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Multi-Cloud Architecture and Management
June 10, 2021
11:00am – 5:15pm EST | 8:00am – 2:15pm PST
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Multi-cloud environments offer countless benefits around speed, reliability, and cost savings.
But they can also create performance challenges—especially for IT teams who don’t account for performance bottlenecks. Rising complexity and fragmentation further complicate multi-cloud deployments. This virtual trade show will offer proactive strategies to help you address your cloud challenges and design a high-performance multi-cloud architecture.
June 10, 2021
11:00am – 5:15pm EST | 8:00am – 2:15pm PST
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AGENDA
KEYNOTE 1
  • 11:00am – 11:45am EST
Multi-Cloud Protection: Ensuring Resilience in The Face of Disruption
Presented by: Michael Krieger and Andrew Wertkin, Chief Security Officer, BlueCat Networks
When it comes to downtime—whether planned or unplanned—time is money. Multi-cloud architectures are great for combining best-of-breed solutions, but what happens when a critical piece of the puzzle goes down? In today’s always-on world, businesses need continuous data protection and disaster recovery plans to protect against disruption of all kinds. This keynote will teach you the latest strategies for ensuring multi-cloud resilience.
  • 11:45am – 12:00pm EST
Fireside Chat with BlueCat Networks
Presented by: Scott Wotring and Andrew Wertkin, Chief Security Officer, BlueCat Networks
Sponsored by
Presented by
Michael Krieger
CEO, MRK Technology Marketing
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Andrew Wertkin
Chief Strategy Officer, BlueCat Networks
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NETWORKING BREAK
  • 12:00pm – 12:15pm EST
Spotlight Video
Sponsored by: Bluecat Networks
KEYNOTE 2
  • 12:15pm – 1:00pm EST
Best Practices for Multi-Cloud Governance and Compliance
Presented by: Mel Beckman, President, Beckman Software Engineering
Fragmented technology causing IT chaos? Need to secure your data while complying with industry regulations? Better multi-cloud governance could be the answer. A better governance strategy will help you manage multi-cloud complexity—but there are many factors to consider. Watch this keynote to learn best practices for multi-cloud governance and compliance.
  • 1:00pm – 1:15pm EST
Fireside Chat
Presented by: Scott Wotring and Matt Chiodi, CSO, Public Cloud, Palo Alto Networks
Sponsored by
Presented by
Mel Beckman
President, Beckman Software Engineering
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Matt Chiodi
CSO, Public Cloud, Palo Alto Networks
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NETWORKING BREAK
  • 1:15pm – 1:30pm EST
Spotlight Video
Sponsored by: Palo Alto Networks
PREMIER SESSIONS
  • 1:30pm – 2:00pm EST
Closing the Cloud Visibility Gap
Presented by: Cameron Smith, Director of Product Management, Gigamon

Accelerating adoption of the cloud has become an imperative for every organization, driven by digital transformation initiatives, customer experience expectations and the need for agility. However, very few organizations operate in a single, public cloud model. For most organizations, legacy on-premises systems and the technical debt associated with these systems mean that the hybrid cloud is the de -facto architecture for the foreseeable future.

To turn this model into a competitive advantage, you need your hybrid cloud infrastructure to be simplified, secure and scalable. But this is almost impossible using network performance and security tools that can’t extend to the cloud, and cloud tools that only rely on application-level telemetry without critical context from the data-in motion across the hybrid network.

