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Cloudera Data Warehouse Optimization

Data Warehousing is the backbone of every data driven organization, providing mission critical analytics. Today, modern data warehousing has evolved to meet the intensive demands the newest analytics required to be data driven. While this “data tsunami” may pose a set of new challenges, it also opens up opportunities for a wide variety of high value BI and analytics use cases that everyone is eager to capitalize on. Traditional data warehouse vendors may have maturity in data storage, modeling, and high-performance analysis, yet, these legacy solutions are showing their age, and can no longer cost-effectively meet these new demands. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews David Dichmann and Raman Rajasekhar to gain their perspectives on data warehouse optimization. David is a Director of Product Marketing at Cloudera and Raman is a Senior Product Manager at Cloudera.
36 Minutes

Cloudera Data Warehouse Optimization

Data Warehousing is the backbone of every data driven organization, providing mission critical analytics. Today, modern data warehousing has evolved to meet the intensive demands the newest analytics required to be data driven. While this “data tsunami” may pose a set of new challenges, it also opens up opportunities for a wide variety of high value BI and analytics use cases that everyone is eager to capitalize on. Traditional data warehouse vendors may have maturity in data storage, modeling, and high-performance analysis, yet, these legacy solutions are showing their age, and can no longer cost-effectively meet these new demands. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews David Dichmann and Raman Rajasekhar to gain their perspectives on data warehouse optimization. David is a Director of Product Marketing at Cloudera and Raman is a Senior Product Manager at Cloudera.
36 Minutes

Zebra - Warehouse Modernization

Being well-connected and having visibility into all your assets, people, and processes at all times is crucial to having an integrated, productive, profitable, and compliant supply chain. Leading companies are leveraging forward-thinking fulfillment strategies to keep up with the growth of the on-demand economy. Augmenting workers with technology is sighted as the best way to introduce automation in the warehouse. To gain a competitive edge, look for a mobile computing, scanning, and printing solution which connects each operational area in your warehouse to give you the agility to realize transformational gains. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Darren Koffer to gain Zebra Technologies' perspective on Warehouse Modernization. Darren is a Product Portfolio Management Director of Warehouse Solutions at Zebra Technologies.
32 Minutes

NEC-NAKIVO VM Backup Appliance

With the ever growing amounts of data in virtualized environments, today’s organizations are faced with the frequent need of storage infrastructure expansion and are increasingly looking for efficient storage optimization and reliable data protection of their rapidly expanding data. To achieve complete data protection for virtualized environments, look for a data protection solution that can reduce VM backup size by up to 95% while securing your virtual environment from disasters, data corruption, and data loss. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Veniamin Simonov and Nicholas Cerrone to gain their perspectives on Data Protection for Virtual Machines. Veniamin is the Director of Product Management at Nakivo and Nicholas is the National Channel Sales Manger for IT at NEC.
25 Minutes

NEC-NAKIVO VM Backup Appliance

With the ever growing amounts of data in virtualized environments, today’s organizations are faced with the frequent need of storage infrastructure expansion and are increasingly looking for efficient storage optimization and reliable data protection of their rapidly expanding data. To achieve complete data protection for virtualized environments, look for a data protection solution that can reduce VM backup size by up to 95% while securing your virtual environment from disasters, data corruption, and data loss. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Veniamin Simonov and Nicholas Cerrone to gain their perspectives on Data Protection for Virtual Machines. Veniamin is the Director of Product Management at Nakivo and Nicholas is the National Channel Sales Manger for IT at NEC.
25 Minutes

Improving Business with Kovair REST API

In recent years, a lot of businesses have been drawn to the important role that Application APIs play in enhancing the business model for a company. The focus has been more towards how developers can benefit and how APIs can help this group to introduce new capabilities. Currently, RESTful APIs for any enterprise application is being regarded as the Next Generation to SOA Architectures. Organizations offering cloud-based software and services are heavily delving into RESTful APIs. It is therefore important for organizations and their software platforms to open the Gateway of API for the future. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Akshay Sharma to gain Kovair Software's perspective on Improving Business Models with REST APIs. Akshay is a Technical Advisor at Kovair Software.
13 Minutes

