IDC and IBM Roundtable
Building Resilient Sovereign IT
Automation as the Foundation for Scale and Control
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Saudi organizations are entering a new phase of digital transformation—one where sovereignty, resilience, and scale must coexist. Meeting national and regulatory requirements while delivering always‑available digital services demands a fundamentally different technology approach: automation‑led, resilient‑by‑design architectures.
This IBM Automation event brings together technology leaders to explore how to build resilient sovereign IT environments across infrastructure, networks, hybrid cloud, applications, and integration layers. Featuring an IDC keynote and IBM’s automation strategy, the sessions will demonstrate how observability, policy‑driven infrastructure, hybrid cloud management, and integration modernization work together to ensure continuous operations under disruption.
Through practical demonstrations, ecosystem collaboration, and a client success story, attendees will gain insight into how automation enables operational control, cost efficiency, and scalability—while preserving sovereignty and security in complex IT environments.
Agenda
IDC and IBM Roundtable
One Day Event
Registration and Networking
IDC Keynote: Sovereign IT: What Are We Actually Building?
Saudi organisations that get sovereignty and resilience right will not just meet regulatory requirements. They will build the operational foundation for long-term digital leadership.
Shahin Hashim
Associate Research Director (META), IDC
IBM Keynote: How to Build a Resilient Soverign IT
Learn how organizations can build resilient and sovereign IT environments using automation, governance, and modern operational strategies.
Purpose-built Software to Accelerate Sovereign Deployment
Discover how purpose-built software solutions can simplify and accelerate sovereign cloud and infrastructure deployments.
Open Discussion
Closing Remarks
Speakers
Shahin Hashim
Event Sessions
One Day Event 1:00 pm
IDC Keynote: Sovereign IT: What Are We Actually Building?
Saudi organisations that get sovereignty and resilience right will not just meet regulatory requirements. They will build the operational foundation for long-term digital leadership.