Navigating Cloud Migrations Amidst Recessionary Headwinds

Spotlighting Google Cloud Strategies

Apr 22, 2025 3:00 PM4:00 PM EDT

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Here's what we talked about

  • Economic Impact and Cost Management in Cloud Strategies: Exploring how the current macroeconomic environment influences cloud migration decisions and budgets, along with practical approaches to managing and optimizing costs.
  • VMware Replacement Strategies: Best practices and alternatives for replacing VMware during cloud migration34.
  • Implications of Wiz + Google Cloud: Discussing how the integration of Wiz's cloud-native security capabilities with Google Cloud enhances multicloud security solutions and provides AI-driven threat detection and protection
  • Modernizing Applications and Datacenters: Strategies for updating and transforming legacy systems in the cloud, including practice decision to develop, deploy and manage Kubernetes and microservice applications.
  • Latest Updates from Google Next: Insights and announcements from the latest Google Next conference, focusing on Big Data, AI, VMWare replacement.
  • Scalable Infrastructure for AI Workloads: Building cloud infrastructure that can efficiently support AI and machine learning applications.

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Guest Speaker

Greg Irwin LinkedIn

Co-Founder, Co-CEO at BWG Strategy LLC

BWG Strategy is a research platform that provides market intelligence through Event Services, Business Development initiatives, and Market Research services. BWG hosts over 1,800 interactive executive strategy sessions (conference calls and in-person forums) annually that allow senior industry professionals across all sectors to debate fundamental business topics with peers, build brand awareness, gather market intelligence, network with customers/suppliers/partners, and pursue business development opportunities.

Jesse Wilker

Senior Manager of Services – Cloud Infrastructure at Insight Enterprises

Jesse Wilker is a senior leader in Insight’s Cloud Infrastructure practice, focused on building and leading teams that deliver impactful outcomes for enterprise clients. He is a thought leader and hands-on practitioner in the areas of enterprise cloud infrastructure, migrations, engineering, automation, and multi-cloud strategy. Jesse is skilled in designing and implementing solutions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. He has led large-scale cloud migration programs for multiple enterprise clients, resulting in transformative outcomes. With a strong commitment to innovation and operational excellence, Jesse continuously drives strategic initiatives that enhance cloud adoption, security, and efficiency at scale.

Fabián Duarte LinkedIn

Technology Leader – Google Cloud Champion Innovator at SADA

As SADA’s Associate CTO, Fabian leads SADA’s Infrastructure Modernization strategy for Google Cloud VMware Engine, Storage and AI cloud infrastructure practice that focuses on real world problems and delivering solutions for clients using a consultative advisory approach. In his role, he helps identify and develop new solutions for structured and unstructured workloads, business continuity and disaster recovery leveraging Google Cloud. SADA's intent is for our customers to have a best in class experience on Google Cloud Platform that creates forward thinking solutions that will allow them to grow at-scale

Event Moderator

Greg Irwin LinkedIn

Co-Founder, Co-CEO at BWG Strategy LLC

BWG Strategy is a research platform that provides market intelligence through Event Services, Business Development initiatives, and Market Research services. BWG hosts over 1,800 interactive executive strategy sessions (conference calls and in-person forums) annually that allow senior industry professionals across all sectors to debate fundamental business topics with peers, build brand awareness, gather market intelligence, network with customers/suppliers/partners, and pursue business development opportunities.

Jesse Wilker

Senior Manager of Services – Cloud Infrastructure at Insight Enterprises

Jesse Wilker is a senior leader in Insight’s Cloud Infrastructure practice, focused on building and leading teams that deliver impactful outcomes for enterprise clients. He is a thought leader and hands-on practitioner in the areas of enterprise cloud infrastructure, migrations, engineering, automation, and multi-cloud strategy. Jesse is skilled in designing and implementing solutions across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. He has led large-scale cloud migration programs for multiple enterprise clients, resulting in transformative outcomes. With a strong commitment to innovation and operational excellence, Jesse continuously drives strategic initiatives that enhance cloud adoption, security, and efficiency at scale.

Fabián Duarte LinkedIn

Technology Leader – Google Cloud Champion Innovator at SADA

As SADA’s Associate CTO, Fabian leads SADA’s Infrastructure Modernization strategy for Google Cloud VMware Engine, Storage and AI cloud infrastructure practice that focuses on real world problems and delivering solutions for clients using a consultative advisory approach. In his role, he helps identify and develop new solutions for structured and unstructured workloads, business continuity and disaster recovery leveraging Google Cloud. SADA's intent is for our customers to have a best in class experience on Google Cloud Platform that creates forward thinking solutions that will allow them to grow at-scale

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