Cloudera Modern Data Warehouse

It’s clear today that the data warehouse industry is undergoing a major transformation. Every large company is eager to adopt machine learning and AI, but unsure how to do so. The number and variety of edge applications are absolutely exploding, as the world becomes increasingly connected, and as software powers ever more of our economy and lives. Lastly, but perhaps most importantly, the cloud has become increasingly important to enterprises of all sizes and has set a new bar for ease of use. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews David Dichmann to gain Cloudera's perspective on the Modern Data Warehouse. David is a Director of Product Marketing at Cloudera.
27 Minutes

Supply Chain Trends - Cold Chains

Smart cold chain management is driving a digital transformation in the food supply chain. IoT Sensors are being leveraged to achieve tighter integration among stakeholders from the farm to retail. Addressing this end-to-end visibility challenge is of vital importance for cold chain goods. Leading firms are looking to mitigate the cost of perishables waste with IoT Sensor and Cold-Chain Logistics. Michael Lippis interviews Terry Myers to gain Infratab's perspective on the IoT Sensor and Cold-Chain Logistics Market. Terry is the CEO of Infratab.
13 Minutes

VMware Cloud Verified

Transforming your app portfolio for a multi-cloud, multi-device world, while enabling consistent operations that reduce cost and risk can be challenging. Identifying a provider that can deliver services with state of the art Cloud Infrastructure technology is key to achieving that mission. To gain a competitive edge, look for cloud provider that offers the greatest degree of interoperability across clouds. Michael Lippis interviews Jay Workman to gain his perspective on VMware Cloud Verified. Jay is the Senior Director of Cloud Partner Marketing with VMware.
11 Minutes

IRI - Dark Data

In an information technology era in which both big data opportunities and privacy law exist and converge, there is a pressing need to discover, work with, and protect data hidden in unstructured files. A vast amount of collected or generated corporate and government data remains hidden in unstructured files, or so-called dark data repositories. To mitigate the legal, financial, and reputational risk of exposing personally identifiable information or (PII) in these often obscure files, and to comply with data privacy laws like the GDPR, firms need a way to rapidly locate and secure the PII in them. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Lisa Mangino to gain Innovative Routines International's perspective on dark data. Lisa is a Director of Data Software & Services at Innovative Routines International.
28 Minutes

SAP Data Hub

Leading firms are building agile, data-driven pipeline applications that need to tap a single, logical data set representing their entire enterprise. To accomplish that task, those firms are leveraging all-in-one data orchestration solutions which distill business value from all data for operational excellence and digital expansion. To gain an edge, enterprises are utilizing technology which enables them to build, execute, orchestrate and govern flow-based pipelines, providing the maximum reuse of existing data developments while encompassing digital innovations. Michael Lippis interviews Amit Satoor to gain SAP's perspective on Data Orchestration. Amit is a Sr. Director of Product and Solution Marketing at SAP.
20 Minutes

NEC - IaaS

No one likes infrastructure upgrades. Replacing new hardware is a costly, never-ending battle. But software upgrades, especially major ones, can entail even lengthier and more expensive projects. When it comes to dealing with today’s massive volumes of data—processing it, analyzing it and reporting on it— well not upgrading can be even more expensive. Often software upgrades introduce major changes. Whether by choice or due to changing technology, these changes affect not only existing features, but also the underlying data structures and platform. And almost certainly, the added features require newer, more efficient server hardware, memory and storage. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Mike Mitsch to gain NEC's perspective on Infrastructure as a Service. Mike is the Managing Director of Infrastructure as a Service at NEC Corporation of America.
25 Minutes

