Technology (Virtual) Forum - 220322

"Cutting Through the Fog of Multicloud Complexity" presented by Ravi Naik, CIO & EVP of Storage Services, Seagate

PMI Atlanta Technology Forum provides an environment for Project Managers to adopt and benefit from the latest technology in their professional life and career. The forum also plans to bring speakers to discuss & share the best practices in technology.

Presentation 

Public cloud gets credit for enabling a great deal of innovation. When companies reach scale, however, they often run into hidden costs and other barriers that alienate them from their data. Seagate Technology's CIO and Executive Vice President of Storage Services Ravi Naik will offer a fascinating case study to which his team was central. He will tell the story of how confronting the multicloud complexity head-on led his team to a creative data solution that has since become an external vendor-agnostic storage offering.

He will offer practical advice on how business leaders can attain and plan for a clear view into the TCO associated with data storage and usage. The session will cover:

• the benefits that cause companies to move data to public cloud
• the trade-offs that accompany the move to public cloud
• the challenges & costs that take place as companies reach scale
• why business value suffers as a result of locked-in data
• how to find a way out of multicloud complexity by following a pragmatic data decision-making matrix
• ... and how, as a result, companies can both restore well-oiled IT departments—and drive business value

Biography 

Ravi Naik is CIO and Executive Vice President of Storage Services at Seagate Technology. In his role as Seagate Technology’s CIO, Ravi Naik is leading large transformative initiatives, leveraging ideas and platforms focused on future growth. With his passion for technology, as EVP of Storage Services, he is pioneering the next chapter of innovation and leadership in Seagate storage services.

Prior to joining Seagate in 2017, Ravi was the senior vice president of technology at Katerra, a startup revolutionizing the construction industry by transforming the way buildings and spaces come to life. Before Katerra, in 2007 Ravi joined SanDisk to lead an enterprise-wide transformation initiative. Following the success of SanDisk transformation, he was appointed CIO, remaining with the organization through its sale to Western Digital in 2016. Before that, he held leadership positions in Mercury Interactive, Hewlett Packard, and 3Com Corporation. Naik holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bombay in India.

When

Tuesday, March 22, 2022, 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM

Where

Webinar

Fees

You will receive an email from the PMI Atlanta Chapter with the webinar link 24 hours before the event start time.

Due to coronavirus concerns, we will be hosting this event through webinar. Because of this change, member rate is now $8 and non-member rate is $10. 

Meeting content, presenter, and location are subject to change. Refunds will not be made for changes in meeting content, presenters, or locations. 

PDUs

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