Name: Fulfilling the Cloud Disaster Recovery Promise with NaaS
Start: 2022-10-19T17:00:00Z
End: 2022-10-19T17:00:28.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 5

PacketFabric delivers connectivity built for the core of your hybrid and multi-cloud architecture, leveraging a massively scalable, private optical network. Get on-demand and fully automated network connectivity that offers scale, privacy, security, predictable performance, agility, and programmability without compromise or barriers. Build faster, network smarter, deliver better user experiences, and thrive as a digital business.

With today's unprecedented capacity demands, enterprises are looking for faster ways to scale their infrastructure. Traditional telcos can’t keep up the pace when their legacy models can take 30, 60, or even up to 90 days to deploy services. The as-as-service approach to networking delivers new levels of automation, customer satisfaction, and speed to innovation that modern enterprises crave. In this webinar, PacketFabric’s Senior Director of Market Research and Analysis, Ken Gray, and Technology Analyst, Chris Grundemann, will discuss:

+ The rise of “XaaS” and how the as-a-service model is disrupting network management
+ Why automation, self-service, and flexible consumption models are important factors for an as-a-service approach to networking
+ How to connect to a wide ecosystem of providers using the PacketFabric network

Why NaaS is the Future of Networking

According to Gartner, NaaS will be adopted by 15% of all enterprises by the end of 2024, up from under 2% in 2022. With the demand for a highly automated, scalable infrastructure still increasing, Digital Alpha Advisors saw the opportunity to merge PacketFabric and Unitas Global to create the next evolution of Network-as-a-Service. A TruNaaS.   

During this webinar, moderator, Lisa Gerber, Business Develop of Media and Entertainment at PacketFabric, will ask panel speakers Chief Executive Officer, Dave Ward, and Chief Strategy Officer, Carole Girdley, why this is a pivotal moment for revolutionizing enterprise digital infrastructure.

In this webinar, you’ll learn:

+ The meaning of TruNaaS and how it revolutionizes business connectivity
+ How to reimagine business operations with Edge to Everywhere infrastructure
+ The benefits of being able to design and control communication architecture without the burden of owning or operating any part of the network

Edge to Everywhere

PacketFabric and DE-CIX together removed the barriers of financial cost, commitment, and layer 3 network performance variability that are assumed when connecting to Internet Exchanges. Now organizations can access hundreds of networks with one connection without sacrificing customer experience while keeping the flexibility to create an agile infrastructure. 

Join this joint webinar to see:
+ A live demo on how to access DE-CIX, the world’s largest carrier and data center-neutral Internet Exchange (IX) via PacketFabric's on-demand, carrier-class transport network
+ How to instantly provision PacketFabric’s virtual circuits to connect to the DE-CIX Interconnection Platform and expand your network reach
+ How to build fully redundant services to ensure predictable latency and performance

Optimize Cloud Networking with DE-CIX and PacketFabric

Join Orbital Virtual Studios’ Co-Founders, A.J. Wedding and Christopher Cope, and Director of M&E for PacketFabric, Lisa Gerber, for this creative discussion on Virtual Production. The session will cover not only the benefits of advanced data mobility but the capture methods, tools, and holistic approach to partnerships that Orbital is bringing to bear. Learn about the bleeding edge methods which creative teams can employ to great effect, as connectivity and infrastructure shifts to support and empower.

Connecting State of the Art Virtual Production

Gartner predicts that by the end of 2024, 30% of enterprises will use software-defined cloud connectivity, up from less than 10% in 2020.

Yet, deploying and maintaining cloud instances can be costly, slow, and at risk of human error. So how do you create your cloud infrastructure for speed-to-market deployment while reducing cost? In this webinar, you’ll learn how to optimize your cloud instances and how to get to minimize human error, including:

+  Why you should use PacketFabric Terraform Provider to automate your infrastructure
+  How do Terraform and PacketFabric work together
+  What you can do today with PacketFabric Terraform Provider

There will be a demo at the end of the webinar demonstrating how to utilize PacketFabric Terraform provider to build a Cloud Router connecting to Google Cloud and an on-premise via IPsec.

Simplify Multi-Cloud Infrastructure Automation using Terraform and PacketFabric

Enterprises want backbone networks that are as agile and responsive as the cloud services they consume. And they want their networks and clouds to support key use cases, such as Backup and Disaster Recovery. 

