Private or public cloud: How you can have your cake and eat it too with Red Hat (45 minutes session) | Breakout session
The public-cloud-based pricing approach looks attractive to a CIO who can transition IT costs from capital expenses00a0to operating expenses. No more hardware vendors to deal with and large setup costs. But organizations also have to consider sunk00a0costs associated with00a0their datacenters, IT professionals, and regulatory requirements. As computing modernizes and organizations become agile, how does a CIO decide whether to transition to the public cloud (and which one) or whether to build a private cloud?00a0Attend this session to learn how you can build a cost-effective private cloud, adopt the right00a0public cloud00a0for the right apps, and use both00a0efficiently00a0to00a0reduce overall IT spend.
Jonathan Gershater
Senior PMM Red Hat
Jonathan Gershater has lived and worked in Silicon-image-url Valley since 1996. At Red Hat, he specializes in competitive marketing for cloud computing and NFV. Prior to joining Red Hat, Jonathan worked at 3Com, Entrust (by acquisition), Sun Microsystems and Trend Micro.
Kevin Jones
Cloud Domain Architect Red Hat
Kevin Jones is a Cloud Architect for Red Hat. His mission is to bring OpenStack into public service for Government, Research, and Educational entities. Kevin spends his time working with customers to define use cases around cloud and devops. Kevin has significant experience working with research and scientific computing entities to determine best fit for OpenStack and other technologies. Kevin comes to Red Hat from NASA Langley Research Center where he was the Chief Technologist for IT. In his role at NASA, he helped evangelize the use of hybrid cloud computing. Kevin came up in his career as a developer first and via curiosity, migrated to a holistic approach focused on utilizing technology to deliver business results.
Room 157B
Tuesday, 2nd May, 15:30 - 16:15
