Cloud and Data Centre 2021: Top Priorities, Investments, Challenges and Opportunities
Tuesday, 20 April, 2021 @11:00am
2020 was the year that Cloud accelerated and proved its worth, as organisations rapidly shifted to enable remote working and support the digital delivery of products and services.
Scalability and agility became paramount as latent value from previous technology investments were augmented by increasingly hybrid, multi-cloud environments. Cloud underpinned organisation-wide operations and resiliency.
As we look ahead, new operating models are increasingly becoming the standard, the question has now become ‘what will the future of Cloud and Data Centres in the ANZ region look like?’
2021 will see accelerated shift of core apps and workloads to the cloud. With this, mission critical questions arise about how to architect, secure and integrate central databases, also whether and how to migrate.
ADAPT have surveyed the planned workload shifts and common local challenges in this journey.
Join us for this live, digital presentation and Q&A session, where our Analyst Team will reveal their latest insights and trends into the strategic focuses and investments for Cloud & Infrastructure leaders in 2021.
What we'll explore in the session Top strategic business priorities underpinning cloud and data centre strategy Top 10 technology initiatives and funding for 2021 2021 investment priorities for cloud and infrastructure leaders Most common challenges facing technology leaders when migrating to the cloud Top 5 barriers to the successful delivery of technology initiatives
Matt Boon
Senior Research Director at ADAPT
Matt Boon is responsible for directing and developing ADAPT’s research content and positions. He interacts with executives daily, bringing together groups of C-suite leaders to discuss and prepare for the challenges and opportunities they face.
For over 30 years, including 18 in senior leadership roles at Gartner, Matt has been a sought after and highly respected authority on the local and global IT landscape.
ADAPT hosts numerous industry-leading business and technology events, which Matt chairs, that deliver unique ADAPT research positions, and advises executives across the end-user and technology provider landscape to make informed IT decisions.
When he is not working, Matt enjoys walking the many trails of the NSW Southern Highlands, travelling and listening to music. He is also partial to a good steak and nice glass of red wine.
Tom Youngs
Partner and Sales Director
Tom joined ADAPT in early 2017, quickly establishing himself as a key member of the leadership team.
As our Strategic Partner Sales Director, Tom is tasked with training, mentoring and evolving our staff to achieve consistent revenue growth for ADAPT.
His team continue to achieve this growth with a client first, account management focus, placing retention and account development at their core.