Is Digital Transformation Only for the Enterprise?

In Episodes 1 and 2 of Digital Transformation in Action, we’ve defined what the term really means as we head into 2020 and discussed how to build a skilled, agile Digital Transformation team.

We’re now ready to hear from those at the coal face.

How have others approached Digital Transformation in their business, what did they wish they’d known before they started, and what one piece of advice would they give to those about to embark on their own journey?

Join us for Episode 3 of Digital Transformation in Action, where our expert panel will share their stories of Digital Transformation, discuss how to overcome the inevitable challenges and share their successes.

Continue the conversation in our LinkedIn Groups:
Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Cloud Group : https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1120997/
The Virtualization and Cloud Computing Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/57400/

How apps are deployed continues to evolve thanks to cloud hosting, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and now Function-as-a-Service.
Join our expert panel and submit your questions as they discuss:
•What you need to know about cutting-edge technologies such as containerisation and serverless computing.
•What type of use cases are most appropriate for serverless?
•What are the main vendor offerings in Functions as a Service?
•How do you address the challenge of monitoring and controlling costs?

Your organization has committed itself to realizing the opportunities of digital transformation, but does it have the tools to be successful? According to a recent LinkedIn survey, 54% of businesses believe that a digital talent gap hampers their digital transformation initiatives. Even if those skills exist within your organization, are DT projects seen as solely the domain of IT or a collaboration between diverse stakeholders? How can you tap into all of the resources and perspectives needed to truly transform how your business operates?

Join us for Episode 2 of Digital Transformation in Action, where our expert panel will discuss how you can build the right team to unlock success in your DT initiatives.

Continue the conversation in our LinkedIn Groups:
Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Cloud Group : https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1120997/
The Virtualization and Cloud Computing Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/57400/

Companies across the globe are digitally transforming as they are challenged to improve business processes and develop new capabilities and business models. Join our expert panelists as they discuss the key considerations and share insights and best practices.

Moderated by Cloud Industry Forum

Panelists:
Bethan Williams, EMEA APO, Cloud Native & DevOps, Dell Consulting
Chris Porter, Managing Director, Digital Transformation, 6point6

Cloud has become ubiquitous with IT and technology in general. From infrastructure to data centers and collaboration, to wireless networks and service desks, what comes next in cloud? Is multi-cloud the new wave of adoption?

Tune into this live panel discussion at Digital Transformation EXPO London to discuss these and other questions.

Topics include:

- How to increase efficiency and scale your IT on-demand whether you're plugging into a private, hybrid, public or multi-cloud infrastructure
- How to ensure that your servers, storage, and networks are keeping up with demand
- The future of collaborative work and unified communications


Alex Hilton, CEO, Cloud Industry Forum
Sean McAvan, Managing Director, Navisite
Hugo Harber, Head of Enterprise Portfolio, Vodafone
David van Schravendijk, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Cisco Meraki

As the idea of digital transformation becomes ubiquitous it’s easy for IT leaders to assume that we have moved past questions of “why” and “if” to “when” and “how”. But has the term become so broadly-used that no one knows what it means? Are business leaders bought into the idea of becoming increasingly digital, but unclear on what steps to take or what impact it can have?

In this episode we will focus on how you can educate your organization and leadership in the opportunities and expectations of digital transformation projects, from getting initial buy-in to demonstrating real success.

Continue the conversation in our LinkedIn Groups:
Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Cloud Group : https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1120997/
The Virtualization and Cloud Computing Group https://www.linkedin.com/groups/57400/

Join this Cloud Industry Forum expert panel for interactive discussion to learn about

• Effective strategies for managing complexity in multi cloud deployments
• How to think about cost management challenges – what you need to consider
• Managing and automating security across multiple clouds and applications

Panel Members
Andrew Simpkins, EMEA CTO Consulting Services, Dell EMC
Tim Jefferson, SVP Data Protection, Network and Application Security, Barracuda
Sean Roberts: GM Public Cloud Centre of Excellence, Ensono

Moderator: Alex Hilton, Chief Exec, Cloud Industry Forum

Every organization is moving to the public cloud in order to scale and innovate. With that comes challenges in securing and monitoring environments as you continue to grow.

