Architectures for Business Transformation

The workplace is rapidly evolving due to a number of factors, the most notable being the consumerisation of IT, which is a major and disruptive driving force shaping the future of work. There are other key megatrends that are also impacting the 2020 workplace, such as globalisation, and economic, demographic and universal connectivity drivers.Kcom will present on these trends and provide real guidance for IT leaders with regards to strategy, policy and architectures to exploit and manage business opportunities by leveraging consumer IT. Kcom will also provide insight into the information worker of the future and predict 20 key trends that are likely to shape the future workplace in 2020.

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The tight alignment between business & IT is critical to accomplish complex business transformations. It requires a strong understanding of business and technical design skills and the aptitude to partner with business owners & IT executives. This session will outline how Cisco’s architectural strategy can enable you to align to your stakeholders requirements.

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Building a new Data Centre today requires a fresh approach and a new way of thinking, as the pace of change in the technology sector accelerates we see a new generation of virtualisation capabilities arrive that deliver greater convergence and higher levels of optimisation. Bringing these technologies together has helped SCC build an award winning efficient data centre and cloud platform that is ready for the demands of 21st century cloud computing. SCC will share how they have worked with key vendors such as Cisco to build their new Data Centre and cloud platform.

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Innovative data centres demand innovative cooling strategies. Predictive tools like Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis can identify the origin of current and future thermal problems in data centres. CFD maps, simulates and analyzes air flow, temperature and pressure to uncover hot spots, possible equipment malfunctions, physical layout challenges or other areas with potential cooling issues.

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Innovative data centres demand innovative cooling strategies. Predictive tools like Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis can identify the origin of current and future thermal problems in data centres. CFD maps, simulates and analyzes air flow, temperature and pressure to uncover hot spots, possible equipment malfunctions, physical layout challenges or other areas with potential cooling issues

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According to Forrester, security is one of the top barriers to cloud computing. While cloud computing increases business agility, scalability, and efficiency, it also introduces new security risks and concerns in areas such as increased attack surface, ownership/responsibilities and shared environments. This presentation will outline the complex challenges and how Cisco cloud security offerings help customers take a strategic and architectural approach to cloud adoption. Also, find out how Cisco cloud security solutions dovetail with Cisco Data Centre and Borderless Networks services to deliver high performance and operational simplicity.

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Find out how to build your own highly resilient, performant and secure virtual private cloud. Based on real-world experiences, our speakers will explore infrastructure, design and best practice to help you achieve amazing results. A Blue Peter-themed ‘How To’ session with serious practical learning benefits and plenty of sticky back plastic.

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The virtualization of the desktop today only addresses data applications and not rich media. So on the one hand, IT needs to enable business continuity and agility, ensure data security and compliance, reduce TCO for PCs, deliver a consistent experience for the user as they move from device to device, but on the other hand, business and users are demanding that the collaboration experience on their device is interactive with rich video and voice. This is what Cisco VXI architecture delivers today.

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Based on the extensive experience that ANS Group have in designing, building and implementing private cloud solutions, we will share the successful techniques that will be required to build your next-generation, virtualised, service-orientated, FlexPod data centre with Cisco, NetApp and VMware technology.

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As we rapidly move to the Post PC Era, the future workspace will have 4 key attributes, it will be mobile, visual, virtual and social enabling new levels of workforce productivity. Hear about the latest innovations in collaboration solutions and how customers have achieved real business results.

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Find out how to build your own highly resilient, performant and secure virtual private cloud. Based on real-world experiences, our speakers will explore infrastructure, design and best practice to help you achieve amazing results. A Blue Peter-themed ‘How To’ session with serious practical learning benefits and plenty of sticky back plastic.

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Enabling the Borderless Organisation:- We look at the major market transitions and the complexity IT now has to deal with and how Cisco’s Borderless Network Architecture can address the opportunities & challenges presented. A high level view of the Borderless Network Architecture & services is provided.

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Overview of how VCE Converged Infrastructure solutionsare changing the datacentre and its operation, accelerating time to market for new service provider offerings and helping customers reduce their cost through automation and standardisation.

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The Cisco Virtualisation Experience Infrastructure (VXI) allows customers to move from traditional Virtual Desktops with separate Video, Voice and Data to a fully integrated experience on one infrastructure. The combined benefits of the platform comes from the close integration between Cisco’s Data Centre, Borderless Networks and Collaboration Architectures.

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Steve will discuss SunGard’s real experience of delivering IaaS Solutions to Enterprise customers. Current customers include Financial Institutions, SaaS Providers, major retailers and ecommerce websites – although very different industries, all have very similar challenges.

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Today’s networks must accommodate an ever-growing array of consumer IT devices while providing user-centric policy and enabling global collaboration. The Cisco TrustSec® architecture addresses this shift by using identity-based access policies to tell you who and what is connecting to your network, allowing IT to enable appropriate services without sacrificing control.

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