Gartner predicts that by 2025, 25% of enterprises will automate more than half of their network activities (from 8% of enterprises in early 2022). 

Yet automation requires on-demand networks that can adapt to the speed of today’s businesses with a focus on cloud-based backup and disaster recovery.

In this webinar, you’ll learn:
+  What Network-as-a-Service is and how it changes the game for backbone connectivity
+  Identifying backup and disaster recovery use cases that are best supported by cloud-based networking
+  The case for cloud-based routing and connectivity at scale

Fulfilling the Cloud Disaster Recovery Promise with NaaS

The explosion of data moving across the hybrid and multi-cloud IT core infrastructure means that agile connectivity is more important than ever.

Join this educational webinar to learn:
+ The use cases that are driving the need to handle data motion with greater flexibility and responsiveness
+ What Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) is, and how it advances the state of the art in data center and cloud interconnection
+ How NaaS can work in practice to meet highly variable data motion needs, via a live demo

Leveraging NaaS for Agile Data Motion

The WAN is in a state of extreme disruption due to the fundamental shift in both where work is being done, to the acceleration of cloud adoption and hybrid/multi-cloud IT architectures. To meet the moment, enterprises need to rethink their entire WAN architecture.

In this webinar featuring Mary Stanhope from Unitas Global, you’ll learn:
+  Why hybrid work and hybrid cloud require a new approach to the WAN
+  What an edge-to-everywhere architecture looks like including first, middle, and last mile connectivity
+  How to maximize agility and cost-optimization across your WAN portfolio
+  Where to start in transforming your connectivity

Hybrid Work to Hybrid Cloud: Transforming the WAN from Edge to Everywhere

Production tax credits, incentivizing new builds of production stages, are booming. Currently there are just under 500 stages in LA alone (up from 400 in 2019) and over 1200 nationally, according to Film LA.

Meanwhile, as much as 20% of filming budgets are consumed by Visual effects (VFX), and by 2028 the Virtual Production market alone will grow to $4.73B, per analyst firm Research and Markets. According to Deloitte, the growth of Virtual Production is driven by the popularity of VFX-heavy genres, increased competition for consumer media spending, and the impact of the pandemic. As a result, significant advances are occurring within the infrastructure of the traditional production and virtual production stage. 

Join this educational webinar featuring thought leaders from the Media & Entertainment Data Center Alliance, and learn:

+ The way overall technology and data center infrastructure is evolving to enable the “Connected Stage”
+ The emerging connectivity needs for successful virtual production
+ How the state of the art of interconnectivity for hybrid and multi-cloud resources has advanced to meet the needs for rapid and agile support of time-sensitive workflows, fluid collaboration and heavy data motion

The Evolution of Advanced Connectivity for the Virtual Production Stage

Enterprises are leaning harder into digital business than ever. In fact, seven in ten company boards accelerated their digital business initiatives in the wake of COVID, according to the 2021 Gartner View From the Board of Directors Survey. As IT and digital operations teams build their infrastructure to deliver optimal digital user experiences, an intelligent edge interconnection strategy is a must. In this webinar, you will learn:

+ Why location matters for digital transformation
+ How to build an optimally interconnected edge architecture for your digital operations
+ Learn about state-of-the-art agile interconnection for hybrid cloud infrastructure
+ Where key connectivity junctures exist in North America and how to take advantage of them

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Building An Optimal Edge Interconnection Architecture for Digital Transformation

76% of enterprises are already multi-cloud and by 2023, 90% of enterprises will be multi-cloud, according to the Hashicorp 2021 State of Cloud Strategies Survey. Join this webinar featuring Cyxtera Technologies VP of Interconnection and Peering Ben Hedges, and learn:

+ How to think about and architect for resiliency in hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructure
+ An overview of Digital Exchange and how it can provide on-demand control for IT infrastructure
+ How to get agile interconnection faster than you thought was possible

About Cyxtera:
Cyxtera is a world-class, global data center operator that provides deeply-connected and intelligently-automated infrastructure to businesses around the world, enabling them to scale faster, meet rising consumer expectations and gain a competitive edge.

