Riverbed announces lineup of keynotes and sessions for its Global User Conference 2021

29/09/2021

Riverbed has announced lineup of keynotes and sessions for its Global User Conference 2021. Riverbed Global User Conference 2021 is a free one-day virtual event focusing on offering visibility, actionable insights, security, and performance for the contemporary, hybrid organization. On October 5th (Americas), October 6th (EMEA), October 7th (APAC), and November 17th (Japan), Riverbed experts, customers, and partners will present over 35 hours of material and 50+ technical and client use case sessions.

The event, which is sponsored by Intel, will bring together thousands of attendees with Riverbed executives, customers, partners, and industry and government experts to discuss how Riverbed and Aternity solutions help organisations maximise visibility, performance, and security as the workplace evolves and businesses accelerate their digital, cloud, and SaaS strategies. Microsoft, BT, Orange Business Services, WWT, Fidelis Cybersecurity, Packet Pushers, and numerous Riverbed clients from many industries and locations are among the partners, customers, public sector professionals, and industry influencers attending the event.The Expo Hall provides an opportunity to engage with Riverbed partners at 35+ virtual boothswhich include the dedicated stands of Riverbed META partners GBM and Emircom from the UAE, Dimension Data from Saudi Arabia, Raya IT from Egypt, Mannai ICT from Qatar, and Konsalt from Turkey.

Guest Speakers and Keynotes:

Robert Herjavec, entrepreneur, business leader, bestselling author and leading Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank – Fast, Forward and Focused: Trends, Threats and Keeping Up in a Fast-Paced World
Liz Boeree, professional poker player, astrophysicist, philanthropist and decision-making expert – Data, Science, Intuition and Insight from the Poker Tables to the Boardroom
Dan Smoot, President and CEO of Riverbed and Aternity – Mastering the New Horizon, Visibility, Insights & Performance for the Modern Hybrid Enterprise; with guest Kelly Ahuja, CEO, Versa Networks
Stacie Sloane, Vice President of Riverbed with a Guest Speaker from one the World’s Leading Energy Companies – Beyond Visibility: The Growing Demand for Insights and Action
Bob Agnes, COO of Riverbed and Aternity with Guest Speaker,Tyler Bryson, Corporate Vice President, Global Partner Solutions, Microsoft –Delivering Actionable Insights for a Transformative Future
Riverbed Solution Roadmaps: Visibility with David Winikoff, VP, Product Management, Riverbed; and Performance with Richard Faris, Director, Product Management, Riverbed

Use cases, demos, best practises, and roadmaps will be covered in four tracks: Customer/Partner, Visibility, Security, Performance, and Public Sector. A session titled ‘Modern Visibility for Exponential Digital Banking Growth – The Halkbank Story’ will be held by Halkbank, Turkey’s third largest bank by assets. The bank employs Riverbed Network Performance Management (NPM) to successfully cater to an exponential growth in its digital banking services client base while improving digital experiences for users in this 30-minute discussion. There are also sessions on:

Customer/Partner	Visibility	Security	Performance	Public Sector
How Perenti Improved Application Performance	The Digital Experience Index (DXI): How Leading IT Departments Drive Business Impact	Back to the Office! Threats, Workloads, and Digital Hygiene of a Returning Workforce	Cloudy with a Chance of Legacy Apps	Delivering a World-Class IT Operations (at large government agency)
How BT Worked with Riverbed to Overcome Customer Challenges to Delivery Superior Network Performance and Visibility	Best Practices for Unifying the Riverbed NPM Solution	Advanced Analytics: Security Dashboards	Prepare for Your Hybrid Cloud Journey	Bringing Peace to the War Room with Advanced Visibility
Riverbed and Orange Bring Color Into Your Transformations	Visibility and Industry Trends	Threat Hunting with Riverbed	Digital Transformation for Riverbed	Return to Office: Accelerating the Hybrid Workforce
The Importance of High-Fidelity Data in AI Ops	Gain Critical Visibility and Insights into the Health and Security of Hybrid Infrastructures	Human Operated Ransomware	Citizen and Employee Expectations and the Criticality of App Performance and Management	IT Modernization of the Operational Mission