Name: From Oracle Java to OpenSource: Making the Switch a Cost-Effective Solution
Start: 2024-06-20T13:00:00Z
End: 2024-06-20T13:00:47.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
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Insight is a full-service solutions integrator that helps businesses transform to overcome challenges and achieve more. We drive speed, scale and resilience, to our clients across the globe through a combination of technical expertise, broad solutions portfolio and supply chain capabilities. Our areas of expertise encompasses six vital areas for business acceleration: Modern Workplace, Data and AI, Cybersecurity, Intelligent Edge, Modern Apps, and Modern Infrastructure. 

AI is transforming business, but with opportunity comes risk. In this episode, experts from Insight and Commvault explore why banning AI is as dangerous as embracing it without guardrails. 

You’ll learn: 
- How AI-driven cyber threats are evolving 
- Why governance is critical for competitive advantage 
- Practical guardrails for safe experimentation 
- What “agentic AI” means for identity and security 

From ransomware resilience to agile governance frameworks, this conversation gives leaders the clarity to move forward confidently.

Why AI Governance Isn’t Compliance — It’s Your Competitive Strategy

Découvrez comment la V.13 de Veeam transforme la protection de vos données : interface modernisée, haute disponibilité, immuabilité renforcée, performance inédite, etc. Etes-vous prêt à franchir ce cap ?

What's new V.13 – Découvrez les nouveautés de la version 13 de Veeam et comment elles peuvent renforcer la résilience de vos infrastructures.

Optimiser votre stratégie de sauvegarde et de récupération de données avec les solutions Veeam.

Agenda:
- Etat des lieux & enjeu de la protection des données.
- Zoom sur les nouveautés en V.13.
- Déploiement de la console en haute disponibilité.

Interface repensée et déploiement haute disponibilité : les avancées clés de la V13

AI is everywhere — but most organizations are still stuck in pilot mode. In our latest Insight On episode, leaders from Insight and Microsoft share why success isn’t just about technology. It’s about training, culture change, and leadership accountability. 

Julie Sanford, Global VP at Microsoft, explains that leaders can’t delegate AI transformation — they need to own it. But ownership alone isn’t enough. Teams need the right skills and a culture that encourages experimentation without fear of failure. 

Here are three takeaways you’ll find valuable: 
• How to build a culture that accelerates AI adoption 
• Why training non-technical teams is critical for scale 
• The role of leadership accountability in driving ROI

The Truth About AI Hype — And How Leaders Are Turning It Into ROI

La inteligencia artificial está evolucionando rápidamente: ya no solo responde preguntas, ahora ejecuta tareas complejas de forma autónoma

En este webinar descubrirás, con casos de uso reales y aplicables, cómo la Agentic AI, impulsada por el stack de IA de Azure y los frameworks desarrollados por Microsoft, está abriendo nuevas oportunidades de negocio al combinar modelos avanzados con herramientas, datos y flujos de trabajo específicos.

Este evento será una sesión clara y orientada a casos de aplicación tangibles, donde veremos:

Modelos y agentes – Qué son, cómo se diferencian y cómo se combinan para crear soluciones inteligentes.

Tecnologías clave – Chat Completion Agents, AI Foundry, Model Context Protocol y herramientas (tools).

Casos prácticos –
- Automatizar el soporte al cliente.
- Agilizar la revisión de contratos.
- Generar informes estratégicos.

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) – Cómo aprovechar documentos y bases de conocimiento internos para mejorar la respuesta de la IA.

Frameworks de referencia – Autogen, Semantic Kernel, Microsoft Agent Framework, LangChain y su aplicación en asistentes corporativos, análisis de mercado y bots empresariales.

Orquestación de flujos de trabajo – Secuenciales, paralelos y con handoff, optimizando la eficiencia.

Medición de impacto – Observabilidad y benchmarking para evaluar resultados.

Visión de futuro – Agentes más autónomos y adaptativos: oportunidades, riesgos e implicaciones para el negocio.

¿Quién debería asistir?

CIO, CTO, CDO, IT Pros, Solution Architects, Chief Innovation Officer, Data Scientist, AI Engineer, AI Developer.

Agenda:
- Bienvenida e introducción
- De modelos a agentes: La evolución de la IA
- El poder del contexto: Técnicas de CAG
- RAG – Retrieval Augmented Generation
- Frameworks para construir soluciones Agentic
- Workflows inteligentes

Agentic AI: De responder a ejecutar. Casos de uso

Wir Ihnen einen kompakten Einblick, wie Microsoft Copilot M365 nicht nur Prozesse erleichtert, sondern eine völlig neue Art des Arbeitens einleitet. Erfahren Sie anhand von praktischen Beispielen, wie Organisationen den Schritt von klassischen Workflows hin zu einer zukunftsorientierten, KI-gestützten Arbeitsweise meistern.

