and compliance. Traditional enterprise Ops centers crowded with IT managers with their showcase collections of large, high-definition screens depicting dashboards for IT system health and performance have given way to distributed teams, largely working from home, learning to collaborate via Slack and Zoom, keeping the technologies that the world relies upon running at wire speed.

Join industry veterans Josh Stephens (SolarWinds, INS, US Air Force) and John Grange (OpsCompass, Layeredi, Perigon Networks) for a two part webinar series where we will explore the evolution of these team structures, the skills needed to be successful within them, and the technologies that fuel these evolutions.

In part two we’ll discuss the technologies that are fueling these evolutions including management APIs, protocols, and specialized operations management products. We’ll review and discuss:

• The FCAPS model and how it relates to modern operations management
• Legacy protocols such as SNMP, WMI, and RDP
• Infrastructure management APIs
• The role of CLIs within modern management practices
• Automation and the role of AI

Organizational Evolution in a Cloud-First World - Part 2

2020 has ushered in a new era of Ops management for tech teams. Traditional engineering and administration teams focused on owned and on-premise infrastructure have evolved into a next generation of Ops management styles focused on cloud resource management, security, and compliance. Traditional enterprise Ops centers crowded with IT managers with their showcase collections of large, high-definition screens depicting dashboards for IT system health and performance have given way to distributed teams, largely working from home, learning to collaborate via Slack and Zoom, keeping the technologies that the world relies upon running at wire speed.

Join industry veterans Josh Stephens (SolarWinds, INS, US Air Force) and John Grange (OpsCompass, Layeredi, Perigon Networks) for a two part webinar series where we will explore the evolution of these team structures, the skills needed to be successful within them, and the technologies that fuel these evolutions.

In part one, we’ll discuss the evolution of the team structures, job titles, and skills required for success within these next generation ops teams. We’ll review and discuss:

• The evolution of network engineering to NetOps
• The transition from traditional software engineering and security to DevOps and SecOps
• The advent of CloudOps and how it’s changing the game
• The next generation of ITOps and AIOps structures
• The skill sets and job titles that are most highly in demand during this rapid evolution

Organizational Evolution in a Cloud-First World - Part 1

Have you automated your entire CI/CD pipeline except for the manual DBA actions?  Are untested SQL scripts your main source of deployment issues?  You aren't alone.  Many shops that embrace DevOps principles realize improvements in almost all areas... except for databases. In this talk, we will explore both methods for bringing Oracle DBA teams into a DevOps mindset, and practices for leveraging the benefits of DevOps automation for Oracle database operations.

Oracle Databases in a DevOps World

Join us as we discuss running Oracle databases in VMware Cloud (VMC) on AWS. We will explore VMC on AWS architecture and provide an overview for building Oracle databases. We will also discuss the benefits customers experience when running Oracle in VMC, as well as some of the challenges. Additionally, we will share best practices related to Oracle licensing for VMware Cloud on AWS.

SDDC: Benefits & Challenges of Running Oracle in VMware Cloud on AWS

With the advances in architectural compatibility between on-premises technology, and the top public cloud providers, it would seem natural to assume that enterprise applications are now moving with ease into the cloud. The reality, however, is that the ability to do something is far less important than ensuring that it is done correctly. There is still a chasm to cross before the majority of organizations feel comfortable moving their enterprise applications into the cloud.

Nathan Biggs, CEO at House of Brick Technologies, an industry leader in virtualization and cloud computing for enterprise applications, and John Grange, CTO at OpsCompass, a cloud governance software provider, will share their direct experience working with clients on developing their enterprise cloud strategies. The discussion will center on the business considerations for an enterprise cloud migration that go beyond technology, and focus on the risk areas of cost containment, process governance, and vendor license compliance.

Crossing the Cloud Chasm for Enterprise Applications

Relational databases have been the undisputed industry standard for data storage and management since the concept was introduced to the computing community, with the first commercially viable products appearing in the late 1970’s.  Today, 50 years later, there continues to be a place for this technology and it is still a pillar of modern computing.  However, in the ever-changing landscape of data platforms and technology, how does your organization determine the best options for storing, managing, and retrieving data going forward?  Learn how concepts like Virtual, NoSQL, Columnar, and Streaming increase your options as well as offer the potential for improving your ability to truly manage data while maximizing its utility for your business.

