About Cloud Automation Summit
Automation is a cornerstone of any cloudification strategy. Automation of cloud processes is essential to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. During this event, speakers will consider some of the most important points in automation including automation essentials, challenges and solutions, management strategies and eliminating legacy data silos.
AGENDA
Monday, August 26
11:00 AM EST
Understanding Automation Essentials: Challenges, Solutions and Beyond
Automation is one of the main considerations when defining a cloud strategy. It is essential that enterprises implement automation within their cloud infrastructure so that they can not only enhance efficiency and generate opex savings, but also to scale operations and improve service delivery to their customers. Despite its importance, automation still has its challenges. Organizations must know how to automate tasks across often complex cloud architectures, in addition to meeting security expectations and navigating implementation costs. During this session, speakers will delve into automation essentials and discuss key tools, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in automating cloud platforms.
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM Fireside Chat | Moderator: Diana Goovaerts, Executive Editor, Cloud & AI, Fierce Network / Speaker: Rode Kirk, Global Sales Director – Media & Communications | Americas, Microsoft
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM Partner Keynote: The Five Key Principles for Building a Cloud Platform for AI-native Applications | Keynote: Kevin Cochrane, CMO | VULTR
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM Panel Discussion | Moderator: Roy Chua, Principal & Founder, AvidThink / Panelists: Pål Grønsund, Director Cloud Strategy & Architecture, Telenor Group Technology, Sree Nandan Atur, Technical Director – Cloud, Rakuten Symphony, Ildiko Vancsa, Director of Community, Open Infrastructure Foundation, Ram Ramanathan, Senior Director, Product, Ribbon Communications
AGENDA
Monday, August 26
1:00 PM EST
Defining an Automation Management Strategy
The automation of cloud-based operations requires an effective IT management strategy to avoid complications and to ensure the smooth running of day-to-day operations. Automation plays a key role in monitoring, maintaining and troubleshooting cloud-based services, and this is often more complicated in a multi-cloud ecosystem. During this session, speakers will discuss the importance of defining an automation strategy and they will consider best practices relating to interoperability, security maintenance and navigating multi-cloud architectures so ensure successful automation.
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM ET Fireside Chat | Moderator: Monica Paolini, Principal, Senza Fili / Speakers: Emmanuel Chautard, SVP Operations and Networks Economics, Orange Innovation Networks, Philippe Ensarguet, VP Software Engineering & Orange Expert Technical Forum Chairman, Orange Innovation Networks
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM ET Panel Discussion | Moderator: Diana Goovaerts, Executive Editor, Cloud & AI, Fierce Network / Panelists: Dr. Bruno Dzogovic, Program Director - Cloud Innovation, Telenor, Kevin Cochrane, CMO | VULTR
AGENDA
Tuesday, August 27
11:00 AM ET
Eliminating Legacy Data Silos
One of the biggest challenges hindering efficient automation of cloud operations is legacy service data hindering access to essential data required for process automation. By integrating disparate systems, organizations can remove legacy service silos and allow data consistency so that cloud functions can be successfully automated. During this session, speakers will delve into the importance of removing legacy data silos and discuss best practices so that automation can be implemented correctly and efficiently.
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM ET Panel Discussion | Moderator: Monica Paolini, Principal, Senza Fili / Panelists: Chris Hristov, AVP of Network Engineering and Automation, AT&T / Rode Kirk, Global Sales Director – Media & Communications | Americas, Microsoft / Robert Jakubek, SVP, Information Technology, UScellular
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