Leistungsfähige Hard- und Software gehen Hand in Hand

Zusätzlichen Fokus erhält das Thema AI-fähige PCs: Wir zeigen Ihnen, was die Geräte mit Snapdragon X Series von Qualcomm Technologies ausmacht, wie sich diese Prozessoren von bisherigen Lösungen unterscheiden, und wo die neuen Devices schon heute konkrete Vorteile im Arbeitsalltag bieten.

Dieses Webinar ist relevant für:
- Interessierte Enduser
- IT und Modern Workplace Entscheider
- Entwickler

Next-Gen Work: Wie Copilot die Zukunft der Arbeitskultur prägt

AI is only as powerful as the network behind it. As enterprises race to deploy AI at scale, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 7, and edge compute are transforming how data moves, decisions are made, and innovation happens in real time.

In this session, you’ll hear how advances in AI-driven network optimization, predictive maintenance, and ultra-low latency connectivity are creating self-learning, self-healing networks built for the AI era.

Discover how organizations are:
• Powering next-gen AI with high-throughput, low-latency architecture
• Using AI for traffic management, security, and predictive operations
• Moving from centralized to distributed intelligence at the edge
• Delivering real-time inference for mission-critical AI applications

Whether you’re modernizing your infrastructure or building the foundation for AI innovation, this session will help you understand what’s next and how to prepare for it.

How Wireless Networking Powers the AI Revolution

Delta i vårt webbinar där vi utforskar potentialen hos Microsoft 365 Copilot för företag inom offentlig sektor.

Vi kommer att diskutera de kritiska aspekterna av datasäkerhet i samband med Copilot-implementering, och belysa vad som är viktigt ur ett Copilot-perspektiv samt de verktyg som finns tillgängliga för att säkra din data. Microsoft-experter kommer att ge värdefulla insikter om hur offentlig sektor kan dra nytta av AI-agenter, och visa verkliga exempel på hur organisationer använder Microsoft 365 Copilot för att förbättra sina verksamheter.

Webbinariet kommer också att presentera hur ett företag inom offentlig sektor kan påbörja eller fortsätta sin Microsoft 365 Copilot-adoptionsresa tack vare Insight-metoden "från dag 1 till månad 12", där våra specialister vägleder kunden genom varje steg enligt deras mognadsnivå, och erbjuder praktiska råd för att få ut maximalt värde av investeringen. 

Agenda
- Välkomst och introduktion 
- Copilot-ekosystemet
- Hur påverkar en Copilot-implementering datasäkerheten?
- Datasäkerhet och styrning - Vad är viktigt ur ett Copilot-perspektiv?
- Vilka verktyg finns tillgängliga för att säkra min data?
- Hur kan offentlig sektor dra nytta av AI-agenter? 
- Hur olika roller och organisationer kan dra nytta av M365 Copilots, agenter och Copilot Studio
- Verkliga exempel på hur organisationer inom offentlig sektor använder Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Microsoft 365 Copilot-adoptionsresa från dag 1 till månad 12
- Insight Copilot-adoptionsresa - Hur uppnår vi omedelbart värde

Hur kan Insight hjälpa er att realisera värdet av AI och AI-agenter i offentlig verksamhet!

Ein Gespräch zwischen Thomas Roth, Vendor Alliance Manager von Insight und Stephanus Schulte, Cloud Solution Architect Security & Compliance von Microsoft 

Möchten Sie die Vorteile von künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) nutzen, sind aber besorgt um den Schutz Ihrer Daten und Systeme?
Fragen Sie sich, wie Sie NIS2- und GDPR-Anforderungen erfüllen können, ohne auf Innovation zu verzichten?
Suchen Sie nach einer Lösung, die sowohl die Einführung von KI als auch die Sicherung Ihrer Daten und IT-Systeme erleichtert?
Dann ist unser Webinar genau das Richtige für Sie!

Nehmen Sie an einem spannenden und informativen Gespräch zwischen Thomas Roth, Vendor Alliance Manager von Insight und Stephanus Schulte, Cloud Solution Architect Security & Compliance von Microsoft teil und erfahren Sie, wie Sie mit Microsoft Data Security-Lösungen Ihre Daten und Systeme schützen und gleichzeitig die Möglichkeiten von KI ausschöpfen können.