How to Build, Scale, and Simplify a Distributed Multi-Cloud Architecture
Presented by: Chinedu Egonu, Sr. Solutions Architect, Prosimo.io
Today’s growing multi-cloud landscape makes sense for end users as they access applications at any time, from anywhere, but are hard to manage for Cloud architecture teams. This session introduces how Application eXperience Infrastructure (AXI) can transform the complex user-to-application and application-to-application requirements teams are now facing. You will learn how to intelligently optimize application experience for users while speeding up performance, reducing attack surfaces, and lowering cloud spend, all using a single infrastructure stack.
Sponsored by
Presented by
Cameron Smith
Director of Product Management, Gigamon
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Chinedu Egonu
Sr. Solutions Architect, Prosimo.io
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NETWORKING BREAK
  • 2:00pm – 2:15pm EST
Spotlight Video
Sponsored by: Gigamon & Prosimo
PREMIER SESSIONS
  • 2:15pm – 2:45pm EST
Securing Workloads in the Cloud
Presented by: Daniel Schrader, Director, Product Marketing, Public Cloud, Fortinet
In this session we will take a high level look at security in the Cloud. We will start with a discussion of the security challenges of Cloud computing, move on to cover the pillars of Cloud security and the key use cases we see customers focusing on. We’ll conclude with a review of Fortinet’s Cloud security solutions and how Cloud security must be part of your global security fabric.
The Top-3 Tips for Securing Hybrid IT
Presented by: Frederico Hakamine, Group Product Marketing Manager, Okta
Today, 69% of organizations run their apps in multiple cloud and on-prem environments*. This creates an extensive Hybrid IT threat surface, with organizations struggling to consistently secure access consistently. In this webinar, we will explore the best practices for approaching and securing access to Hybrid IT. You will learn about:
  • How organizations should approach cloud and on-premise resources
  • The value and benefits of delivering security from a unified identity platform
  • The best practices for securing the Hybrid IT at scale
  • How all of this correlates to modern security frameworks like Zero Trust and BeyondCorp.
Sponsored by
Presented by
Daniel Schrader
Director, Product Marketing, Public Cloud, Fortinet
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Frederico Hakamine
Group Product Marketing Manager, Okta
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SPOTLIGHT SESSION
  • 2:45pm – 3:15pm EST
Four Ways to Bridge The Network And Cloud Team Divide
Presented by: Andrew Wertkin, Chief Strategy Officer
New research by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) finds that as cloud adoption accelerates, only 28% of enterprises consider themselves fully successful at realizing the benefits of their cloud investments. Why? Dysfunction between cloud and network teams. In this session, you will get the latest statistics on the state of collaboration between cloud & networking teams, the high cost of dysfunction for enterprise cloud initiatives, and how to bridge the divide between these critical teams
Sponsored by
Andrew Wertkin
Chief Strategy Officer, BlueCat Networks
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Shamus McGillicuddy
Vice President of Research, Network Management, EMA
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NETWORKING BREAK
  • 3:15pm – 3:30pm EST
Spotlight Video
Sponsored by: Fortinet & Onshape
SPOTLIGHT SESSION
  • 3:30pm – 4:00pm EST
The COVID-19 Conundrum: Deep Dive into Cloud Threats
Presented by: Matt Chiodi, CSO, Public Cloud, Palo Alto Networks

Utilizing real world (not honey pot) data pulled from our global array of sensors, Unit42 elite cloud threat researchers analyze the cloud security impact and opportunity forged by the COVID-19 global pandemic. The correlation between the increased cloud spend due to COVID-19 and security incidents lead to the conclusion that rapid cloud scale and complexity without automated security controls embedded across the entire development pipeline are a toxic combination.

Join Matt Chiodi, CSO, Public Cloud at Palo Alto Networks to discuss the findings of the research, what the impact might be to your business, and our key recommendations about what actionable steps you can take to reduce the security risks associated with your cloud workloads.

Sponsored by
Matt Chiodi, CSO
Public Cloud, Palo Alto Networks
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Jon Owings
Principal Solution Architect, Pure Storage
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DISCUSSION
  • 4:00pm – 4:30pm EST
Lessons from a Cloud Visionary
Presented by: Onshape and InformationWeek
As a cloud visionary and entrepreneur, Jon Hirschtickis known for disrupting the product development industry. Hirschtick’s latest endeavor, Onshape, is the world’s first cloud-based product development platform—used by engineers to create lifesaving products. Today, the MIT graduate and member of the famed MIT blackjack team continues to inspire and support innovators. Listen as Hirschtick shares his first-hand experience with cloud computing and the challenges and opportunities that exist today.
Sponsored by
Presented by
Jon Hirschtick
EVP of PTC and founder of Onshape
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João-Pierre Ruth
Senior Writer, InformationWeek
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Prizes & Interaction

Attend the live conference on June 10th, 2021 and win! The more you participate, the more points you earn! It’s that simple. You’ll earn prize points for each activity you participate in throughout the virtual conference. Points will be calculated at the end of the live event day.
*Giveaways are limited to North American residents only. Winners are limited to one prize per calendar year for Informa Tech sponsored events.

Explorer Giveaway

30 Points

Session Viewed

25 Points

Zone Visits

20 Points

Location Chat Attended

10 Points

Documents Viewed

5 Points

Exchanged vCards

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Multi-Cloud Architecture and Management
June 10, 2021
11:00am – 5:15pm EST | 8:00am – 2:15pm PST
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Natalie Silvanovich
Security Researcher,
Google

Natalie Silvanovich is a security researcher on Google Project Zero. Her current focus is messaging applications and video conferencing. Previously, she worked in mobile security on the Android Security Team at Google and as a team lead of the Security Research Group at BlackBerry, where her work included finding security issues in mobile software and improving the security of mobile platforms. Outside of work, Natalie enjoys applying her hacking and reverse engineering skills to unusual targets and has spoken at several conferences on the subject of Tamagotchi hacking.

