Welcome Alan Kiernan from Cation Consulting

Alan Kiernan is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and co-founder of Cation Consulting, a Dublin-based global group of specialists in Cloud, conversational AI Bots, and voice. They have extensive experience in the telecoms, finance, insurance, tech, and travel industries. Their mission is to enhance user interactions through the combination of conversational AI, intelligent document processing and call centre intelligence, across multiple channels and languages.

Introducing Jack Manning CEO of Safely and innovation lead with Transpoco

Jack Manning, the founder and CEO of Safely, will be presenting on utilising telematics data to reduce fuel consumption. Safely is a data-driven telematics company with a mission to decrease fleet accidents and fatalities.

As Digital Leaders ambassador for Northern Ireland, Anaeko hosted a flagship event around using data to drive the sustainable revolution in transport. This event delved into the groundbreaking innovations and cutting-edge technologies that are reshaping the transportation sector and propelling us towards a greener and more efficient future.

Transportation accounts for a significant portion of global carbon emissions, with the road transport sector being a major contributor. Transport-related emissions make up 16.2% of the global total, and road transport alone accounted for 11.9%. In the UK, transport contributes to 34% of the country's carbon emissions. The challenges are expected to intensify as road use and aviation demand increase in the coming years. These alarming statistics highlight the need for immediate action to curb emissions and adopt sustainable practices in the transportation industry.

An AWS Well-Architected Review is based around the AWS Well-Architected Framework 6 Pillars that allow organisations and AWS partners to implement AWS best practices against consistent cloud best practices for designing and running AWS workloads in the cloud. 

Cost optimisation is a top priority for organisations leveraging AWS (Amazon Web Services) to drive their cloud initiatives. To help businesses achieve maximum cost efficiency, Anaeko offers a comprehensive AWS Well-Architected Review that focuses on identifying cost-saving opportunities in your AWS infrastructure. We will explore the best practices for cost optimisation in AWS and how an AWS Well-Architected Review conducted by Anaeko can help you identify potential areas for savings, optimise resource utilisation, and drive down your cloud costs. Good cloud governance always starts with a Well-Architected Framework and an architecture precisely designed to meet workload requirements. AWS offers a rich array of options in order to streamline your operations, and continuously optimise your deployment. We will look at the best practices to monitor the financial impact of decisions and optimise for cost.

DevOps reporting provides a feedback loop that is the key to understanding how well teams deliver, how fast processes change and how best to help people plan when a company switches to agile. Another advantage of this type of reporting is that it also seeks to be inclusive, bridging the gaps between teams outside of the development organisation.

Startups founded by entrepreneurs want to develop software and products quickly to get them to market and determine if their idea is in demand and viable. Therefore they need to work in an agile way and adapt quickly to development changes and market requirements. Many startups do not have experienced teams in place to cover all areas that are needed to get an application to launch, so Teams as a Service can provide a dedicated team with specialists that can drive product development alongside a founders vision. A strong effective team is essential to lay the foundations for a successful business. 

Hybrid Cloud Integration is a process to help organisations better integrate public and private cloud platforms including Amazon AWS, IBM Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and other cloud platforms, and utilise Open Source and Open Standard Integration Technologies.

“Smart City” is a term used to describe an urban area that utilise technology to both improve existing services, and to solve new and emerging issues that Urban Living and Urban Growth present. The world is an increasingly urbanised place. The United Nations state that in 2018 55% of the world’s population lived in urbanised areas, with growth projected to see this increase to around 68% by 2050. Managing this growth and the required extension of services and resources to accommodate it is a huge challenge for local and national governments across the world.