Lernen Sie, warum es so wichtig ist, „Ihren Keller sprichwörtlich trocken zu legen“, bevor Sie KI einführen. Data Governance und Berechtigungsstrukturen müssen überprüft und optimiert werden, um sicherzustellen, dass nur die richtigen Personen Zugriff auf die richtigen Daten erhalten. So vermeiden Sie unerwünschte Datenlecks und Compliance-Verstöße, die Ihre KI-Projekte und IT-Landschaft gefährden können. 

Erfahren Sie außerdem, wie Insight Ihnen mit Cybersicherheits-Services helfen kann, eine sichere IT-Basis für Ihre KI-Lösungen zu schaffen und zu erhalten. Insight bietet umfassende Beratung, Implementierung und Betreuung von Microsoft Data Security-Lösungen, die auf Ihre Bedürfnisse zugeschnitten werden. Konzentrieren Sie sich auf Ihr Kerngeschäft, während Insight sich um Ihre IT-Sicherheit kümmert.

KI & Sicherheit: So schützen Sie Ihre Daten und Systeme effektiv

Live from Microsoft Ignite, this bonus episode features Alysa Taylor, Microsoft CMO for Commercial Cloud & AI, and Parker Johnston, Insight Agentic Field CTO, sharing what leaders need to know about AI adoption today.

You’ll learn:
• Why companies embedding AI into daily operations see three times higher ROI
• What “Frontier Firms” are doing differently — and why it matters
• How Microsoft’s new Agent 365 and Foundry updates improve security and reduce costs
• Practical steps for aligning Copilot with workflows instead of just buying licenses

If you want real strategies for moving beyond pilots and hype to measurable outcomes, this episode is for you.

Frontier Firms, AI Adoption & Agentic Future

Adrian Gregory, President of Insight EMEA, unpacks what truly drives AI success across global enterprises. His core argument: technology isn’t the bottleneck — people, process, and change management are. 

Adrian shares how Insight is stress-testing AI internally before rolling it out to clients, using a “client zero” approach to refine use cases and drive real outcomes. He warns against labeling everything as AI and urges leaders to solve for automation, data, or workflow — whatever the actual problem is. 

The episode dives into why bravery beats protectionism. Companies that cling to legacy revenue streams will fall behind. The winners will be those willing to rethink their operating models, prototype fast, and embed AI into value-driving processes — even if it disrupts the current quarter.

The Hidden Factors That Determine AI Success

Die Verwendung von KI-Technologien ermöglicht es Unternehmen, schnell große Datenmengen zu analysieren und nützliche Erkenntnisse zu gewinnen, die zur Verbesserung von Geschäftsprozessen, Produkten und Dienstleistungen genutzt werden können.

Ein effektives Datenmanagement ist ein wichtiger – wenn nicht sogar der wichtigste - Schritt vor der Einführung von KI. Unternehmen müssen sicherstellen, dass ihre Daten ausreichend vorhanden und von hoher Qualität sind sowie effektiv gespeichert und verwaltet werden, um die Verwendung von KI-Modellen zu erleichtern.

Was gilt es bei diesem Prozess zu beachten? Wie sehen wie ersten und nachfolgenden Implementierungsschritte aus?

Das Zeitalter der KI ist da. Sind Ihre Daten bereit?

In this episode, Michael Nardone, Cloud Solutions Director and Distinguished Technologist at Insight, joins host Jillian Viner to unpack the shift from AI as a tool to AI as a teammate. They explore how agentic AI is transforming workflows, freeing up human capacity, and enabling more strategic thinking.  

From vibe coding to agentic Software Development Life Cycles (SDLC), Michael shares real-world examples of how organizations are deploying AI to automate low-value tasks, improve operational efficiency, and drive innovation. He also offers a reality check on AI maturity across industries, emphasizing the importance of governance, interoperability, and business alignment. 

For leaders wondering how to start — or scale — their AI journey, this episode delivers a clear playbook: focus on business outcomes, ensure technical feasibility, and treat AI as a strategic partner, not just a tool.

High-Performing Teams Aren’t Using AI — They’re Working With It

Digital transformation is a race. To win, your organisation must innovate at speed, harnessing the power of AI, IoT, and the cloud. But this acceleration comes with a dangerous trade-off: every new technology expands your digital footprint and attack surface. This is the Trust Paradox: the faster we innovate, the harder it is to maintain the very trust that is essential for success. So how do you secure innovation without hitting the brakes?
 
Join Insight’s EMEA CISO, Rob O’Connor, to explore why security isn’t a brake but a steering wheel —a critical function that guides your innovation strategy safely and effectively. This session moves beyond fear, providing a practical framework for balancing protection and progress.

