Organizing for the Cloud: New Skills, Ops and Finances of the Cloud

For the last few years, there has been an ongoing debate about multi-cloud/hybrid cloud vs single cloud approach. However, there is increasing evidence that the future will be multi-cloud. Data from a recent survey released by Forrester Research indicates:

62% of public cloud adopters are using 2+ unique cloud environments/platforms

74% of enterprises describe their strategy as hybrid/multi-cloud today

So, the question is what does this mean for your applications? Does adopting multi-cloud increase management complexity? How can you effectively control and manage spend?

In this webinar, we will discuss the benefits and challenges of a multi-cloud approach. We will see how containers are becoming a key building block for enabling application portability and how Kubernetes is becoming the toolbox across clouds. Finally, we will discuss real-world best practices for enabling multi-cloud deployments.

About the speaker:
Ritesh Patel is co-founder of Nirmata and has 20+ years experience building and delivering enterprise software solutions and has led highly successful software and business development teams. Ritesh began his career in engineering for high tech firms and has since migrated to the business side of the operation. In his founding of Nirmata, Ritesh sought to bring his broad spectrum of experience to a single previously unaddressed industry problem through the creation of a new business. To Nirmata’s leadership, Ritesh brings a rare skill set incorporating experience with the entire chain of software development activities. This background has contributed to Nirmata’s commitment to empowering all employees to do the hard work required to deliver tools that solve tough problems.

Despite the complexity of microservices, their impact on software application architecture has been phenomenal - shorter time to production and an ability to innovate substantially faster among them.

To make the most of this impact, companies need microservices and APIs to work together to minimise this complexity and optimize enterprise agility. Join this panel discussion where leading experts share how to master the management of microservices and APIs to

- Build an API strategy that enables microservices to exist with legacy systems
- Enable discovery of data sources, services and applications
- Create an API economy that benefits the business

Simon Ratcliffe, Technology Evangelist, Ensono
Allan Wintersieck, CTO, Devetry
Harriet Jamieson, Content Manager, BrightTALK

Join this interactive interview with NetApp as we discuss how their new partnership is changing the face of Google Cloud’s capabilities.

Enabling businesses to move, deploy and manage enterprise applications - including Windows, SAP and Oracle - onto Google Cloud without re-architecting, NetApp’s technology is powering a new flexible, agile and economic cloud solution.

As of 9am GMT (20th Nov 2019) Google Cloud volumes is generally available and we announced new opportunities between NetApp and Google to enable our customer opportunities.

Panellist - Lena Scaramuzzo, Director of Business Development - Google Cloud Platform, NetApp

Moderated by Andrew Bird, Partner & Consulting CTO, Panamoure Ltd

Join this panel discussion with business leaders from NetApp and Google as they discuss why they teamed up to provide a solution to enable businesses to change the world with data.

With a fully managed file storage service that is integrated into the Google Cloud Platform, the strategic offering is bolstered by multi-protocol support and performance and availability characteristics that are necessary to run enterprise and Windows applications seamlessly.

Tune in to hear how NetApp and Google have partnered to build the ultimate cloud toolkit that enables businesses to seamlessly manage their data and applications, and how, by unlocking the power of data, NetApp and Google Cloud are helping customers thrive in the age of Digital Transformation.

Panellists

Dick Dijkstra, Cloud Technology Partner Lead Northern Europe, Google
Donald Wasterfall, Google Cloud Lead EMEA, NetApp
Oliver Krause, Cloud Architect, NetApp

Moderated by Andrew Bird, Partner & Consulting CTO, Panamoure Ltd

According to Tech Beacon, over the next 18 to 24 months, AIOps will
'allow companies to use intelligent software automation to make decisions on known problems, predict issues, and provide diagnostic information to reduce the operational overhead for engineers.'

From managing cloud costs to safeguarding the cloud, ensuring compliance, and incorporating intelligent operations, AI will revolutionize infrastructure and reduce TCO in the enterprise.

