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42% of respondents to BillingPlatform ‘Trends in Finance: 2021 Market Outlook & Strategies for Growth’ said that they plan to adapt to the new global economic environment by investing in cloud-based technologies. In addition, Baker McKenzie’s ‘2020 Digital Transformation & Cloud Survey: The Future of Enterprise Data’, found that cloud remains on the top of the list of essential technology for enterprises. With cloud adoption accelerated by COVID-19 - and the pandemic increasingly leaving little room for error around cloud investment and management decisions - it’s imperative that businesses are clued up and confident in their strategies. In 2021, it’s vital that businesses’ IT Infrastructure investments both protect and accelerate their organizations, allowing them to lead with agility and innovation.

Join this panel of cloud and infrastructure experts as they discuss how IT leaders and businesses can effectively utilize cloud technologies in 2021. Topics of discussion will include:

-Best practices for assessing which cloud strategy - public, hybrid, or multi - is right for you in 2021
-Essential capabilities IT teams need to maintain modern cloud infrastructures and ensure ROI in a new global landscape
-What to know about cloud cost management and gaining visibility of IT budget sprawl as the pandemic continues to impact organizations globally
-and more!

Panelists:
Daniel Callao, Cloud Solutions Architect at HashiCorp
Stephane Estevez. EMEA Director of Product Marketing, IT Markets at Splunk
Tom Christensen, CTO & Customer Advocacy - Northern EMEA at Hitachi Vantara
Terry Brennan, Managing Director at Orasi Software, Inc.
John Capello, VP of Product Strategy at Nasuni
Srinivasan Ramaswamy, Co-Founder & CEO at Bambucluster

Digital transformation and the adaptation of technological tools have made it paramount for companies to start investing and upgrading their IT infrastructure. However, in their haste to accelerate the pace of the transformation, some companies have revealed obstacles in their progress, including unclear goals of the transformation and a lack of leadership direction. To tackle these perennial issues, companies must identify and understand the vital steps to take before undertaking this journey. This includes:

Understanding Change Management and its role in IT implementation
Why Change Management is key for companies making the digital transition to cloud infrastructure
Importance of stakeholder’s management – the need to build support from the top

Some organisations have already moved to the cloud. Many are in the process of moving. And many more still believe their local instances are the only connections their staff use. Regardless of where you are on this journey, it is important to recognise the mindset that is driving you, your team and the decision-making process that will ultimately determine how successful your endeavours are.
I3 – Identity, Infrastructure, and Insights. Thinking, strategizing, and planning technology and digital adoption around the user. These categories help thought leaders identify the key areas in which the Digital world meets the physical world.
Agile Mindsets have been flowing the tech and business worlds like wildfire. This mindset, adopted to meet the specific needs and culture of the organisation will help focus on the end user to help avoid “goat tracks” and shadow IT from circumnavigating the digital intent of the organisation.

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