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Where do businesses stand in their Cloud transformation?

Each year, PCD Solutions (now a Converge company) organizes this conference, bringing together CIOs and IT leaders from many companies in the metropolitan area. This year, we chose the ICAR Racetrack to allow us to hold the event safely and, for those who wish, to take advantage of the ICAR SuperCar racing experience, we’ll have a very special activity in the afternoon. Each year, PCD Solutions (now a Converge company) organizes this conference, bringing together CIOs and IT leaders from many companies in the metropolitan area. This year, we chose the ICAR Racetrack to allow us to hold the event safely and, for those who wish, to take advantage of the ICAR SuperCar racing experience, we’ll have a very special activity in the afternoon.

“It’s a unique opportunity for our clients to meet, discuss the most important issues and compare their current business practices. They’ll also benefit from workshops with various invited experts and special guest companies who will share their experiences and lessons learned,” notes Carl Deschênes, PCD Co-Founder.

Even though COVID, vaccination campaigns and the return to the office seem to be very hot topics these days, our clients are very actively relaunching their projects. Business resumption and innovation projects are materializing despite some very real issues in the field.

Lack of resources affecting the IT sector
Pressure to accelerate projects
Supply issues
Aging infrastructure
Cybersecurity and data protection
Support of application modernization efforts

The talent and creativity of teams are more essential than ever. Cloud approaches, IT automation, and the shift to software-defined and/or AI-assisted solutions are among the newest ways to innovate and increase business productivity.

Agenda

Part 1

8:30 Welcome

9:00 Opening remarks and presentation

9:15 Round table – Where do businesses stand in their Cloud transformation?

9:40 5 essential elements to a successful Cloud transformation initiative
(PCD’s Sylvain Mony and Mathieu Bouffard)

10:05 Beyond virtualization… Preparing your organization and infrastructure to move to the next level (PCD’s François Rainville and Marc De Grasse)

10:35 Break

10:45 Tech talks – Interview with our partners Dell Technologies and Microsoft Azure
(Dell’s Ron Haber and Microsoft’s Martin Comeau)

11:15 Making the shift to the Cloud – Modernizing infrastructure, applications and practices
(VMware’s Sébastien Morasse and Sébastien Bourque)

12:00 Lunch

Part 2

12:20 Presentation of the ICAR Racetrack SuperCar driving activity

12:30 Organization of groups, mini-training and safety measures

13:00 ICAR experience

14:00 Patio opening – Cocktails and networking

15:30 End of the event

**Please note that all presentations will be held in french.

Invited experts

They will share their vision, knowledge and experience implementing Cloud transformation projects.


Mathieu Bouffard Specialist, Strategy and Cloud Architecture, PCD Solutions	Sylvain Mony Vice President, Strategy and Innovation, PCD Solutions

Sébastien Morasse Senior Cloud Specialist – Management and Operations, VMware	Ron Haber Country Manager – Modern Data Centre Commercial Canada, Dell Technologies

Martin Comeau Cloud Solution Strategist, Microsoft Azure	François Rainville Solution Architect – VMware and Cloud, PCD Solutions

Marc De Grasse Expert Advisor, Cloud Solutions and VMware, PCD Solutions