Name: Cloud and AI: Building a Relationship Between Two Technology Giants
Start: 2023-11-29T17:00:00Z
End: 2023-11-29T17:00:48.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 5

The rapid adoption of cloud computing has far-reaching effects across the enterprise in terms of application development, IT architecture and platforms, systems and network operations, security needs, and cross-team dynamics. This monthly discussion covers all the factors organizations needs to consider and explores ways that cloud technologies can help them stay ahead of the competition.

At first glance, the cloud seems to show no sign of slowing down. According to Statista research, the worldwide public cloud market reached close to USD$415 billion in 2022, and Gartner forecasts it to grow to $591.8 billion in 2023. Not only are more organizations migrating to cloud architectures, but cloud providers are expanding their offerings: In 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) released 3,084 new services and functionalities that year—about 300 more than in 2021.
 
But a closer look at these statistics tells a more complicated story. Despite the continued growth of the public cloud market, the rate of growth slowed for multiple providers in 2022. And even with a rapidly expanding set of functionalities available to them, cloud customers are wary of spending more on cloud services than they already do. Instead, companies are looking for ways to unlock greater cloud value for their spend.

In the final Cloud Cover episode of 2023, Jo Peterson and her guests will explore:
— Shifting from Migration to Innovation
— Tackling the Cost “Double Bubble”
— Tipping the Scales to take advantage of AI

Cloud as a Catalyst: How to be Smart About Cloud Adoption

A growing number of companies are turning to edge computing for their organizational needs, with worldwide spending on edge expected to reach $208 billion in 2023, according to IDC. This is an increase of 13.1% over 2022 and IDC has also identified more than 400 named use cases across various industries and domains. It is clear that edge is here to stay and already having a substantial impact on enterprise networks, but not everyone knows how to take full advantage.
 
During this session of “Cloud Cover”, our panel of industry experts will explore market and vertical adoption and drivers for growth, as well as the three edge use cases that will see the largest investments in 2023: content delivery networks, virtual network functions, and multi-access edge computing (MEC). MEC could represent 20% of all edge spend, making it a key focus area. 

In the enterprise space, we’ll explore production asset management, autonomic operations, omni-channel operations, freight monitoring, and augmented customer service agents. We’ll also take a look at AI Edge and how contextualization and  ‘local intelligence’ is being built into edge devices with AI.

Pushing Cloud to the Edge: An End-to-End Exploration of Edge Use Cases

The more popular cloud becomes, the more the industry will try to optimize its use and find new ways to leverage it. Increasingly, organizations are turning their attention to cloud automation, self-service, and service orchestration, which are all trending according to year-over-year benchmarks from IT Ops, DevOps, CloudOps, and DataOps teams. 

The Stonebranch 2023 Global State of IT Automation Report takes this one step further, revealing that cloud automation tops the list of planned automation tool investments for 2023. Meanwhile, self-service automation is booming: 92% of respondents said they’d like to empower end users from data, cloud, dev and LOB teams to execute their own workflows and processes. Additionally, automation has evolved into orchestration, with the majority of report respondents planning to replace or add a new platform to support orchestration. 

In this latest episode of Cloud Cover, our panel will dig into these and other trends in the Cloud Automation space.

Speakers:
Jo Peterson, VP of Cloud & Security Services at Clarify360
David Linthicum, Chief Cloud Strategy Officer at Deloitte Consulting
Matt Douglas, CEO at DIGICZE
Bobby Allen, Group Product Manager - Cloud Runtimes OPM at Google

Key 2023 Trends in Cloud Automation, From Self-Service to Orchestration

The definition of digital transformation is changing. Today, 72% of cloud decision makers view digital transformation as something more than a simple “lift and shift” exercise where systems are moved from data centers to the cloud, according to a Google Cloud Brand Pulse Survey. A majority of enterprises plan to invest in new technology platforms to facilitate innovation change, utilizing cloud in new and exciting ways to achieve next-generation results. 

What will this new digital transformation look like, with the cloud at its center? Almost half of cloud decision makers say that digital transformation means optimizing processes and becoming more operationally agile. Many of these same execs say that there is a focus on improving customer experience. In this latest installment of “Cloud Cover,” our panel of industry experts will break down the ways that cloud will play a role in these technology evolutions.

An Agent for Change: Cloud at the Center of Digital Transformation

Consumers and companies alike are growing more concerned about their environmental impact. As organizations look to strategize long-term, it’s becoming clear that sustainable technology will be a must-have; not a nice-to-have. By 2025, 50% of CIOs will have performance metrics tied to the sustainability of the IT organization. 

Sustainable technology is a framework of digital solutions that can be used to enable ESG outcomes. Digital technologies have the potential to help minimize carbon emissions across the entire digital value chain. When building cloud workloads, the practice of sustainability involves understanding the impacts of the services used, quantifying impacts through the entire workload lifecycle, and applying design principles and best practices to reduce these impacts.

