Cloud & AI Infrastructure Day 1 Highlights
Five Things I Wish I'd Known Sooner About Scaling
Meri Williams, CTO - Pleo
The talk emphasises the importance of digital transformation, future-proofing, and aligning technology with business goals. Advice is given on managing ambitious projects, designing adaptable systems, and fostering a learning culture.
I’ve Got 14 Watches and Still Can’t See the Time! How Agentic AIOps is Reshaping Enterprise Observability
Chris Kline, Senior Director, Cloud & Observability - LogicMonitor
Traditional monitoring approaches are failing to keep up the pace with the increasing complexity of modern hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures. This leads to alert fatigue, delayed incident response, and costly outages that directly impact revenue and customer trust. In this session, we will discuss actionable insights to improve monitoring to make sure, as an industry, we do better!
The Need-To-Know of Managing Hidden Cloud Costs
Jon Brooks, Country Manager, UK - Wasabi Technologies
The presentation delves into the complexities of multicloud networking, discussing its challenges and the solutions offered by Zero Trust architecture. It highlights the importance of organisational buy-in for implementing Zero Trust and the benefits of multicloud networking, such as simplified management and competitive licensing. The discussion concludes with an overview of the various players in the multicloud networking space, emphasising the need for careful evaluation and consideration.
Staying Ahead in the Rapidly Evolving Tech Landscape
Efua Akumanyi, Co-CTO - Coding Black Females
This talk explored the importance of continuous learning in a fast-paced industry. Efua will share her personal experience working with diverse technologies and organisations, highlighting the value of lifelong learning. Additionally, she will touch on future trends and predictions in the tech landscape.
Cracking the Code: Are We Getting Digital Right?
James Freed, Deputy Director - Health Education England
Despite the colossal opportunities digital technologies offer, why do employees repeatedly report underwhelming digital experiences at work? In this engaging session, James Freed dives into the digital journey of the UK's largest employer—the National Health Service. Armed with compelling data, he will diagnose where things are going wrong and prescribe actionable solutions that could transform the workplace experience. Don’t miss this eye-opening session that bridges the gap between potential and performance in the digital age.
Thinking Big: How AI in the cloud can be sustainable
Grégory Lebourg, Global Environment Lead - OVHCloud
Gregory Noone, Editor - Tech Monitor
Matt Foley, Director, EMEA Field Application Engineering - AMD
How can AI in the cloud be sustainable? Hear Gregory Lebourg, Global Environment Director at OVHcloud explain how organisations should approach cloud-based AI from a sustainability standpoint. Gregory will explain all aspects of the AI value chain, from manufacturing to power and water consumption, to recycling and re-use - as well as additional initiatives which can make AI more sustainable in the future.
What Happens When Serverless Goes wrong and The Path to OpenSearch
Ellie Rahimi, Senior Software Engineer - Trainline
This session explored a real-world case study of using AWS OpenSearch, highlighting the challenges faced and the key lessons learned. It also delves into a comparison between OpenSearch serverless and provisioned architecture, analysing their trade-offs and helping attendees understand when one might be a better choice over the other.
Delivering a Global AI Transformation - What are the questions to ask?
Ravi Jay, Head of Agile Delivery - Jaguar
Executing on AI Transformation in a meaningful way requires asking the right questions. Enterprises need to understand how to extract real value, mitigate risks, and leverage data to guide AI Transformation effectively through the digital noise from supplier ecosystem. This presentation will explore how business leaders can approach AI strategically, ensuring thoughtful implementation that aligns with organizational goals.
AI Agents - Threat Actors Next Target
Etay Maor, Senior Director Security Strategy - Cato Networks
AI agents and assistants are going to empower, enhance, and expedite the way we work and do business. This makes them a prime target for threat actors. In this session we will explore the risks and threats to AI agents, dive into examples of attack scenarios and see examples of attacks that are already possible.
Optimising Data Technology Procurement for Enterprises: Smarter Decisions, Reduced Risks and Lower Costs
Hassib Massoumi, Co-Founder - Datanised
This session showcased Datanised game-changing approach to acquiring and optimising cost-effective data stacks. Learn how streamlined procurement, expert insights in-house, optimised performance, and access to smarter, data-driven decisions maximize value and flexibility. Discover how enterprises can escape vendor constraints, learn due diligence needed to make the most of their investments, and take full control of their technology strategy for good.