Name: Understanding the Value of Cloud & Consumption Economics
Start: 2020-10-27T13:00:00Z
End: 2020-10-27T13:00:42.000Z
Location: BrightTALK

ePlus engineers transformative technology solutions for the most visionary organizations in the world. Through our master architects, engineers, and consultants, we see our clients’ horizons and craft sustainable IT roadmaps to get them there. Then we make it happen. This takes imagination, relentless client service, and the tenacity to enable our clients to achieve their visions. Our deep partnerships with top manufacturers—many who look to us for their own technology needs—keep us immersed across the IT ecosystem. From strategy to fulfillment to managed services, we enable our clients to realize what it means for technology to do more.

We're rolling out the virtual red carpet as ePlus partners with Juniper for the next stop on our trip around the USA - New York City!

Discover how AI has made Juniper Mist fundamentally different, offering 100% cloud visibility, proactive troubleshooting, and lightning-speed microservices—just like the tech giants, Netflix, Amazon, and Google!

But that's not all! Our experts also share insights on proximity tracing, journey mapping, and hot zone alerting to keep your teams safe and enhance customer experiences — and teach you how to make a perfect New York bagel right at home.

Presenters: 
Paul Vumback, ePlus
Jess Ward, Mist/Juniper

ePlus Around the USA - New York City with Juniper

Get ready to take in some truly breathtaking sights as our virtual road trip Around the U.S. continues in sunny Las Vegas, Nevada with our partner, Rubrik!

First on the itinerary, our experts will explain the best way to ensure you're not rolling the dice with your data. Then we'll get a bird's eye view of everything from the famous Vegas Strip to the Mojave Desert, Hoover Dam, and one of the world’s greatest natural wonders — the Grand Canyon!

Presenters: 
John Reckner, ePlus
Eddie Wlazlowski, Rubrik

ePlus Around the USA - Nevada with Rubrik

Join us as we drive west to wine country.

Experts from ePlus and Cisco will discuss how IoT can be leveraged across a number of industries — including food and agriculture (even in vineyards).

Then we'll head to a vineyard that is using IoT technology to monitor the growing environment. Bouchaine Vineyards in Napa, California uses IoT devices to help the vineyard make needed adjustments to conserve water and monitor slight changes in temperature, light, and humidity to produce great wine.

We'll tour the vineyard, check out the tech, and wrap things up with a review of two bottles and a wine tasting.

Presenter: 
John Doyle, ePlus

ePlus Around the USA - California with Cisco

On-demand now, our virtual road trip Around the USA continues with a stop in the Great Lakes region!

Security experts from ePlus and our partner Deepwatch first host a quick tech chat. They discuss the right time to look at a maturing MDR and what buyers should look for when identifying an MDR offering.

After that, we take a virtual trip to Zingerman's Deli, an Ann Arbor, Michigan institution. One of their sandwich-making magicians walks us through how to construct a perfect reuben — from preparing and slicing the bread to steaming the meats and grilling the sandwich — just like they do at 422 Detroit St.

Presenters: 
Mike O'Hehir, ePlus
Bill Wheeler, ePlus
Bill Bernard, Deepwatch

ePlus Around the USA - Ann Arbor with Deepwatch

On-demand now, join ePlus and Dell Technologies in Louisiana.

To start, we hear about how working with ePlus and Dell Technologies in partnership can help you achieve your multi-cloud goals. By combining ePlus’ proven consulting services and cross- industry expertise with Dell Technologies’ best-in-class offerings, we can help you prepare for your future today, so you can compete at the highest levels tomorrow.

After a quick tech-chat, we learn about the depth and complexity of New Orleans' culinary heritage — from pralines to po' boys.

In addition, we visit the city's restaurant family dynasties, restaurants that date back to the American Civil War, and expert picks for the best locations to shop and eat.