Building a Resilient Connectivity Architecture for Hybrid and Multi-Cloud

Microsoft Azure has rapidly gained traction and is now neck-and-neck with AWS for enterprise and SMB usage, according to the 2022 Flexera Cloud Report. With enterprises shifting en masse to hybrid cloud models, including colocation data centers and public cloud providers. Gartner forecasts that by 2024, 36% of all compute and storage spending will be deployed to IaaS.

In this webinar, we’ll show you how to evolve your hybrid cloud networking with an agile, on-demand approach to Azure ExpressRoute that allows you to flexibly connect multiple colocation data centers and Azure cloud on-ramps. By attending this webinar you will gain a practical understanding of how to:

+ Create a flexible network architecture for your hybrid cloud infrastructure with carrier-class connectivity, focusing on Azure as the specific use case
+ Provision bandwidth-on-demand in minutes on a self-service and API-driven basis
+ Tie all your key infrastructure and cloud providers together, including colocation data centers, cloud providers, SaaS like Salesforce and Webex, and even Internet Exchange, security, and backup/disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) providers

Azure ExpressRoute – An Agile Hybrid Cloud Approach

Enterprises are shifting en masse to hybrid cloud models, including colocation data centers and public cloud providers. Gartner forecasts that by 2024, 36% of all compute and storage spending will be deployed to IaaS. For organizations that are building business operations and digital service offerings that span North America, Europe and the UK, creating the right WAN architecture to support hybrid cloud can be particularly challenging due to cost, performance, resiliency and business agility considerations. In this webinar, you’ll learn how Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) can free your network architecture from traditional telecom service constraints:

+ The evolution of modern enterprise WAN architecture in response to cloud adoption and hybrid work
+ Key business scenarios that drive demand for scalable transatlantic hybrid cloud connectivity
+ The transatlantic interconnection challenge: balancing performance, resiliency, cost, and agility
+ Why NaaS services are supplanting traditional telecom options.
+ How to get agile transatlantic connectivity in minutes

Building Better Transatlantic Connectivity

Over the past several years, Enterprise businesses have moved significant portions of their workloads to hyperscale cloud providers. Gartner forecasts that 2022 global spending on public cloud services will exceed $480B.

Yet, as cloud-based infrastructure has become the platform of choice, the location of that cloud has started to evolve. We are seeing the adoption of a multi-cloud approach, one that encompasses public cloud, colocation private cloud, and independent cloud providers, driven by a variety of business needs. 

In this webinar, you’ll learn how to mature your cloud infrastructure portfolio across multiple dimensions:
+ Public cloud vs colocation private cloud for optimal control and cost-performance
+ Multi-cloud and where to fit independent cloud providers in your mix
+ Greening your infrastructure footprint
+ Agile connectivity for your whole hybrid and multi-cloud core

How to Mature Your Cloud Infrastructure Portfolio

Enterprises are shifting en masse to hybrid cloud models including colocation data centers and public cloud providers. Gartner forecasts end-user spending on public cloud services to reach $482 billion in 2022. Additionally, by 2026, Gartner predicts public cloud spending will exceed 45% of all enterprise IT spending, up from less than 17% in 2021. As hybrid cloud models support an increasingly complex range of industry vertical and technical use cases, flexible connectivity becomes more critical than ever.

In this webinar, you’ll learn about: 

+ Scenarios requiring sophisticated connectivity
+ Edge-centric use cases
+ Data sovereignty
+ Cloud and IX diversity
+ What a cloud fabric is and what it does for your business
+ How Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) increases agility for mission-critical connectivity
+ Why a robust cloud fabric is essential when considering colocation data center locations and providers

Why Your Data Center Provider Needs a Robust Cloud Fabric

Over 75% of enterprises use one or more cloud providers, according to recent market surveys. Clearly, multi-cloud is the present and future of enterprise IT architecture. Yet at the same time, colocation data center adoption is exploding, with that market growing to over $117B by 2028. How do you create a network architecture that is fit for this new infrastructure reality? Join this webinar to learn how multi-cloud impacts network architecture, and how to build for success, including:

+ Trends in multi-cloud adoption and what’s driving them
+ Why traditional interconnection architectures including Internet and telco options, as well as contractual and performance assumptions are getting outmoded by multi-cloud infrastructure
+ The way savvy digital businesses are building their interconnection architectures for agility, scalability, and resilience
+ How to leverage cloud routing to build a flexible, reliable, secure and performant cloud core WAN

How Multi-Cloud Transforms Network Architecture

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