Wherever you are in your cloud journey, if compliance and governance is a concern to you, then participating in this webinar is vital.

Learn from cloud experts Alex Hilton, CEO, Cloud Industry Forum and Sean Roberts, General Manager, Public Cloud, Ensono on:
•What does cloud governance truly mean and why it is so important
•The 3 steps you need to take to make yourself secure and compliant in the public cloud
•.How can customers effectively brace new cloud technologies to drive innovation
and more!

Effectively protecting critical data in the cloud is a key challenge for today's data-driven businesses.

Join this interactive 1-2-1 discussion where Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB), Dave Barnett will share insights on;

- Why and how today organisations are protecting data in the cloud.
- What are the main risks inherent in the adoption of cloud services?
- Where the key challenges are in protecting data in the Cloud?
- What to look for when selecting cloud security for your organisation

Moderated by Alex Hilton, Chief Executive, Cloud Industry Forum

The cloud strategy of today's enterprise spans across multiple clouds and hundreds of applications. Point security solutions no longer work, so enterprises are turning toward a more orchestrated approach to achieving security and compliance in the cloud.

Join cloud and security leaders in an interactive discussion to learn about:
- Key security and compliance challenges associated with a multi-cloud strategy
- Recommendations for managing and automating security across multiple clouds and applications
- The future of cloud
- Improving enterprise security in an ever-changing threat landscape

Panellists
James Hughes, Field CTO, Rubrik
Dave Barnett, Head of CASB, Forcepoint EMEA
Patrick Grillo, Senior Director - Security Solutions, Fortinet

Moderated by Alex Hilton, Chief Executive, Cloud Industry Forum

As the cloud becomes supercharged in 2019 and beyond, so too will your networks. Tune in to hear from leading industry experts for a live discussion on the future of cloud networking in a hybrid world.

Topics to be covered include:
- Securing cloud-managed networks
- Understanding the ins and outs of public, private and hybrid cloud architectures
- Where WAN fits into your hybrid IT strategy

This live panel will be streamed directly from London. Join us from the comfort of your desk and get all your cloud questions answered!

Moderated by: Simon Ratcliffe, Cloud Industry Forum
Justin Day, CEO, Cloud Gateway
David Luke, Enterprise Solutions Architect, NGINX
Panelist to be announced

Knowing how to remain agile, secure and scalable in today's ever-changing IT landscape is more important than ever. Tune in with experts live from the ExcEL, London, to discuss the latest trends, technologies and advancements in Cloud Computing, to 2020 and beyond.

Topics will include:
- DevOps: how-to's and why it's a must
- Next-gen cloud security and data protection
- Cloud and blockchain in the enterprise and what it means for your organization
- Data Centers on-prem vs. in the cloud
- AI and Cloud: is your infrastructure AI-ready?

This live panel will be streamed directly from London. Join us from the comfort of your desk and get all your cloud questions answered!

Moderator: Alex Hilton, CEO, Cloud Industry Forum
Panelists: Sean Roberts, GM - Public Cloud Center of Excellence, Ensono
Sunil Choudrie, Senior Product Marketing, Symantec
Andy Hardy, VP EMEA, Nasuni

When it comes to containers, security can often be an afterthought. As technologies become more advanced and workloads become more automated, so too does the threat of breaches and cyber threats. Join this live panel to discuss trends and best practices around cloud and container security.

Topics include:
- Securing your container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, etc.)
- How to put security at the forefront of your cloud native journey
- Where the biggest risks lie in containerized applications

Discussion moderated by:
Simon Ratcliffe, Cloud Industry Forum

Confirmed panelists:
Pablo Martinez, Cloud Security and Compliance Specialist, Symantec
Mark Kropf, CTO, Financial Services, Pivotal
Further panelist to be announced

Multi-Cloud or hybrid environments has become a growing strategy for many organisations moving their applications and data in the cloud as it gives organisations the ability to be flexible in what they need for their business. In fact, according to recent research by Computing, 26 per cent of enterprises surveyed were using a multi-cloud approach compared with 22 per cent last year. However, along with this approach one thing organisations should not forget is that the need for security does not diminish. As the cloud continues to offer more in services, organisations need to be aware of the protection they are responsible for to ensure their applications and workloads are safe.

