GDS Editor

As organizations evaluate alternatives to traditional virtualization platforms and modernize their infrastructure, platform migration has become a major focus for IT and infrastructure leaders. However, migrating infrastructure platforms while maintaining uptime, controlling costs, and minimizing operational risk is complex.

This panel will bring together infrastructure and cloud leaders to discuss how organizations are approaching platform migration, including phased migration vs. parallel environments, workload portability, private cloud strategies, and the role of automation and orchestration. Panelists will share lessons learned, common challenges, and best practices for planning and executing infrastructure platform migrations while maintaining operational continuity.

Discussion topics may include

·       Migration planning

·       Workload prioritization

·       Risk mitigation

·       Cost considerations

·       Hybrid infrastructure strategies

Operating from Enterprise Core to Edge

Many organizations are reassessing their infrastructure platform strategy due to rising virtualization costs, the need for greater flexibility, and the reality that workloads now span data center, cloud, and edge environments. As a result, enterprises are moving away from single-platform infrastructure strategies and toward hybrid, private cloud, and distributed infrastructure models that provide greater control, portability, and long-term flexibility.

This keynote will explore how infrastructure platforms are evolving, what organizations should consider when evaluating platform migration and private cloud strategies, and how enterprises can build an infrastructure strategy that supports both innovation and operational stability. Topics will include platform migration trends, private cloud adoption, hybrid infrastructure operating models, vendor lock-in considerations, and managing infrastructure across distributed environments.

(moderated by GDS editor)

Roundtable 1

Infrastructure Platform Migration Strategy

Many organizations are currently evaluating their infrastructure platform strategy due to changing virtualization costs, modernization initiatives, and the need to operate workloads across hybrid environments. However, migrating infrastructure platforms is complex and requires careful planning to avoid downtime, reduce risk, and maintain operational continuity.

This roundtable will bring together IT and infrastructure leaders to discuss how organizations are approaching platform migration, including migration timelines, phased vs. parallel migration strategies, workload portability, automation, and working with service integrators. Attendees will discuss lessons learned, risks to avoid, and how to plan a platform migration strategy that supports long-term infrastructure goals.

Roundtable 2

Private Cloud and Hybrid Infrastructure Strategy

As organizations balance cost, control, security, and performance requirements, many are re-evaluating their cloud strategy and investing in private cloud and hybrid infrastructure models. Rather than moving all workloads to public cloud, many enterprises are adopting hybrid approaches that allow workloads to run across data center, private cloud, public cloud, and edge environments.

This roundtable will focus on how organizations are designing private cloud and hybrid infrastructure strategies, including workload placement decisions, cost optimization, automation, infrastructure standardization, and operating consistent environments across multiple platforms. Attendees will discuss the role of private cloud in modern infrastructure strategy and how hybrid infrastructure models are evolving.

Roundtable 3

Operating Infrastructure Across Data Center, Cloud, and Edge

Infrastructure environments are becoming increasingly distributed as organizations operate workloads across data centers, public cloud, private cloud, and edge or remote locations. Managing infrastructure across these environments introduces new operational challenges related to automation, orchestration, visibility, security, and lifecycle management.

This roundtable will explore how organizations are managing distributed infrastructure environments and operating workloads across data center, cloud, and edge locations. Topics will include automation and orchestration, managing infrastructure at scale, operating consistent platforms across environments, and supporting distributed applications and edge workloads.