22 Oct 2025
Digital Event
Empowering Business Growth Through Cloud Native Transformation
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Overview
Modern enterprises face unprecedented pressure to accelerate digital transformation while maintaining operational excellence, security, and cost control. As organizations embrace cloud-native architectures and containerization, they encounter challenges that extend far beyond what standard Kubernetes can address. Regulatory compliance, security imperatives, operational complexity, and cost pressures demand an enterprise-grade solution.
What to Expect
Join SUSE for an insightful session exploring how cloud native technologies are driving innovation and competitive advantage. Discover how enterprises can accelerate digital transformation, enhance agility, and scale with confidence by adopting open source solutions such as Kubernetes management, container security, and modern application platforms. This event will showcase real-world use cases and practical strategies to future-proof IT infrastructures and unlock new business growth opportunitie
Agenda
Empowering Business Growth Through Cloud Native Transformation
One day event
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Welcome Address and IDC Keynote
Jonathan Tullett
Associate Research Director, IT Services Sub-Saharan Africa, IDC
Building Resilient, Future-Ready Enterprises with Cloud Native
Modern enterprises face unprecedented pressure to accelerate digital transformation while maintaining operational excellence, security, and cost control. As organizations embrace cloud-native architectures and containerization, they encounter challenges that extend far beyond what standard Kubernetes can address. Regulatory compliance, security imperatives, operational complexity, and cost pressures demand an enterprise-grade solution.
SUSE Rancher emerges as the definitive answer to these challenges, delivering unparalleled Choice, Cost optimization, and Control for enterprise-grade container deployments. This session explores how Rancher’s enterprise Kubernetes management platform transforms the way organizations approach modernization, providing the foundation for secure, scalable, and economically viable digital solutions.
Shady Khattab
CEMEA Enterprise Container Sales Specialist, SUSE
Fireside Chat: Empowering Innovation and Agility: How Cloud-Native Technologies and Open Source Solutions are Redefining Enterprise Digital Transformation
Jonathan Tullett
Associate Research Director, IT Services Sub-Saharan Africa, IDC
Shady Khattab
CEMEA Enterprise Container Sales Specialist, SUSE
Summary & Close
Jonathan Tullett
Associate Research Director, IT Services Sub-Saharan Africa, IDC
Speakers
Jonathan Tullett
Associate Research Director, IT Services Sub-Saharan Africa
IDC
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Jonathan Tullett
Jonathan Tullett is Associate Research Director for IT Services across Sub-Saharan Africa. His specialist areas include IT services, outsourcing, cloud computing, information security, and digital transformation.
Originally from the U.K. and currently based in Johannesburg, Jonathan has spent two decades working in technology and media across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In addition to consulting and research, he has worked in cybersecurity and application development.
Jonathan leads research and consulting projects across Sub-Saharan Africa as well as engagements in Europe and the Middle East, helping customers navigate emerging digital business opportunities, refine competitive go-to-market strategies, and gain insights into regional market performance.
Jonathan combines a deep understanding of both business and technology to deliver actionable insights for clients, who include global hyperscale cloud providers, regional telecom operators, local and global systems integrators, and managed service providers, as well as end-user organizations including financial services and government.
Event Sessions
Wednesday, October 22 2025 11:55 am | Location:
Summary & Close
Wednesday, October 22 2025 11:30 am | Location:
Fireside Chat: Empowering Innovation and Agility: How Cloud-Native Technologies and Open Source Solutions are Redefining Enterprise Digital Transformation
Wednesday, October 22 2025 11:05 am | Location:
Welcome Address and IDC Keynote
Shady Khattab
CEMEA Enterprise Container Sales Specialist
SUSE
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Shady Khattab
With 16+ years in IT, Shady Khattab combines technical expertise with strategic sales leadership. As CEMEA Enterprise Container Sales Specialist at SUSE, he drives adoption of cloud native and containerized solutions, helping enterprises modernize their IT infrastructures. Shady’s deep knowledge and sales acumen enable organizations to navigate digital transformation, enhancing agility, scalability, and efficiency, while positioning him as a trusted advisor for future-ready IT strategies.
Event Sessions
Wednesday, October 22 2025 11:30 am | Location:
Fireside Chat: Empowering Innovation and Agility: How Cloud-Native Technologies and Open Source Solutions are Redefining Enterprise Digital Transformation
Wednesday, October 22 2025 11:10 am | Location:
Building Resilient, Future-Ready Enterprises with Cloud Native
Modern enterprises face unprecedented pressure to accelerate digital transformation while maintaining operational excellence, security, and cost control. As organizations embrace cloud-native architectures and containerization, they encounter challenges that extend far beyond what standard Kubernetes can address. Regulatory compliance, security imperatives, operational complexity, and cost pressures demand an enterprise-grade solution.
SUSE Rancher emerges as the definitive answer to these challenges, delivering unparalleled Choice, Cost optimization, and Control for enterprise-grade container deployments. This session explores how Rancher’s enterprise Kubernetes management platform transforms the way organizations approach modernization, providing the foundation for secure, scalable, and economically viable digital solutions.
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