Modernizing Your Way to Innovation

A well-defined cloud strategy is a powerful tool for success, but in order to fully capitalize on its benefits you must proactively address the challenges of deploying a hybrid environment. Issues include data and application integration across the hybrid environment, management of multiple clouds and securing applications regardless of which cloud they’re running on.

With hybrid cloud adoption expanding, a growing number of technologies are available to make hybrid cloud deployments easier, faster and more cost effective. In our upcoming webinar, “Hybrid Cloud Adoption: Trends, Tips and Tools for the Successful CIO,” we bring together a panel of industry experts to discuss trends in hybrid cloud and how to leverage new technologies to get the most out of your investments.

Join us to learn:

• The top 3 technologies to consider incorporating into your hybrid cloud strategy
• The value of investing in data and application integration
• How security can be an advantage and disadvantage of hybrid cloud

One of the biggest mistakes CIOs make when it comes to defining a cloud strategy is buying into the myths that it is too late, that a cloud strategy will be a huge undertaking, or that it will require a complete IT overhaul. Don’t let these myths deter you from taking the time to thoughtfully develop a cloud strategy. The truth is, regardless of where you are in your IT transformation journey, a clearly articulated cloud strategy strengthens your organization’s ability to adapt to a changing technology and business landscape.

In our upcoming webinar, “Why Every CIO Should Define a Cloud Strategy Now,” you’ll hear how Rackspace customers approached defining their cloud strategies.

Join us to learn:

• How you know you need a cloud strategy – HINT: You do!
• Why it’s never too late to define your cloud strategy
• How to head off common roadblocks and challenges

According to RightScale, 94% of respondents to their 2019 State of the Cloud Survey reported that they’re already using the cloud. With so many organizations seeking to embrace the cloud to drive their business goals, it’s more important than ever to ensure your cloud strategy is built on a solid foundation.

A well-defined cloud strategy not only supports the organization’s long-term business strategy, it also fosters differentiation across the entire business, helping to drive innovation, growth and profitability.

Join our panel of technology leaders for our upcoming webinar, “Defining a Future-Proof Cloud Strategy”, where they will discuss:

• What a cloud strategy is and how it fits into overall business strategy
• Common misconceptions around defining a cloud strategy
• Necessary steps for defining your cloud strategy
• How a cloud strategy can promote innovation, enhance customer experience and drive revenue growth

When businesses want to modernize their legacy applications, they look to the cloud. But they’re also looking to technologies like containers — which make it possible to run applications across computing environments.

As a result, containers are becoming a integral part of today’s hybrid cloud deployments. But many businesses lack the expertise to take full advantage of these technologies.

Join us for our upcoming webinar, “Launch Your Hybrid Cloud Journey with AWS Container Services,” where our AWS experts will discuss:

•AWS Containers + Hybrid Cloud: Why is this a golden combination?
•How to deploy and manage portable, agile and scalable applications leveraging AWS container services
•Best practices for monitoring and optimizing a hybrid container environment

As cloud adoption continues to boom, more businesses are looking to hybrid architectures to modernize their legacy IT. With a hybrid cloud, you can take advantage of the scalable, flexible nature of a public cloud while maintaining the control and security of a private cloud.

But the hybrid cloud also comes with increased complexity — such as maintaining security requirements, implementing an integration strategy and managing cloud-native applications across various platforms.

You can overcome these challenges, though, and experience a successful hybrid cloud implementation. Our experts will show you how in our webinar, “How to Set Yourself Up for Success on Hybrid Cloud.” Join us to discuss:

•Integrating your data and applications
•Achieving hybrid cloud security
•Leveraging cloud-native technologies
•Developing your cloud strategy

Today’s retail market is more competitive than ever.
With the rise in online and mobile shopping, increased competition, and heightened customer service expectations, retailers need to be more flexible not only in their offerings to customers, but also in their uses of technology. As a result, IT teams are looking to leverage the latest in infrastructure and management practices, including infrastructure-as-code models.

In this webinar, you’ll hear about a retail customer who has been working through this modernization process over the past 18 months. During this conversation, we’ll discuss how this retailer was able to meet the operational demands of keeping POS systems available around-the-clock while pivoting to a new hybrid cloud infrastructure based on Google Cloud Platform and VMware. You’ll also learn how the customer settled on Google Cloud Platform as the right fit for their workloads.