Topics covered:
    • Security
    • Governance
    • Management
    • Self-Service
    •  Common Cloud Services
         - Google Spanner
         - Amazon DynamoDB

Modern Data Strategies – Moving Beyond RDBMS

Worried about how a business critical, Oracle database will fit into a hybrid cloud IT model?  This presentation covers the most common challenges facing enterprises when trying to integrate Oracle databases into the new world of applications distributed across public cloud and on-premises locations.  Topics will include:

   •Common Oracle database scenarios 
   •Architectural and performance challenges
   •Oracle licensing considerations

Oracle Database Challenges in a Hybrid Cloud World

EC2 or RDS? RAC or Single Instance? What Instance Size and what Storage Tier? Deploying an Oracle Database on AWS can lead to a confusing quagmire of questions for the DBA new to Amazon Web Services public cloud.

During this presentation, we will discuss the specific architectural limitations and opportunities unique to running an Oracle Database in AWS, with a particular focus on architectural choices that will impact scalability, maintainability, high availability, and performance.

We will share our experiences working with clients to migrate their Oracle workloads to the cloud. Examples of successful use case architectures in the AWS public cloud will be explored ranging from the smallest low-cost RDS workloads to the largest RAC on EC2 installations.

Designing Scalable Oracle Database Solutions in AWS

With the recent changes to Java licensing, now is the time to learn about your options and discuss the Oracle Java footprint within your business. 

In this session we will:

•  Review what has changed regarding the licensing of Java SE
•  Discuss the potential impact of these changes to an organization’s  licensing liability 
•  Examine how Java SE is currently licensed (Processor, Named User Plus)
•  Share recommendations for getting a handle on the Java usage in your organization
•  Explore Oracle products that come with Java 

Please bring your questions to share during the session. Leave this webinar with a better understanding of what is changing regarding the licensing of Java SE and how it may affect your business.

How Will Changes to Java Licensing Impact You?

What’s going on with Oracle core technology workloads in the IaaS Cloud market? What customer activity are we seeing in that space? What are the opportunities and challenges? How have those opportunities and challenges shifted?

Join this live webinar with Dave Welch, CTO and Chief Evangelist at House of Brick Technologies to answer these questions and more, and take a technical deep dive into Infrastructure-as-a-Service and the cloud market in 2019.

Oracle Workloads in the Public Cloud

So you have your Availability Groups (AG) configured and everything reports green. Learn how to measure for Service Level Agreement (SLA) compliance! Know when replication is delayed! Get notified when a failover occurs! In this session, we will teach the attendee how to implement proper monitoring and alerting. We will also show you what metrics and reports you should be reviewing regularly to ensure there are no surprises, such as pauses replication or unacceptable delays. For example, we will look at the DMVs, extended event sessions, perfmon counters, SQL agent jobs and alerts. We will show what to monitor in your AG, and how to setup alerting so you know when to take action.

Monitoring and Alerting of Availability Groups

Join this live panel discussion with experts at VMworld Europe for up-to-date trends on what's disrupting the market and how to take your business to the next level.

Tune into this interactive Q&A session with world renowned IT and business leaders while they discuss the following:

- How to declutter and take on today's most pressing IT priorities
- The latest technologies, methodologies and best practices for IT leaders
- How to ensure your organization is primed for 21st century trends from both a business and tech perspective

This live panel will be streamed directly from VMworld Europe! Join us for live Q&A from the comfort of your desk.

Panellists
Dave Welch, CTO, House of Brick Technologies
Oliver Lindner, Head of Business Line DCIM, FNT Software
Jay Hibbin, Sales Director, Financial Services, CenturyLink EMEA
Christine McMonigal, Director of Hyperconverged Marketing, Intel Corporation

Innovation Through Digital Transformation

With just a few days to VMware’s premier digital infrastructure event, we've gathered some of the elite speakers who will be taking the stage to debate the hottest solutions, trends and the biggest opportunities and challenges for businesses to successfully embrace digital change. 

- Innovation Through Digital Transformation
- The Future of Data Centres and Cloud in a Virtualized World
- Securing Your Cloud Networks
- Next-Gen Trends and Technologies 

Join this session to get a glimpse of the innovations that will accelerate your journey to a software-defined business—from mobile devices to the data center and the cloud!

This session (and VMworld Europe) is specifically aimed at CTOs, CIOs, heads of IT infrastructure, security specialists and technical experts.

What will they be talking about at the Fira Gran Via Barcelona, on the 5 – 8 November 2018, what do they want to hear about, what are they looking forward to?

