The Year Ahead: Top Trends in Secure Cloud Networking in 2022 (e)

Bryan “Woody” Woodworth and Eric Kavanagh discuss the trends and issues we will all be facing in 2022. Woody is a principal solutions strategist at Aviatrix. Previously Woody was a director specialist at Microsoft and an Azure Global Black Belt in networking and security. Eric is CEO of Bloor Group, a media-savvy analyst firm that is pioneering a new, transparent approach to traditional IT Analysis, where he looks at IT issues ranging from big data to cloud computing. Issues we’ll be discussing in this episode: Cloud security: what we can expect in terms of challenges and opportunities for those migrating to the cloud or moving to multi-cloud Hybrid/multi-cloud strategy: how the on-prem and cloud landscapes will be evolving in 2022 and how increasing CSP competition will impact vendor negotiations Trends impacting cloud network architecture: what you should be on the lookout for in 2022, including around AI/ML, cloud and edge compute, and RPA Career advancement: what skills and certifications will be valuable in 2022, and how companies will be managing the growing skills gap as more enterprises move to the cloud