Serious Business Belongs in the Cloud

Work with OpsBridge API’s

In this session, Amr will give a small introduction of OpsBridge and then will start with a basic introduction about OpsBridge API. Next, he will give a simple example on how we can call the OpsBridge API’s and start creating custom Attributes in the events. Finally, Amr will do some modifications on Events Custom Scripts.

What you can expect to take away from this session:

•Basic information on how API’s works and the difference between them
•How to integrate third party applications with OpsBridge using API
•Basic Bash Scripts or Python Script depending on the Operation system we will use

We all know technology can improve the customer experience, but exactly which technologies and how do we apply them? Too much technology, too quickly deployed can result in frustration and failure.
In this webinar, we will review some fascinating, real-world case studies of how companies transformed their customer experience. We'll address:
• What were their challenges?
• Which technologies were key in their transformation?
• Who ran the project?
• How did they measure success?

We look forward to sharing this information with you!

The cloud is not only "other people's computers," it is also "other people's networks." In fact, the network behind the cloud is just as important as the compute and storage resources it interconnects with. To support the massive scale required, cloud network operators focus on a very narrow range of network topologies, typically some form of the spine-and-leaf, and often build highly customized control planes.

This session will focus on changes taking place in the world of cloud networking; specifically, the disaggregation of software from hardware, and the movement from BGP as the "standard" control plane to the use of link state protocols combined with Software Defined Networking (SDN) principles.

About the presenter:
Russ White began working with computers in the mid-1980's, and computer networks in 1990. He has experience in designing, deploying, breaking, and troubleshooting large scale networks, and is a strong communicator from the white board to the board room. Across that time, he has co-authored more than forty software patents, participated in the development of several Internet standards, helped develop the CCDE and the CCAr, and worked in Internet governance with the Internet Society. Russ has a background covering a broad spectrum of topics, including radio frequency engineering and graphic design, and is an active student of philosophy and culture.

Russ is a co-host at the Network Collective, serves on the Routing Area Directorate at the IETF, co-chairs the BABEL working group, serves on the Technical Services Council/as a maintainer on the open source FR Routing project, and serves on the Linux Foundation (Networking) board. His most recent works are Computer Networking Problems and Solutions, The Art of Network Architecture, Navigating Network Complexity, and the Intermediate System to Intermediate System LiveLesson.

Containers enable you to develop and deliver applications in a consistent, fast, and reliable fashion. But the ecosystem around them is enormous, things are moving extremely fast, and getting started can be overwhelming.

In this session you will learn how to get started on your journey of integrating Docker and Containers into your applications and infrastructure. You will understand what containers actually are and how to get the most out of them. The key take takeaways from this webinar include:

- The core concepts around Docker and Containers
- How to approach Docker and Containers without losing sight
- Where to start and how to ensure progress
- How containers will shape the way you think about applications and infrastructure
- Challenges you might encounter along the way and solutions to overcome them

Measurement and metrics are core competencies in 2018 and “measurement” is recognized as an “essential cloud computing characteristic." Measurement and metrics provide the required transparency, building trust and fostering cultural change.

DevSecOps needs to understand measurement and use it effectively to manage risks and maximize value and business benefits.

Perspectives discussed include:
•Business Outcome Objectives and Measures
•Enabling Measures
•Attribute and Security/ Privacy Implications
•Funding DevSecOps

Find out how measurement enables innovation and automation for DevSecOPs, while addressing business objectives and outcomes.

About the speaker:
As Founder and CEO at Cloud Perspectives, he brings more than 25 years of experience evaluating major projects, contracts and outsourcing agreements in the private and public sector. He is a leading contributor to ISO (International Standards Organization) cloud and systems standards and is director of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Canadian Chapter. Steven Co-leads the NIST Cloud Carrier and Cloud Audit Sub-groups, contributing to the NIST-IEEE cloud federation definitions, is a contributor to the Object Management Group Cloud SLA activities and is chair of the IFPUG (software sizing) Industry Standards Committee. Steven is a recognized international consultant and educator for governments and private sector companies to mature governance, using metrics to securely and effectively transform the enterprise.

The first steps in using containers & Kubernetes in production can be a rollercoaster ride. Luckily, the benefits usually outweigh initial turmoil in the long run.

