App-Centric Connectivity in Edge, Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Envs - Liam Curtin, S/W Networking Guru
Channel: Meetup Madness
Date: 2023-09-13

Don’t you hate it when application deployments are ineffective and/or delayed?
Tired of rigid connectivity not being aligned with modern application needs?
What if your CloudOps and DevOps teams could do more?

This struggle can be as much an organizational alignment issue as it is a tools and technology issue.

Announcing IBM Hybrid Cloud Mesh, delivering simple, secure and predictable application-centric connectivity for edge, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. We bridge operational silos, giving granular network control to CloudOps and easy-to-consume interfaces to DevOps teams for faster problem-solving.

It’s Simple, Secure, Scalable and Seamless.

In this session you'll learn more about:

• IBM's strategy to enable simple, secure and predictable application-centric connectivity
• How that connectivity works for edge, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments
• Bridging operational silos by giving better control to CloudOps and DevOps teams

Liam Curtin | Product Manager – Software Networking Business Unit, IBM
Liam is a Product Manager in the IBM Software Networking Business Unit focused on solving customer challenges and delivering simple, secure and predictable application-centric connectivity. When meeting with an old friend, he heard about the newly formed IBM Software Networking Business Unit and the customer challenges they aim to solve... needless to say, was immediately hooked!

Liam brings 20 years of experience in the networking and application development space, most recently as the Director of Global Voice and Networking Engineering for PGi (Premiere Global Services) where he oversaw and delivered the cloud transformation for the company. In that role, he experienced first-hand the challenges DevOps and CloudOps teams encounter trying to consistently deliver connectivity to applications to all their sites and users.