Name: The Future of Distributed Cloud
Start: 2023-01-31T19:00:00Z
End: 2023-01-31T19:00:24.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
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Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems.

Wind River is accelerating digital transformation across industries by delivering the software and expertise that enable the development, deployment, operations, and servicing of mission-critical intelligent systems from the edge to the cloud.

Wind River technology is found in billions of products and is backed by world-class services and support and a broad partner ecosystem.

In today’s rapidly evolving industrial landscape, bridging the gap between Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT) is transforming business operations, unlocking new levels of efficiency, resilience, and innovation. Join industry experts from ServiceNow and Wind River for a 45-minute deep dive into the future of IT/OT convergence and discover how leading enterprises are leveraging hybrid cloud platforms, AI-driven automation, and unified data models to revolutionize their factories, utilities, and asset-intensive sectors.

This session will explore:
• The strategic value and market trends driving IT/OT convergence, including real-world examples from manufacturing, supply chain, and critical infrastructure.
• How ServiceNow and Wind River’s integrated solutions streamline industrial operations with secure, real-time visibility, incident response, and lifecycle management for both IT and OT assets.
• Best practices for deploying a unified IT/OT data foundation: leveraging ServiceNow’s Operational Technology Management for asset governance, CMDB integration, and automated remediation.
• Lessons learned from successful client engagements—including organizational readiness, change management, and the human element in IT/OT transformation.
• Live Q&A to address audience-specific challenges and next steps for digital transformation initiatives.

Attendees will leave this webinar with a clear understanding of IT/OT convergence fundamentals, emerging technologies powering industrial digitalization, and actionable steps for orchestrating a secure, scalable, and future-ready operations platform using ServiceNow and Wind River

Accelerating IT/OT Convergence with ServiceNow and Wind River

As organizations seek agility, scalability, and cost-efficiency from their cloud infrastructure, many face the challenge of migrating from legacy VMware environments to modern, cloud-native platforms. 

In this webinar, learn how Wind River Cloud Platform delivers a proven path for enterprises to confidently move to a cloud-native environment. We’ll cover how to simplify migration, achieve carrier-grade reliability, enhance automation, and gain the scalability required to meet evolving business and operational demands—all while reducing infrastructure costs.

We’ll highlight proven strategies to minimize disruption, maximize ROI, and unlock the full potential of cloud-native technologies. Discover how to protect existing investments, maintain compliance and performance, and future-proof your infrastructure with Wind River’s trusted, open solution.

Seamless VMware Migration with Wind River Cloud Platform: Accelerate Your Cloud-Native Journey

The Intelligent Edge: AI & Edge Solutions for Industrial Safety—Next-Gen Protection for Manufacturing

Industrial accidents remain a serious challenge, causing injuries, operational disruptions, and financial losses. But what if you could prevent incidents before they happen?

Join us for a dynamic webinar showcasing how AI and edge technologies from Wind River, ZEDEDA and Edge Impulse are transforming workplace safety. See a demo of a smart manufacturing floor where advanced AI ensures workers are properly trained and equipped and monitors real-time compliance with safety protocols—dramatically reducing human error.

Featured Solutions:
• Wind River eLxr Pro & VxWorks: Reliable edge operations for critical safety tasks
• ZEDEDA: Seamless cloud/edge orchestration for rapid deployment
• Edge Impulse:  AI Inference application for real-time safety violation detection

Learn from industry experts and discover how intelligent safety systems are setting new standards in industrial environments.

Don’t miss your chance to see the future of safety—register now!

The Intelligent Edge Webinar: ZEDEDA and Edge Impulse

Retailers face mounting pressure to modernize their physical stores yet struggle with outdated infrastructure, slow innovation cycles, and unreliable connectivity. Wind River and Avassa are changing the retail edge landscape with innovative solutions that power businesses to transform their in-store experiences by enabling offline-capable applications, accelerating the rollout of new digital experiences, and streamlining complex in-store IT infrastructure.

