Plenary Sessions Conference Room 342
Morning Chairman
Amir Zmora, CEO & Co-founder, flexiWAN
How much of SD-WAN’s promise has truly been delivered? Exploring real-world insights into SD-WAN deployments, highlighting successes, gaps, and how the convergence of SSE, SD-WAN, and advanced monitoring is shaping the future.
Adam Godlewski, Solutions Architect SASE, Cavell Group
Marc Bouteyre, Head of Virtualization Solution, Ekinops
Rick Mur, CTO & Co-founder, GNX
Using an example of a popular consumer product, looking at how Edge AI changes network requirements for Enterprise, and how solutions like VeloRAIN helps Enterprise adopt the growing demand of AI and GenAI workloads.
Ray Wong, Head of EMEA, VeloCloud by Broadcom
Delving into the transformative journey from traditional networking to a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architecture. Exploring how AI and machine learning are revolutionizing network automation, troubleshooting, and predictive maintenance, ensuring a seamless and secure transition to the cloud.
Stefano Testa, Sales Director SD-WAN & SASE, EMEA, Cisco
The selection of SASE spans various considerations, from the decision to adopt a full SASE solution to a combination of SD-WAN and SSE elements, the required architecture, and “soft” characteristics of the solution.
The panel will review the consideration points for selecting a SASE that fits the needs of different segments.
Moderator
Amir Zmora, CEO & Co-founder, flexiWAN
Gail Smith, Director, Cavell Group
Rick Mur, CTO & Co-founder, GNX
Hector Avalos, VP Sales Europe, Middle East & Africa, Versa
Jaye Tillson, SD-WAN & Field CTO, HPE
Jaye Tillson is a Field CTO at HPE, boasting over 25 years of invaluable expertise in successfully implementing strategic global technology programs. With a strong focus on digital transformation, Jaye has been instrumental in guiding numerous organizations through their zero-trust journey, enabling them to thrive in the ever-evolving digital landscape. Jaye's passion lies in collaborating with enterprises, assisting them in their strategic pursuit of zero trust. He takes pride in leveraging his real-world experience to address critical issues and challenges faced by these businesses. Beyond his professional pursuits, Jaye co-founded the SSE Forum and co-hosts its popular podcast called 'The Edge.' This platform allows him to engage with a broader audience, fostering meaningful discussions on industry trends and innovations. In his leisure time, Jaye indulges in his passions for motor racing, savouring delectable cuisine, and exploring the wonders of the world through his travels.
Afternoon Chairwoman
Gail Smith, Director, Cavell Group
Exploring the critical vulnerabilities within OT environments, associated integration challenges and how SASE can provide a robust, cloud-native solution. Learning how SASE's unified approach to security, remote access, and threat intelligence is reshaping OT security strategies, and how it can help safeguard organization’s most vital infrastructure from emerging risks.
Pierre-Henri Bourdiol Senior System Engineer Versa
In today’s cloud-first, hybrid work-from-anywhere world, there is growing traction towards SASE and Zero Trust architectures to secure and deliver fast access to critical enterprise applications and resources. This shift brings flexibility and agility but introduces complex challenges in network security, performance, and validation.
Dharen Ells, Senior Solutions Architect, Spirent Communications
Organizations are seeking cloud-delivered secure access solutions built on a Zero Trust (ZTNA) framework that comply with national regulations while maintaining operational agility. Exploring the key customer requirements driving the adoption of Sovereign SASE and describing FreePro’s Unified Sovereign SASE solutions for the French market.
Co-authors: Laurent Cheyssial, CTO of FreePro & Hector Avalos, VP EMEA Telcos at Versa
Laurent Cheyssial, CTO, FreePro
Exploring the different strategies for securing our workforce and explaining the concepts of SSE, SASE, and ZTNA and their relevance in this modern era. Highlighting the emerging trends in adoption and their significance.
Jaye Tillson, SD-WAN & Field CTO, HPE
Jaye Tillson is a Field CTO at HPE, boasting over 25 years of invaluable expertise in successfully implementing strategic global technology programs. With a strong focus on digital transformation, Jaye has been instrumental in guiding numerous organizations through their zero-trust journey, enabling them to thrive in the ever-evolving digital landscape. Jaye's passion lies in collaborating with enterprises, assisting them in their strategic pursuit of zero trust. He takes pride in leveraging his real-world experience to address critical issues and challenges faced by these businesses. Beyond his professional pursuits, Jaye co-founded the SSE Forum and co-hosts its popular podcast called 'The Edge.' This platform allows him to engage with a broader audience, fostering meaningful discussions on industry trends and innovations. In his leisure time, Jaye indulges in his passions for motor racing, savouring delectable cuisine, and exploring the wonders of the world through his travels.
Exploring how Service Providers and Enterprises can get the SASE experience they need, but can't get through traditional bundled integrations, using a simple metaphor that gets right to the heart of why a SASE Platform, built from the ground up, is essential.
Greg Duffy, Product Marketing Director EMEA, Cato Networks
SD-WAN and SASE provide the agility and security necessary for AI applications, but their success hinges on proactive monitoring to identify bottlenecks and mitigate failures. By implementing advanced monitoring strategies and leveraging the dynamic capabilities of SD-WAN and SASE, organizations can ensure optimal performance, even in environments with external dependencies.
Nestor Falcon Gonzalez, Global Solution Architect, Network Observability, Broadcom
Covering the best practices for managing interactions and leveraging the underlay to enhance SASE deployments. Using real-world examples to provide the knowledge to navigate SASE and underlay integration successfully.
Tayo Ogunseyinde, Consultant System Engineer Versa
As organizations continue to adopt hybrid work models, there's a rising interest in shifting network security infrastructure to cloud-based services. Exploring the potential benefits and challenges of this emerging trend.
Christian Hirsch, Technology Team Lead, Service Provider EMEA, Keysight
- What are the interactions between SASE solutions and the underlay?
- Which impact of AI/ML workloads on all layers of connectivity?
- How to ensure reliable secure overlays with underlying transport SLAs?
- What about security of data and AI training and inference workloads?
- What’s next?
Moderator
Gail Smith, Director, Cavell Group
Pierre-Marie Binvel, Global Business Leader, Orange
Alexandre Souillé, CEO, Olfeo
Marc Bouteyre, Head of Virtualization Solution, Ekinops