Presenters: 
Jerry McIntosh, ePlus
Mike Peck, Dell Technologies

ePlus Around the USA - New Orleans with Dell Technologies

Join IGXGlobal’s Lead Technical Architect, Michael Wendt, and Juniper’s VP Global AI-Driven Enterprise Sales, Tom Wilburn, to find out how Juniper’s AI-Driven Enterprise can deliver end-to-end visibility, simplicity and exceptional performance to streamline your IT operations. 

• Simplify operations and improve visibility into the performance of connected devices with Wired Assurance
• Replace manual troubleshooting tasks with automated wireless operations and get unique visibility into user service levels with Wi-Fi Assurance
• Simplify network deployment and operations and shorten the mean time to repair SD-WAN issues with WAN Assurance cloud service

Presenters:
Michael Wendt, Lead Technical Architect - IGXGlobal 
Tom Wilburn, VP Global AI-Driven Enterprise Sales - Juniper

Next-generation Networks with IGXGlobal and Juniper’s AI-Driven Enterprise

From modern data centers to ancient graveyards, this event has it all: join us on-demand now for the last leg of our journey Around the World on a virtual visit to Scotland.

First, experts from ePlus, Nutanix and Lenovo explain how to modernize your data center through hyper-converged technology. Then, we swing over to Edinburgh and take a walk through its most famous cemetery — Greyfriars Kirkyard. From serial killers, ghosts and even a loyal dog, the graveyard has stories to tell. You don't want to miss it!

Presenter:
Mike Scalera, National Practice Director for Nutanix, Lenovo - ePlus
Ron Trimble, Channel Systems Engineer - Nutanix
Lasha Seaton, Lenovo Brand Ambassador - Lenovo

Around the World with Nutanix and Lenovo - Scotland

Q: What's your favorite marsupial? If you said "koala," you are in luck! Our Around the World series continues with a virtual trip to Australia.

Join the ePlus collaboration team, on-demand now, as we head down under. Kicking things off is our own Sean Wilson, VP of Collaboration Strategy, who discusses workspace transformation and empowering hybrid work.

Then we catch up with an Australian tour guide and koala expert who takes us exploring through their natural habitat.

This is an adventure you don't want to miss!

Presenter:
Sean Wilson, VP of Collaboration Strategy - ePlus

Around the World with ePlus Collaboration - Australia

Quick recovery from a ransomware attack keeping you awake at night? Rubrik and ePlus will keep you going with a cup of Costa Rican coffee while making sure you don't lose any more sleep! Join us on-demand now as our around-the-world adventure takes us to Central America.

To kick things off, we have a quick tech-chat with experts from Rubrik and ePlus, where they discuss resilient data protection, ransomware recovery, and integrated backup and disaster recovery plans.

Then, we catch up with an expert in all-things-Costa-Rica. He takes us on a virtual tour of a coffee farm, where we learn everything there is to know about Costa Rican coffee: the plant, the history, the production, even the chemistry of caffeine — and of course the preparation of a delicious cup the old fashioned way.

Presenters: 
Justin Mescher, VP of Cloud and Data Center Solutions - ePlus
Matt Castriotta, GTM Lead - Security - Rubrik

Around the World with Rubrik – Costa Rica

On-demand now, our virtual trip around the world continues with an informative (and tasty) Athens experience.

First, experts from Gigamon will detail how threat visibility is a crucial piece of your organization’s security program. After, walk in the footsteps of the great minds that created democracy, philosophy, theater, and more — as we tour Athens, Greece.

Additionally, you'll learn how to make authentic Greek dishes — including tzatziki and spanakopita during a cooking class with a Greek chef.

Presenters:
Bill Wheeler, National Principal Architect - Security Solutions - ePlus
Ty Parker, Senior Channel Sales Engineering Manager - Gigamon
Mike O'Hehir, Regional Security Channel Manager - ePlus

Around the World with Gigamon – Greece

Don't let the wrong recipe ruin your Cloud Security implementation. We know the right ingredients.

