CDW Canada Tech Talks

In this episode, we discuss…

• Microsoft's Developer Velocity report: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-ca/overview/developer-velocity/
• How do you define modern applications?
• Why “risk mitigation” should be the seventh R in app modernization
• What separates top-performing companies from bottom-performing companies
• How do you define success in adopting application modernization platforms?
• How to get started with app modernization
• What is Microsoft doing in this space?

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• The difference between data gravity and data inertia
• How data can be moved across clouds, and from on-premises to the cloud
• Why having a solid data fabric helps empower businesses and adds business value
• How to change data from being a business detractor to a business enabler
• How to address security in the cloud while keeping data portable
• How NetApp is embracing containers and the open-source community
• The direction of data across the hybrid cloud, AIOps and NetApp’s focus for the next five years

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• Four technologies that you need to support AI workloads
• Whether it makes sense to move AI data into the cloud or to run certain workloads on premises
• Why processes need to change to support AI programs and what IT teams can do from an infrastructure standpoint to support their data science team
• The three different levels of maturity for organizations that are adopting AI, and how Dell Technologies can help
• Functional use cases for AI across healthcare, retail and customer service
• How to use real-time data collected at the edge and sensor data to support AI programs
• Structured and unstructured data sets and how to gather insights around them
• How pervasive do you want to make artificial intelligence in your organization, and where is that data going to live?
• The importance of public cloud usage models, and keeping track of costs over time
• The state of AI now and in the future

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• Understanding what workloads are running in an environment, and what the dependencies are between applications
• How to structure applications to make them portable to transition to the public cloud, or to multiple clouds
• Do containers and VMs work differently across the public and private cloud?
• Understanding what multicloud actually means, and does it make sense to move to a multicloud environment?
• Can you expect your staff to be experts in multiple cloud providers?
• How VMware can help reduce complexity in the cloud and build developer productivity
• A step-by-step process to evaluating your multicloud environment

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• What’s driving application modernization for organizations?
• Identifying which legacy applications to move into the cloud – how much refactoring makes sense?
• The state of app modernization in Canada
• Avoiding mistakes around vendor lock-in, cloud security and backup
• Best practices that are driving success with app modernization, and the benefits that organizations are seeing
• The benefit of common platforms and doing the architecture one time versus many times
• Finding ways and technologies to bring development teams and operations teams together
• How is app modernization going to impact organizations over the next five years?

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• How to minimize the complexity of hybrid cloud networking
• Avoiding some of the pitfalls and getting the most value from hybrid cloud networks
• How CDW and Cisco work together to help customers with network design
• Normalizing the cloud operational model in terms of provisioning, management and security
• How to re-evaluate your network in an environment that’s changed drastically due to the pandemic
• Technologies that can help solve challenges in the hybrid cloud

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• What do hybrid cloud and hybrid IT mean?
• Are workloads better suited for the public cloud or in the data centre?
• Evolution from “cloud only” thinking to locating data where it brings the most value
• Moving back to the data centre when things are more expensive to run in the cloud
• What to consider when turning your data centre into a hybrid cloud, and what benefits will you receive?
• How IT can get the most out of the hybrid cloud, and where they need to focus
• How to approach challenges in the hybrid environment

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• Is the zero trust framework essential for security? 
• How has zero trust security become embedded in organizations?
• How to find the right balance between usability and security
• Best practices for security policy development 
• How does zero trust enhance user experience?

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• Walking the fine line between data privacy and data security 
• How to minimize the risk of sharing too much personally identifiable information (PII)
• When should a business leader reach out to the Privacy Commissioner of Canada after a data breach?
• Why GDPR has more name recognition than Canada’s PIPEDA
• What’s the next chapter for data privacy in Canada?

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• How to become more informed about AI and machine learning
• How are cybersecurity companies using AI and ML?
• Ethical considerations when using AI and ML
• Will AI and ML fully replace an organization’s cybersecurity team?

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