The resilient multi-cloud enterprise: From AI-ready infrastructure to always-on operations

Building a resilient, AI-ready enterprise takes more than infrastructure. It requires the right workload strategy, an accountable operating model and a clear approach to continuity, governance and cost control. 

• Architect the right environment for every workload 

Understand how to evaluate workload requirements and place them across multi-cloud and on-premises environments, supported by the right cloud, GPU and data foundations. 

• Bring cloud operations under one accountable model 

Explore how managed services can provide consistent oversight across fragmented environments, improving operational visibility, accountability and control. 

• Strengthen resilience beyond backup 

Examine disaster recovery strategies designed for multi-cloud environments and the operational requirements of business continuity. 

• Move from Microsoft 365 licensing to Copilot value 

Explore how managed services can support adoption, governance and value realization from Microsoft 365 Copilot. 

• Define your next steps 

Identify gaps in your infrastructure, operating model and resilience strategy, and consider a practical 90-day roadmap towards readiness and production. 

10:30 AM
Welcome coffee, registration and networking 

11:00–11:10 AM 

Introduction: The UAE CIO mandate 

AI acceleration with resilience and control 

11:10–11:40 AM 

Right workload, right cloud: Architecting the AI-ready multi-cloud enterprise 

Speakers: James Grinham / Rahul Saraswat 

11:40 AM–12:10 PM 

One operating model across every cloud 

How ZainTECH brings fragmented cloud estates under one accountable managed-services layer. 

Speaker: Makardwaj Tambade 

12:10–12:25 PM 

Networking Break 

12:25–12:50 PM 

Beyond backup: Engineering disaster recovery for the multi-cloud era 

Speaker: Cloud and Resilience Lead 

12:50–1:15 PM 

From Microsoft 365 licensing to managed Copilot value 

Microsoft 365 is not only a licensing transaction. 

Speaker: Mohamed Hesham 

1:15–1:30 PM 

Executive exchange: Where is your resilience and value gap? 

All speakers 

1:30 PM onwards 

Networking lunch 

• CIOs and IT directors 

• Enterprise technology leaders 

• Infrastructure and cloud decision-makers 

• IT operations and resilience leaders 

• A clearer approach to building AI-ready infrastructure. 

• Practical perspectives on workload placement across cloud and on-premises environments. 

• A better understanding of multi-cloud management and operational accountability. 

• Key considerations for disaster recovery, continuity, and resilience. 

• Practical priorities for a 90-day readiness roadmap.