You will leave with a clear understanding of how to:

• Navigate the new landscape of risk: Unpack the hidden vulnerabilities in cloud misconfigurations , SaaS sprawl , IoT devices , and opaque AI decision-making.
• Confront next-generation threats: Learn how threat actors are weaponising AI for deepfakes and automated attacks and exploiting the supply chain dependencies of the cloud.
• Turn your human factor into an asset: Discover how to transform employees from a common point of error into your strongest defence through empowerment and scenario-based training.
• Embed security into your innovation DNA: Get actionable strategies for integrating security at every stage of a project , from DevSecOps pipelines to leveraging defensive AI for machine-speed threat detection.

Don't choose between innovation and security. Learn how to design for both and turn cyber resilience into your ultimate competitive advantage.

The Trust Paradox - Securing Innovation

Sensitive data in public AI prompts. 
Thousands of AI agents operating without oversight. 
An incident response plan that’s just a PDF. 

These are the kinds of surprises security leaders hate — and Insight CISO Jason Rader has 20 ways to help you avoid them.

20 Security Tips for Leaders Who Hate Surprises

Insight CISO Jeremy Nelson walks through what smart cyber recovery looks like when your environment is already compromised. From executive missteps to AI-powered DeepFakes, Jeremy shares how to recover without making things worse — and how to spot the signs that your response plan isn’t working.  

Key takeaways:  

• How threat actors infiltrate response calls  
• Why rushing to restore backups can backfire  
• What “clean room” recovery really means  
• Why separating executive and technical bridges is critical  

 Watch now to learn how to build a response plan that works — even when the worst has already happened.

Inside Man: What Threat Actors Know About Your Recovery Plan That You Don’t

Creating value with Immersive Technologies. In this session, Jamie Giarraputo (South Thames College Group), Davi de Andrade (Insight) and Morgan Monnet (Meta) will be discussing the adoption of Immersive Technolgy in education, through sharing examples of use cases, best practices and how to go from proof of concept to scale.

Future-Ready Classrooms: Empowering Students and Teachers with Immersive Tech

Meta's vision for the future of education with Immersive Tech - As the industry leader in Immersive Technologies, Meta Reality Labs continues to explore how innovation will create value across multiple industries. In this session, Amone Gbedemah (Meta) will share Meta's vision for the future of Education.

Future-Ready Classrooms: Meta's vision for the Future of Education with Immersive Tech

This presentation guides IT leaders beyond foundational AI to harness Agentic AI and Advanced Analytics for profound business transformation. We establish the Economic Imperative for autonomy, focusing on achieving cost-decoupled growth and exponential value gains that outpace competitors. The focus shifts from merely automating tasks to designing self-optimising systems that autonomously pursue strategic goals.

Key Takeaways & Actionable Guidance:
- Strategic ROI: Quantify the impact of autonomy with expected metrics like 30−50% reduction in Dev Time (via Agentic SDLC) and 90% reduction in Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) through proactive security and self-healing IT operations. (Source: McKinsey, Forrester, and HFS Research, 2024-2025)

- Architecture of Trust: Learn how to ground agents in proprietary, real-time data to ensure traceable, compliant, and highly accurate prescriptive decision-making.

- Governance & Scaling Blueprint: Implement a responsible three-stage adoption framework (Assisted, Delegated, Orchestrated) to mitigate risk. This includes defining Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) oversight points and establishing strict guardrails.

- Partner Evaluation: Utilize a rigorous checklist focusing on Explainability (XAI), LLM Agnostic platform design (to avoid vendor lock-in), system integration capabilities, and the partner's methodology for change management.

- The Evolving Role: Understand the transition of the IT leader role from manager to Chief Agent Designer, focusing on translating business outcomes into clear, measurable agent goals.

The Autonomous IT Leader: Using Agentic AI and Advanced Analytics to Architect a Proactive Business Strategy

Join us for a live webinar on migrating from Oracle Java to OpenSource! With Oracle's new licensing model, organisations are facing serious cost increases. But is switching to an OpenSource version the solution? And what about security policies and 3rd party applications?

Azul and Insight are partnering to answer these questions and more.

Simon Ritter, Deputy CTO at Azul and author of "OpenJDK Migration for Dummies", will share his in-depth knowledge and best practices for a successful Java migration. Nele Matthys, one of Insight's Oracle licensing experts, will also be on hand to answer your questions.
You'll have the chance to ask any questions you may have on the topic. 

Don't miss out on this opportunity to make your Java migration smooth and seamless.

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