Day 2: Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017
8:00 am - 8:45 am Networking Breakfast
8:45 am - 8:50 am Chairperson's Opening Remarks
8:50 am - 9:25 am By Endurance, We Conquer: Leadership Lessons in IT Tracks: Data & Technology; Business & Leadership
What is it that enables leaders and teams to overcome conditions of extreme adversity? What enables people to work together to overcome insurmountable obstacles? What are the specific things that a leader can do to create a cohesive team that can beat the odds? Sir Ernest Shackleton has been called "the greatest leader that ever came on God's earth, bar none" and yet most people don’t even know of him or the leadership lessons that are still relevant today. While his story itself is incredible, what makes this a remarkable lesson on leadership is that to a man, the crew gave sole credit to Shackleton for not only their survival, but for making the endeavor an enjoyable time. Come hear how you can take the leadership lessons learned from one of the “greatest failures” in exploration, and apply them to make you successful in your career in IT. During our Day 2 Keynote, we’ll explore:
- Leveraging lessons from your “greatest failures”
- Collaborating through extreme adversity
- Creating cohesive teams built to beat the odds
- How to motivate and lead a team that strives to thrive, not just survive
9:25 am - 9:55 am Transforming IT to Transform Business or Transforming It to Simply Survive? Track: Data & Technology
Today, transforming IT is not a choice. A business may not survive if it's not automated with the help of cloud technologies and the right methodologies. The transformation journey is unique for each company, and it’s also a difficult one given that it involves a mindset change. The outcome of successful transformation is massively disruptive. A company that successfully transforms itself and becomes truly agile will be tough (almost impossible) to beat for its competition. Secondly, Data is the new oil. Big data analytics is already mainstream. Sekhar Puli will share, with some recent examples, small and large customer cases and the business drivers that are reshaping businesses around the world.
- Customer cases and business drivers that are reshaping businesses globally
- Pinpointing the right technologies for IT transformation
- Why data is the “new oil”
- Determining your path on the transformation journey
10:00 am - 10:30 am Business Meetings
10:30 am - 11:00 am Business Meetings
Roundtable A
11:05 am - 12:10 pm Trusted Access: A Modern Approach to Securing the Enterprise Tracks: Data & Technology; Business & LeadershipTracks: Data & Technology; Business & Leadership
How do you secure access to your critical applications, now that the old perimeter-based security model is obsolete? Attend this session to learn how leading organizations use a Trusted Access model to prevent security breaches caused by credential theft, eliminate the risks of out-of-date and compromised endpoints, and easily secure their applications, users, and devices.
Roundtable B
11:05 am - 12:10 pm Growing Analytics Data and the Impact on the Infrastructure as a Service Provider Track: Data & TechnologyTrack: Data & Technology
Enterprise users face the challenge of supporting their growing Big Data / Analytics compute and IT needs with the proper mission critical infrastructure. As analytics expands into all aspects of business, the infrastructure required to support the data and its growth becomes increasingly critical. Significant opportunities abound, but deriving the benefits requires access to and management of enormous amounts of new data and that means next-generation connectivity, more computing power, more storage and enterprise enabled infrastructure. Whether it is an enterprise data center, co-location provider, or Cloud computing platform, businesses must optimize Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS).
Join our discussion as we explore the following:
· Evolving demands that require the ability to scale infrastructure capacity quickly
· High-density deployments that require data to be managed efficiently and cost-effectively
· Which IT environments and application workloads are best served by various types of infrastructure platforms (Colocation, data center, Cloud, or Hybrid Cloud)
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm Networking Lunch
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm Guarding Against Cyber Breaches Without Creating a Hostile Work Environment Track: Data & Technology
According to recent RSA conference, 80% of the CISO’s surveyed said they were “looking for new opportunities.” Why is that number so high? Is the IT Security job inherently difficult? Are CISO’s doomed for failure? Are hackers going to get in no matter what we do? Todd Barnum, CISO at GoPro, will lead an engaging discussion on how to best guard against cyber breaches without creating a “hostile work environment.” Todd will explore how to best integrate security into business processes, and include in the daily lives of all staff members. Join this session as we explore whether your CISO has taken the right approach to security, and if your CISO has the right capabilities to succeed.
1:45 pm - 2:25 pm Strengthening Your Cybersecurity Posture Tracks: Business & Leadership; Data & Technology
Every CIO needs to assess and understand the organization’s cyber security posture. As cyber threats increase and become more sophisticated, cybersecurity is an issue that cannot be ignored. During our cybersecurity panel, join security experts from GoPro and Netflix DVD for a focused panel discussion on optimizing the enterprise’s cybersecurity posture in light of some of the largest security breeches to day. We’ll be joined with top-level CIOs, including from the US Army, for an engaging CIO/CISO talk highlighting the cyber security measures that must be in place to protect the enterprise and the consumer. During this panel discussion, we’ll explore:
- The recent cyber threats targeting enterprises and organizations
- How to assess your organization’s cyber security posture
- How to optimize cybersecurity measures
- The true cost of a cybersecurity event – what it’s really going to cost you
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Business Meetings
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Business Meetings
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm Networking Snack Break Track: Security
MasterClass A
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm The Trends and Secret Sauce to Drive a Happier Workplace Track: Data & TechnologyTrack: Data & Technology
Today's CIO must focus his efforts to improve communication and collaboration while keeping workers happy. However, there have been challenges to communicating at work – dropped calls, glitchy video, and an increasingly distributed workforce. Workers are also changing, expecting more flexibility and autonomy. Join this Master Class to learn the secrets to transforming your business environment into a collaborative, productive, and happy workplace. We will explore:
· What are the latest trends and research related to workforce evolution
· How to drive changes to meet the way people communicate
· How other businesses improve workplace efficiency with Zoom
· How to create a happy workplace
MasterClass B
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm Securing Office365 Content on Mobile Devices Track: Security; Data & TechnologyTrack: Security; Data & Technology
Office365 is becoming the productivity and collaboration platform of choice and while embracing Office365 to maximize productivity makes sense, issues with containing corporate data and controlling access slow deployments and can introduce risk. In this session, we will discuss strategies to limit corporate data being shared or saved to non-approved devices and cloud services, control “Open in” and “Save as” functionality, enable single sign-on and MFA and help you develop a “Best of Breed" approach for securing ad deploying Office365. During this Master Class, we will discuss:
· Strategies to limit corporate data being shared
· Why Office365 is the collaboration platform of choice
· Developing a “Best of Breed” approach for securing ad deployment
