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Techies: Meet the Microsoft A Team at Future Decoded
Brian Cox, Sir Nigel Shadbolt at Tech Day, ExCeL, 12 Nov
Promo Microsoft is running a huge conference - Future Decoded - in London’s ExCeL centre on November 10-12. The Tech Day on Day 3 has a huge agenda, big name keynote speakers, eight training tracks – and one track dedicated to entrepreneurial startups and students.
Keynoters include the physicist Brian Cox and the AI expert Sir Nigel Shadbolt, who is also the co-founder and chairman of the Open Data Institute. You can check out the running order and speaker bios on the event registration page.
For those into gaming, you’ll be able to hear from the father of Elite, David Braben, and motor sports fans can get up to speed with the latest Formula 1 innovation from the CIO of the Lotus F1 Team, Michael Taylor.
The keynotes sessions are followed by 8 tracks of technical content & best practice, including Big Data, cross-platform apps, Internet of Things and building apps for the Cloud. You can also network and connect with Microsoft, their partners and your peers in the Expo space in conjunction with Apps World.
The rest of this promo is devoted to one of the eight afternoon tracks.
Hybrid Cloud
All you need to do is blink and Microsoft announce another update to their Cloud platform Azure - and in the more traditional data centre, the end of support for Windows Server 2003 is just around the corner. This track aims to bring IT Professionals up to speed with the latest advancements and help with server migrations.
Microsoft have enlisted subject matter experts to help deliver the track including Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals Paul Keely, Gordon McKenna and Damian Flynn.
| Time | Presentation | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 13.50 | Microsoft’s Cloud OS Strategy for Hybrid Cloud | Gavin Kemp, Technical Solution Specialist Hybrid Cloud, Microsoft |
| 14.30 | Practical advice on migrating from Windows Server 2003 to a modern Platform | Paul Keely, Microsoft Valued Professional |
| 15:15 | Break | - |
| 15.30 | Transforming your Datacentre with Windows Server, Hyper-V and Microsoft Azure | Gordon McKenna, Microsoft Valued Professional |
| 16.15 | Managing your Hybrid Cloud with System Center and Azure Pack | Damian Flynn, Microsoft Valued Professional |
| 17.00 | Consumerizing the IT Department: How we improved service and reduced cost with a Hybrid Cloud model | Huw Michael, Technical Architect Royal Holloway University |
This is just a taster of some of the content we have in store. No matter how you define success, Future Decoded will help you get there - and it’s FREE to attend.
To register, click here.
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