As more orga­ni­za­tions move toward dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tions and adop­tion of intel­li­gent tech­nolo­gies, hav­ing the frame­work and tal­ent in place to archi­tect every­thing will become essen­tial to suc­cess. Orga­ni­za­tions need to have a strat­e­gy that involves data, process­es, tech­nol­o­gy, and peo­ple, and no one role is bet­ter equipped to man­age that than an enter­prise architect. 

How­ev­er, many SAP enter­prise archi­tects need to add one key new skill set that is essen­tial for mod­ern busi­ness trans­for­ma­tions: cloud skills. The cloud is quick­ly becom­ing the land­scape for inno­va­tion — the place where archi­tects can help their orga­ni­za­tions meet their increas­ing busi­ness chal­lenges, mod­ern­ize work­loads on world-class infra­struc­ture, pro­tect data with mul­ti-lay­ered secu­ri­ty, dri­ve deci­sion-mak­ing with intel­li­gent ana­lyt­ics and insights, and adopt hybrid and mul­ti-cloud infra­struc­tures with­out ven­dor lock-in. 

Please join us for a spe­cial inter­ac­tive boot camp for SAP enter­prise archi­tects. We will cov­er the fol­low­ing top­ics from the per­spec­tive of real-world enter­prise archi­tects who have learned the skills nec­es­sary to trans­form them­selves into cloud archi­tects. This three-part pro­gram with in-between self-study will cov­er the fol­low­ing topics:

Agen­da Topics:

• How to Become a Next-Gen­er­a­tion Cloud Architect
• Cloud Insights: What You Need to Know and Do
• Archi­tect­ing and Adopt­ing a Cloud Mindset
• Accel­er­ate Your Cloud Knowl­edge and Skills: On-Demand Playlist and Resources
• Liv­ing in the Cloud: New Oppor­tu­ni­ties to Accel­er­ate Inno­va­tion and Value
• Smart Ana­lyt­ics in the Cloud
• Inno­vate in the Cloud with Machine Learn­ing and Arti­fi­cial Intelligence

Part 1: Devel­op­ing Your Cloud Skills and Mindset 

Intro­duc­tion
Paul Kurchi­na – Com­mu­ni­ty Builder and Evan­ge­list, ASUG

How to Become a Next-Gen­er­a­tion SAP Architect
Ali­son Het­trick – SAP Solu­tion Con­sul­tant, Google Cloud

Today and in the future, you will need to sup­ple­ment your skills with knowl­edge and skills on how to archi­tect SAP for Cloud. The SAP cloud archi­tect role trans­lates the tech­ni­cal require­ments and tech­ni­cal archi­tec­ture of your SAP project into the cloud-spe­cif­ic tech­ni­cal archi­tec­ture aspects and solu­tion design to achieve the tar­get state solu­tion objec­tive. Cloud archi­tects are also respon­si­ble for bridg­ing the gaps between com­plex busi­ness prob­lems and defin­ing solu­tion archi­tec­tures in the cloud. Learn what addi­tion­al skills are need­ed to expand your knowl­edge into the cloud, why these skills are nec­es­sary, and how new cloud inno­va­tions will help trans­form your business.

Cloud Insights from a For­mer SAP On-Premise Archi­tect: What You Need to Know and Do
Rohit Kamath – SAP Solu­tion Con­sul­tant, Google Cloud

You need to change your mind­set when think­ing about mov­ing your appli­ca­tions to the cloud or adopt­ing cloud tech­nolo­gies. We will dis­cuss some key items you should con­sid­er when think­ing about mov­ing appli­ca­tions to the cloud, from a first-hand per­spec­tive. Since inno­va­tion and change are always upon us, it is now more impor­tant than ever to adopt cloud skills in order to fit your needs soon­er — and ben­e­fit from those skills faster. Learn how.

How South­wire Is Archi­tect­ing and Adopt­ing a Cloud Mindset
Chris East­er­wood – VP of Cen­ter of Excel­lence, Southwire

In this ses­sion, we will learn how SAP and Google Cloud cus­tomer South­wire trans­formed itself and adopt­ed a cloud mind­set. Chris East­er­wood, Vice Pres­i­dent of ITS Inte­gra­tion Projects, will dis­cuss: How train­ing began with an on-site Boot­camp from Google Cloud focus­ing on the Google Cloud Plat­form; How South­wire engaged with a knowl­edge­able part­ner to help steer their infra­struc­ture in the ear­ly stages; and What strate­gic dis­cus­sions took place with Google Cloud and inter­nal deci­sion-mak­ing staff on how to build out Southwire’s under­ly­ing struc­ture, e.g. orga­ni­za­tion, projects and network.

Accel­er­ate Your Cloud Knowl­edge and Skills: On-Demand Playlist and Resources
Paul Kurchi­na – Com­mu­ni­ty Builder and Evan­ge­list, ASUG

If you have a suc­cess sto­ry to share, a non-mem­ber who would like to reg­is­ter, or are inter­est­ed in spon­sor­ship oppor­tu­ni­ties, please email us at asugexpress@​asug.​com.  

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