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Connect | New York // Major Panel: Fragmented, but functional? - Redefining capacity planning for the future

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  • Management & Operations
  • Cloud & Hybrid
  • Open Session

Speakers

John Hawkins

Global Cloud Data Center Real Estate Lead, IBM

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John Hawkins

Global Cloud Data Center Real Estate Lead, IBM

John Hawkins is the IBM Global Data Center Strategy and Planning Lead. John brings over 20 years and $3B of leasing experience in the data center and commercial real estate fields. John is best known for his work at Telx, where he was the Director of Global Real Estate & Data Center Expansions. During his years at Telx, John expanded the data center portfolio over seven hundred percent and negotiated over $1B+ in leases, leading to the acquisition of Telx by Digital Realty for $1.9 billion. Prior to Telx, John was Vice President of Real Estate and Data Center Logistics at Exenet Technologies, where he was responsible for the complete ownership of a multi-country facility build-out.  Earlier in his career, John was Vice President of International Operations & Real Estate at The Matlen Silver Group, where he opened operations in India and Trinidad.  

John earned his Masters of Real Estate at New York University.

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Duncan Ng

Vice President Solutions Engineering, Vultr

Duncan Ng

Duncan Ng

Vice President Solutions Engineering, Vultr

Duncan Ng is Vice President Solutions Engineering at Vultr leading Global Technical Go To Market covering Presales, Technical Account Management and Partner Engineering.

His organization is responsible for the full customer journey from working with Partners-Alliances and the Direct sales team on the first discovery call, architecting a solution, rolling out a POC, scaling into production, ongoing technical account management and representing the voice of the customer in establishing the roadmap for new products and features.

Extensive experience working in, selling to and partnering with organizations with global footprints including Hyperscalers, Service Providers, OEMs, Telecoms, and AI market leaders.

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As enterprises increasingly spread workloads across on-premises data centers, colocation facilities, and the cloud, the complexity of hybrid IT management is escalating. Balancing operational efficiency with security, scalability, compliance, and supply chain resilience requires new approaches and new tools.

How can enterprises ensure seamless integration and performance across these disparate environments? What strategies are emerging to tackle evolving security risks, ensure regulatory compliance, and address the challenges of scaling hybrid IT?

This session will delve into the management and operational strategies that data centers must adopt to navigate this fragmented landscape. Learn about:

  • Unified operations: Best practices for managing workloads seamlessly across on-prem, off-prem, colocation, and cloud environments.
  • Security in complexity: Strategies to mitigate risks in hybrid IT setups, including advanced threat detection and zero-trust frameworks.
  • Scaling smartly: How can scalability and agility be secured without compromising performance or budget?