Network Observability in the Age of Cloud

April 18, 2024
11:00am – 5:00pm ET | Doors Open at 10:30am ET

While observability is far from a new concept, observability in today’s enterprises that use hybrid and multi-cloud infrastructures raises the stakes.

Companies must grapple with complexity, scaling, and security challenges as their systems architecture evolve. This event will look at the challenges of managing modern infrastructures, the shortfalls of traditional monitoring, and the need to move to an observability strategy based on artificial intelligence and automation.

Topics Include:
The growing industry trend that sees enterprises migrating from monitoring to observability.
Solutions that use AI to assist in managing alerts, correlating incidents, rapidly resolving problems, and proactively eliminating problems in the making.
The role of technologies like AI that are being incorporated into observability solutions to take monitoring to new levels.
How the use of AI-based observability solutions can help offload low-level monitoring tasks, speed the identification of root cause problems, prioritize alarms and alerts, and even automate incident responses in some cases.
Agenda
Keynote
11:00am - 11:45am ET

What Makes Network Observability Critical and Different?

Sponsored by: Zscaler, Inc.
Speaker(s) Arun DeSouza, Managing Director, Profortis Solutions
Moderated by: Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst, Interarbor Solutions

The complexity of modern cloud applications makes it hard to detect problems in the making and find root cause issues that impact availability and uptime. Traditional monitoring and tracing solutions produce a glut of data and alerts that can overwhelm IT and operations staff. This keynote will discuss the growing industry trend that sees enterprises migrating from monitoring to observability and solutions that use AI to assist in managing alerts, correlating incidents, rapidly resolving problems, and proactively eliminating problems in the making.

Fireside Chat
11:45am - 12:00pm ET

Speaker(s) Pamela Kubiatowski, CTO in Residence, Zscaler
Moderated by: Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst, Interarbor Solutions
Keynote
12:15pm - 1:00pm ET

Top Network Observability Tools & Technologies for 2024: More Than Monitoring

Sponsored by: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Speaker(s) Dr. Safi Mojidi, CISO, Hacking the Workforce
Moderated by: Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst, Interarbor Solutions

Monitoring tools have served IT and operations staffs well for decades. But the complexity and scale of enterprise infrastructures and applications, combined with the need for high performance and availability, require rapid assimilation of the logs, traces, and alerts monitoring tools generate. This session will discuss the role of technologies like AI that are being incorporated into observability solutions to take monitoring to new levels.

Fireside Chat
1:00pm - 1:15pm ET

Speaker(s) Suresh Venkataraman, Director of Product Management, Palo Alto Networks
Moderated by: Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst, Interarbor Solutions
Spotlight Webinar
1:30pm - 2:00pm ET

Ensure 24/7 Uptime and Reliability with Detailed Network Path Analytics for Network Operations

Sponsored by: Zscaler, Inc.
Presented by: Vandan Desai, Principal Product Manager, Zscaler

In today’s hybrid work environment, it’s crucial to ensure that employees can access any SaaS and IT-hosted application or service from any location or device. These experiences are often overlooked, but they are essential in ensuring that work can be completed efficiently and effectively.

This is where digital experience monitoring (DEM) comes in. DEM is purpose-built to make these technological interactions as seamless as possible for employees.

Join this session to learn how you can simplify network triaging and discover:
• How to effectively monitor end-to-end networks
• Why traditional network monitoring tools fail within secure environments
• Network path metrics from Wi-Fi to each network hop, including latency and packet loss, for every user
• Real-world troubleshooting examples demonstrating

Spotlight Webinar
2:15pm - 2:45pm ET

More than Monitoring

Sponsored by: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Presented by: Suresh Venkataraman, Director of Product Management, Palo Alto Networks

In this discussion we will explore a framework that delves into critical components of observability: instrumentation, monitoring, debugging, and analytics, alongside typical challenges and best practices to overcome them. Additionally, it explores how Palo Alto Networks pioneers observability with AIOps, integrating AI and machine learning for proactive management and automation, thereby enhancing system reliability and efficiency.