Wind River's eLxr Pro, an enterprise-grade Linux platform, optimizes edge computing for retail environments. The Avassa Edge Platform enables seamless application orchestration across thousands of store locations. Together, they provide retailers with control over in-store applications, ensuring autonomy, security, and rapid deployment. Listen to "The Intelligent Edge" to learn how Avassa and Wind River are helping the largest retailer in Sweden reshape its business.

The Intelligent Edge Webinar: Wind River and Avassa

Precise time synchronization is a key requirement in Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN), and TSN networks require the use of the Precision Time Protocol (PTP). Listen to our expert's deep dive into this essential protocol.

Demystifying Precise Time Synchronization

A well-used and pertinent phrase drives edge device development: "There is no safety without security". The confluence (intersection and overlap) between these two critical aspects is essential for the reliable and safe operation of modern systems, especially in automotive, aerospace, medical devices, industrial control systems, and critical infrastructure.

In this webinar, we will discuss how safety-critical embedded systems design teams and operations teams must begin designing from the ground up with safety and security top-of-mind.

• System Design: Facilitating 'Shift-left' for earlier safety/security defect detection; a Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL).
• Certification and Compliance: Compliance to industry-specific safety and security standards, with evidence.
• Risk Management: CVE tracking and mitigation.
• Lifecycle Management: continuous monitoring, maintenance, updates, and vulnerability management.
• Human Factors: User behaviors, training, and awareness.

The confluence of security and functional safety emphasizes the importance of addressing both aspects holistically to develop and maintain systems that are not only safe and reliable but also resilient to security threats and attacks. Integrating security and functional safety considerations from the early stages of system development can help organizations mitigate risks and ensure the overall integrity and trustworthiness of their systems.

The Confluence of Safety and Security in Critical Systems

In this webinar, Wind River and Rapita Systems have joined forced to review the multicore certification landscape, the challenges of multicore interference and the mitigation of that interference. During the webinar we will talk about how interference channels can be identified, characterized, and mitigated, and how evidence can be produced that these activities have been completed, using examples from a range of multicore platforms popular in the aerospace industry.

Migration of Interferences In Multicore Processors

Research that Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) Principal Analyst Torsten Volk conducted with Wind River® shows that Linux is critical to cloud-native architectures and is the platform of choice for running AI/ML workloads. For 77% of organizations, performance tuning is essential to ensure that systems are precisely configured for their intended workloads. So how can you fine-tune your deployments and capitalize on Linux’s potential? 

Listen to this Fireside Chat with Torsten Volk and Jeff Reser, Wind River enterprise Linux specialist, and learn the top lessons from their expert research on enterprise Linux expectations.   
You will learn:
The top five reasons to change Linux distributions and vendors  
How cloud-native workloads on Linux fuel AI innovation 
How to tune Linux for your specific use cases
How to achieve consistent Linux operations, from core to cloud to edge

Optimizing Linux for Cloud to Edge

Adopting open standards in avionics systems promises to lower implementation costs, accelerate development, ensure robust architecture and consistently high-quality software implementation, and maximize reuse. The FACE™ standard embraces these ideals by providing a modular reference architecture based on segments.

Jeff Reser from the Wind River Linux team will illustrate the benefits of FACE-conformant solutions with a focus on purpose-built Linux use cases.

You will learn:
- How Linux plays a role in FACE-based solutions to maximize portability and reuse in avionics software
- The benefits of using Linux for FACE-based solutions
- A real-world example of a FACE-based solution for a Linux use case

Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE): A Linux Perspective

As edge computing evolves, so do its demands—balancing high-performance, low-latency applications with reduced cloud costs and minimized power consumption. Traditional enterprise Linux solutions fall short in addressing the unique needs and vulnerabilities of mission-critical edge environments, where security risks are amplified. 

Join us to explore Wind River’s eLxr Pro™, a robust, open-source-based solution tailored for edge computing that combines Debian stability with enhanced security, reliability, and support for edge servers. 

