Whether you’re just beginning or far along your hybrid cloud journey, you know it can be a powerful extension for your data center and application strategy. However, the cost and risk of migration, protection, storage, and even consistent licensing across clouds can ramp up if you don’t have the right solution.

Panelists: 

• Beni Sia, Vice President, South East Asia & Korea, Veeam
• Anthony Hodge, Head, Cloud Governance, Standard Chartered Bank
• Bojan Obradovic, Head of Cloud Services, Asia Pacific, HSBC
   

Moderated by:  Fred Giron, VP, Research Director, Forrester

Cloud Expo Asia and Data Centre World Asia invites you to join us for an Executive Virtual Fireside Chat hosted by May-Ann Lim (Executive Director, Asia Cloud Computing Association) on bridging the digital divide. How can the data center industry most efficiently serve major metros while also serving rural communities? The panel will discuss edge to hyperscale and everything in between.

Join industry heavyweights as they discuss the role of various cloud deployments and how they will shape the data centre landscape moving into the future.

Presenters:

• Chris Thorpe – CEO & Founder, Leading Edge Data Centres
• Darren Hawkins – CEO & Founder, SpaceDC
• Braham Singh – CEO, BDx
• Moderator by: May-Ann Lim, Executive Director, Asia Cloud Computing Association

With pervasive work-from-home arrangements now becoming the norm, cloud-based work tools are no longer a nice to have, but rather have become a necessity in the current climate. Organisations have been forced to transform the way they work and enterprises across the globe are exploring the best solutions to enable their remote workforces.

Join industry experts from Citrix, AXA, & HubSpot as they explore the key challenges that come with the rapid adoption and deployment of cloud-based work tools, what this means for I.T. teams and the teams they support, and the exciting opportunities that this creates for today’s modern workforce.

Presenters: 

• Achim Granzen, Principal Analyst, CIO & Emerging Technologies, Forrester
• Shahid Nizami, Managing Director APAC, HubSpot
• Tomasz Kurczyk, Chief Transformation & Digital Officer, AXA Singapore
• Sandeep Pal, Regional VP, Marketing, Citrix

We are excited to announce the first of Cyber Security World Asia’s Virtual Executive Fireside Chat. Joining us are four IT Security leaders sharing their insight on the Cybersecurity landscape during the Covid19 pandemic with the sudden bloom of digital transformation. We aim to discuss the challenges that come with go digital, new directions of IT systems investment, as well as prediction of post-COVID-19 security risk management.

Presenters:

• Md Noordin, Global CISO, Circle.Life
• Murari Kalyanaramani, Executive Director, Cyber Security Services, Standard Chartered Bank
• Ian Loe, Senior Vice President, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Architecture & Core Products Development, NTUC Enterprise Co-operative Limited
• Daryl Pereira, Partner, Head of Cyber Security, KPMG
• Moderator by: Aloysius Cheang, Member, Board of Directors, ISC2

The demand for cloud-based services in emerging markets is booming. With growing populations gaining access to high speed internet, more and more individuals in these markets are consuming cloud services. The individuals are taking advantage of innovations in E-commerce, online gaming, and cloud-based work tools. These consumers demand super-fast speed and zero latency.

Presenters:

• Sunil Gupta, Managing Partner & CEO, Yotta Infrastructure
• Clement Goh, Chief Executive Officer, Southeast Asia, STT GDC
• Dana Adams, Chief Operating Officer, AirTrunk
• Moderator by: May-Ann Lim, Executive Director, Asia Cloud Computing Association

Businesses are moving their infrastructure to the cloud at breakneck speed whether they want to or not – and communication infrastructure is no exception. But just as enterprises evolve, so does the communications industry. Plug-and-play, off-the-shelf solutions have had their day, and Voxbone’s Technical Design Authority Mehmet Hussein is here to explain why.

• How Digital Transformation is forcing companies to the cloud
• The Evolution of Communications and how the current climate has affected the industry
• Why the traditional cloud comms model isn’t fit for the future
• Details on the growing cloud comms modularization trend
• The benefits of unbundling your comms stack and what it means for your organization
• What communications platforms are setting the trend to help you transform

The DevOps Live Virtual Fireside Chat will explore the state of DevOps in the current climate, which has created even greater communication barriers with the friction of work handoffs being further compounded by distance. Hear from our expert panel as they share their insights around the evolution of DevOps in the ‘Next Normal.’

Presenters: 

• Nachu Subramanian, Head of DevOps Engineering Center of Excellence, OCBC Bank
• Xavier Bruhiere, VP Data Engineering, Lazada
• Sylvain Bougerel, Senior Manager, Engineering, Grab
• Anthony McMahon, Regional Director, Asia Pacific & Japan, GitLab
• Moderated by: Dheeraj Nayal, Global Ambassador and Regional Head, APJ & MEA, DevOps Institute

COVID-19 has created a surge in the demand for cloud-based business tools, entertainment on demand and video communication. Join industry heavyweights as they discuss the implications of these changes and how they will impact the data centre and cloud industry in the APAC region as we transition to a ‘new normal.’ 

Presenters: 

• Jeremy Deutsch, President, Asia-Pacific, Equinix
• Omer Wilson, Vice President of Marketing, Digital Realty APAC
• Jonathan King, Group Chief Operating Officer & Head of Investments, ST Telemedia Global Data Centres
• Moderated by: May-Ann Lim, Executive Director, Asia Cloud Computing Association