Dinner for New York IT Leaders

Optimizing Cloud Success: Strategies for Cost, Security, and Governance

Date

Thu, December 12, 2024

Time

5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. ET

At the start of 2023, nearly half (49%) of IT decision-makers said increasing cloud adoption via multicloud and hybrid cloud ranked among their top strategic priorities. Cloud is not a one-time installation. Continual review and optimization are critical components of life in the public cloud. Businesses often assume cloud will cost less or they can continue to build without a robust governance model. Insight follow’s Microsoft’s Well Architected Framework along with our deep technical expertise to provide security architecture, health and cost insights.

During this event, we’ll explore how businesses are continually optimizing cost, security and governance, resources, management and more.

 

DINNER AGENDA

5:00 PM ET Welcome Reception and Arrivals with Refreshments

6:00 PM ET Leadership Discussion

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    The peer executive will engage the audience for brief introductions and discuss the format and key takeaways from the guided interaction conversation and dinner discussions.
  • Guided Interactive Conversation (25 mins) – Topics include:
    • Cost Management: Does your business face challenges in forecasting, monitoring, and optimizing cloud spending?
    • Resource Utilization: Why is ensuring optimal utilization of cloud resources crucial for cost efficiency, and how can overprovisioning or underutilization of resources lead to wasted spending?
    • Security: What are some key security considerations businesses should keep in mind when optimizing their cloud environments for cost efficiency and performance?
    • Skill and Knowledge Gaps: How do businesses overcome challenges in upskilling their teams to effectively manage cloud resources?
    • Lack of Visibility: How does limited visibility into cloud usage, spending, and performance impact businesses optimization efforts?
  • Open Forum Discussion (30 mins) – This discussion will be based on the list of challenges discussed already and will take the format of group brainstorming and open discussion to come up with suggestions and solutions to common challenges at the executive level.

7:15 PM ET Dinner Service

9:00 PM ET Conclusion

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About Insight

Insight Enterprises, Inc. is a Fortune 500 solutions integrator helping organizations accelerate their digital journey to modernize their business and maximize the value of technology. Insight’s technical expertise spans cloud and edge-based transformation solutions, with global scale and optimization built on 33+ years of deep partnerships with the world’s leading and emerging technology providers.

About Microsoft

Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters.