Hosting & Cloud Transformation Summit 2019 | 451 Research | 23 September 2019 | ARIA Resort & Casino, 3730 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89158, USA

A new blueprint for success in the digital age is emerging. The same technical foundations that have propelled technology companies to become the most valuable corporations in the world are making their way into other types of organizations – even ones that didn’t previously think of themselves as technology-centric. As formerly physical assets become digital and as pricing moves from one-off transactions to subscriptions, major shifts occur not only to those assets, but also to the business models of those providing them. Economies once dominated by manufacturing have become centered on services.

Of course, every organization will be affected by these shifts at different rates, and as a result, every business’s digital transformation ‘journey’ will be unique; it will greatly depend, among other things, on an individual firm’s size, age, skill set, legacy and target market. The constraints, expectations and opportunities open to a startup or hyperscale cloud provider are radically different from those of a 40-year-old ISV, infrastructure specialist or IT services company.

Regardless of where they came from, or how long they have been around, all organizations will succeed or fail based on their ability to embrace change in an era of unprecedented IT innovation, and service providers will play a critical role in easing that transition. Right now, that innovation agenda is dominated by technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML); the Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing; and DevOps and containers, but this will continue to evolve over time.

For digital transformation to truly meet its potential, infrastructure needs to become invisible, with service providers – both inside and outside the IT organization - competing on their ability to deliver an ‘invisible experience’ that focuses on delivering outcomes and service levels across a range of off-premises and on-premises resources. The 2019 Hosting & Cloud Transformation Summit (HCTS) will focus on how service providers can increasingly deliver that invisible experience and empower the digital revolution.

2019 Speakers

Martin Mccarthy
Chairmain & CEO of The 451 Group

Doug Lieberman
Global Solutions Director - Global Alliances, Dell Technologies

Chris Moon
Managing Director at ING

Brett Azuma
Chief Research Officer at 451 Research

Dr. Owen Rogers
Research Director, Digital Economics at 451 Research

Horace Zona
Managing Director and Group Head of TMT at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey

Al Sadowski
Research Vice President, Voice of the Service Provider at 451 Research

Peter Hopper
CEO & Co-Founder at DH Capital

Kelly Morgan
Research Vice President, Infrastructure at 451 Research

Brenon Daly
Research Director, Financial Markets at 451 Research

Melanie Posey
Research Vice President & General Manager, Voice of the Enterprise at 451 Research

Brian Partridge
Research Vice President, Applied Infrastructure & DevOps at 451 Research

Craig Matsumoto
Senior Analyst, Managed Services at 451 Research

Fredric Rosenberg
Managing Director at Deutsche Bank Securities

James Henry
Senior Managing Director at Bank Street

Xavier Poisson Gouyou Beauchamps
VP, Service Provider and Cloud28+ Worldwide at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Andy Lawrence
Executive Director at Uptime Institute Research

Chaitra Vedullapalli
CMO of Meylah & Co-Founder of Women in Cloud

Mark Rice
General Manager, Services Partners at Microsoft

Tj Karklins
Executive Vice President of Operations and Service Provider Strategy at Stateless

Dan Thompson
Research Director, MTDC at 451 Research

Chen Arbel
VP, Business Development Cloud Security at Thales

Steve Fingerhut
President, Chief Business Officer at Pliops

Russ Currie
VP, Enterprise Strategy at NetScout

Jim Poole
Vice President, Business Development at Equinix

Kurt Daniel
CEO, Ubersmith

John Peak
CEO, ReactorWorks

Chris Geselle
Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer at eSentire

Claudia Massey
Vice President, Business Operations for Cloud & Service Provider Segment at Schneider Electric

Bill Long
VP, Interconnection Services at Equinix

2019 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• Microsoft
• DH Capital

DIAMOND:
• IBM

GOLD:
• Nokia
• Dell Emc
• Equinix
• Deutsche Bank
• Esentire
• ING
• Stateless
• Starline
• Thales
• Cohesity
• SunTrust Robinson Humphrey
• Bank Street
• Ubersmith
• Resolve
• Suse
• Pliops
• Cloud28
• Netscout
• Matter
• Pluribus Networks
• Digital Realty
• Diamanti
• AT&T Cyber Security

SILVER:
• Seagate
• Autho
• knlb

NETWORKING:
• Santander Commercial Banking
• Agile Stacks
• Eaton
• Fifth Third Bank
• Raymond James
• Cloud Blue
• Virtuozzo
• Natixis Beyong Banking

BRANDING:
• EdgeCore
• INAP
• CIT