How can enterprises and vendors benefit from open forums to solve networking problems? Khalid Raza, CEO from Graphiant explains:
- The importance of open forums for discussion, debate, and education between enterprises and vendors
- The learning experience for both parties in understanding and solving networking problems
- The shift towards consuming network services rather than building bespoke networks
ONUG Spring 2023 Showcase
Dive into the highlights of ONUG Spring 2023, a milestone gathering of the Enterprise Cloud Community that shed light on the burning issues of today's hybrid multi-cloud enterprise ecosystem. With Converge! Digest and AvidThink on the ground, the two-day event saw an outpouring of innovative insights, captured in exclusive thought-leadership videos.
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Content from Thought Leaders at ONUG 2023
The following media comprises interviews and other content related to ONUG Spring 2023. Views expressed are those of the presenting individuals and companies and may not necessarily represent views of Converge! Network Digest or AvidThink.
Thriving in Multi-Cloud Environments: Embrace Complexity & Learn Together
Ernest Lefner, Co-Founder of ONUG and Chief Product Officer at Gluware discusses the complexities of transitioning to multi-cloud environments and the importance of learning from others’ experiences. He emphasizes that adding a second cloud provider increases complexity, making shared knowledge crucial for accelerating the adoption process.
Bridging the Gap: Private 5G & Network as a Service for Enterprises
Stephen Collins, Service Provider CTO at ONUG, emphasizes the need for collaboration between service providers and enterprises in light of emerging technologies like Network as a Service (NaaS), private 5G, and Enterprise 5G services. ONUG plans to further explore private 5G and Network as a Service in their upcoming fall event.
Alkira's Solution for Agile Networking Across Multi-Cloud Environments
Amir Khan (CEO) presents Alkira’s solution for addressing the agility gap in networking compared to computing and storage by developing a common infrastructure across multiple clouds. Alkira’s global infrastructure integrates with on-premise locations, remote users, and other services, providing seamless cloud backbone as a service.
Redefining Enterprise Network Management for the Remote Work Era
Michael Kearns, Chief Strategy Officer at Amartus, addressed the growing complexity of enterprise networks due to remote work and cloud adoption, emphasizing the need for standardized communication between providers and collaboration with organizations like MEF and the TM Forum to simplify network management.
Overcoming Cloud Transition Challenges & Boosting Network Security
Mark Casey, CEO of Apcela, addressed the difficulties enterprises encounter when shifting from on-premise to cloud-based networks and the impact on network security. Apcela introduced Arcus Transit Hub and its Open Access Network, enabling enterprises to directly connect to the cloud via its hub, offering open access and transparency to overcome cloud connectivity challenges.
Rethink Cloud Networking with Aviatrix's Secure Framework
Jay Maples, VP Sales (Central US) at Aviatrix, highlights the company’s secure cloud networking platform that offers enterprise-grade capabilities for managing applications in the cloud. Aviatrix’s platform enables customers to manage their architecture across all major cloud providers, ensuring speed, agility, availability, and security.
Gluware's Automation Platform: New Network Security & Management Approach
Gluware CEO Jeff Gray discusses Gluware’s hyper-automation network platform, which can discover, create a digital twin, and expose vulnerabilities in multi-vendor, multi-domain enterprise networks, while enabling drag-and-drop automation with self-operating bots for ticket remediation.
Revolutionizing Networking at ONUG - Learn, Connect & Evolve!
Khalid Raza, CEO of Graphiant, emphasizes the value of the ONUG ecosystem in connecting enterprise users and vendors for collaborative learning and the growing interest in transitioning from bespoke networks to consuming network services. Raza suggests adopting a similar approach to networking following the trend seen in compute and storage.
Mastering Network Complexity: Accelerate App Delivery & User Experience
David Coffey, Chief Product Officer at NS1, an IBM company, addresses the growing challenges faced by enterprises in the evolving networking landscape and emphasizes NS1’s API-driven products to enhance global load balancing and traffic steering. He also highlights NS1’s collaboration with IBM in the development of the Hybrid Cloud Mesh product, aimed at assisting customers with hybrid cloud onboarding.
Transforming Networking with Nile's LAN-as-a-Service Solution
Suresh Katukam, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Nile, introduces their wired and wireless LAN as a service, including hardware, software, and guaranteed performance. Nile’s subscription-based service allows customers to focus on users, devices, and applications, while ensuring network reliability through physical and virtual sensors and extending zero trust principles to the access layer.
Nokia's Cloud Journey: Security, Agility & Automation for Enterprises
Houman Modarres, Head of Enterprise Marketing at Nokia, emphasized the importance of security, agility, and automation in supporting network applications for large enterprises transitioning to the cloud. Nokia’s approach includes modern data center fabrics, connectivity within and across data centers, and the use of a digital sandbox for scenario planning to ensure confidence in automating network connectivity.
Boost User Experience & Manage Complex Apps with Prosimo
Dan Sheldon, Sr. Solutions Architect at Prosimo, addresses the difficulties companies face in managing complex applications across various cloud environments and data centers. Prosimo tackles these challenges by employing cloud-native constructs like Transit Gateway orchestration and vWAN Hub orchestration, ensuring seamless integration and delivering benefits at a fraction of the cost.
Transforming IT Operations with Selector's AI-Driven Observability Platform
Jason Reese, CRO of Selector, discusses the challenges IT operations teams face with growing staff ratios and ticket volumes, and introduces Selector’s network-aware IT observability platform that uses machine learning to provide insights for faster problem-solving. This unique solution reduces staffing needs and significantly cuts down ticket resolution time.
Secure Cloud Networking Revolution: Converging Security & Agility
Vishal Jain, CEO of Valtix (a Cisco company), emphasizes the need for secure cloud networking and converging networking and security in today’s enterprise landscape. With Cisco, Valtix aims to provide a single platform for policy management, analytics, and uniform connectivity and security, focusing on cloud workloads and hybrid customers.