PTC Manufacturing Apps

Today's manufacturing firms need to rapidly develop, deploy and extend apps and augmented reality experiences. Leaders are looking to unify data from enterprise business systems and the sensored physical world, and deliver user information and real-time insight in context for individual roles. To achieve Industrial Connectivity, you need to be empowered with the speed to unlock all data from your brownfield equipment and systems, and your Manufacturing Apps must be flexible enough to deliver that data to all persona in the factory or industrial setting. So, to gain a competitive edge, manufacturers need to leverage tools to dramatically simplify their digital transformation and accelerate time-to-value. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Aron Semle to gain PTC's perspective on Manufacturing Apps. Aron is a Director of Solutions Management at PTC.
31 Minutes

CloudBees Continuous Delivery

Over the last 10 years, continuous integration brought tangible improvements to the software delivery lifecycle - improvements that enabled adoption of agile delivery practices. The software industry is now progressing to the next maturity phase with continuous delivery. With its flexible plugin architecture and numerous plugins, Jenkins is like the person who knows everyone and can work with everyone. Enterprises can utilize any existing tools - whether developed in-house or licensed from a commercial vendor - or bring in a new tool and know that Jenkins will work with it. Jenkins bridges both sides of the development/operations divide, bringing both teams together and enabling collaboration between them. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Dan Juengst to gain CloudBees' perspective on continuous delivery. Dan is the Sr. Director, Product Marketing at CloudBees.
13 Minutes

Micro Focus DevOps Suite

Businesses today are required to deliver software to their users at an ever-increasing pace, but at the same time, they must keep quality consistently high. The need to comply with corporate, industry and even government regulations, together with the demand for a superior user experience, leads organizations to adopt a holistic approach to application delivery. The application delivery toolset must include management, testing and monitoring, but crucially, these tools must be able to communicate with each other and provide visibility, transparency, and end-to-end traceability, and enable collaboration across the whole team and beyond. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews David Landsberg and Malcolm Isaacs to gain their perspectives on DevOps. David is the Director of Product Management, Application Delivery Management at Micro Focus and Malcolm is the Senior Solutions Marketing Manager at Micro Focus.
22 Minutes

Micro Focus DevOps Suite

Businesses today are required to deliver software to their users at an ever-increasing pace, but at the same time, they must keep quality consistently high. The need to comply with corporate, industry and even government regulations, together with the demand for a superior user experience, leads organizations to adopt a holistic approach to application delivery. The application delivery toolset must include management, testing and monitoring, but crucially, these tools must be able to communicate with each other and provide visibility, transparency, and end-to-end traceability, and enable collaboration across the whole team and beyond. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews David Landsberg and Malcolm Isaacs to gain their perspectives on DevOps. David is the Director of Product Management, Application Delivery Management at Micro Focus and Malcolm is the Senior Solutions Marketing Manager at Micro Focus.
22 Minutes

Supply Chain Trends - Water Solubles

The need for sustainability is driving the global water-soluble packaging market. Manufacturers are eyeing sustainable packaging to enhance their image and reduce their carbon footprint. These firms are also looking to reduce waste by using water-soluble direct thermal materials with their supply chains. The demand for organic cosmetics and personal care packaging is contributing to the growth of these more effective packaging solutions. Michael Lippis interviews Jonathan Jakubowski to gain SmartSolve Industries perspective on Water Soluble Packaging Market Dynamics. Jonathan is a Director with SmartSolve Industries.
13 Minutes

Packaging Sustainability

In recent years, many companies have begun to consider converting their packaging machines from heat sealing to ultrasonic sealing technology. The idea of reducing film consumption by narrowing the seal width is a common driver toward ultrasonic sealing. Another is the understanding that an occasional lettuce leaf or piece of cheese that gets caught in the seal area will no longer present a problem because the ultrasonic system will seal right through the product. While these are good reasons to consider ultrasonic sealing, there are even greater benefits that can help you with your sustainable packaging initiatives. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Bill Aurand to gain Sonics & Materials' perspective on Packaging Sustainability with Ultrasonic Sealing. Bill is a Packaging Technology Manager at Sonics & Materials.
22 Minutes

