Episode 7: App Modernization: None of the Pain, All of the Gain
In this episode, KJ Burke and Glenn Gerrard from CDW and Henrik Gütle, General Manager, Microsoft Azure discuss how to define modern applications, how businesses are delivering value to their customers and where that is driving the business forward.
Featured in this Episode
KJ Burke is an innovative and driven IT infrastructure architect with solid interpersonal and communication skills. He is currently the Principal Technology Strategist at CDW Canada, with over 20 years in the IT industry and plenty of experience in planning and deploying technology to improve business processes and drive measurable value.
Glenn Gerrard is the Head of Enterprise Sales, federal government, Ontario healthcare and Atlantic at CDW Canada. He is responsible for a regional team focused on designing, deploying and managing IT-based solutions that meet the evolving business needs of CDW’s customers. Gerrard’s expertise leading advances in technology and customer support are instrumental to strengthening CDW’s relationship with key enterprise and government clients.
Henrik Gütle is the General Manager of Microsoft Azure responsible for leading the commercial cloud business for Microsoft Canada. He is a transformational leader with a core focus on product management, business and strategy leadership, as well as attracting and developing top talent. He is accountable for the P&L, business strategy, scorecard metrics and investments across applications & infrastructure, data & AI, open source and developer tools.
In this episode, we discuss…
- How do you define modern applications?
- Why “risk mitigation” should be the seventh R in app modernization
- What separates top-performing companies from bottom-performing companies
- How do you define success in adopting application modernization platforms?
- How to get started with app modernization
- What is Microsoft doing in this space?
- Microsoft Developer Velocity Report