In this latest episode of ‘Cloud Cover,’ our panel will discuss what the future of sustainable cloud could look like and how to get there.

Building for the Future: Sustainable Cloud Technologies

Cloud is no longer the newcomer, but the new normal. Today, 92% of organizations have a multi-cloud strategy in place or underway, and 82% of large enterprises have adopted a hybrid cloud infrastructure. Yet cloud innovation doesn’t just stop here. Managing multi-cloud complexity requires new thinking and new approaches to information technology operations that focus on simplification.
 
Are organizations ready for a cross-cloud service layer that exists with the goal of not needing to to define specific technologies for each public cloud?
 
Some folks call this MetaCloud and some call it SuperCloud.  Wherever the name lands, in this month’s episode of Cloud Cover we’ll talk about how this cross-cloud service layer can:
— Reduce complexity
— Provide abstraction and automation layers
— Offer security with a single pane of glass and a single set of APIs
— Provide cross cloud operations and ease of management across systems

The SuperCloud is Coming: Are You Ready For It?

An increased public cloud footprints equals an increase in operational complexity. With more access points and integrations to protect, many organizations may find themselves at greater risk of cyberattack despite their new architecture. Yet upgrading to a more capable infrastructure shouldn’t have to come at the cost of increased vulnerability. 

It’s no surprise that 58% of cloud-mature organizations are actively looking for new cloud security solutions to help teams keep up with this evolving and complex landscape. Join our panel of experts as we focus on staying ahead in Cloud Security for 2023. 

We’ll shine the light on key areas of focus:
 
— The ever-evolving shared responsibility model
— The rising importance of multi-cloud security
— Increased use of security automation
— The adoption of more AI-based security tools
— Securing systems at the application level

Cloud Security in 2023: Staying Ahead in an Evolving Landscape

As cloud adoption soars, the associated costs are also rising. Worldwide spending on public cloud alone is expected to reach $591 billion this year, a 20.7% uptick from 2022's $490 billion, based on Gartner’s research. Findings from Flexera’s 2023 State of the Cloud Report show that cloud cost management surpasses security as a top priority: 82% of respondents cited managing cloud spend, edging out security concerns at 79%. It’s clear that cloud is taking up more of the budget than before — but this doesn’t mean that cloud spend can’t be optimized.
 
In this latest episode of “Cloud Cover,” we’ll explore the shifting challenges in the cloud landscape and discuss the increased reliance on cloud; forecasting challenges; the shared responsibility model of cloud cost management and the cloud skills gap as a contributing factor. Our panel of expert speakers will also provide some tips and tricks to help decrease cloud spend.

Speakers:
Jo Peterson, VP of Cloud & Security Services at Clarify360
Matt Brickey, SVP of Professional Services at Tierpoint
Rob Zelinka, CIO of Jack Henry
Kris Bliesner, CEO of Vega Cloud

Wrangling Cloud Costs & Optimizing Spend in 2023

Cloud adoption has been scaling consistently for years, but the emergence of new AI capabilities is transforming what’s possible with cloud computing. What’s more, this technology is much more accessible than many may assume; according to a Deloitte survey, 79% say they have fully deployed three or more AI applications, with top applications being cloud pricing optimization, voice assistants, chatbots and conversational AI, predictive maintenance, and uptime/reliability optimization.

How is AI truly impacting the cloud, both today and tomorrow? The opportunity areas for AI are vast, both for creators of generative AI services and for their end-users. Of these solutions, which has the most promise or interest? Identifying where the real value lies will be a critical challenge in 2023.

In this first installment of BrightTALK’s new Original series, “Cloud Cover,” join Jo Peterson and her panel of industry experts as they uncover what powering the cloud with AI and ML truly means.

Episode Speakers:
— Jo Peterson, VP of Cloud & Security Services at Clarify360
— David Linthicum, Chief Cloud Strategy Officer at Deloitte
— Keith Townsend, Principal & Founder of The CTO Advisor
— Nigel Duffy, ML & AI Scientist, formerly Global AI Leader at Ernst & Young

Powering the Cloud with Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning

Cloud computing and artificial intelligence are two sectors that are experiencing explosive growth – and that’s not going to change any time soon. The cloud computing market is projected to double from its current size to $947 billion by 2026, while the AI market is slated to grow more than 5 times to $309 billion in the same period. Organizations know they need to capitalize on these technologies, but figuring out how to do so and how to utilize them in tandem is the question of the moment. Succeed and the possibilities are endless.

Join us as we explore how enterprise leaders are striving to understand how the rapidly expanding field of AI can build a relationship with cloud that spurs even greater innovation

During the panel, we’ll discuss:

— The Applications of AI in Cloud Computing
— Advantages of Deploying AI in Cloud Environments
— The Transformative Nature of Cloud and AI together
— Security Guardrails and Considerations

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