Micro Focus - Agile Enterprise

To become an agile enterprise, enterprise architects, portfolio managers, and other executives must gain insight into the status of each application in their portfolio, so they can make effective resource and investment decisions. And when a business decision is made, it must be pushed down into the application teams for implementation and tracked across its lifecycle, from its origins in strategy, through development, and into deployment and production. But each team is unique. Each may choose its own development methodology, application lifecycle management tools, and metrics to track. Some are moving to DevOps to increase agility. As a result, the information that feeds business decisions is difficult to obtain and is inconsistent across teams. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Victoria Voinigescu to gain Micro Focus' perspectives on Achieving an Agile Enterprise. Victoria is a Sr. Product Manager of Agile Portfolio and Lifecycle Strategy with Micro Focus.
26 Minutes

IRI - Big Data Manipulation

Covering the topic of big data manipulation would not be complete without the perspective of IRI, The CoSort Company. Founded 40 years ago in 1978 to move mainframe sort users into open systems, IRI helped put on the map. Its CoSort utility is also widely used in data warehousing, database load acceleration, and data wrangling for analytics. CoSort’s expanding manipulation functions spawned compatible data migration, data masking, and test data products, and a modern data management platform called Voracity. IRI Vice President David Friedland has joined us for our interview on a topic central to us and the company, and we’re pleased to have him back on Outlook Series.
39 Minutes

Kovair - Multi-Modal DevOps

Bi-Modal IT inherently means two teams, two processes, two sets of resources and two different ways of thinking, and somehow these converge in the end. Achieving agility with Bi-Modal IT comes at a cost for organizations, especially if silos continue to impede innovation, legacy back office systems and potential team conflicts continue to prevail. But does Bi-Modal IT solve things? Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Akshay Sharma to gain Kovair Software's perspective on Multi-Modal DevOps Development. Akshay is a Technical Advisor at Kovair Software.
18 Minutes

IRI - Data Masking

We talk to David Friedland, the VP of Business Development at IRI. Short for Innovative Routines International, IRI is a data management ISV founded 40 years ago (in 1978) with its headquarters in Melbourne, Florida and support offices in more than 40 cities worldwide. IRI has been best known for its CoSort big data manipulation software, but more recently has been making its bones in the data protection market with its data masking product FieldShield, as well as a larger data lifecycle management platform that includes FieldShield, called Voracity. For the last 10 years, IRI’s ability to find and mask data in a fast, targeted way has earned it mentions or awards from the The Privacy and Data Security Law Journal and trade publications like CIO Applications, CIO Review, Computerworld, Corporate Vision, and DBTA Magazine, plus Research and Markets, Gartner, and The Bloor Group.
37 Minutes

Outthink Outages with IBM ITOA

Successful organizations are creating compelling consumer experiences that transform their interaction. Yet the complex technologies that support these experiences need to be continuously up and running in peak performance or even the most promising experience will ultimately fail. While traditional monitoring tools can help pinpoint problems to improve mean time to repair, cognitive capabilities can go deeper to improve mean time to know – to locate the root cause of a problem, to determine how it occurred and predict when it might occur again. Michael Lippis interviews Denny O'Brien to gain IBM's perspective on IT Operations Analytics or ITOA. Denny is the Program Director for IBM Operations Analytics offerings.
17 Minutes

Software AG - GDPR Compliance

Enterprises are facing challenges in meeting the impending General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Starting on May 25, 2018, this European Union (EU) GDPR regulation mandates that all companies and institutions are legally bound to rules aimed at protecting personal data and for upholding the data privacy rights of individuals residing in the EU. The immense data stores, networked systems, business ecosystems and technologies that enable companies to serve their markets and customers, hold a vast amount of information that needs to be reined in. Few companies have the required oversight across their distributed data and processing activities and the insight into precisely what kind of data they house to be able to comply with GDPR rules. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Dr. Ulrich Kalex to gain Software AG's perspective on GDPR compliance. Ulrich is a Senior VP Product Management and R&D for Software AG.
35 Minutes