Join this BrightTALK webinar - live or on-demand - to hear a panel of experts explore and understand the impact of AI on the future of cloud.

Moderated by Melanie Turek - VP of Research, Frost and Sullivan
With panelists:
Jeanne Morain, iSpeak Cloud
Faizan Seedat, Sr. Cloud Architect, Dito
Jason Carolan, Chief Innovation Officer, Flexential
John F. Polmonari Jr., Director, Service Platform, DevOps & Innovation, Americas, NTT

What do Hyperscalers like Facebook and Microsoft have in common? They are cloud market leaders using NVMe SSDs in their architectures. Get a close up look into their application requirements and challenges, why they chose NVMe flash for their storage, and how they are successfully deploying NVMe to fuel their businesses.

After you watch the webcast, check out the Q&A blog at http://bit.ly/2DCNhgX

One of Fibre Channel’s greatest strengths is its ability to scale to thousands and thousands of nodes, while providing predictable performance. So, when we say that Fibre Channel has unmatched scalability, what does that actually mean? And how does it work?

We often hear about “designed from the ground up,” but in this case it’s actually true. From each individual link, to the overall domain architecture, each step along the way is intended to be approached in a scalable fashion.

In this webinar, we’ll be breaking down the pieces of the puzzle that help give Fibre Channel its robustness when you’re working at fabrics even greater than 10,000 nodes. We’ll be talking about:

•What a deterministic storage network is
•Fabric management principles
•Negotiated credit transfers (buffer-to-buffer credits)
•Network Engineering/Design Principles
•Oversubscription and Fan-In Ratios
•Topologies that help scale
•Domains and Fabric limits
•Consistency of performance at scale

Along the way, we’ll be talking about some of the ways that Fibre Channel differs from other popular storage networks as they approach large-scale environments, and how it handles issues that arise in such cases.

Please join us on November 6th at 10:00 am PT/1:00 pm ET for another educational webinar on Fibre Channel!

Join this live interactive Q&A session with Sherelle Farrington, Cloud Security Solutions Architect, Fortinet, where we'll be tackling key topics such as:

1. How can we change security from a blocker into a digital innovation enabler?

2. Isn’t a diverse, disparate mix of platforms a security nightmare?

3. Can security even keep up with these dynamic, agile environments?

4. How do we shift towards a more proactive, risk-focused approach?

5. What impact are these evolving technologies having on overall infrastructure design?

As network architectures move to the cloud, knowing how to secure them is vital.

Join experts in this live video panel as they discuss all things virtual and cloud networking - from security, network virtualisation, and beyond.

Topics include:

- Micro-segmentation and securing your application infrastructure

- Readying today's hybrid and private cloud networks for tomorrow

- SD-WAN, IoT and Edge computing: how they are changing the cloud network landscape

Panellists:
W. Curtis Preston, Chief Technical Evangelist, Druva
Hadar Freehling, Cloud Security Solutions Architect, VMware
Sherelle Farrington, Cloud Security Solutions Architect, Fortinet
Bob Ghaffari, GM, Enterprise & Cloud Networking Division, Intel Corporation

Moderator
David Welch, CTO, House of Brick

Join this live interactive Q&A session with W. Curtis Preston, Chief Technologist, Druva where we'll be tackling key questions including;

1. What are the data protection requirements of a hybrid cloud environment?

2. Does a private cloud environment require a different type of data protection system?

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of protecting data using the cloud?

4. Isn't it more secure to store your backups on-premises?

5. What about the physics of using the cloud for backup? How do you backup and restore large amounts of data?

Cloud and Cybersecurity Series [Ep.6]: Next-Generation Cybersecurity: Policy Process and Organization

Resources are finite. So deploying them wisely is what differentiates successful cybersecurity organizations from those that are less successful. Find out how these successful cybersecurity organizations are structured, what policies they have in place, and what strategies they do—and don’t—follow to protect their enterprise organizations.

