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Morning

Welcome to the Meet the Experts - European Virtual Roadshow

Morning

'Bringing Governance to Chaos'
Howard Daws, Technology Lead, Optimisation and Governance, Insight

Why taking an holistic approach to procurement and SAM enables greater insights to deliver success on your business initiative.

Morning

In conversation with Ian Noble, Jato
with Joel Perera, Services Director, Insight EMEA

Jato’s journey on the challenges they are meeting head on to achieve better outcomes.

Morning

'Creating fair winds in your Microsoft environment​'
Marc Brasser, Practice Manager - Microsoft License Consulting Services EMEA

Microsoft’s headwinds of modern commerce, a direct strategy and declining discounts coupled with the backdrop of economic uncertainties creates a requirement to prepare and act now. Business initiatives such as; digitisation, data modernisation and speeding time to market are top of mind for many of our clients. Microsoft’s portfolio around infrastructure, Azure, productivity and business apps can support these initiatives, but how best do you invest and deploy the technology for your users? ​

We will provide you with the practical steps to optimise your Microsoft negotiating positions, explore flexible technology adoption roadmaps with clear commercial discounting and financial funding strategies.

Morning

'Is an Oracle storm brewing in your business?​'
Fortunato Mallamace, Practice Manager - Oracle License Consulting Services EMEA & Nele Matthys, EMEA Executive Licensing Consultant Oracle, Insight

A consequence of the current economic and market conditions for many organisations is a re-evaluation of cost and spend, either freezing budgets or restructuring architectures to deliver optimal returns with greater operational efficiencies. Oracle tends to be a key investment for many and there are some well known challenges around Java, audits and flexibility in commercial and contractual models. ​

​We can help you calm the storm by taking you through our proven, practical approaches to put you in control of your Oracle investment.

Afternoon

'Partnering with IT to “re-think” your IT cost base and maximise the alignment of IT costs against organisational goals'
Howard Daws, Technology Lead, Optimisation and Governance, Insight

Combining procurement with technical expertise is critical to drive greater cost reduction without impacting business performance. Roadmaps and dependencies are not the natural domain of procurement yet have significant commercial impacts. We will explore how a cross-capability collaboration with IT and governance functions will maximise the alignment of IT costs against organisational goals.

Afternoon

'Take control of SAP and trim your sails for a smoother journey'
Marjon Schellekens, Practice Manager SAP License Consulting Services

We are all seeing the impacts of price rises across Europe, it’s time to take control and right-size for the future.  In the world of SAP we will show you areas to focus on that put you in a better position to navigate the headwinds. Annual support fees are rising, so it’s important to take action and offset the increase by right-sizing. Moving to RISE might seem like a great option for more flexibility and control but be aware of the hidden dangers for your IT roadmap. The STAR programme may appear to provide transparency through simulation and optimisation of your current requirements, but are there hidden costs in the future. We will show you practical steps to take control and plan for smoother journey.

Afternoon

SAM Processes
Rene Sans, Software Lifecycle Services, Delivery Manager

Why you need to review and update to deliver ongoing optimisation.

Afternoon

IBM
Suhed Ahmed, Senior Consultant – IBM License Consulting Services, EMEA

Challenges with ILMT and how you can ensure optimisation of contractual and commercial terms.

Afternoon

SAM Tools
Josh Baker, Software Lifecycle Services, Manager

Selecting the right tools and models to deliver effective SAM with good ROI.

Afternoon

FinOps
Marcus Benson, Software Lifecycle Services, Manager

Insight’s approach to FinOps and how we have driven change that drives both operational and cost efficiencies for cloud​.

Event Speakers

Joel Perera

Services Director, Insight EMEA

Joel leads the License Consulting Services practice in EMEA, responsible for all licensing & cloud related service delivery on client topics such as Procurement Advisory, SAM, License Optimisation & Cloud cost control. He leads a team of over 80 highly skilled consultants who use their knowledge and expertise to help customers make effective procurement decisions, reduce costs, tackle in-efficiency and plan strategically for their use of cloud and software applications aligned to their business goals. Joel has over 20 years of experience working in the fields of software licensing, cloud and software-as-a-service.

