🪩 Straight from the relaxed IT department ♫ | Cloud Core

Anyone else feel like Taylor Swift's Eras Tour has been going on for like 1,000 years across 1,000 cities?

Anyway, while Swifties (we all know a few) are scrambling for tickets to one of her gazillion shows, we’ve got a different kind of event happening — The Cloud Revolution Summit.

Unlike Taylor, we’re doing one show only, for one day only. No extra dates, no surprise announcements, no cancellations.

Best of all, you don’t need to be dressed head-to-toe in sequins or have an arm full of handmade wristbands to attend.

And it won’t cost you an average of €1,000. In fact, it’s totally free. Here’s what to expect:

🌫️ No need to worry about missing a “Blank Space” in the agenda – every session is packed with insights, including GenAI, data, security and IT agility.

📜 Forget about the “Tortured Poets Department”. We’re building the “Relaxed IT Department”, with our  IT operations panel tackling challenges around boosting IT capacity, improving agility, cutting costs and increasing automation.

👀 “Look what you made me do” - the summit agenda is totally driven by you, our attendees. Submit your most pressing challenges ahead of the event, and these will be addressed live by our expert panels. 

🩸 And there’s no “Bad Blood” to worry about in our sessions. In fact this is a rare opportunity to hear from both AWS and Microsoft at the same event.

Yep, you can be safe in your home office, away from the glitter, the Tay-Gaters and the teens. So, grab your (virtual) front-row seat, sit back and hear from some sensible, like-minded tech leaders in the world of cloud. Register here.

🫵  Is your team actually ready for GenAI?

As we all race to adopt Generative AI, one thing is clear: the right skills are key.

But what skills do you actually need? And how do you bridge that skills gap between where you are and where you need to be?

Our latest blog breaks down the essential skills you need to drive a successful AI programme across your business.

Read it here.

🤔  Locking in VMware costs

Our webinar, Locking in Your VMware costs with AVS, was a hit. If you couldn't join us live, don't worry - you can catch up here. 

Dive into the recording to learn:

💵 How AVS can help you secure cost stability.

🪜 A simple 3-step approach to moving VMware to Azure.

😎 The tech and licensing benefits of running VMware on Azure.

🤙 Real-world insights from experts on AVS migrations.

No form or details needed, just click to watch.

You’re welcome.

🤷‍♂️  Some painful stories…

… with happy endings.

Is your enterprise evolving into a product-based organisation – and doing more cool things with tech at the edge?

Then your IT colleagues are probably experiencing digital transformation growing pains.

These 3 companies did, too…and our article tells the stories of what they were going through and how we addressed them.

It’s definitely worth a read. So read it here if you like.

📢 Cloud quote of the month

“It’s a really unique opportunity to hear about how I use data to improve my performance in Formula 1 and how important data is to the relationship I have with my technical team. I hope to see you there.” 

Double F1 World Champion Mika Häkkinen seems fairly excited about something.

📰  What we’ve been talking about this month

🐘 IBM & WWF Build AI Solution to Support Conservation

🔮 Future-Proofing: AI And The Decentralised Cloud

🇨🇳 When it comes to cloud, it's China vs. the world

🔒 8 cloud security gotchas most CISOs miss

🤔 ESG a criterion for partner selection

🗓️ Some dates for your diary:

Events

Master your IT costs: Shift to flexible platforms.Nordcloud & AWS breakfast series.Join us at one of our roadshow events, where Nordcloud and AWS will break down the evolution of VMware and the current market landscape. 

• 🇳🇴 24 Sep - Oslo Register here.

• 🇸🇪 27 Sep - Stockholm Register here.

• 🇫🇮 1 Oct - Helsinki Register here.

• 🇳🇱 2 Oct - Amsterdam Register here.

• 🇨🇭 3 Oct - Zurich Register here. 

🇳🇱 💻 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. 

🇦🇹 8-10 Oct - Vienna: Kubernetes Community Days Austria3-day technical event loaded with talks and networking opportunities for developers, platform people and other IT professionals interested in cloud native technologies. Don’t miss it.

Cloud Training

🌍 9 Sep - Virtual: AWS Technical Essentials. Register here.

🌍 12 Sep - Virtual: AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials. Register here.

🌍 16-18 Sep - Virtual: The Machine Learning Pipeline on AWS. Register here.

🌍 17-19 Sep - Virtual: Architecting on AWS. Register here.

🌍 23 Sep - Virtual: Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure. Register here.

🌍 23-25 Sep - Virtual: Developing on AWS. Register here.

🌍 24-26 Sep - Virtual: Cloud Operations on AWS. Register here.

🌍 1-3 Oct - Virtual: Advanced Architecting on AWS. Register here.

🌍 8-10 Oct - Virtual: Security Engineering on AWS. Register here.

🌍 12-13 Nov - Virtual: FinOps Certified Practitioner. Register here.

🎧 Something to listen to in the home office

A playlist to appease the Swifties. Phew.

Thanks for reading, 

I’ll be back with more fresh thoughts next month.