Wednesday 19 October 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Collaboration enabling the Future of Work today
Andy Wood , Head of Communications & Collaboration , Kcom
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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.
Wednesday 19 October 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
Architectures for Business Transformation
Ian Foddering, CTO, Cisco
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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.
Wednesday 19 October 11:50 AM - 12:20 PM
Building a Data Centre ready for Cloud
Rhys Sharp, Chief Technology Officer , SCC plc
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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.
Wednesday 19 October 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Martin Patten, Borderless Networks Business Development Manager, Cisco
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Wednesday 19 October 1:10 PM - 1:40 PM
Full of Hot Air? Why a CFD Analysis Can Keep your Data Centre Cool
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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.
Wednesday 19 October 1:10 PM - 1:40 PM
Full of Hot Air? Why a CFD Analysis Can Keep your Data Centre Cool
Nick Taylor, UPI Solutions Architect, Professional Services, Panduit Europe
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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
Wednesday 19 October 1:50 PM - 2:20 PM
John Johnson, PSN Solutions Architect, Cisco
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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.
Wednesday 19 October 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Adapt & Cisco: Build Your Own Virtual Private Cloud
Salim Mehta, Technical Solutions Architect, Cisco
John Soanes, Head of Architecture, Adapt
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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.
Wednesday 19 October 3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Nick Chrissos, Collaboration CTO, Cisco
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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.
