The Year Ahead: Top Trends in Secure Cloud Networking in 2022

Welcome to a new Webinar Series called The Cloud Pragmatist.  

This series is designed to help you — networking and cloud architects, engineers, programmers, and developers — on your journey through the cloud by turning networking and security challenges into opportunities. We all know the cloud is transforming business, but the cloud is also going through its own transformation, as the industry continues to evolve at break-neck speed. Our goal in The Cloud Pragmatist Webinar Series is to highlight the most important cloud networking and security trends and challenges, while helping you to avoid costly mistakes. 

Episode 1: Bryan “Woody” Woodworth and Eric Kavanagh discuss the trends and issues we will all be facing in 2022. Woody is a principal solutions strategist at Aviatrix. Previously Woody was a director specialist at Microsoft and an Azure Global Black Belt in networking and security. Eric is CEO of Bloor Group, a media-savvy analyst firm that is pioneering a new, transparent approach to traditional IT Analysis, where he looks at IT issues ranging from big data to cloud computing.   

Issues we’ll be discussing in this episode: 

• Cloud security: what we can expect in terms of challenges and opportunities for those migrating to the cloud or moving to multi-cloud 
• Hybrid/multi-cloud strategy: how the on-prem and cloud landscapes will be evolving in 2022 and how increasing CSP competition will impact vendor negotiations 
• Trends impacting cloud network architecture: what you should be on the lookout for in 2022, including around AI/ML, cloud and edge compute, and RPA 
• Career advancement: what skills and certifications will be valuable in 2022, and how companies will be managing the growing skills gap as more enterprises move to the cloud  

Woody and Eric will be taking questions from the audience during this live webinar. So tune in and get your head in the clouds.