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The Future of Swiss Cloud | Geneva

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The Future of Swiss Cloud | Geneva

Geneva, Switzerland

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When
17 November 2021 · 08:30–16:00 CET
Where
Forum GenèveRue de Lausanne 11-19/12011201 Geneva, SwitzerlandView on OpenStreetMap
Format
In person
Languages
English, French

After many months of virtual events and webinars, we are happy to host our hybrid event “The Future of Swiss Cloud 2021” on November 17th in Geneva. Next to presentations of our partners like CamptoCamp, Ducksify or VSHN, we will also go into details about current topics like Cloud Act and GDPR compliance. Also, we will show the roadmap for the upcoming months and talk about the latest product launches, SKS and DBaaS.

This hybrid event will be the perfect opportunity and chance to get into contact with our experts, partners, clients and friends; all members of the Exoscale Community! You can choose to join on-site or via livestream. Please note, that this event will be mostly held in French.

Agenda

  • 08:45–09:00

    Registration & Get Together

    Details
    Registration and time for refreshments and networking.
  • 09:00–09:15

    Welcome

    Sébastien Pittet, Mathias Nöbauer

    Details
    Agenda of the Day
  • 09:15–09:45

    Exoscale: Retrospective & Roadmap (french) FR

    Antoine Coetsier

    Details
    COO and co-founder of Exoscale, Antoine Coetsier, will dive into the current major releases, Scalable Kubernetes Service (SKS) and Database as a Service (DBaaS) and will give insights into the roadmap 2021/22.
  • 09:45–10:30

    DevOps - More agility and security for software | Using and managing Kubernetes on Exoscale (english)

    Adrian Kosmaczewski

    Details
    How to ensure more agility and security for software? In this presentation, detailed examples show the benefits of DevOps and Cloud-Native Computing for managing applications on the Exoscale platform. Topics such as cost management, increasing productivity, user management and security are covered. We will dive into SKS multi-cluster management using GitLab and the Syn project. Finally, we show how backups can be activated thanks to K8up, an Opensource project of VSHN.
  • 10:30–11:00

    Pause

    Details
    Pause & Networking
  • 11:00–11:30

    Edge to Cloud use case

    Marc-Elian Begin

  • 11:30–12:15

    SKS in GitOps mode with the DevOps Stack (french) FR

    Raphaël Pinson

    Details
    Exoscale SKS is a managed Kubernetes solution. Camptocamp’s DevOps Stack automates the creation of the Kubernetes cluster with Terraform as well as the implementation of the GitOps workflow with ArgoCD for the deployment of applications and tools necessary for operational management.
  • 12:15–13:15

    Lunch

    Details
    Lunch & Networking
  • 13:15–14:00

    Cloud Act, GDPR, Swiss DSG and the Bank Act (english)

    Dennis G. Jansen

    Details
    An importanct topic within the cloud market - data protection. Storage and processing of personal data is not only in the EU, but also in Switzerland subject to different regulations. The use of US-based Cloud Providers is attached to many issues, due to GDPR, the Swiss DSG and the Bank Act as well as the US Cloud Act. We will talk about implications you have to consider as a company and responsible person
  • 14:00–14:45

    Panel discussion: How will the cloud develop in the future? (french) FR

    Sébastien Pittet, Simon Larsen, Antoine Coetsier, Nabil Abdennadher, Laurent Balmelli

    Details
    What Game Changers are just around the corner? What will change in the near future? What should you be prepard for? In our live discussion, moderated by Beatrix Kemfelja (Head Centor of Expertise, Exoscale), we dive into these topics from different angles.
  • 14:45–15:15

    Duckmapr – Effortless Global Server Load Balancing (french) FR

    Alexandre De Dommelin

    Details
    Nowadays, digital transformation projects are leading companies to adopt complex deployment topologies, across numerous data centers, potentially spread over several regions, countries or continents. In this context, defining a global load balancing solution (whether we speak of a simple failover / BCP scenario up to routing based on geographical constraints or even real-time load monitoring) can quickly become costly, difficult to set up and maintain. Duckmapr was designed to respond to this type of problem by providing a highly resilient, anycast, cloud-based GSLB DNS solution, with a simple pricing model, and now available through the Exoscale marketplace. With this session, we will come back to a customer case and the use of Exoscale at scale!
  • 15:15–15:30

