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Adrian Wong
Director Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Cost, Value, Sourcing Procurement and Vendor Management
- Cloud Computing
- Leadership, Organizational and Cultural Change
Speaker Bio
Adrian Wong is a Director Analyst for the Cloud Infrastructure and Operations team within the Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP) research organization. Mr. Wong specializes in the process of assessing and selecting cloud infrastructure as a service and platform as a service (IaaS+PaaS) providers, including technical comparisons between the providers. Additional areas of focus include cloud governance, cloud cost management, distributed cloud solutions, ARM-based compute, and AI Infrastructure.
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Sessions
Tuesday, 13 May, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM AEST
Ask the Expert: Help Me Solve My Cloud Cost and FinOps Challenges
Adrian Wong,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Some organizations experience higher-than-expected cloud costs and struggle to figure out how to reduce them. Furthermore, many encounter challenges and pitfalls while trying to implement FinOps and may not achieve a long-term positive ROI from a FinOps investment. Yet, it is possible to invest effectively in managing cloud economics. Bring your questions and tales of woe to this open Q&A.
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Wednesday, 14 May, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM AEST
Ask the Expert: From Cloud Center of Excellence to Cloud Operating Model
Paul Delory,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Adrian Wong,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Many organizations have started a CCOE, but many struggle with maturing from centralized expertise to the empowerment and enablement of cloud excellence in the organization as a whole. Bring your questions about cloud-related organizational challenges, including those about the CCOE, cloud operations, the cloud operating model and digital democratization (including “You build it, you run it”).
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Wednesday, 14 May, 2025 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM AEST
Avoiding the Top Mistakes in Your Cloud Strategy
Adrian Wong,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Many organizations think they have a cloud strategy or are lacking one altogether. They often consider the needs of IT without input from other parts of the organization. They also confuse a cloud strategy with a cloud implementation plan or a data center strategy. Here are the top mistakes Gartner saw most often while reviewing hundreds of cloud strategy documents.
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