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Ian Noble

JATO

Speaker bio to follow.

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Howard Daws

Technology Lead, Optimisation and Governance, Insight

Howard is responsible for the evolution of Insight’s solutions to help clients optimise and govern their existing and future investments in technology and supply chain partnerships.

Over the past 20 years, Howard has designed and delivered a range of programmes for intellectual property owners, end-user client organisations and solution providers across many industries and geographies. He has helped to improve commercial positions, achieve efficient operations and maintain third-party relationships with particular focus on software licensing ​

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Marc Brasser

Practice Manager - Microsoft License Consulting Services EMEA

Marc is responsible for the Microsoft licensing services practice in EMEA including: Knowledge center, service methodology and development, project management and task management. He owns the delivery of license & contract optimisation projects for international and global organisations.

He has over 20 years' experience in IT, software licensing and commercial contracts, primarily around Microsoft technologies for global and enterprise customers. His background includes: sales, management and specific focus on Enterprise licensing sales for Microsoft.

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Fortunato Mallamace

Practice Manager, Oracle licensing services EMEA

Fortunato is responsible for the Oracle licensing services practice in EMEA. He has 20 years of previous experience, gained working for Oracle in a number of roles including technology sales, service support sales and as an auditor.

His team have deep understanding and expertise enabling them to deliver exceptional value to their clients. Fortunato and his team have a track record of delivering multi-million dollar savings for their clients by helping them avoid risks, gain better cost-effective management of their infrastructure and derive maximum value from their Oracle investments.

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Nele Matthys

EMEA Executive Licensing Consultant Oracle, Insight

Nele is an Executive Consultant for Oracle software, supporting clients with extensive licensing expertise, providing licensing and infrastructure optimisation advice, audit support, data verification. She has been a member of the Global Team since November 2014, and is responsible for Oracle project delivery.

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Marjon Schellekens

Practice Manager SAP License Consulting Services

At Insight Marjon is responsible for the SAP licence consulting practice. With her team, she helps customers get the most out of their SAP Software investments through optimizing their SAP software license environment and building future requirements, whilst creating improved negotiation positions. Resulting in cost efficiencies and savings with a better return on investment for the client.

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Suheb Ahmed

Senior Consultant – IBM License Consulting Services, EMEA

Suheb is responsible for developing the IBM licensing and consulting practice in EMEA. Having come from a Top Four firm (KPMG) leading IBM audits for many years as a Risk Consultant, he brings a depth of technical experience in leading complex IBM license reviews and understanding the commercial requirements within IBM Passport Advantage software contracts. He has over 6 years’ experience in Software Assets Management, Software Licensing, and Contract Compliance with a focus around IBM software solutions.

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Rene Sans

Software Lifecycle Services, Delivery Manager

Speaker bio to follow.

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Josh Baker

Software Lifecycle Services, Manager

Josh manages a team consisting of analysts, consultants and technical consultants that support the Optimisation and Governance team to deliver projects and managed services. In addition, he manages the relationship between Insight and their strategic SAM tool partners.

Josh has been at Insight for over 6 years and prior to his current position, he has been in a variety of roles at Insight; including Analyst, Consultant and Team Leader where he led the delivery of Optimisation and Governance projects and helped to analyse data from a variety of SAM tools to create valuable reports for our clients.

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Marcus Benson

Software Lifecycle Services, Manager

As part of Insight's Cloud & DevOps National Architecture team, Marcus drives the strategy and go to market vision for our FinOps service offerings and leads strategic delivery to help our clients successfully adopt the FinOps methodology and drive better accountability of their cloud expenses.

Prior to Marcus' role at Insight, he worked for Cloudyn, a Cloud Cost Management Platform that was acquired by Microsoft, and then for Microsoft as the Global Black Belt for Azure Cost Management

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