Supply Chain Sustainability

The food waste and spoilage problem is a global challenge. To meet this challenge, firms need to prolong freshness at all points in the food supply chain. To gain a competitive edge, logistics firms are leveraging new technologies to enhance food safety as well as extended product shelf life. For example, game changing supply chain applications utilizing scaler wave technology are being put to work to reshape the entire produce industry. Michael Lippis interviews Rick Hassler to gain Natures Frequencies' perspective on Supply Chain Sustainability with the Food Freshness Card. Rick is the CEO of Natures Frequencies.
29 Minutes

SAP - ITOA Real Time Insight

Almost everything in the data center generates log files, it’s not uncommon to see volumes of 100 million events per day. Those events are generated by servers, routers, applications, virtual machines, databases, and operating systems, among others. With this volume of data, it’s hard to pinpoint problems and correlate them across devices in real-time to address problems quickly. When an outage or performance issue does occur, teams work in parallel attempting to address the problem. Because teams typically use separate monitoring tools, it’s difficult to correlate events and quickly identify the root cause—and harder to predict issues before they impact users. Michael Lippis interviews John Schitka to gain SAP's perspective on leveraging IT Operations Analytics for Real Time Insight. John a Senior Director of Big Data Solutions Marketing for SAP.
40 Minutes

Kovair RESTful API

Currently, RESTful APIs for any enterprise application are being regarded as next generation to SOA architectures. Cloud based software and micro services are heavily delving into RESTful API. Therefore, it is important for organizations and their software platforms to open the Gateway of API for the future. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Bipin Shah to gain Kovair Software's perspective on RESTful APIs. Bipin is the CEO of Kovair Software.
20 Minutes

Microsoft Agile at Scale

Everything done around development — collaboration, testing, and customer feedback — has changed. Now, leveraging Agile in small teams is not unusual. But, when it comes leveraging Agile across hundreds of teams in a coordinated way, well that can be an eye opener. How are dependencies handled? How do the teams keep in sync? How does management stay in control, if hundreds of teams are autonomous? Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Aaron Bjork to gain Microsoft's perspective on Agile at Scale. Aaron is a Principal Group Program Manager working in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Cloud Services (VSCS) division.
29 Minutes

Informatica - Data Intelligence

Organizations use data to grow by gathering insights and mitigating risks. And, Hadoop has emerged as a scalable and efficient data platform for delivering big data analytics. But with the growing volume, variety, and velocity of data, organizations are struggling to effectively put their data to work. Now, traditional data management platforms can be expensive and challenging to scale to meet modern data needs. So, to gain an edge, look for a modern data management platform that enables quick use of more data sources and eliminates the risk of data issues in your big data analytics environment. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Murthy Mathiprakasam to gain Informatica's' perspective on Big Data Management. Murthy is a Principal Product Marketing Manager for Informatica's Big Data products.
21 Minutes

Windows Store for Business

Organizations are looking for better ways to deploy and acquire apps for Windows 10. Technology mangers need to extend their app reach to businesses, educational institutions and other organizations. Leveraging a store that works with line-of-business apps provides a competitive edge. LOB apps are custom to your company – they might be internal business apps, or apps specific to your business or industry. Developers should select a solution that provides an audience of large enterprises that can buy in bulk. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Jan Kalis to gain Microsoft's perspective on the Windows Store for Business. Jan is the Senior Product and Marketing Manager for the Windows Store for Business.
23 Minutes

Microsoft DevOps

Enterprises need to be customer centric and routinely reinvent themselves to deliver wining experiences. Software applications are key to competing in this arena, and providing software faster gives companies a significant advantage. However, faster delivery of applications is challenging for both Dev and Ops teams. Both must increase speed without compromising quality. So, to gain an edge, Dev and Ops teams must work together to find a common set of processes and tools that help them both. Now when it comes to Business Agility, look for a solution that provides monitoring and analytics capabilities to ensure that your applications are always available, performing, and succeeding. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Sam Guckenheimer to gain Microsoft's perspective on DevOps and Business Agility. Sam is the Product Owner of the Microsoft Visual Studio product line.
38 Minutes