Panel
3:00pm - 3:45pm ET

Eliminating the Mundane: Getting the Most Out of Your Existing Staff

Moderated by: Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst, Interarbor Solutions
Panelists: Klaus Haller, Sr. Security Architect, AXA Switzerland | Sherelle Moore, SOC Manager, City of Dallas | Sidney Madison Prescott, Senior Automation Leader, Stealth

IT, like other fields, is in a state where enterprises are having difficulty finding, training, and retaining staff. The new generation of observability solutions on the market today offer a way to help. This session will explore how the use of AI-based observability solutions can help offload low-level monitoring tasks, speed the identification of root cause problems, prioritize alarms and alerts, and even automate incident responses in some cases.

Network Observability in the Age of Cloud
April 18, 2024
11:00am - 5:00pm ET | Doors Open at 10:30am ET

Speakers
Dr. Safi Mojidi
Founder & CEO, Hacking the Workforce
Dr. Mojidi's work strengthens cyber resilience in mission-critical systems and reduces the risk to causes that impact people and societies around the world. As a data security and privacy specialist for over 15 years, he leverages technology to optimize operations amidst the shortage of skilled cybersecurity staff.
Vandan Desai
Principal Product Manager, Zscaler
Vandan Desai is veteran in synthetic and network monitoring who currently serves as the Principal Product Manager at Zscaler. With nearly a decade of experience, he is skilled in designing, implementing and managing monitoring systems to optimize digital infrastructure.
Arun DeSouza
Managing Director, Profortis Solutions
Arun DeSouza is an award-winning thought leader and keynote speaker with over two decades of experience as a CISO. Areas of expertise include identity management, Zero Trust, cloud computing, strategic planning, risk management, and privacy.
Suresh Venkataraman
Director of Product Management, Palo Alto Networks
Suresh Venkataraman is a seasoned product manager with experience in enterprise software. Armed with an MS/MBA, Suresh possesses extensive expertise in cybersecurity, analytics, and AIOps. He currently spearheads the vision and strategy of as a Director of Product Management at Palo Alto Networks.
Pamela Kubiatowski
CTO in Residence, Zscaler
As an IT Executive with 25 years of experience, Pam has witnessed and engaged in technical transformations and has guided global IT organizations through the change. In Pam’s previous role as the Director of Global Network Service & Data Centers, she championed the network transformation program that touched ~1100 locations in 135+ countries.
Dana Gardner
Principal Analyst, Interarbor Solutions
Dana Gardner, a leading identifier of software and cloud productivity trends and new IT business growth opportunities, tracks and analyzes a critical set of enterprise software technologies and business development issues: Cloud computing, hybrid IT, software-defined data center, IT productivity, multicloud, AI, and ML.
Sherelle Moore
SOC Manager, City of Dallas
Sherelle Moore has her own organization Cyion Cyber Security Services, LLC. Some of the service offerings are SOC buildout, SOC Augmentation, Policy/Process development, Implementation, Security Training and awareness and Incident Response.
Sidney_Prescott
Sidney M. Prescott
Global Head of Intelligent Automation, Spotify
Sidney heads up the Global Intelligent Automation initiative at music streaming powerhouse Spotify as the Global Head of Intelligent Automation. In August 2021, Sidney received her Master of Business Administration as a part of the country’s first Executive Women’s MBA cohort at Brenau University.
Klaus Haller
Senior Security Architect, AXA Switzerland
Klaus is a seasoned security architect at AXA, based in Switzerland, with a passion for security, the public cloud, and digital transformation. His first priority is safeguarding the organization’s cloud estate. Throughout his career, he has held various roles ranging from solution architecture, IT project management, and IT consulting.

Prizes & Interaction

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Attend on April 18, 2024 and Win!
The more you participate, the more points you earn! It’s that simple. You’ll earn prize points for each activity you participate in throughout the virtual conference. Points will be calculated at the end of the live event day.
*Giveaways are limited to North American residents only. Winners are limited to one prize per calendar year for Informa Tech sponsored events.
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30 Points

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25 Points

Zone Visits

20 Points

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10 Points

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