Michael Krieger
CEO, MRK Technology Marketing

Michael is a 40+ year technology and marketing veteran with managerial and executive experience in IT, product management, product marketing, market research and analysis. In 2008 he founded MRK, a San Francisco Bay area marketing consultancy that focuses on technology, legal and biotech products.

Before launching MRK, Michael spent over a decade as VP of Ziff Davis Market Experts, providing ideation, creation and delivery of integrated marketing offerings for Ziff’s largest clients.

He has held worldwide marketing roles for Hitachi Data Systems, AST and cloud pioneer FutureLink, one of the first ASPs offering virtual desktop services to a global audience of IT and LOB constituents.

Andrew Wertkin
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), BlueCat

As Chief Strategy Officer, Andrew works closely with BlueCat’s CEO and executive team to chart BlueCat’s course as it continues to build market share. Previously BlueCat’s Chief Product and Technology Officer, Andrew also works with leading enterprises and technology partners as BlueCat creates more value for its current and prospective customers.

Mel Beckman
Sr. Contributing Editor, ITPro Today

Mel Beckman is a senior contributing technical editor for ITPro Today. He has built two regional Internet service providers and is currently president of Beckman Software Engineering, a technical consultancy specializing in large-scale, high-bandwidth networks. His past clients include Apple Computer, the City and County of Santa Barbara, DuPont Displays, IBM, Loral Federal Systems, United Airlines, the US Department of Agriculture, and the US Department of Energy. Mel has presented seminars on computer programming and network technology throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Matt Chiodi
CSO Public Cloud, Palo Alto Networks

Matt has spent the last eight years of his career focused exclusively on public cloud security working for some of the most well-respected companies in the Fortune 500. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks by way of the RedLock acquisition, Matt was the Global Head of Cloud Security at Cognizant Technology Solutions, with more than 260,000 associates worldwide.

Cameron Smith,
Director of Product Management, Gigamon

Cameron Smith is a Director of Product Management at Gigamon, responsible for the cloud and virtualization portfolio. He is also co-chair of the Security as a Service working group at the Cloud Security Alliance. Beginning with his first product management role in network security over 20 years ago, he has been working on Cloud, Security, or both ever since. Cameron is a graduate of Yale University.

Chinedu Egonu
Sr. Solutions Architect, Prosimo.io

Chinedu is a solutions architect at Prosimo with over a decade of experience helping customers embrace the right enterprise technology solutions that drive value for their businesses. He has worked with multiple customers across different industries including finance, healthcare, telecom, insurance, and many others by providing expertise in areas such as cloud migration, zero trust network security, and overall digital transformation. Outside of work, he is an avid soccer and travel enthusiast.

Paul Nicholson
Senior Director of Product Marketing

Paul brings 25 years of experience working with Internet and security companies in the U.S. and U.K. In his current position, Paul is responsible for global product marketing, technical marketing, and analyst relations at San Jose, Calif.-based security, cloud and application services leader A10 Networks. Prior to A10 Networks, Nicholson held various technical and management positions at Intel, Pandesic (the Internet company from Intel and SAP), Secure Computing, and various security start-ups.

Jon Owings
Principal Solution Architect, Pure Storage

Starting off in 2007, Jon Owings, Principal SE at Pure Storage, used ESX to save end of life servers when no one knew how to reinstall the applications. Over the next few years was a post sales engineer/architect of VMware & VDI solutions. Jon spends time working in the lab and with customer POC’s at Pure Storage. Today, Jon works with customers transitioning to the next generation of applications, orchestrating cloud native storage as a service for container (Kubernetes/Docker) environments. Jon shares his learning and knowledge on his blog, blog.2vcps.io.

Sue Troy
Managing Editor,
Network Computing

Sue Troy is a senior content director at Informa, where she serves in editorial management roles for ITPro Today. She has spent more than 25 years writing and editing IT-focused content, with long stints at companies such as TechTarget and Ziff Davis Publishing. Before joining Informa in May 2017, her most recent role was as editorial director of TechTarget’s CIO, IT Strategy and Channel Media Group, where she was inspired by emerging technologies such as IoT, blockchain and artificial intelligence.