IBM - Weather Means Business

Our knowledge of the world grows with every connected sensor and device, but too often we are not acting on it, even when we know we can ensure a better result. To meet this challenge, companies are leveraging the Internet of Things and cloud computing which allow for collection of data from numerous sources. For example, IBM and The Weather Company are collaborating to accelerate the growth of one of the largest cloud-based applications in the world. The partnership enables enterprise clients and industry ecosystems to more easily integrate weather data – including rapidly updated forecasts – into their operations and decision-making. Once integrated with enterprise processes, weather data can be combined with data from supply chains, customer buying patterns and other sources to create more valuable insights. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Bryson Koehler and Mac Devine to gain their perspectives on Weather Means Business. Bryson is The Weather Company’s EVP, CTO & CIO and Mac is the VP & CTO of the Networking and Innovation Services area within the IBM Cloud division.
43 Minutes

Citrix - CloudPlatforms

Businesses today are looking to reap the benefits of private clouds such as efficiency, flexibility, scalability and cost savings, and have come to realize that transforming IT to agile and efficient cloud services is a strategic priority – no longer a matter of if, but when… and how. Once the decision to move an IT environment to the cloud is made, the next logical questions businesses face are how to get there and where to start. To gain a competitive edge, determine which cloud solution is the best option not just for today but also for the future. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Blake Connell to gain Citrix's perspective on Cloud Platforms. Blake is the Director of Product Marketing for Citrix CloudPlatform.
28 Minutes

Microsoft App-V Integration

Application Virtualization (App-V) enables you to make applications available to end users without installing the applications directly on end user computers. It transforms applications into centrally managed services that are never installed and that don’t conflict with other applications. Through Citrix XenApp integration, joint customers can extend the benefits of Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack to reach a broader set of devices including lightly managed and non-Windows endpoints across local or wide area networks. With XenApp, App-V packages can now be delivered to lightly managed endpoint scenarios, even if the endpoint is not a member of the Microsoft Active Directory domain. As a result, new App-V use cases and access scenarios are enabled, including the delivery of applications to a consultant or for companies with Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) initiatives. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Matthijs Gates and David Wagner to gain Microsoft's and Citrix's perspective on Application Virtualization Integration. Matthijs is a Senior Program Manager with Microsoft and David is a Product Manager with Citrix.
19 Minutes

Greater Enterprise Value with GRC

Technologies implemented to meet operational needs bring tangible benefits to an organization with focused, tactical functions. These tools bring value to organizations due to the focus on the specific business challenge at hand and most often help achieve goals at the operations level. However, certain processes need to lead to greater enterprise value. Enterprise GRC programs should look for opportunities to remove Value Ceilings as much as possible to optimize business. While removing a Value Ceiling may require some work, the end result is increased value to the organization. In some cases, organizations will have to bore holes into that ceiling to get glimpses between the layers of their organization. In other cases, the ceiling can be removed completely and processes can continue up to the next higher level. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Steve Schlarman to gain RSA's perspective on Governance, Risk & Compliance. Steve is a GRC Strategist of IT and Security at RSA, The Security Division of EMC.
36 Minutes

AI Tackles Complex Networks

To manage complex networks IT teams need to turn to the power of artificial intelligence. For IT professionals, artificial intelligence (AI) has come to represent both an exciting field of opportunity as well as a potential complication. Although it’s only just begun to see real-world applications, it’s already clear that AI will change the tech landscape. And digital systems professionals that aren’t preparing for the impact that AI will have on their industries aren’t doing their job. What’s more, it’s become increasingly clear that AI won’t be restricted to just a few discrete verticals — it will take on mission-critical roles throughout the entirety of the global economy. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Tony Pugielli and Chris Voll to gain their perspectives on artificial intelligence in complex networks. Tony is a Manager of Systems Engineers at Turn-key Technologies and Chris is a Vice President Technical Services at Turn-key Technologies.
14 Minutes

