Keynote

As Mobility transforms every industry with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD), Internet of Things, and more, mission critical applications and security become top of mind and enterprises need to deliver the mobile experience users expect. The campus of the future must be built on a mobile-ready infrastructure that leverages best-of-breed wireless, policy & management software, ASIC innovation, SDN technology and Analytics to address challenges such as security, application performance and network monitoring”. This talk is an introduction on how HP and Aruba Networks are addressing the mobile-ready campus through customer experience and technology innovation.

Mark Carroll, Vice President of Advanced Technology Group and CTO for HP Networking, leads the technical and strategic direction of the HP Networking Business Unit. In his role at HP, mark oversees the technical and strategic direction for Data Center, Enterprise as well as Converged Campus and SDN.

Mark previously worked at Qualcomm, where he served as Vice President, Engineering and Product Management, Wireless Infrastructure and Networking. In this role, he was responsible for connectivity and networking products. He grew the business 28% y/y with Wi-Fi and processor leadership products attaining #1 in retail and enterprise market segments.

Prior to Qualcomm, Mark was Vice President, Engineering and Product Management, Linksys Division at Cisco, where he led engineering and product management for carrier, SMB and retail and created cloud networking-based products and services for enterprise and home. While at Cisco, he held additional leadership roles as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Director of Engineering for the Service Provider Technology Group.

Mark has been an integral part of the telecommunications and networking business for 25 years, holding GM, CTO and VP Engineering roles with Qualcomm, Cisco, and other companies including Stratacom, Siemens, IBM and ROLM systems where he introduced first-time industry products into the market. Additionally, Mark founded two startups in networking and hospitality sectors and completed 10 successful merger and acquisition deals in the networking, SW and consumer markets.

Mark has served on multiple boards including non-profit Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance and California Polytechnic University - San Luis Obispo and holds several patents. He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Physics and currently lives in Saratoga, California.

The Internet of Things (IoT) provides significant opportunities for companies to transform their competitive positions. In just a few years, all companies will create products and services that fit into a world of smart connected devices, services and ecosystems. By 2020 there will be over 50 billion devices, and the organizations that are prepared to handle the data volume along with the ability to process, analyze, and operationally exploit this data will be the winners in their respective markets.
This session will provide insight into the Internet of Things and provide a strategic view of how organizations can best leverage the opportunity presented by IoT and how to exploit it for their advantage. Every industry sector, from financial services, retail, media, health care, telecom, agriculture, mining, transportation, utilities and government, will be impacted by IoT. Business and technology executives need to understand how IoT can transform their competitive dynamics, or they risk being left behind.

John has served as MapR’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since founding the company in 2009.
Prior to founding MapR, John held executive positions in a number of enterprise software companies with a focus on data, storage and business intelligence at both private and public companies including: CEO of Calista Technologies (now Microsoft), CEO of Rainfinity (now EMC), SVP of Products and Marketing at Brio Technologies (BRYO) and General Manager at Compuware (CPWR).

 

Stuart Scholly is Senior Vice President & General Manager of the Security Division at Akamai. Prior to Akamai, Mr. Scholly served as President of Prolexic, the global leader in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection services. Mr. Scholly has more than 20 years of technology and product management experience.
Before joining Prolexic, he was chief operating officer at Physicians Interactive. He has also held senior leadership positions in product management and business development at Allscripts.
He won the 2010 Spotlight Award from the Illinois Technology Association, awarded to the CTO/CIO for leadership and outstanding contributions in the application of information technology.

 

 

The Federal Platform Digital Austria is the coordination and strategy committee of the Austrian Federal Government for ICT (Information and Communication Technology) this includes eGovernment as well as eHealth. Digital services are a synonym for a modern and innovative state in which quality, trust and speed are central elements. Communication is made easier for citizens and businesses, costs are lowered and at the same time internal processes are sped up substantially. The quality and transparency of public services is increased considerably to the benefit of all. Above all, however, eGovernance is also a lever to increase the transparency of state activities and to intensify the democratic participation of the citizens.
The development and implementation of electronic public services is one of the priorities of the Digital Agenda of the Austrian Federal Government. Efficiency in the back office is guaranteed by process reengineering, common standards and an interoperability framework. As a general rule of the Austrian digital strategy, every citizen in every community should have access to all forms of public digital services at the federal, provincial and local levels. Secure communication and procedures and confidential handling of personal data have top priority. Therefore everybody needs an electronic identity and electronic signature.
Technology is changing our live and work day by day therefore a Digital Agenda has to include not only eGovernment and eHealth but also eSkills (digital literacy), broadband access, eCommerce, Cyber Security, Internet 4.0 (internet of things), research and development.
Austria has been at the forefront for many years in this sector. The diverse efforts and leading digital initiatives of the Austrian government have been awarded time and again with the top position in the most important comparison on the European level but also within the United Nations.
ICT is the driving force for growth, employment and competitiveness. Austria is well known worldwide for tourism or music but our ICT industry brings already six times more to our GDP than tourism. The Austrian business landscape is characterised by innovative small and medium-sized enterprises in the field of technology, by dynamic growth in company set-ups, by rising direct investments, and as a hub especially to Eastern and South Eastern Europe.

Mr. RUPP was appointed as the “Federal Executive Secretary” for the eGovernment initiative of the Austrian Federal Government in 2003. Since 2005 he acts also as the “Spokesperson of the Federal Platform Digital Austria”, which coordinates the ICT and eGovernment activities for the Federal Government within and outside the Republic. Many Austrian eGovernment applications and strategies have been provided since 2003 with the UN Public Service Award as well as other international awards. “Digital Austria” has now built up with many countries around the world a know-how and technology transfer program in the ICT sector.