Are you in the 42% of tech leaders with this challenge? | Cloud Core.
We’ve recently been asking tech leaders to tell us their most critical cloud challenges.
As a little background, we’re looking for inputs to help us form the key discussions at our upcoming mega-event, The Cloud Revolution Summit. (You’ve probably heard about it by now).
Anyway, the inputs have been quite interesting, so I thought I’d share a snapshot with you.
GenAI.
Shockingly (not), so far the major area of focus is GenAI, with 42% of registrants seeing the ability to deliver GenAI capabilities at scale as their priority. Here’s a few of the real questions we’ve had so far:
“How do we integrate AI into our daily business to support tasks efficiently, without the risk of compromising sensitive data?”
“How do we increase the reliability of GenAI inputs while considering regulatory and confidentiality challenges?”
“We’re still early in our on-prem to cloud journey, how can we realistically get any value from GenAI?”
“There are so many AI solutions, how do we know which one to use?”
Pretty interesting, right? There’s more.
Supporting IT teams
GenAI isn’t the only hot topic. 32% of attendees say that enabling IT to support the needs of a product-focused organisation is a key challenge, with concerns like:
“How do we ensure product teams address security posture gaps and vulnerabilities at scale in a large enterprise, without compromising agility?”
“How do IT operations implement solutions which support the business, while keeping the big picture and not working in silos.”
“How do we effectively automate manual tasks to improve the quality of operations?”
“How do we ensure best practices and business needs are met with a limited amount of workforce and expertise?”
Want to get answers to questions like these? Even better, want to submit your own questions and have them answered? You should probably attend The Cloud Revolution Summit. See the full agenda and speaker lineup and register here.
🫵 Making GenAI work for you.
If you can’t wait til September to get those expert GenAI insights, here’s something you might find helpful.
2023 was about experimenting with GenAI. And 2024 is when you need to show ROI. So, if you want to use GenAI to create scalable, stable apps and workflows, and you need to understand the obstacles you may face, this video can help.
It unpacks the 3 most common barriers to GenAI productisation, with expert insights and the very latest from Google Cloud and Nordcloud to help you overcome them.
You’ll get:
👀 An overview of the main challenges around productising GenAI: output quality, model latency and security
🤿 A deep dive into how you can avoid or mitigate these challenges, including examples and case studies
☝️ Updates on the latest developments in Google Cloud – like APIs, frameworks and pre-trained models – that are sure to help you uncover more value with GenAI
🤔 It hasn’t always been this way.
How many times can I write ‘GenAI’ in an email? (14 so far, and we’re still going).
You might not believe it, but GenAI wasn’t always the only thing we used to talk about in cloud and IT.
There was this weird time called the ‘noughties’ where infrastructure was cool. I know, right?!
Check out this blog, where we look back at the cloud’s incredible advancement over the last couple of decades. And we compare it to now, where GenAI is the next compelling reason to move both data and data tools to the public cloud.
Your history lesson awaits, read it here.
🤷♂️ Not sure about Broadcom + VMware?
Feeling a bit shaky about the Broadcom acquisition? Poured your heart and soul into VMware and now just want some stability?
This webinar with Microsoft and Nordcloud experts on 21 August will show how to keep your VMware setup running smoothly, without worrying about costs or an uncertain future.
If you’re thinking about the move to cloud, now’s the time. Join the webinar and you’ll:
💰 Take advantage of fixed pricing for up to 5 years (limited time offer)
🤑 Get solid insights on the total cost of ownership (TCO) of making the move
😎 Hear real-life tips and insights from experts that have vast experience in delivering AVS migrations
🗺️ Get our best-practice roadmap for making the move
📢 Cloud quote of the month
“Nordcloud's victory in the Azure Migration & Modernisation category in 2024 is recognition of the development of customer solutions innovatively using the latest Microsoft technologies.”
We might’ve won a Global Microsoft partner of the year award for migration to Azure. But we’re being super humble and modest about it. Honestly.
📰 What we’ve been talking about this month
🥇 From Scoring to Surveillance: 7 Ways 2024 Will Be The First AI Olympics
🤗 ‘Hug your IT folks’ - CrowdStrike outage turns technicians into heroes
👀 OpenAI AI-Powered Search Engine That Could Challenge Google
🤔 CIOs must reassess cloud concentration risk post-CrowdStrike
🤝 AI Work Assistants Need a Lot of Handholding
🗓️ Some dates for your diary:
Events
21 Aug - Helsinki: Get it Right With SAP + Cloud
A breakfast event, helping you move SAP to the cloud and understand the right approach for your business. Join us.
21 Aug - Webinar: Locking in Your VMware Costs with AVS.
Keep your VMware setup running smoothly on Azure while planning for cost security, with experts from Microsoft and Nordcloud. Register.
4 Sep - Zürich: Nordcloud Connoisseurs Club: AWS Cloud Day
Hear from Nordcloud, AWS and Trend Micro experts on the key topics from the AWS Cloud Day in Zürich. Save your spot.
18 Sep - Amsterdam & Virtual: The Cloud Revolution Summit.
Tech leaders are joining a revolution. Register now to secure your place and challenge our experts with your current cloud pains.
Cloud Training
13-15 Aug - Virtual: Architecting on AWS. Register here.
20-22 Aug - Virtual: Advanced Architecting on AWS. Register here.
21 Aug - Virtual: AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials. Register here.
16-18 Aug - Virtual: The Machine Learning Pipeline on AWS. Register here.
23-25 Sep - Virtual: Developing on AWS. Register here.
24-26 Sep - Virtual: Cloud Operations on AWS. Register here.
12-13 Nov - Virtual: FinOps Certified Practitioner. Register here.
🎧 Something to listen to in the home office
This could’ve been an Olympics-themed Cloud Core. It wasn’t, and I’m sorry. So here’s some Olympics-themed songs.
Thanks for reading,
I’ll be back with more fresh thoughts next month.
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