Moderator: Omar Alassil, Cloud Solution Owner, Nokia

Panellists;
Dave Welch, CTO, House of Brick Technologies
Melinda Safdarzadeh, Senior Business Manager, Hybrid Cloud, Data Center Group at Intel

The Path to a Software-Defined Business - Next-Gen Trends and Technologies

Join us as we explore the options available to cloud users for ensuring High Availability (HA) in the cloud. Our discussion will include both native cloud options and Microsoft offerings on top of the cloud stack. 

As your Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) needs increasing, so do your HA needs. So let’s look at your options and examine best practices and how they can be applied to your environment.

A Review of High Availability Options in the Cloud

Join us as we explore the options available to cloud users for ensuring High Availability (HA) in the cloud. Our discussion will include both native cloud options and Microsoft offerings on top of the cloud stack.  

As your Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) needs increasing, so do your HA needs. So let’s look at your options and examine best practices and how they can be applied to your environment.

The process of establishing performance benchmarks and baselines is invaluable when it comes to understanding the health of your environment, and becomes even more crucial when dealing with business critical systems. In this session we will provide further insights regarding the importance of effective monitoring and metrics and how they can help you respond proactively to performance issues. We will also discuss best practices for monitoring and metrics as related to physical and virtual servers, storage, and databases.    

You’ll leave with a better understanding of key considerations for determining performance baselines and benchmarks; the various categories of metrics and monitoring tools; a list of recommended reports, tools, and software; and best practices for gaining insights into the performance of your business critical systems.

Valuable Metrics & Monitoring for Business Critical Systems

In this presentation House of Brick Technologies, a leader in optimizing Oracle on Linux over the past decade, will offer SQL Server and Windows admins guidance on managing SQL Server on Linux.

We will discuss best practices for the installation of SQL Server on Linux, with a particular focus on:
   • Distributions (which should you be using)
   • Storage presentation and file systems
   • SQL Server Engine install location
   • User database locations

Options for performing the standard DBA processes, will also be addressed:
   • Backup & Restore Procedures 
   • Performance & Tooling 
   • Operators/dbMail

You’ll leave with a better understanding of key considerations for installing SQL Server on Linux, the ways SQL Server on Linux differs from traditional SQL Server installations, a list of recommended tools and reports, and best practices for managing your SQL Server on Linux instances.

Linux Best Practices for the SQL Server/Windows Admin

What AI and the Cloud Revolution Mean for Business Communications

Simplifying Data Integration for the Cloud

DevOps at Scale: Using AWS & PagerDuty to Improve Growth & Incident Resolution

Keep C.A.L.M. and Integrate DevOps into Azure

Cloud Security & Integration: Protecting your Applications & Data

Adopting & Integrating the Cloud: Core Concepts & Strategies for iPaaS

[Live Panel] Cloud - what's the point?

A model driven approach for cloud integration

Tackling Compliance, Security & Optimization in the Public Cloud

Span Private and Public Clouds: Developing a Multi-Cloud Strategy with SDS

Using Containers for Hybrid Cloud & Cloud Migration

Avoid Sticker Shock!  Gain Control of Your Multi-Cloud Costs

Managing Change During the Cloud Migration in a Hybrid World

Taking Digital Transformation Beyond the Buzz

Overcoming BizDevOps Challenges to Scale Cloud Strategy

10-step plan to roll out Cloud devops

The rise of multi-cloud - what to expect and how to prepare

Next-Gen Cloud security: powered by Blockchain

Securing All of Your Data on All of Your Clouds

Configuration management is dead - Long live configuration management

The Emerging Impact of NVMe-oF and Storage Class Memory

2018 Forecast: Clouds Keep Rolling In

Cloud Storage 2.0 - Storage for the Big Data and Digital Transformation Era

Cloudify Your On Premises Data Storage

Managing Security Operations in the Cloud

[Expert Panel] The future! What to expect from cloud in the next years

Three public cloud myths and how to solve them

Breaking the Rules of Traditional Storage with Containers!

From IT Ops to Cloud Ops (Cloud Month)

As much as the term Cloud Computing gets tossed around these days you would think everyone’s using it. But do cloud predictions really match real world use? If you aren’t “in the cloud” are you already behind the competition? 

During this presentation, we will discuss the pros and cons of moving applications to the cloud, with a particular focus on business critical applications. We will share our experiences working with clients to determine if their applications are “cloud ready” through a review of availability, costs, and operational impacts. Examples of successful use cases in the public cloud will be explored including emerging technologies, DRaaS, new applications, older applications running on older hardware, and startups. 

You’ll leave with a better understanding of the types of applications that are best suited for the cloud, a list of questions you should be asking when considering moving to the cloud, and a checklist you can use to evaluate your application’s cloud readiness.

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