On-demand now, experts from ePlus and Check Point will land in Italy for the next stop in our virtual trip around the world. After a short tech chat, we'll take a tour of central Florence, stopping by the Baptistery of St. John, the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, and then climb up the steps of Giotto's Bell Tower.

We will have surely worked up an appetite, so we will end our event with Food Network alum Chef Michele, as she walks us through the art of the perfect from-scratch Arrabbiata sauce.

Join us on this awesome and insightful experience in Italy. Mangia!

Presenters:
Mike O'Hehir, Regional Security Channel Manager - ePlus
Chris Nottingham, Channel Engineering Leader & Security Evangelist - Check Point

Around the World with Check Point – Italy

In this webinar, Juan Martinez from John Snow Labs and Ken Puffer from ePlus will share lessons learned from recent AI, ML, and NLP projects that have been successfully built & deployed in US hospital systems.

We will showcase a live demo of the recently launched AI Workflow Accelerator Bundle for Healthcare, which provides a complete data science platform including supporting the full AI lifecycle and how this translates to enabling your AI team to deliver bigger projects faster.

Presenters:
Juan Martinez  - John Snow Labs
Ken Puffer - ePlus

Building Real-World Healthcare AI Projects from Concept to Production

Our global tour continues with a stop in Mexico!

Join experts from ePlus, NetApp, and Rubrik and we'll show you how to stay one step ahead of the bad guys and make sure your data is secure.

Following their short tech-talk, we'll all jet off for a visit to Mexico City. The immersive virtual experience will take us through the region, highlighting important sites and landmarks. After the tour, we'll experience a taste of Mexico with a personal chef who will show us how to make a sampling of their favorite Mexican dishes just in time for Cinco de Mayo.

Presenters:
Louis Vitiello, Global Technical Director of Data Storage Practices - ePlus
Sterling Wilson, National Alliance Leader for Data Security and Management - Rubrik
Darrin Hall, National Technical Partner Manager - NetApp

Around the World with ePlus, NetApp & Rubrik – Mexico

On-demand, join experts from ePlus, Pure Storage and Veeam as they take us through the industry's best enterprise data backup solutions and ransomware mitigation strategies.

At the conclusion of their brief tech talk, we'll jet off to Japan to take in the wonder of Mount Fuji! Our guide will take us to the three best locations to take in this incredible World Heritage site: Arakurayama Sengen Park, Lake Kawaguchi, and Oshino Hakkai.

Presenters:
John Reckner, Director of Data Storage Practices - ePlus
Greg Davidson, National Partner Technical Advisor - Pure Storage
Drew Schwartz, Senior Technical Partner Manager - Veeam

Around the World with Pure Storage & Veeam – Japan

Our (virtual) journey around the world continues, and we hope that you will join us.

On-demand now, experts from ePlus and HPE help break the assumption that the Public Cloud is the only way to deliver next gen agility to IT organizations, and help you chart your organization's course to modernization.

After their brief technical chat, we head to the Dominican Republic, where we visit La Aurora, a cigar factory with a 113-year-old history. We tour the factory, hear how the cigars are made, and get a tutorial from a Master Blender.

Presenters:
Tom Schurr, Partner Business Manager for HPE - ePlus
Chris Tinker, Technologist - HPE

Around the World with ePlus and HPE - Dominican Republic!

Join ePlus and NetApp as we immerse ourselves in the history of France.

Prior to this virtual tour, we will hear from the experts at ePlus and NetApp on how Cloud Insights allow you to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize all your resources and applications across your entire technology stack, whether it's on-prem or in the cloud.

After a brief update, we will head out to the northwest of France to visit Le Mont Saint Michel and Giverny. We'll tour the area, learn about the region, and take a deep dive into some of its culinary specialties.

Presenters:
Meli Jozi, National Practice Manager for NetApp - ePlus
Darrin Hall, Technical Partner Manager - NetApp
Stephan Stelter, Storage Solution Engineer - NetApp

Around the World with ePlus and NetApp – Let's Visit France!