Application Fluent Unified Access

A decade ago, mobility for enterprise networks was viewed as a convenience, a way to provide those employees fortunate enough to have laptops with some ability to move about their workplace while remaining connected to the network. Today, however, wireless local-area networks (WLANs) have become mission-critical and enabling mobility has become vital to the enterprise. And with good reason: studies have shown that mobility-enabled workers are more productive, help to increase profits and are happier employees. What’s more, the definition of what constitutes a workplace has undergone a shift in recent years, as working from home becomes more common to both give employees more flexibility and to reduce corporate space requirements and their associated expense. The definition of enterprise mobility has also grown to reflect its importance. Beyond creating campus-wide Wi-Fi access, enabling a mobile enterprise means providing ubiquitous connectivity and simple access: employees – or any user in the network – are provided with quality access to whatever applications they need, anywhere, anytime, on any device. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Heitor Faroni and Joseph Raccuglia to gain Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise's perspective on Unified Access. Heitor is a Director of Solutions Marketing and Joseph is a Senior Director of Solutions Marketing both are at the Network Division of Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise.
28 Minutes

SDN - One Size Does Not Fit All

Increasing agility and automation in the data center to optimize application delivery requires a complete, end-to-end, coordinated virtual infrastructure. This infrastructure will allow applications and the physical network to collaborate, thereby providing a high quality experience for users and enabling optimization of resources. The ideal solution should follow a SDN approach. This will allow it to bridge the gap between the network world and the newly virtualized compute world by defining a framework that uses standardized interfaces between applications and networks. Likewise, it should be flexible enough to leverage multiple methods, including OpenFlow, to provide direct access to all virtual and physical objects in the data center and enable manipulation of the forwarding plane of physical and virtual network devices, such as switches and routers. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Khurram Khawaja to gain Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise's perspective on SDN. Khurram Khawaja is a Director Product Management for the Data Center Product Portfolio at Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise.
30 Minutes

Application Virtualization

Today’s organizations need powerful, flexible solutions to manage the devices and applications employees use every day. To meet this challenge, organizations are leveraging virtualization, management and security technologies to optimize their desktops. Application Virtualization is key to transforming applications into centrally managed services that are never installed and don’t conflict with other applications. IT professionals and end-users alike face challenges in today’s work environment. End-users speak many languages, are geographically dispersed and may not be connected to corporate networks at all times. IT must meet the needs of these users, and provide solutions that are fast, flexible and reliable. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Ronald Dockery and Matthijs Gates to gain Microsoft's perspective on Application Virtualization. Ronald is a Senior Product Manager and Matthijs is a Senior Program Manager, both are with Microsoft.
29 Minutes

Micro Focus - DevOps

Software has become the most important tool for businesses to find, capture, and retain customers. Unlike a physical product, software can be changed quickly and often—and today, that’s exactly what customers expect. They can easily defect to a competitor offering a handy new feature—right after they leave a negative review about your company that could tarnish your reputation and drive away other potential users. Savvy businesses are using the rapid pace and malleability of software to drive more and more differentiation into the marketplace. They’re using instant feedback from users to continuously improve software. And increasingly, they’re doing this through DevOps. By ensuring close collaboration between developers and operations staff throughout the entire software development lifecycle, enterprises are becoming better at ensuring quality, maximizing speed, and reacting to—or even forecasting—market changes. Outlook Series' Michael Lippis interviews Ashish Kuthiala and Rafael Garcia to gain their perspectives on DevOps. Ashish is the Sr. Director of Marketing and Strategy at HPE DevOps and Rafael Garcia is the Director of R&D IT at HPE.
40 Minutes

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