From infrastructure complexity to cloud control: how to orchestrate your datacenter with software
In this keynote, discover how infrastructure orchestration helps organizations turn complex datacenter environments into manageable, predictable and sovereign cloud platforms. Learn how to bring cloud simplicity to your own infrastructure, while staying in control of your data, operations and technology choices.
Turn physical infrastructure into usable cloud resources
Your datacenter contains compute, storage and networking. But those resources only create value when they can be managed, automated and consumed as cloud services. Orchestration turns them into a predictable, scalable platform while keeping control in your hands.
Reduce operational complexity without losing control
Cloud computing should simplify the user experience. But someone still needs to manage the complexity underneath. This keynote shows how to decide what to control, what to delegate and how to stay involved in the decisions that matter.
Enable your teams to focus on business value
Move away from manual configuration, inconsistent environments and infrastructure firefighting. Learn how orchestration helps your teams spend less time maintaining platforms and more time enabling applications, innovation and growth.
Cloud simplicity starts with managing complexity the right way
Cloud computing is often seen as a service. But at its core, cloud computing is about making infrastructure simple for users. That simplicity does not happen by itself. Behind every cloud environment is a complex foundation of networking, compute, storage, operating systems, configuration, updates, security and lifecycle management. The strategic question is not whether that complexity exists. The question is: who manages it, how is it managed and what control do you keep?
Learn how to simplify datacenter operations without handing over control to a public cloud provider.
Make conscious choices about what you own, manage and delegate
Public cloud offers convenience, but often comes with less control over where systems run, who manages them and which technologies are used. Private cloud gives you another path, keeping infrastructure under your ownership while letting you decide what to manage yourself and what to delegate.
In this keynote, you will learn how to:
- Understand the trade-off between cloud convenience and operational control
- Identify where infrastructure complexity creates unnecessary risk and workload
- Use automation, infrastructure as code and orchestration to create predictable operations
- Apply Kubernetes as an orchestration layer for infrastructure, not just applications
- Keep control over your data, operations and technology while simplifying day-to-day management
How we help
Strategic infrastructure design
We translate business goals, compliance needs and technical requirements into secure, scalable and open source cloud architectures that fit your organization.
Infrastructure as code and automation
We help organizations move away from manual changes and inconsistent environments by managing infrastructure as software.
Kubernetes-based orchestration
We use Kubernetes and purpose-built operating systems to orchestrate infrastructure components in a predictable, cloud-native way.
OpenStack, Ceph and Kubernetes expertise
From compute and storage to container orchestration, we help you design, build and manage open source infrastructure that supports long-term control.
Operational excellence
We provide 24/7 support and monitoring through our Managed Services, so you stay in control while we handle the complexity.
Knowledge sharing and enablement
Training, co-development and open communication: we help your teams become fully autonomous in managing open source infrastructure.
Register now and discover how to take back control of your IT strategy
Presented by industry experts
Wout van Heeswijk, CTO at Fairbanks
Wout is a technical expert in open source infrastructure with deep experience in OpenStack, Kubernetes and Ceph. He helps organizations design scalable architectures that support long-term control. In the keynote, he shares how to turn infrastructure challenges into strategic advantages.
Alberto Molina Coballes, Cloud Engineer at Fairbanks
Alberto supports organizations that work with open source software and complex infrastructure environments. In this keynote, he explains how cloud simplicity is created by managing the right complexity in the right layer.
More about Fairbanks
Fairbanks supports organizations that want to build and manage their own cloud environments, on their own terms. As specialists in open source infrastructure, we believe that digital sovereignty is no longer optional.
With our deep technical expertise and a strong European foundation, we help IT teams take back control over their infrastructure. From OpenStack to Kubernetes, from design to daily operations, we work side by side with your team to ensure long-term success.
We don’t just implement. We co-create, enable and support. Always with transparency, flexibility and independence at the core.