We’re empowering enterprises with an innovative, future-ready edge solution – backed by exclusive incentives for early adopters. Seize the opportunity to lead the industry with a solution built to drive unmatched performance and resilience at the edge. 

Don’t miss out on a limited-time advantage to set your operations apart!

Unleashing the Edge:  Meeting Security and Performance Needs Beyond the Data Center

As the edge-cloud continuum reshapes distributed computing, the ability to dynamically shift computation and data processing between the edge and the cloud is crucial. This flexibility optimizes performance and efficiency for real-time applications, AI orchestration, and mission-critical workloads. However, as edge-to-cloud deployments grow, so do the demands for customizable solutions that meet security, scalability, and performance requirements.

Join Wind River Linux Product Management experts Lexi Schroeder and Derek Straka in a deep dive into the evolving landscape of edge-to-cloud systems. Discover a new, adaptable enterprise-ready Linux derivative with modern tools to create a unified tech stack, streamline maintenance and reduce operational overhead. 

Key Takeaways:
• Get introduced to a new, freely available open-source Linux solution designed for consistency across various devices and environments.
• Learn about the latest requirements and optimizations for Linux platforms tailored for enterprise-wide use cases.
• Explore how to accelerate innovation in distributed networks to meet the changing needs of edge to cloud systems. 

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain actionable insights and strategies to optimize your edge-to-cloud deployments.

Unlocking the Full Potential of Cloud-to-Edge with a New Linux Approach

Real-time operating systems power billions of critical devices across the globe, from planes and cars to household appliances. However, evaluating a real-time operating system (RTOS) can be difficult. We will review the critical uses of an RTOS and how to determine whether it is the right fit for your embedded application.

You will learn:
What an RTOS is
Which features of an operating system will impact your end goal
How to evaluate options to determine the best fit for your application

Evaluating an RTOS for Your Embedded Application

Several pain points arise in discussions of edge applications: The heterogeneity of the edge makes it complicated to orchestrate; and security, scalability, application deployment, and feature updates all need to be addressed.

The infrastructure market and cloud service providers (CSPs) have adopted cloud-native best practices in software development and in building workflows and tooling that help reduce these complexities and improve quality.

You will learn:
The benefits that cloud integrations can offer
The ways developers can leverage tools to improve application deployments

Cloudification of Embedded Systems

Cloud-ready software-defined ECUs could revolutionize the software-defined vehicle, offering significant cost savings, reducing power consumption, enhancing security, and simplifying software management.

McKinsey & Company predicts that software-defined architectures will account for 70% of all new automotive E/E architectures by 2030. Cloud-ready ECUs and lift-and-shift design can combine containerized ECU software functionality with a full-feature real-time operating system to create new capabilities for improved scalability and better isolation of resources. 

You will learn:

Why you should consider an evolutionary path for existing bare metal ECUs

Design considerations to convert an AUTOSAR classic software image into a cloud-ready ECU

Use cases for the containerization of AUTOSAR classic processes using OCI-compliant container technology

Cloud Ready ECU's for Next Gen Vehicle Architectures

Real-time operating systems power some of the most complex and important embedded systems and are deployed everywhere, from the deep sea to the surface of Mars. However, despite their widespread use, many time-saving RTOS features are underutilized.

You will learn:
- What features are available in the newest edition of VxWorks®
- How to set up and use these features
- How they can improve the development process for embedded engineers

Top 10 Overlooked VxWorks Features

This webinar covers:
-What you need to know about the Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin from an OS perspective. 
-How the BSP for Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin works with Wind River Linux.
-Advantages of using a tailored OS distribution for normal and AI workloads.
-A real example of how to add a Jetson interference application using the BSP.

Maximizing NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin AI Performance with Wind River Linux

A review of the current state of energy efficiency with 5 actionable steps CSPs can make to optimize your network.

Open RAN and the Energy Efficient Imperative

Analysys Mason surveyed more than 60 operators worldwide and found a significant positive shift in confidence and focus regarding Open RAN capabilities. 

