World Wide Technology - TEC17

This TEC17 episode is the live recording of WWT’s  Between the Racks series focusing on Deception Technology. When you hear “Deception”, its normally in a negative context. But Deception Technology can actually be a good thing in turning the tables on cyberattacks. In this episode, WWT cybersecurity experts Rick Dudeck, Kent Noyes and Warren Perils discuss the kinds of breaches and attacks that Deception Technology can counter, the use cases where Deception Technology is especially effective and what WWT offers in implementing Deceptive Technology solutions.

https://www.wwt.com/all-blog/deception-technology/

DevOps continues to be an important element in how organizations deliver benefits of new software to their customers and how customers can close the feedback loop by sending feedback back to the developers.  In this episode,  WWT experts Jason Guibert, Paul Richards and Matt Perry look at how DevOps applies to Containers and Microservices.  They discuss the technical and business value  that DevOps provides for Containers, the challenges in adopting DevOps in this space, the real world use cases of successful adoption and the specific solutions that WWT provides to customers on DevOps adoption.

Click on the links below to get more information on DevOps from WWT.

https://www2.wwt.com/all-blog/devops-a-survival-guide-for-infrastructure-teams/

https://www2.wwt.com/all-blog/kubernetes-101/

https://www2.wwt.com/all-blog/deep-dive-into-linux-and-docker-containers/

Artificial Intelligence conjures up different things to everyone.  Groundbreaking?  Scary?  Multiple new possibilities?   Listen in as WWT’s Tim Brooks and Scott Herbig break it all down.  They give a definition of what AI really is and how it connects with Deep Learning and Machine Learning, what’s new with AI right now as it relates to today’s infrastructure and software, and the solutions that WWT can provide to customers.

https://www2.wwt.com/solution/big-data/

http://fleishmanhillard.com/resource/ai-communications-the-fads-the-fears-the-future/

Hybrid Cloud Platforms

The Hybrid Cloud terminology has been around for awhile now.  But what does it really mean, especially in relation to Public and Private Cloud?   To help explain what it all means, WWT experts Tyler Warren and Chris Nugent address key issues surrounding Hybrid Cloud.   They discuss what Hybrid Cloud really is, what kind of value that Hybrid Cloud brings to organizations which includes providing real use cases on the value Hybrid Cloud provides, how the vision of Hybrid Cloud is evolving into reality and they describe WWT’s emerging technology space, Hybrid Cloud Platforms.

To get more information on what Tyler and Chris discuss in the episode, click on the links below.

https://www2.wwt.com/workshop/hybrid-cloud-platforms-workshop/

https://www2.wwt.com/case-study/financial-institution-hybrid-cloud/?utm_medium=Email&utm_source=ExactTarget&utm_campaign=

https://www2.wwt.com/solution/cloud/

Endpoint protection continues to be an ever challenging security issue for organizations, with new threats coming forward on a regular basis.  WWT’s Matt Berry and Palo Alto Network’s Danny Milrad discuss how companies must deal with these new threats.  They discuss the changes in the threat landscape in the past year, approaches companies should take in protecting their data from these new threats that have moved beyond just malware and how WWT works with partners like Palo Alto to help customers meet these security challenges.

For further information on these topics, click on the links below.

https://www2.wwt.com/endpoint-protection/

https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/products/secure-the-endpoint/traps.html

Things are moving fast in the area of Team Collaboration.  One is the recent move by Cisco to move Spark under the WebEx umbrella.  WWT experts Joe Berger and Derrick Monahan discuss the ramifications of that move and the impact on User Experience, how it fits into Cisco’s collaborative portfolio with the Teams platform, the state of adoption by organizations for these new Team Collaboration tools and the status of Artificial Intelligence in the Collaboration space.

For more details on the topics Joe and Derrick discuss in this episode, click on the links below:

https://www2.wwt.com/all-blog/cisco-spark-meets-microsoft-office-365/

https://www2.wwt.com/all-blog/rising-above-the-collaboration-flood/

https://www2.wwt.com/all-blog/integrated-meetings-the-new-way-to-collaborate/

https://www2.wwt.com/workshop/meetings-workshop/

Endpoint Security Architecture (ESA) is an important challenge that organizations are facing in their security environment.  In this episode of TEC17, two of WWT’s experts from their Security practice, Chris Schwind and Matt Berry, discuss some of the key issues related to ESA.  They describe what ESA is and why it’s so important right now, the types of tools that the Security team at WWT is working on within the ESA framework, what business challenges are driven by issues relating to ESA, including threat detection and patch management, and how the Collaboration process has worked with WWT customers in working on ESA solutions.

For more information on ESA from the WWT Security team, click on the link below:

https://www2.wwt.com/endpoint-protection/

Endpoint Security Architecture (ESA) is an important challenge that organizations are facing in their security environment.  In this episode of TEC17, two of WWT’s experts from their Security practice, Chris Schwind and Matt Berry, discuss some of the key issues related to ESA.  They describe what ESA is and why it’s so important right now, the types of tools that the Security team at WWT is working on within the ESA framework, what business challenges are driven by issues relating to ESA, including threat detection and patch management, and how the Collaboration process has worked with WWT customers in working on ESA solutions.

For more information on ESA from the WWT Security team, click on the link below:

https://www2.wwt.com/endpoint-protection/

What is Business Transformation?  How can it help companies make the user experience better for their customers?  WWT experts Dave Chandler, Jon Duren and Shawn Waldrop discuss how organizations can address this important issue as it relates to Network Modernization in their IT environment.  They talk about how companies should deal with the transition from networks connecting through traditional Data Centers to now connecting through the Cloud.  They discuss the benefits that companies can realize using the Cloud and how IT as a Business (ITaaB) can be used to help achieve these benefits.

For further information on the Networking Solutions that WWT can provide, click on the link below.

https://www2.wwt.com/solution/networking/

Big Data and analytic tools provide valuable solutions to organizations as they look to meet challenges in their IT environment and customer experience.  This is especially relevant in the Health Care industry.  Listen in as WWT experts Kathleen Nowicke, Keela Davis and Laura Kuehner discuss how Big Data solutions have a powerful impact in the health care vertical.  They discuss the challenges health care organizations face today, what these organizations are doing right now to meet these challenges, how WWT has helped these organizations through Big Data and AI solutions and the business benefits that organizations realize from these solutions.

For more in-depth information on WWT’s Big Data and Analytics solutions, click on the link below:

https://www2.wwt.com/solution/big-data/