We’ll look at some of the decision points for production grade Kubernetes setups which can help avoid the bad & the ugly. We’ll discuss options one can use to set up & run the Kubernetes cluster & some of the pros & cons of the different cluster types.

We’ll also look at useful patterns & practices for making the transition to containerized & Kubernetes managed app workloads easier.

You've got firewalls, antimalware, next-generation endpoint security, and NAC. You're rolling out CASB and analytics, and extending protection to cloud, mobile, and IoT resources. But how does it all come together?

This webinar reveals what a next-generation security architecture looks like--and which technologies, and vendors, should be part of it.

In the history of enterprise storage there has been a trend to move from local storage to centralized, networked storage. Customers found that networked storage provided higher utilization, centralized and hence cheaper management, easier failover, and simplified data protection, which has driven the move to FC-SAN, iSCSI, NAS and object storage.

Recently, distributed storage has become more popular where storage lives in multiple locations but can still be shared. Advantages of distributed storage include the ability to scale-up performance and capacity simultaneously and--in the hyperconverged use case--to use each node (server) for both compute and storage. Attend this webcast to learn about:
•Pros and cons of centralized vs. distributed storage
•Typical use cases for centralized and distributed storage
•How distributed works for SAN, NAS, parallel file systems, and object storage
•How hyperconverged has introduced a new way of consuming storage

Content is now the way that businesses should be selling their products and services. Creating a consistent content strategy will set you up for success. Content can consist of various types of media, such as video, audio and written blogs or articles. Using technology to create, distribute and schedule your content will keep your business top of mind for your ideal target market. Join this live webinar with Jean Ginzburg to learn more about how to develop a content strategy for your business.

About the speaker:
Jean Ginzburg is a #1 best-selling author, serial entrepreneur, digital marketing expert with more than 10 years of industry expertise helping companies scale revenue, optimize sales and marketing processes and improve productivity. Jean is the CEO and Founder of JeanGinzburg.com, a digital marketing education company and Ginball Digital Marketing, a digital marketing agency. Jean's clients range from brand name Fortune 500 companies to innovative start-ups. Additionally, Jean is a contributing writer for AMEX Open Forum, Influencive and Authority Magazine. In July 2018, Jean was named a "Women to Watch" by Colorado Biz Magazine.

Nemertes recently completed an extensive research project evaluating how companies are transforming their customer experience. In the second episode of our Digital Customer Experience webinar series, you'll learn:
• How are companies organizing to transform CX?
• Who runs the projects, and who is on the teams?
• What is a typical budget for digital CX?
• What technologies are crucial for success?
• How do companies measure success?
• Which vendors receive the highest scores from their customers?

We look forward to sharing this information with you!

We’re increasingly in a multi-cloud environment, with potentially multiple private, public and hybrid cloud implementations in support of a single enterprise. Organizations want to leverage the agility of public cloud resources to run existing workloads without having to re-plumb or re-architect them and their processes. In many cases, applications and data have been moved individually to the public cloud. Over time, some applications and data might need to be moved back on premises, or moved partially or entirely from one cloud to another.

That means simplifying the movement of data from cloud to cloud. Data movement and data liberation – the seamless transfer of data from one cloud to another – has become a major requirement.

In this webcast, we’re going to explore some of these data movement and mobility issues with real-world examples from the University of Michigan. Register now for discussions on:

•How do we secure data both at-rest and in-transit?
•Why is data so hard to move? What cloud processes and interfaces should we use to make data movement easier?
•How should we organize our data to simplify its mobility? Should we use block, file or object technologies?
•Should the application of the data influence how (and even if) we move the data?
•How can data in the cloud be leveraged for multiple use cases?

The price you pay for your UCC subscription, software, servers, or licenses is only part (and often, a small part) of your overall costs for UCC. And there are differences depending on your selected architecture and vendor.

Nemertes has researched what companies actually spend on UCC for 14 years now. In this webinar, we will share some of the key metrics you should consider when selecting a UCC provider—along with real-world data on what it costs to operate various providers. We will cover:

• What are the differences in operational costs, by size of rollout, for select providers?
• How do those costs change if you decide on a cloud vs. on-premise rollout?
• What are the top 5 questions I should ask in my UCC RFP?

We also will demonstrate Nemertes’ UCC Cost Analysis Tool, an interactive tool that uses Nemertes’ research data to deliver actual costs customized to your organization.