Lightyear Demo of Procurement, Network Inventory Manager, and Telecom Expense Management (TEM)
Buying and managing enterprise network services has barely changed in decades–carrier portals, spreadsheets, blind renewals, and invoices that never match the contract. Lightyear is building an AI software platform that modernizes the enterprise telecom lifecycle, automating and optimizing for you everything that carriers make difficult. The platform serves as a telecom operating system designed to […]
Automate Enterprise Network Management with Lightyear’s Telecom Operating System
Buying and managing enterprise network services has barely changed in decades–carrier portals, spreadsheets, blind renewals, and invoices that never match the contract. Lightyear is building an AI software platform that modernizes the enterprise telecom lifecycle, automating and optimizing for you everything that carriers make difficult. Dennis Thankachan, CEO and co-founder, explains that telecom operations are […]
Nokia AI Scale Platforms with Igor Giangrossi
AI networks require purpose-built hardware platforms designed for different roles across the infrastructure. This presentation outlines the hardware platforms positioned for these roles highlighting how each supports performance, bandwidth, and operational needs. This preso will have a focus on with a focus on the scale-out part of the network. It also looks ahead to emerging […]
Nokia Management for AI Data Center Networks
Explore the essential management considerations for building and operating multi-tenant AI data center networks. Attendees will learn why abstraction is critical to achieving the scale, speed, and consistency required for AI infrastructure. The presentation will demonstrate how event-driven automation (EDA) simplifies the design, deployment, and operation of backend AI networks, enabling secure and efficient multi-tenancy […]
Ethernet and its Evolution to Support Nokia AI Networking
Ethernet continues to evolve to meet the performance and scaling demands of modern AI networking architectures, progressing from RoCEv2 toward innovations driven by the Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC). This presentation discusses these requirements and introduces UEC Specification 1.0, with a focus on scale-out AI designs and the core philosophies shaping its development. Key Ethernet capabilities […]
AI Data Center Nokia Validated Design (NVD)
Get an inside look at how Nokia Validated Designs (NVDs) streamline AI-ready data center and networking deployments through proven architectures, rigorous validation, and real-world performance insights. We’ll highlight several of our latest AI-focused NVDs, show how partners are extending them, and preview what’s coming next as we evolve the portfolio to meet the demands of […]
Ethernet Networking for the AI Era
The rise of AI has driven the emergence of multiple new network domains, each with distinct roles, architectures, and performance requirements. This presentation explores these new networks and their roles. Patrick McCabe, representing Nokia, builds on the premise that AI is a permanent fixture in the technological landscape, requiring a non-linear evolution of network architecture. […]
Nokia Introduction with Andy Lapteff
In this presentation, Andy Lapteff, a network engineer turned product marketing manager at Nokia, introduces the company’s shift from its iconic mobile phone legacy to its current role as a leader in mission-critical network infrastructure. He highlights Nokia’s historical reputation for reliability, exemplified by the legendary indestructible 3310 phone, and explains how that same commitment […]
ResOps Powered by Commvault Cloud Unity
The presentation centers on the critical evolution from traditional disaster recovery to a more robust framework of cyber resilience. Chris Bevil, a recovering CISO, shares his transition from the high-stress frontline of security to Commvault, where he now focuses on the intersection of IT, security, and board-level business objectives. He emphasizes that the modern threat […]
What’s NEW at Object First
Anthony Cusimano, Director of Solutions Marketing and one of the company’s earliest employees, provides a roadmap of the company’s rapid hardware and software evolution. Since its inception with OOTBI (Out-of-the-Box Immutability), Object First has expanded its portfolio to include the Ootbi 432, a 2U-node offering 432 terabytes of RAID 60 storage. A single four-node cluster […]
Object First Honeypot Demo with Geoff Burke
Senior Technology Advisor Geoff Burke showcases the integrated honeypot functionality built into the Object First appliance. Designed as a digital tripwire, the honeypot is physically hosted on the appliance but logically segmented to ensure security. It serves as an early warning system to detect lateral movement and reconnaissance efforts by attackers who typically probe the […]
How Object First Achieves Absolute Immutability
Geoff Burke, a senior technology advisor at Object First, outlines the architecture of their “Out-of-the-Box Immutability” (OOTBI) solution. Built on Zero Trust principles, the system secures data by assuming breach at every level, from production data and backup software to the primary storage target. The Object First appliance is a hardened Linux-based on-premises storage target […]
Why Object First is Best for Veeam
Object First was founded with the specific mission of creating a backup storage solution that is ransomware proof. The company focuses on addressing the primary vulnerability in data protection: the storage target. Since 96% of ransomware attacks target backup data to prevent recovery, Object First provides an intentionally hardened, immutable storage appliance designed specifically for […]
Veeam Unleash – Enable AI and Advance Use Cases
Michael Cade and Emilee Tellez introduce the Unleash pillar, which focuses on empowering administrators to leverage backup data for AI-driven insights and advanced operational use cases. Veeam addresses the common challenge of garbage in, garbage out by providing a framework to ensure data hygiene before it is used to train models or fuel AI agents. […]
Veeam Resilience – Protect Everything, Recover Anything
Rick Vanover and Emilee Tellez focus on the core of the Veeam portfolio: Resilience. The presenters track the evolution of data protection through three distinct generations of disasters, starting with Operational Resilience (fire, flood, and hardware failure), moving into Cyber Resilience (ransomware and targeted encryption), and arriving at the emerging frontier of AI Resilience. This […]
Veeam Security – Protect and Reduce Risk
In this presentation, Michael Cade and Emilee Tellez explain how Veeam has expanded its focus from traditional backup to comprehensive Data Security Posture Management (DSPM). By treating an organization’s data ecosystem like a “social network of data,” Veeam’s Data Command Center provides visibility into data lineage, sovereignty, and access rights across structured and unstructured systems. […]
Veeam Understand – Know Your Data
In this session, Field CTOs Michael Cade and Emily Tellez dive into the practical application of Veeam’s four-pillar strategy, focusing heavily on the Understand phase. Central to this approach is the recent acquisition of a Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) solution, now integrated as the Data Command Center. This tool acts as a “social network […]
Veeam in 2026 with Rick Vanover
In this presentation, Rick Vanover reintroduces Veeam as a global leader that has evolved far beyond its origins in virtual backup. Now clearing over $2 billion in revenue with a workforce of 6,000 employees, the company has secured the top market share spot and expanded its reach into diverse environments ranging from Antarctica to submarines. […]
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Knowledge and culture retained for all by the Internet Archive
Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free texts, movies, software, music, websites, and more. Joy Chesbrough introduces us to the Internet Archive’s mission and accomplishments before examining how this public-good service is funded and operated. Joy, who leads the organization’s philanthropy efforts, explained that the Internet Archive was founded by technologist Brewster […]