Wednesday
Wednesday 19 October 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Security in the Cloud or Pie in the Sky?
Julian Lloyd, VP Cloud Advisory Services, Virtustream
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Wednesday 19 October 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
Seeing Beyond the Cloud: New Applications, Opportunities, and Challenges in a Cloud-Centric World
Nathaniel Borenstein, Chief Scientist, Mimecast
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During this session Dr. Borenstein will debate what new kinds of services might emerge once cloud computing has become ubiquitous, what new standards might emerge, and what dangers might be posed by their absence.
Wednesday 19 October 11:50 AM - 12:20 PM
Tobias Ekmark , Sales & Marketing Manager, Digital Signage, NEC
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Wednesday 19 October 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Get the Private Cloud You Want, from the Infrastructure You’ve Got
Jason Dowzell, UK Information Management Practice Head, Symantec
Simon Wallace, EMEA Strategy & Technical Lead, Symantec
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There are many benefits in Private Cloud Architectures for Enterprise IT environments, but how do you get there? Transforming your existing DataCentre to a Private Cloud is a complex endeavour and involves changes to operational processes and attitudes as well as changes to technology. And changing your technology infrastructure isn’t always easy. A “Rip-and-Replace” strategy may be the simplest but this is often cost-prohibitive. A “Transformation” strategy gives you the ability to re-use your existing hardware platforms and migrate to a Cloud architecture in a phased approach and within timescales that make sense for your business.
Wednesday 19 October 1:10 PM - 1:40 PM
ICT Meets Cloud – Is Your Infrastructure Ready?
Ronald Raffensperger, Director, Cloud Computing Marketing, Huawei Technologies, Huawei Technologies
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Enterprises are moving rapidly to take advantage of cloud computing advances but there is another major trend which often escapes notice – ICT. As IT departments begin the journey to cloud computing, they should also plan for the convergence of voice, data and media and the impact that these combined forces will have on their infrastructure. By looking at typical uses which drive cloud adoption and at the role of ICT, we can derive useful information for the important transformation steps.
Wednesday 19 October 1:50 PM - 2:20 PM
Embracing Consumerization of IT, but Retaining Control
Lisa Hammond, CEO, Centrix Software, Centrix Software
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With the convergence of consumer and mobile Web, corporate desktop, virtualisation and cloud strategies, IT departments need to rethink their end-user computing strategies.Unifying the delivery of diverse applications, desktop platforms, social media, BYOD and sourcing streams through a single user interface and intelligent pricing structure brings consumer style flexibility to the corporate end user, yet provides benefits in control and security. This presentation will showcase how unified end-user computing can become a reality.
Wednesday 19 October 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Liam Farrell, Senior Systems Engineer, VMware
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Cloud computing has become one of the top priorities IT organizations. While the benefits of cloud computing are appealing to the business this session focuses on the most demanding question of HOW to build your cloud. The presentation will cover the steps that are needed to build a private and hybrid cloud that can also make use of public infrastructure offerings. Therefore the focus is equally on technology as well as on covering the biggest business challenges on the journey to your cloud.
Wednesday 19 October 3:10 PM - 3:40 PM
Is Cloud-Based Data Backup Right for You?
David Jones, CEO, Data Protection & Emerging Technologies, Autonomy (Formerly Iron Mountain Digital)
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Digitized data has exploded, encompassing more than 1.2 million petabytes and growing at a rate of more than 50 percent annually. However, for all the gaps it bridges, digital data is not without its flaws. Vulnerable to loss, corruption and malware, when combined with the rise in mobile employees, this vulnerability increases exponentially. As an organization, you must protect your infrastructure with a stable, secure backup and recovery solution. To minimize the costs and risks associated with data loss, companies are looking to the cloud for increased digital data storage capacity and performance. Attend this seminar to hear from an expert in this field explain; • How to protect and secure your server and endpoint data• Tips to reduce the costs and risks associated with data loss• Regulatory, legal, and privacy requirements• Gain seamless connectivity and understand the meaning of content throughout the data protection process with Autonomy IDOL
Wednesday 19 October 3:50 PM - 4:20 PM
Cloudbusting: Beyond the hype, facing up to Security and Performance concerns
Nigel Hawthorn, VP, International Marketing, Blue Coat Systems
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Cloud computing is among the highest priority new delivery models for IT services and applications. As your organization looks to satisfy strategic requirements, you need to pragmatically identify and overcome concerns you have about performance and security. This presentation: • Delves into what cloud computing actually means and what additional problems it can create, including where responsibilities lie for important data management, data storage and application delivery issues• Explains how new technologies can help accelerate cloud computing becoming part of your strategy, with faster app delivery and safer data management• Introduces new deployment options for branches to provide highly secure as well as fast, cost-effective “direct to cloud” connectivity
