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2020 Event Talks

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2020 Event Resources

A collection of materials seen and not seen (until now) at this year’s event.

Shannon Orr of Avant and A Silver Lining Foundation

Celebrating the 2020 BraveIT Award Winner

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BraveIT Spotlight: The Data Experience & Hybrid Cloud Computing

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BraveIT Spotlight: How the Pandemic Amplified Remote Work

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BraveIT Spotlight: Mapping Your Cloud Journey

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BraveIT Spotlight: BaaS & DRaaS Can Support Your Strategic Goals

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BraveIT Spotlight: How Daily Stand-Ups Drive IT Service Excellence

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BraveIT Spotlight: Practice Leadership, Brave IT Indeed

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2020 Event Recap

September 16, 2020

Virtual Conference

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Wednesday 9/16

7:30 AM

What‘s Your Cyber IQ?

Feat. Major General Brett Williams (Ret.)

8:00 AM

Welcome and Opening Remarks

TierPoint Chairman and CEO, Jerry Kent

8:05 AM

Keynote

Tom Gruber, Co-Founder of Siri

9:15 AM

The Dramatic Acceleration to Multi-Cloud

State of Cloud in 2021 & Beyond

9:55 AM

Security 2020: Zero Trust in a Remote Landscape

Feat. Forrester Analyst, Chase Cunningham

10:35 AM

The Pivot for Now

IT Peers Share COVID-19 Stories

11:25 AM

Enabling a Remote Workforce

Fireside Chat with Nutanix

12:00 PM

Live with Fabio Viviani

Italian Cooking Demo

Thursday 9/17

11:30 AM

Welcome & Housekeeping

Welcome Back to BraveIT, Day 2!

11:40 AM

How to Survive the Pandemic Recession

Forrester, Service Now, and Newmark Knight Frank

12:15 PM

Empowering Businesses to Thrive in a Multi-Cloud World

Fireside Chat with Dell Technologies

12:45 PM

Towards a Fearless Future: a Tech 2025 News Roundtable

A Frank Discussion on Today‘s Tech News

1:20 PM

AI Applications for your Business Have Arrived

How to get started with AI for your business

1:55 PM

Psychology & Fear in Security Decision Making

Feat. Paul Mazzucco

2:45 PM

Deliver on Your Hybrid Cloud Strategy with Confidence

Fireside Chat with VMware

3:15 PM

BraveIT Award Ceremony

3:30 PM

Keynote

Dan Doctoroff, CEO of Sidewalk Labs

4:30 PM

Digital Deception

Interactive Magic Experience

About the Event

BraveIT 2020, a virtual event held September 16-17, was the third in a series of annual shows designed to help IT professionals make sense of technology advancements in AI, cybersecurity, and blockchain, as well as business drivers like cloud migration, disaster recovery, digital transformation, and data security.

Hosted and powered by TierPoint, a data center and managed services provider, BraveIT 2020 drew hundreds of IT managers, analysts, CIOs, CTOs, engineers and product managers. Attendees shared ideas and advice on IT security, emerging technologies, business continuity and the future of data centers. The two-day event featured panel discussions, workshops, peer-to-peer sessions and talks by top IT executives and analysts from leading organizations such as Dell, VMWare, Forrester and many others.

2020 Brave IT Award Winner

Shannon Orr

Avant National Channel Manager

Shannon is one of many IT role models who contribute their time and energy to improve the IT “quality of life” in their communities.