Join us for an insightful conversation as we explore this customer’s experience. You'll learn:
-- Why retailers need to modernize their infrastructure to meet the demands of their marketing teams and sales
-- Why not all applications are created equal and why the solution may require multiple types of infrastructure and a hybrid cloud
-- Why transformations like this take time and resources, and how having a partner can help offset the burden on internal teams and reduce risk

For businesses looking to truly transform their IT, harnessing the right mix of cloud-based infrastructure, professional services and applications is a must. Knowing when to leverage the cloud for certain workloads can have a huge payoff in terms of improved agility and ability to innovate; but it also entails complexity, risk and significant changes to culture and process.
In our innovator panel, “The Cloud Advantage: How Two Companies Harnessed the Cloud to Innovate Faster.” you’ll hear from Aeroméxico and GitLab about how the cloud helped them move the needle for their organizations in a big way.

They’ll discuss:

•Why they decided to take the plunge and move key workloads to cloud
•What obstacles stood in the way of their cloud journey and how they overcame them
•How to make cloud part of your organization’s DNA, to create a culture that fosters innovation

Legacy challenges and technical debt got you down?
In the age of cloud, IT leaders are being pressured to do more with less. That usually means taking advantage of newer technologies and cloud-based service delivery models; but for organizations facing legacy challenges and years of technical debt, mapping a course out of the data center business can be a daunting challenge.
In our innovator panel, “Branching Out: How Stepping Out of the Data Center Can Lead to Big Results,” Zachry Construction and Delmar International will share their stories of embracing the cloud, including:

•The catalysts that led to their decision to transform and the transformation drivers along the way
•The biggest challenges they faced and how these challenges were overcome
•The results of the transformation and tangible business outcomes they ultimately achieved

Digital transformation means different things to different businesses. For some, it can mean moving certain workloads to the cloud. For others, it can mean leaving their corporate data centers completely. And there are many ways to reach these destinations.

Despite the ambiguity, one thing is clear: The world isn’t waiting on us. It is changing and we need to change with it.

In our innovator panel, “Channeling Change: How to Drive Growth in a World of Evolving IT,” we will bring thought leaders together from across industries to discuss embracing digital transformation in an ever-changing IT landscape. You’ll discover:

1. What digital transformation really means — and what it really takes

2. How the role of IT has changed for organizations in the past 5 years and the impact those changes have on CIOs and IT leaders

3. How to align your transformation approach to your business goals (incremental improvements vs. dramatic transformation)

Discover How Your Peers Drive Innovation
What does it look like to be a digital innovator in 2019 and beyond? And does it require adopting the latest “cool” technology, or can you use your current technology in an innovative way?
Find out directly from your peers, Jeffrey Gill - SVP, Synchronoss, Patrick Kemble - CTO, Samba Safety and Bret Piatt - CEO, Jungle Disk, in our webinar, Fueling Innovation and Improving Customer Outcomes.

You’ll hear about:

•The challenges they faced
•The innovations they implemented
•The impact the changes had on customer experience and business outcomes
•Advice to other organizations undertaking IT transformation projects

Discover best practices for modernizing your IT.

To drive business growth, increase efficiency and improve team productivity, organizations are investing in innovative technologies — such as AI, blockchain, enhanced data analytics and edge computing.

But modern technologies require a modern IT strategy. And that means more than just migrating legacy systems. It involves adding new skills and workforce capabilities, modernizing current technology infrastructures and changing organizational thinking.

In our webinar, Modernizing Your Way to Innovation, you’ll learn:

1. Where to start and what to consider when modernizing IT

2. How to modernize IT with a digital foundation that leads to continued innovation

3. Best practices to help manage the complexity and risk that comes with the increased focus of multiple clouds, migration of apps and data, tools and processes

When it comes to building your enterprise’s future, the CIO role has never been more important — or difficult. The CIO must lead your business through technical transformations that create a solid digital foundation — one that leads to innovative solutions and engaged customers.

In our webinar, Building a Digital Foundation to Lead in the 2020s, you’ll learn:

1. The value of changing your business model and processes with digital transformation
2. Factors inhibiting organizations from reaching their outcomes
3. Strategies for moving past inhibitors
4. Innovative technologies and processes
5. How to partner with a service provider to get there faster