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Which tech conference do you intend to attend in person next year or have already participated in this year, and what motivated your choice?

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I work for an electrical grid operator (MISO) and my company is looking to completely revamp the control room display to modernize the tech. stack and increase the situational awareness of the operators. Looking for recommendations of what other companies out there (not necessarily in energy sector) would have a state of art control centers, so that we could potentially have a conversation about the architectural approach, integrations, etc.

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Our organization is implementing an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) to enable self-service infrastructure provisioning, and we're evaluating Terraform Cloud workspace management strategies. We're debating between: - VCS-driven approach: Repository-based workspace management with GitOps workflows - API-driven approach: Programmatic workspace creation and management via Terraform Cloud APIs Specific Questions: - Which approach have you found more effective for true self-service at scale? - How do these approaches handle multi-tenancy and isolation requirements? - What integration challenges did you encounter with developer portals/service catalogs? - How did your choice impact developer adoption and platform team operational overhead? Would love to hear about your real-world experiences, particularly around the trade-offs you discovered post-implementation.

What do you think will be the most important things in the data center sector in 2026?

Virtualization Strategy and Implementation21%

Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) Adoption53%

Infrastructure Observability and Monitoring37%

Cloud-Based Backup and Shared Infrastructure Services from local vendors32%

Software-Defined Infrastructure and Automation32%

Edge Computing and Edge AI Implementation11%

Advanced Data Center Cooling Technologies5%

Hardening of existing Infrastructure11%

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Our business is in financial services and we are on the cross roads on rejuvenating the server of our core Oracle database. Previously we are using an Oracle's SPARC (Solaris) server, but we got some signals that several of our peers in industry have moved out from Solaris SPARC based server to modern x86 servers. What do you think on the future of Solaris SPARC? Is it still a worthy investment? And do you think their RAS (reliability, availability, scalability) selling point, is still significantly relevant differentiation with x86 modern server?

Which approach to software development do you believe will yield the most significant benefits for our company?

Agile methodology47%

Waterfall methodology44%

DevOps methodology8%

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Looking at Databricks as an option, we've been advised that Databricks is cloud agnostic, but does seem used quite a lot in cloud native services? This would suggest that any Databricks solution is not easily portable between cloud providers. Does anyone have any experience/knowledge on how easy (or not) it is to migrate Databricks between cloud providers?

I would like your opinion on the advantages and disadvantages of switching the operating system from Linux to Windows. Considering a network of terminals with more than three hundred transactions, over 25,000 terminals, with Linux technology that has been consolidated and functional for more than 10 years, and half of the terminals already equipped with modern technologies such as note recycling, NFC, and observability. Additionally, which OS do you use in your networks? I am in Banking ATM.

We are currently working on moving from on premise to hosted data centers using modern infrastructure. Internally, there is a lot of discussion around how often our technologists will need to visit the data centers to perform work once the data centers are in service. Does your organization keep metrics of how often your techs need to visit your data centers and are willing to share?

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I am looking to connect with any peers that have migrated their mainframe to the cloud or looking to do so. What have your experiences been and what advice do you have about the process?

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What methodologies or frameworks (like NIST CSF, CMMC, etc.) are you using to assess and track your cybersecurity maturity level?

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In organizations where innovation and research are critical to success, how do you effectively capture and incubate ideas? Do traditional proposal submissions still work best, or have you found more dynamic, democratized approaches that empower employees at all levels to contribute? I'd love to hear about successful frameworks, platforms, or cultural shifts that have helped foster innovation across your organization.

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In our on-premise environment DC's are connected with MPLS VRF's (no encryption). When planning the migration to Cloud, the suggestion to encrypt the traffic FW to FW with IPsec, was met with the question, "why is this different to our current setup...as the Cloud will really just be our next DC..."

Do you have any views on this argument? It comes with an additional challenge that implementing FW to FW IPSec will require additional investment in on-premise FW infrastructure.

What's a quick win for optimizing spend? What's been your focus or "lowest hanging fruit"?

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I'm interested in hearing from any organisation with experience of contracting a hyperscaler to migrate services to the cloud. What can you share about your experiences?

What's the top friction point to move to the cloud in your enterprise?

Cost structure24%

Lack of in-house skills to migrate / deploy / manage workloads on cloud50%

Security / governance compliance concerns19%

Lack of performance or features that you have on-prem but not the cloud6%

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