As enterprises modernize their IT infrastructure, large-scale virtualization migrations present both opportunities and challenges. Emirates NBD, one of the largest banks in the UAE, has successfully transitioned from traditional virtualization platforms to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization at scale. This session will provide an in-depth look at their real-world migration journey, including key lessons learned and practical advice for organizations considering a similar shift. Join us to hear from Emirates NBD as they share: - Why they moved away from legacy virtualization and the business impact of the transition. - How they approached large-scale migration, including strategies for workload migration and operational changes. - Challenges encountered and how they overcame them, from technical roadblocks to cultural shifts. - The benefits of OpenShift Virtualization, including improved resource optimization and simplified management. - Key takeaways for organizations embarking on their own virtualization migration. This session offers valuable, experience-driven insights into executing a large-scale virtualization migration with Red Hat OpenShift. Whether you're evaluating your own migration or are deep into the process, you'll leave with actionable strategies and lessons from a major enterprise that successfully made the transition.
Simon Seagrave is a Senior Principal Product Marketing Manager for Red Hat OpenShift at Red Hat. As a passionate technologist with more than 25 years of experience in enterprise IT and cloud technologies, Simon has worked with a multitude of transformative technologies to stay at the forefront of industry trends. He is an advocate for technology's role in leading business innovation and efficiency, actively participating in various IT community forums, publications, and events.
Nicholas Grimm is Head of Cloud Compute and Leveraged Tools at Emirates NBD. He is responsible for infrastructure, DevSecOps tooling, Red Hat OpenShift, and cloud platforms. Since joining the group 6 years ago, Nicholas has been part of Emirates’ exciting journey to broadly adopt Red Hat OpenShift and, more recently, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. His previous experience includes 10 years across multiple roles at Standard Bank Group Limited, including application support management, core banking transformation, and establishment of an on-premise cloud platform.