Cloud and Cybersecurity Series [Ep.5]: Application Security Meets Multicloud

Enterprises are developing and buying applications to run everywhere: across multiple clouds, multiple data centers, desktops, mobile devices, and IoT devices. In a multicloud environment, IT needs to take a multipronged approach to securing applications.

We'll how organizations approach securing their applications for the multicloud, ranging from changes in the development process to the embrace of security technologies including IAMaaS, microservice authentication, and enterprise secure cloud access and policy enforcement (ESCAPE).

This webinar presents data from Nemertes' in-depth research study of 335 organizations in 11 countries across a range of vertical industries.

Software defined storage, or SDS, is growing in popularity in both cloud and enterprise accounts. But what makes it different from traditional storage arrays? Does it really save money? Is it more complicated to support? Is it more scalable or higher-performing? And does it have different networking requirements than traditional storage appliances?

Watch this SNIA webcast to learn:
•How software-defined storage differs from integrated storage appliances
•Whether SDS supports block, file, object, or all three types of storage access
•Potential issues or pitfalls with deploying SDS
•How SDS affects storage networking
•Scale-up vs. scale-out vs. hyperconverged vs. cloud

After you watch the webcast, check out the Q&A blog http://bit.ly/SDS-Q-A

Intelligent Customer Engagement Series [Ep.6]: Setting Budgets, Finding Stakeholders for AI-Enabled DCX Projects

As IT and business leaders evaluate their how to use AI to improve customer experience, one of the biggest roadblocks is funding.

This webinar provides step-by-step guidance on finding stakeholders to fund the projects, with specific data on how much companies are spending today on their AI-enabled initiatives.

It's not a secret anymore that cloud facilitates digital transformation and that many companies are happily embracing it - slower or faster, it really depends on the IT infrastructure already in place. What remains a mystery though, is what's next?

BrightTALK has invited experts to discuss what is the cloud of the future and which trends are worth your attention to stay ahead of the game.

The role of the architect has changed dramatically in the past few years and is headed for even more change as the landscape of possible technology options is only going to increase. Faced with a list of options that is increasing almost daily across a highly competitive landscape, many architectural decisions have become an exercise in avoiding error rather than exploring possibility.

Whilst an acceptance of failure is becoming the norm in smaller development faced activities, architects must make big decisions that can affect the entire operation of an organisation. This webinar explores some ideas for architectural best practice and mechanisms for reducing risk whilst empowering architects to unleash some of the exciting new options available to them.

It can be tricky to know how to modernize and mobilize business in the digital era. From retail to manufacturing, and transport to healthcare, digital transformation is changing the face of how many industries run, plan, and interact with customers, suppliers and partners.

The right strategy can increase revenue, reduce cost over time, and allow a business to remain agile. Join this panel of experts as they share different digital transformation success stories and use cases, and show you how it can aid expansion into global markets.

Speakers:
Elisabeth Thomas, Founder, Launch Product Marketing (moderator)
Arun Trivedi, Partner, Wipro Technologies
Monica Kumar, SVP Marketing, Nutanix
Tyler Ramby, Inside Systems Engineer, Veeam

Digital Transformation is an over-used phrase and one that is often used to describe what is
essentially business transformation that is underpinned by technology. Does this mean that
these transformations are deeply vertical and need deep industry experience to be
successful?

In this webinar we examine how organisations can learn from other industry
sectors and also from breaking the standard rules within their own industry.


In this webinar, listeners will be able to learn:
- How do we look across industries and learn from success in others?
- How do we escape from the ‘me too’ transformational activity and break away from trying to keep up and get in front?

Explore the reality and the hype of digital transformation. We’ll trace the origins and evolution of digital transformation from automated looms in Victorian England through the application of today’s cutting edge artificial intelligence. On our journey we’ll see where companies are finding the true value of digital transformation … and how to avoid the buzzwords.