TechUG London

We've just announced the initial speaker line up for TechUG London which takes place on Thursday 5th November at the Grange St. Paul's Hotel.

VMware, Hewlett Packard, Varonis, Atlantis Computing, vArmour, KPG Group and Covea Insurance have sent some fantastic technical speakers. As ever the community event is free to attend with refreshments, a hot lunch and networking beers all included.

Technology.UG is an independent community of IT Professionals and we'll have a variety of sessions including problem solving, break/fix sessions, labs panel debates and technical deep dives covering Virtualisation, Storage and Security.

The agenda includes:

Virtualisation & Storage Focus

- A technical deepdive into VMware Virtual Volumes (vVOLs) - Paudie O’Riordan, Staff Engineer in the VMware Office of the CTO for Storage and Availability
- Workloads for the Cloud - what works and what doesn't? Robert Reynolds, Consultant, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Problem solving - share and learn session with vExpert Jason Meers
- Platform Modernisation – what the infrastructure platform of 2015 looks like today - Robert Reynolds, Consultant, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Cybersecurity & Risk

- Defending the not so Trusted Corporate Network - Steve Atkinson, Director - Security at RealServe
- IT Microsegmentation for Cloud Scale Security -vArmor

Plus
TechUG Labs Room

- 3D 1080p VDI Gaming Demo
- Hands-on Labs with Atlantis USX Hyper-Scale
- Hands-on labs with Secure Disk Wipe software
- Launch of Disk Wipe Lab Guide
- Hands-on installation of Nutanix Community Edition
- Launch of Nutanix Community Edition Lab Guide

Speakers: Paudie O’Riordan, Staff Engineer in the VMware Office of the CTO for Storage and Availability, Robert Reynolds, Consultant, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Jason Meers vExpert, Steve Atkinson, Director - Security at RealServe, Gav Brining, CIO, KPG Group, Dietrich Benjes, VP UK, Ireland & Middle East, Varonis