COMPUTING FORUM31 OCTOBER 2017, GRAND MILLENNIUM, AUCKLAND

2017 NZ

Setting the Cloud strategy in today’s digital ecosystem

• Strategic presentations from industry experts• Case studies with practical insights on

working with the Cloud• Panel discussions to give you a 360-degree

view on Cloud-based strategies

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8.30 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE

8.50 OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR PIETER BRONKHORST, Chief Technology Officer,

Hamilton City Council

9.00 BUBBLES AND EDGES: CLOUD TRENDS AND TRAJECTORIES

Examine future trends and trajectories with the Cloud space and what companies need to do now to harness the capabilities of the Cloud.

DANIEL PARSONS, Cloud Architect, Revera

9.40 MIND THE GAP: THE NEXT FRONTIER OF CLOUD SECURITY AND DATA BREACHES

• Security considerations for information privacy and relevance

• Tackling data sovereignty issues on international Cloud servers

• Recommendations for identifying and closing the cracks in the Cloud

MARK SHAW, Technology Strategist - Information Security (APAC), Symantec

10.10 CLOUD RIGHT TO GAIN VALUE FROM CLOUD Understand the Hamilton City Council’s journey with

the Cloud as they discuss: · Full Cloud, on-prem or hybrid – understanding the

best fit for your organisation · How does the change in your Cloud model affect

people, processes and costs · Compliance and Cloud PIETER BRONKHORST, Chief Technology Officer,

Hamilton City Council

10.50 MORNING BREAK

11.20 IS YOUR ORGANISATION EQUIPPED TO HANDLE CLOUD-BASED RISKS?

• Ascertaining the non-technology impacts of failures in the Cloud

• Determining risk-mitigation frameworks that consider technology, processes and people

• Improving Cloud governance frameworks LINDSEY CARROLL, Director, OutBox ANDREA BLACK, Group Manager Platforms

and Digital Operations, Genesis Energy BERNARD SEETO, Strategy and Architecture

Manager, Southern Cross Health Society

12.00 ENSURING A CONSISTENT END-USER EXPERIENCE AS YOU MOVE YOUR BUSINESS APPS TO THE CLOUD

• Understand why your cloud vendor’s SLA will differ from yours

• Discuss why the only way to really know cloud performance is to measure REAL end-user experience, as your users see it

• Learn how you can measure end user performance and establish SLAs that help meet your business objectives

BRIAN GORMLEY, Performance Management Specialist – APJ Southern Region, Riverbed Technology, Australia & New Zealand

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This is your opportunity to network, connect and engage with professionals and peers as we examine the effective and strategic use of Cloud and “as-a-Service” models.

CIO/CTO/Heads of IT

IT Operations & Strategy Professionals

Enterprise Architects/ Solutions Architects

Developers/Engineers

Chief Executive Officers

Infrastructure Managers

Platform Services Managers

Analytics Professionals

Finance Professionals

A snapshot of professionals that you will meet at the 2017 NZ Cloud Computing Forum:

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12.30 THE OTHER IAAS – EXPLORING INTELLIGENCE-AS-A-SERVICE WITHIN CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS

• Harnessing AI and Robotic process automation to get the best out of Cloud environments

• Using the “as-a-Service” model to deploy AI services to industry

• Learning from IoT-enabled data collection centres to drive advanced analytics

PAUL FRASER, Director - IT Advisory, EY

1.00 LUNCH BREAK

1.50 HIGH PERFORMANCE CLOUD-BASED BUSINESS ANALYTICS

• Improve customer experience using Cloud-based analytics • Leverage the Cloud ecosystem for high performance

analytics • Automation opportunities enabled by Cloud and analytics

technologies LAUREN PERCY, Enterprise Architect, Kotahi

2.20 DRIVING THE SEAMLESS CONNECTION OF ECOSYSTEMS IoT is here and it has sparked a new wave of innovation

through creating new business models and products, not to mention cost savings and efficiency gains. Gain insights into not just connecting your products but connecting ecosystems in a seamless way to offer even more value to customers.

JONATHAN MILLER, National Tech Network Manager - Data & IoT, CALLAGHAN INNOVATION

2.50 REDEFINING THE CLOUD THROUGH SERVERLESS ARCHITECTURE

• Minimising overheads through non-vendor dependent Function-as-a-Service

• Integrating serverless with emerging tech to deploy efficiently

• Solving latency issues especially in machine learning environments

TRISTIN KING, Head of Technology, JUCY Group MICHAEL TAPP, Principal Architect, CYMA

3.30 AFTERNOON BREAK

3.50 IS YOUR CLOUD MODEL SCALABLE OR ELASTIC? • Understanding the difference between

elastic or scalable • Exploring the scalability challenges

brought on by Cloud, ..aaS and IoT • The issues with auto-scaling in response

to market demand JOHN BOWKER, Product Owner - Data, Xero TIM CHAFFE, Chief IT Architect,

University of Auckland MARK HESELTINE, Enterprise Architect, Paymark

4.30 CLOUD STRATEGIES AND GOVERNANCE FOR IT LEADERS • Developing Cloud-first architectures that align with

business vision and strategy • Shaping ROI, capacity planning and cost considerations

to align Cloud strategy with business growth • Reducing Cloud administrative and workload overheads 5.00 SUMMARY REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR AND

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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO CLOUD TRANSFORMATION

1 NOVEMBER 2017 | 9 - 5PM

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Created as a half-day presentation followed by interactive practical discussions on Cloud transformation, this deep-dive workshop introduces a framework for understanding Cloud transformation.

Understand practical strategies to accelerate growth and maximise the business benefits at each stage along the Cloud transformation journey.

This workshop also includes in-depth discussions on security, privacy and data sovereignty, as well as some specifics on the impact of current cutting edge technologies.

Use this opportunity to raise specific scenarios from your own organisation and work through the next steps of Cloud transformation.

KEITH ARCHIBALD Head of Innovation, Revera

Keith is responsible for articulating Revera’s roadmap vision through identifying emerging themes and technologies and translating these

into new service offerings for Revera to deliver to customers. With a background as an Infrastructure specialist with 25+ years’ experience, including large enterprise environments, Keith now focuses more on tracking the tech industry developments and linking customer business requirements with technology solutions.

STEPHEN PONSFORD Senior Cloud Advisor, Revera

Stephen is at the forefront of helping businesses understand and adapt to the evolving IT scene. From his earlier roles as the “IT Guy”, through operational

roles in large enterprises, to architecture and now with product development and strategy, Stephen is enthusiastic about finding the benefits amongst the noise. Stephen is a member of the Revera Chief Technology Office where he performs the roles of Chief Technology Evangelist and Senior Cloud Advisor.

DANIEL PARSONS – Cloud Architect, Revera

Daniel has a deep interest in the transformational power of technology. From his beginnings at a small publishing company, Daniel has held a number of operational roles with leading New Zealand enterprises and developed IT management tool-sets for global organisations. When not consuming vast quantities of coffee, his time is spent either educating clients on how to survive digital disruption or helping them to become disruptive.

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