Many of the issues related to performance and total cost of ownership (TCO) uncertainty, previously the biggest barriers to Open RAN adoption, are being effectively addressed, and operators are confident that all major challenges facing the technology will be overcome. 

Join this discussion with Analysys Mason, Intel , and Wind River   to unpack some of the highlights from this study.

You will learn:
- The 11 commercial objectives operators expect Open RAN to deliver better than legacy RAN — and the one they don’t 
- The significance of 8 key vRAN capabilities in supporting operators’ top commercial objectives 
- Why 41% of operators would prefer to start commercial Open RAN or vRAN deployments sooner than originally planned 
- Strategies operators can adopt to roll out Open RAN sooner, with less risk

Open RAN Moves Beyond TCO, Unpacking the Highlights

Using cloud and cloud-migration to accelerate business growth and explore new ways to innovate and quickly implement new services emphasizes the need to adopt the mindset of security-by-design and zero trust. Without a solid foundation of cyberprotection, businesses open a gateway for cyberattacks and cybercriminals to cause severe and irreparable damage. 

The core and foundation of true cybersecurity is validated digital identities (eID): The prerequisite of all other cybersecurity measures. Validated digital identities must be the one and only authorized way to identify and gain access across all user groups, services, and devices. 

For more than 15 years, Denmark has provided public access to the eID-solution MitID. 3rd. generation is now available delivering one unified system giving both citizens, employees, public authorities, and businesses easy access to validated digital identities. Bjarke Alling has been closely involved in the development of the solution and will share insights into how it is used and how validated digital identities can be implemented. 

Takeaways: 
1.) How the Danish solution for validated digital identities works 
2.) What the Danish solution for validates identities gives access to 
3.) How to adopt validated digital identities as the foundation of a truly cybersecure cloud infrastructure 

About the speaker:
Bjarke Alling is co-founder and acting Group Managing Director of cybersecurity company Liga. He is a current member and prior co-chair of the National Danish Cyber Security Council, former chair of their IT-security committee, member of the board at The Danish ICT Industry Association (ITB), and member of the board of D-Mærket (D-Seal)

Building a Cybersecure Cloud Infrastructure with Validated Digital Identities

As the saying goes, “everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it.”  A storm is continually brewing around how much to embrace the cloud and where to set limits.   
As enterprises are turning to the cloud for improved economics, scalability, performance and capacity, the natural shift between embracing cloud and the need for application and workload protection is increasing.  How do we safely and securely put the emphasis on application and workload protection in the cloud as we have done on premises?   
 
In this session we will talk about: 
·         how you can easily enforce microsegmentation to protect from lateral movement 
·         how learned behaviors are the barometer for creating least privilege access policies  
·         how you can build security borders / fences around your applications protecting your crown jewels

Mark Twain & Cloud Security

Traditional agent-based cloud security tools have blind spots. They either can’t see all of your cloud assets or can’t analyze them with proper risk context. Security teams are increasingly turning to agentless Cloud Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPPs), which offer faster setup and deployment, less maintenance and lower provisioning costs, wider visibility, and greater scalability than traditional security tools.

Sagy Kratu, Director of Enablement and Evangelism and Jason Silberman, Senior Product Marketing Manager, will cover:
- The current security threat landscape and risks to look out for
- Capabilities and limitations of various cloud security approaches
- Tips for selecting and getting started with a cloud-native application protection platform

The Future Is Agentless: Cloud Security for Modern Environments

Have you ever worked in an environment where servers were sort of just sitting around under-utilized? What about in an environment where you requested resources and they weren’t available? On-prem, this was a big deal. In the cloud world, you don’t see that as much.

Instead, you see something just as bad -- if not worse. In the cloud, resources (compute, storage, etc.) are always either over- or under-provisioned. Organizations are either spending way too much money monthly in the cloud for resources that aren’t needed or “scaling up” strategies aren’t in place, which ends in production environments not performing the way engineers are expecting. How can you plan for resource and cost optimization in the cloud?