Join us on January 26 as we head off on another trip around the world!  Next stop, South Africa for an amazing Safari experience!

First, we will hear from the experts at ePlus and Cisco on how you can prioritize workplace safety with Meraki Smart Cameras and Sensors, including real-time visibility into physical environments and protect your business-critical assets.

After a brief chat, we will go on a safari experience in South Africa and speak live with our safari guide!

Register today to join us for our next stop in our voyage around the world!

Presenters:
Wanda Castelvecchi, National Practice Manager for Cisco - ePlus
Josh Logan, Channel Account Manager - Meraki

Around the World with Cisco – Live from Africa!

Join us to hear how Cloud Services and Modern Data Center solutions can help you innovate and adapt like never before.  We will discuss tools to gain visibility and insight into systems and workloads supporting critical business processes. 

After a quick discussion, we will head off to County Wicklow, Ireland to see the Bailey's Irish Cream Farm.

Presenters:
John Bloom, Sr. Datacenter Consulting Engineer - Dell Technologies
Rich Corino, Sr. Channel Manager - Dell Technologies
Jerry McIntosh, SVP Advanced Technology – ePlus Technologies

Around the World with Dell Technologies - Let's Visit Ireland!

Unstructured data has become the engine of innovation for creating new products and innovating new business models.  Qumulo and HPE partner to deliver a File Data Platform to enable organizations to eliminate unstructured data silos so users, applications, and cloud services can access all of their unstructured data on the infrastructure, in the location and in the format they need to leverage that data for innovation.

Building Data Mobility Solutions for Multi-Cloud Environments with Qumulo & HPE

The Cloud is agile with resources on demand. Need a VMware cluster for a test/dev instance? Need to add additional virtual desktops for remote workers? Deploy it all with a single line of code and re-provision existing resources to in demand workloads more efficiently with HPE Composable Infrastructure, powered by Synergy. 
 
Join ePlus for a demo session on how to create templates and deploy workloads using HPE OneView and HPE Synergy.

Tech Demo – Deploying Profile Templates in OneView with HPE Synergy

AI Ops has become a common buzzword in the IT industry. Only HPE's InfoSight has over 10 years of telemetry and a proven track record of success delivery preventative maintenance and automation in the data center. 
 
Join this session to learn how to install HPE's InfoSight for free on HPE Servers.

Tech Demo – Deploying Infosight for HPE Servers

In today’s environment, security is a challenge. Everyone is a target as security breaches accelerate worldwide.   
•  Global ransomware costs are predicted to hit $20 billion in 2021.   
•  Businesses will fall victim to ransomware every 11 seconds by 2021. 
(According to Cyber Crime Magazine, ""2019 Cybersecurity Almanac: 100 Facts, Figures, Predictions And Statistics,"" February 2019.) 
  
You do not have to be a victim.  Protect your organization. 
Please join ePlus and HPE for an exclusive cybersecurity discussion led by James Morrison, former FBI Senior Computer Scientist and Distinguished Technologist at HPE.

New Normal = New Threat Landscape

Containerized applications have become the standard for cloud native architectures. Orchestrating and automating the deployment of containers has become the newest challenges but there are tools are available today to make the task fast and effortless. 
 
Join this session where ePlus will demonstrate deploying containers through HPE's Ezmeral Container Platform.

Tech Demo – Deploying Containers with HPE Ezmeral

Watch this special message from our guest speaker; Zach Sharpe, former #1 pinball player in the world!

Welcome to our Summit!

Cloud Your Way

The Cloud is everywhere; it's on-prem, at the edge, and in the Public Cloud. How can you receive the Public Cloud experience wherever data lives? What does it mean to "consume infrastructure" and how does it provide value back to the business?   
 
Join this session to learn how HPE GreenLake provides the best of on-prem infrastructure with Cloud economics and how you can free up capital to invest in what drives your business.

Understanding the Value of Cloud & Consumption Economics

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