Endorsed by the Saudi Cloud Computing Association and powered by Oracle, the KSA edition of World Cloud Show convened over 300 online participants that included high-profile CISOs, Cloud leaders and visionaries alongside cloud experts and influencers from global enterprises.
In an age of unprecedented possibilities, World Cloud Show – KSA attracted prominent voices in the cloud space. Some of the top speakers who attended the event that took place on 29 March 2021 included, Fahad A. Alhamed, Chairman of the board, Saudi Cloud Computing Association; Khalid Alohali, Emerging Technology and Innovation leader, Oracle; Badar Khan, Director of Digital Mobility, NEOM and Salem Mohammed Baras, Director, Cloud and Digital Platforms, Solutions by STC; A Karthik, Chief Evangelist, ManageEngine to name a few.
World
Cloud Show – KSA covered key topics such as Cloud Computing and Digital
Transformation in the New Normal, Cloud framework and security
strategies for the KSA Government Authorities, Overcoming Hybrid Cloud
Management Challenges, Powering Cloud Computing with AI: The dynamic-duo
and more.
Highlights and key takeaways from World Cloud Show – KSA
A
tech talk by Khalid Alohali – Emerging Technology and Innovation leader
at Oracle focused primarily on the importance and key drivers of cloud
adoption. He also shed light on the importance and key drivers of cloud
adoption.
The show also featured an interesting tech talk by
Nabil Zoldjalali, Director of Cloud Security, Darktrace on the topic
“Weathering the Storm: the challenges of securing Cloud & SaaS
applications.”
In a panel discussion on the topic ‘Cloud
framework and security strategies for the KSA Government Authorities’,
moderated by Abdelmajed A Saeed, Tech Speaker, Cyber Security/ AI/
Technology Expert, the panellists discussed key areas such as Legal
framework and strategies for the Cloud Deployment in KSA region, Smart
Cities and Cloud Technologies: challenger or enabler and much more.
The
panellists who joined the discussion included Faisal Bin Humaid –
Executive Manager, Cybersecurity & Risk OT/IT, ACWA Power; Ahmed
Aldammas, Executive Director Cybersecurity and Risk at The Council Of
Cooperative Health Insurance and Dr. Aseel Addawood, KSA AI & Data
Science Ambassador, Oracle.
“The global pandemic has raised its
profile and fuelled cloud adoption, with IT now being seen more
strategically than before Covid-19,” said Mohsin Raza Khan, SE Manager,
Nutanix in his keynote at the World Cloud Show – KSA.
A tech talk
by Karim Kalaawi, Executive Vice President – Alliances, Cloud4C and Ram
Sajja, Global Head – Cloud Engineering and Operations, Cloud4C spoke
about how Covid-19 has accelerated digital transformation and also
explained how Cloud4C can help different organisations in adopting
cloud.
The show also featured an interesting International
fireside chat which emphasized the importance of data privacy and how
each country has set its data privacy policies in place.
The
speakers who joined the discussion included Vijay Bharti – CISO and SVP
of Cyber Security Practice, Happiest Minds Technologies and Juan
Kanggrawan, Head of Data Analytics, Jakarta Smart City.
In a tech
talk by Girish Chandangoudar, VP, Head of Infrastructure Management
Service, Happiest Minds Technologies, shared his perspective on the rise
of hybrid cloud technology over the past 20 years. He also discussed
the challenges faced by enterprises and how to overcome them through a
phased approach, key building blocks for monitoring, managing and
securing the hybrid cloud.
“Virtual events are an excellent
opportunity for everyone in the industry to come together during these
difficult times. Affordable and intelligent cloud solutions &
strategies are the need of the hour,” says Mithun Shetty, CEO of
Trescon.
The show was hosted on the virtual events platform
Vmeets which helped the participants to network and conduct business in
an interactive and immersive virtual environment. Participants were also
able to engage with speakers in Q&A sessions and network with
solution providers in virtual exhibition booths, private consultation
rooms and private networking rooms.
The
show also featured some interesting giveaway contests by the Platinum
Sponsors – Cloud4c and Happiest Minds. The winner of the Cloud4c
giveaway walked home with a Samsung Galaxy Tab where as the winner of
the Happiest Minds giveaway walked home with a 3 hours of complimentary
consulting on Cloud infra and Security Services Adoption.
Endorsed
by the Saudi Cloud Computing Association, World Cloud Show – KSA was
powered by Oracle and was officially sponsored by Lead Sponsor –
Darktrace; Platinum Sponsors – Nutanix, Cloud4C and Happiest Minds and
Sliver Sponsor – ManageEngine
