Organizations must adopt cloud-native strategies to take advantage of the modernization benefits that cloud-native platforms can provide. Today’s Enterprise-grade Kubernetes application platforms, such as Red Hat OpenShift can support a variety of use cases across any environment such as VM migration, application development, adoption of AI/ML, edge computing and application and infrastructure modernization initiatives. As organizations consider the best platform to run their VMs as well as to build and deploy new applications, OpenShift Virtualization, a feature of OpenShift, provides a way to migrate and modernize VMs on a unified and scalable platform across hybrid cloud environments. Sound organizational strategy and expertise is essential for successfully adopting a cloud-native application platform and many times organizations are not equipped to efficiently navigate a path forward due to fluctuations in their IT landscapes, outdated solutions and rising vendor costs. Join us for a thought leadership conversation with guest speakers Forrester Principal Analyst, Lee Sustar, Forrester Principal Consultant, Benjamin Brown, and Director of Global Services, Ed Keen to discuss Virtualization and AI trends and what to expect in 2025. We'll dive into key findings from the Total Economic Impact™ study conducted by Forrester Consulting, commissioned by Red Hat, to provide viewers with the framework to evaluate the financial impact of Red Hat Consulting to help deploy Red Hat OpenShift, including Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, within their organizations.
Ed’s organization drives customer success with Red Hat’s OpenShift platform, including platform design, implementation, platform engineering, VM and app migration, and application modernization and developer experience. With a rich background in cloud and cloud native technologies and ways of working, Ed’s group derisks and accelerates customers migrations today, to the platform that will power the future of their digital businesses.
Benjamin is a principal consultant and team manager in Forrester’s Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) practice. He helps organizations to measure and articulate the business value and financial impact of their technology and process investments. His case studies and research combine primary interviews and surveys with Forrester’s data and expertise to tell the entire story for any investment, from decision drivers and market context to implementation processes and business outcomes. Ben is specialized in researching, building, and communicating business cases that enable decision-makers across industries and domains.
Lee serves IT infrastructure and operations professionals. His research focuses on public cloud, containers, modernization, cloud strategy, cloud operations, and the wider transition to cloud-native computing and practices. He assists enterprises in creating pragmatic cloud strategies and developing execution roadmaps. Most notably, he seeks to reflect organizational context (e.g., industry, investments, regulations, skills, location) in these deliverables. Lee’s strong background in both financial services cloud/container strategies and governance and risk gives him a unique perspective. Key markets that Lee covers include multicloud container development platforms, public cloud enterprise container platforms, and public cloud infrastructure and development platforms.
Anish leads a team of Business Value consultants and practitioners helping Forrester’s clients demonstrate and justify the value of technology investments for their customers. Anish has been with Forrester's Total Economic Impact™ team for over 11 years and has worked with various technology clients including clients that have ERP, Security/Data Privacy, AI, and CRM solutions to help them articulate their business value to their customers. He has spoken at number of Forrester events and client conferences and is considered a subject matter expert in the TEI methodology.