In this session, you will learn:
- How to optimize Kubernetes clusters from a resource perspective.
- How to optimize Kubernetes resources/objects.
- Cost optimization strategies.
- Planning how resources will be used to avoid over or under utilization.

Kubernetes Resource Optimization

Organizations are increasingly distributing their operations across multiple public clouds in order to reduce cost, increase resiliency, and optimize services. However, multi-cloud strategies significantly increase complexity for security and governance teams tasked with applying consistent controls and policies across all cloud environments. 

In this webinar, Deborah Galea discusses the challenges of applying consistent security controls across multiple cloud platforms, as well as practical steps that organizations can take to minimize the complexity and overhead of securing a multi-cloud environment.

In this session, you’ll learn
  • Why organizations choose a multi-cloud strategy
  • Security and compliance challenges in multi-cloud environments
  • Recommendations to simplify multi-cloud security

How to Simplify Multi-Cloud Security & Compliance

Tune into this webinar from DevOps expert Ethan Jewett to learn about distributed cloud patterns for SAP environments, including techniques for secure authentication and identity propagation. This will focus on how to build applications and business logic to extend your SAP environment using cloud technologies, how to expose the data and business logic within your SAP system as services that can be leveraged in cloud environments, as well as how to achieve interoperability between SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and hyper-scaler services such as AWS, Azure, and GCP. We’ll cover each of these topics through reference architectures and potential applications.

Key Takeaways:
- Learn some of the basic of ERP and SAP environments, which are often insulated from the rest of the enterprise.
- Understand the challenges of integrating SAP systems and tools into a distributed cloud environment.
- Learn techniques for working with SAP-related groups in your organization to merge SAP (and other) applications into your enterprise cloud strategy.
- Find out about resources available to support this integration.

Cloud patterns for SAP environments

Digital transformation has driven a rapid increase in the use of cloud, and as a result many organisations are re-architecting their core business software for a distributed application infrastructure. By exploiting modern, agile development concepts such as microservices and APIs, IT leaders are delivering more flexible and responsive application services. However, this distributed infrastructure puts an even greater focus on securing every element of the interconnected cloud and edge platforms. 

In this session, F5 Field CTO Bart Salaets and Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick will discuss the opportunities and challenges for IT leaders in deploying, securing, connecting, and monitoring modern distributed apps. They will cover:

• The business drivers leading organisations to adopt distributed cloud services
• The challenges this presents and how IT leaders are tackling them
• The key technologies involved and how they fit together
• Key distributed cloud use cases

Distributed Cloud Services: Key Considerations for IT Leaders

Modern applications are no longer single, monolithic entities but are broken down into multiple microservices communicating through APIs – often deployed in different locations and clouds. As a result, deploying, securing, interconnecting, and monitoring modern apps has become more complex than ever before.

In this webinar, Bart Salaets will explain how to efficiently address these challenges in a distributed cloud environment. 
 
He will cover:
• Securing distributed applications through services such as WAF, DDoS mitigation, bot defence, and API protection
• Interconnecting applications deployed across different environments through multi-cloud networking capabilities
• Deploying applications across cloud and edge environments through a managed Kubernetes platform

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Distributed Cloud Services: Less Pain, More Gain

Leveraging Distributed Cloud Environments

When given a resource that has unlimited scalability, software developers and other IT personnel can become like kids in a candy store. Nothing is off limits because there are no limits to what the cloud can provide. Unfortunately, the same IT personnel using these resources are not the ones paying the bills.  

In this session, instructor and architect Brian Kirsch will explore ways to control your cloud costs through cost optimization and resource discovery and allocation. In addition, he will review better policy and procedure tips to help streamline the initial requests, work to remove the need for going back and correcting cost issues as well as how to make sure you see a sustainable impact forward that does not affect the users.

Key takeaways: 
- Cost Optimization.
- Resource Discovery.
- Resource Allocation.
- Policy Request Tips.
- Procedure Tips.
- Reporting.

Controlling costs in a resource that has no limits...

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