SAP dives into supply chain transparency, Adobe offers lessons on Acrobat, and Wasabi looks at the year ahead for the cloud.
Here’s what the MESA community has planned the week of Jan. 15-19, according to MESA’s global member e-calendar.
Wednesday:
SAP presents “Transparency in Procurement and Supply Chains.” Supply chain transparency has long been a priority for purchasing organisations around the world, yet Procurement Leaders research indicates less than one-third of procurement professionals are satisfied with their function’s capabilities in this area. Analysis into the factors driving demands for supply chain transparency, include regulatory, operational and ESG risks, as well as the changing needs of customers and internal stakeholders. In this free webinar, the specialists from SAP and Procurement Leaders will share their insights on benchmarking visibility, transparency capabilities, and the expectations of procurement.
Thursday:
• “Secure & Resilient Hybrid-Cloud Data Protection w/ Wasabi, Veeam & Pure Storage” offers a look at the 3-2-1 rule, which, with the addition of immutability and air gap, is a well-known blueprint for modern data protection. Join this webinar to learn from industry experts why this model is so important and more importantly, how Wasabi, Veeam, and Pure work together to enable this as a best practice with Veeam modern data protection, Pure storage’s fast resilient storage, and unlimited, immutability with Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage. Hybrid-cloud is here to stay. The benefits of leveraging on-prem AND cloud resources are numerous, including performance, security, and rapid recovery. Protecting a hybrid-cloud system can be simplified and very resilient if you apply the “3-2-1″ best practice using best-breed components and services. Join this webinar to learn from industry experts why this model is so important and more importantly, how Wasabi, Veeam, and Pure work together to enable this as a best practice with Veeam modern data protection, Pure storage’s fast resilient storage, and next-generation Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage.
• Adobe hosts “Get Started With Adobe Acrobat.” Industry leaders around the globe agree — digital transformation is here to stay, and organisations need high-performing technology solutions that help them accelerate document processes and support distributed teams. Join this Skill Builder webinar to learn how Adobe Acrobat does the heavy lifting of everyday document tasks to support fast, secure business.
Friday:
• Wasabi presents “Hot 2024 Predictions for the Cloud.” Macroeconomic uncertainty which began in 2022 crept into 2023, impacting both cloud IT budgets and spending throughout the year. As a result, many organisations reevaluated cloud spending with a renewed focus on long-term cost reduction, operational efficiency, and simplicity. At the same time, organizations continue to drive infrastructure modernisation initiatives needed to support digitisation, and now the rise of AI. This juxtaposition: the need to better manage cloud IT costs, while simultaneously expanding usage of these same solutions to drive digital modernisation, will be a defining challenge for many enterprises throughout 2024. Join Wasabi cloud experts David Friend, CEO and Co-Founder, and Andrew Smith, Senior Manager of Strategy & Market Intelligence, to gain a better understanding of how these changes affected the cloud storage market in 2023, as well as their predictions on which driving the market in 2024.