So how do organisations stay ahead of the curve with security as well as being able to manage these multi-cloud or hybrid environments?

Join our latest webinar where, Chris Hill, VP Public Cloud EMEA at Barracuda, and Alex Hilton, Chief Executive and Cloud Industry Forum (CIF)will discuss the latest challenges when it comes to migrating to the cloud, especially in a multi-cloud environment as well as analyse CIFs latest research findings on what organisations need to consider when adopting these cloud services.

The term multi-cloud has caught on this year, and we’ll be discussing the reasons it could matter a great deal to your business. If you are a cloud user, a company providing services and solutions that use public cloud infrastructure, or currently defining a cloud strategy, we’ll discuss why being able to keep your cloud options open is so important. Scality is working hard to provide tools to help public and private cloud users keep control of their storage, permitting the use of the right cloud for the right job. We’ll be discussing the business implications of multi-cloud storage, the freedom that our Zenko technology allows. We’ll be joined by Nodeweaver who will share why multi-cloud is important to their business.

Join this live panel discussion with experts at IP Expo Europe 2018 for a deep dive into how technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning are forever changing the IT Operations landscape.

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

- What AIOps is and what impact it will have on organizations
- How to develop a successful AIOps strategy
- The role of machine learning in driving proactive processes and predictive insights

This live panel will be streamed directly from IP Expo Europe at Excel London! Join us for live Q&A from the comfort of your desk.

Panelists:
Alex Hilton, CEO, Cloud Industry Forum
James Hodge, Area VP, Field Technology, Splunk EMEA
Reuben Thompson, VP Technology, Gospel Technology
Aaron Aldrich, Director of Client Success, Navisite

This webinar is part of BrightTALK's Ask the Expert Series.

Many organizations are drowning in unstructured data, which can break traditional storage infrastructure. We'll take a look at different ways to handle unstructured data with particular emphasis on object storage.

Join this live Q&A with Erik Ottem, Director of Product Marketing at Western Digital, to:

- Understand the definition of unstructured data
- Review storage infrastructure block/file/object strengths and weaknesses
- Discuss data integrity and system availability
- Learn about data management at scale

Targeted attacks are now an established part of the threat landscape and in 2017 the headlines were full of news about sophisticated attacks of all kinds. Some were highly-targeted, others affected many businesses and quickly reached epidemic proportions. Often the motive was clear - to gather data, to make money, to cause damage and disruption. But sometimes the lines between these became blurred.

It's clear that organisations of all kinds need to understand and prepare for cyber-threats affecting their sector. And this must start with an understanding of the current threat landscape and how it's likely to develop.

This presentation will outline the trends we're seeing and offer some predictions for 2018 and beyond - based on our analysis of attacks in 2017.

About the presenter:
David joined Kaspersky Lab in 2004. He is a member of the company's Global Research and Analysis Team and has worked in the anti-malware industry since 1990 in a variety of roles, including that of Senior Technology Consultant at Dr Solomon's Software, and Systems Engineer and Product Manager at McAfee.

In his current role, David regularly delivers presentations on malware and other IT security threats at industry events, highlighting what organisations and consumers can do to stay safe online. He also provides comment to broadcast and print media on the ever-changing cyber-security and threat landscape. David has a strong interest in malware, ID theft and the human aspects of security, and is a knowledgeable advisor on all aspects of online security.

David is regularly mentioned in national print press as a cyber-security expert and has a wealth of experience in being filmed for such programmes as Good Morning Britain and BBC News.

This webinar is part of BrightTALK's Ask the Expert Series.

Join Simon Evans, CTO of Amido, as he takes a technical deep dive into key priorities for next-gen CTOs and what they should be considering for their 2020 strategy and beyond.

Simon will bring perspective from both the CTO of a consultancy, but also from the perspective of their clientele who are primarily Enterprise CTOs.

Join us for this live Q&A and get all of your questions answered!