    Q&A and conclusion

    Antoine Coetsier, Mathias Nöbauer, Sébastien Pittet

    Details
    Summary of the event & farewell to the get together
  • 15:30–16:30

    Open discussion

    Details
    Drinks, Fingerfood & Networking

Speakers

  • Adrian Kosmaczewski

    Developer Relations Manager

    VSHN - The DevOps Company

    Biography
    Adrian Kosmaczewski leads the developer relations department at VSHN - The DevOps Company. Since 1996 he is software developer, trainer and author. Adrian has a master’s degree in information technology of the University of Liverpool. When he is not developing or teaching, he spends his time with his wife Claudia and his cat max; and his Olivetti Lettera 22 typewriter.
  • Raphaël Pinson

    Tech Evangelist

    Camptocamp SA

    Biography
    Raphaël focuses on the automation of infrastructure and the implementation of DevOps practices, in particular in the contexts of Puppet, Docker / Kubernetes and Terraform.
  • Dennis G. Jansen

    Lawyer and Data Privacy Expert

    LL.M. (Berkeley)

    Biography
    After his legal training at the universities in Freiburg, Berlin, Sydney, London and Berkley Dennis G. Jansen worked as legal advisor, lawyer and lecturer with a focus on IT law and international data privacy. He also founded the digital forensic enterprise Devidence.
  • Mathias Nöbauer

    CEO

    Exoscale

    Biography
    Mathias Nöbauer, CEO and member of the Exoscale board, has more than 20 years of experience in the IT business. Within the last 5 years he significantly influenced the growth of Exoscale. His aim is to build and develop a rock-solid, innovative European Cloud for everybody, who want to operate Cloud-Native software. Mathias is driven bei the endless opportunities we have and the chance to create our future together.
  • Antoine Coetsier

    Antoine Coetsier

    COO

    Exoscale

    Biography
    Antoine Coetsier is co-founder and COO of Exoscale. He dedicates himself to the creation and development of high industrialized and safe innovative businesses. With more than 20 years of experience in the service provider business, Antoine manages the business and operational aspects of Exoscale. Previous to the foundation of Exoscale in 2011, he has been responsible for driving innovations for IT resources in the telcom sector at the Bouygues Telecom. In 2009 he started one of the first European Cloud Computing offerings specialized for press and media.
  • Sébastien Pittet

    Sébastien Pittet

    Sales Account Executive

    Exoscale

    Biography
    Sébastien Pittet is the trusted entry point for our clients.
  • Alexandre De Dommelin

    Co-Founder

    Ducksify

    Biography
    After spending the last 15 years designing, implementing & operating GNU / Linux environments supporting international Web / E-Commerce platforms with a strong focus on performance and security aspects, Alex became one of the founders of Ducksify, a Swiss company providing expertise in the fields of security & Web performance, infrastructure automation and Modern Workplace solutions.
  • Simon Larsen

    Strategic advisor Business and Technology Leader Banking, Wealth Management & Insurance

    Regdata

  • Marc-Elian Begin

    CEO & co-Founder

    SixSq

    Biography
    Marc-Elian Bégin is CEO and co-founder of SixSq. Marc-Elian holds a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering, specialising in Aerospace, from Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal and has been working in the software industry since 1994. During this time, he has worked with the Canadian and European Space Agencies, as well as CERN, on distributed software systems, grid and cloud computing development projects. In 2007, inspired by a drive to evangelise cloud computing, he co-founded SixSq. His current focus is edge computing technologies and hybrid cloud solutions. With software and an amazing team at SixSq, he helps customer build edge-to-cloud solutions to deliver real and tangible benefits to society. He regularly talks at local, national and international events. Marc-Elian enjoys living and working in Geneva, Switzerland, while trying to keep up with his two fast-growing sons.
  • Nabil Abdennadher

    Professor of Computer Science

    HES.SO

  • Laurent Balmelli

    Strong Network