Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift (announced in August 2024) is a significant step forward in how enterprises, particularly telecommunications service providers, can better unify traditional and cloud-native networks into a singular, modernized network fabric. Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift opens up a new pathway for how organizations can rethink their virtualization strategies, making it easier for them to scale, upgrade and add resources to their cloud environments.
This webinar series is designed to help you plan and manage your OpenStack migration or upgrade, to prepare your move to this unified, modern cloud platform. Taught by some of Red Hat’s leading experts, based on their experiences with actual telecommunications companies, this series will prepare you to:
- Evaluate the benefits of Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift
- Migrate or upgrade to/from any version of Red Hat OpenStack Platform
- Enable your team with expert resources to support them throughout the journey.
SESSIONS
Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift and the Telecom Infrastructure of the Future
Red Hat’s Sean Cohen and Rimma Iontel discuss with Heavy Reading analyst Jennifer Clark the growing need and opportunities for a singular, modern network for managing virtualized and containerized applications side by side.
The Red Hat approach to OpenStack migration planning
Red Hat Consulting Senior Director Pete Forsberg outlines the process for laying out the OpenStack platform migration environment, site, architecture, and tasks.
Preparing for your OpenStack platform migration
Red Hat Managing Telco Architect Dave Brown discusses Lifecycle Management, CI/CD, GitOps, DCI, CMDB, automation, and the importance of a lab within the context of an OpenStack platform migration.
From the lab, part 1: OpenStack platform architecture planning
Red Hat Senior Architect Hardik (“Hardy”) Dalwadi reviews Networking / NFV (OVN/OVS), Storage, DCN, NUMA Pinning/Performance, and the Control Plane requirements in a more detailed look at OpenStack platform architecture planning.
From the lab, part 2: OpenStack platform tenant planning
Red Hat Senior Project Manager Farina Cocker takes a deep dive into OpenStack tenant planning, including Working in the LAB (Shift Left), Certification, and Availability Strategy for tenants.
OpenStack platform migration training, support, and resources
Red Hat North America Training Director Jensen Cook offers a guide through the training, certification, consulting, and technical on-site resources available to Red Hat customers migrating their OpenStack platforms.
Pete Forsberg
Sr. Director, Telco Consulting, Red Hat
Pete Forsberg leads the team responsible for helping telecommunications service providers build, deploy, and automate open, secure, cloud-native modern networks with Red Hat technologies. In his 12 years at Red Hat, he has led numerous architecture planning, implementation, and migration projects, helping telecommunications companies streamline their operations, lower their costs, and lay a foundation for faster innovation and service delivery.
Dave Brown
Managing Telco Architect, Red Hat
Dave Brown is, first and foremost, a technologist. He has worked with component-level electronics, both in design and test engineering. He has also worked extensively with systems design and architecture, programming, and operating systems. A 9-year veteran of Red Hat’s telecommunications consulting organization, Dave believes that understanding the full circle of technology is the first key to providing high-quality solutions and stable infrastructure.
Hardik “Hardy” Dalwadi
Senior Architect, Red Hat
With over two decades of experience in the IT and computer industry, Hardik ‘Hardy’ Dalwadi is a distinguished technology evangelist and strategic advisor to Telecom, Media & Entertainment (TME) service providers, financial services firms, system integrators, managed service providers, and global Fortune 500 enterprises. Hardy excels in empowering C-suite executives and their teams to drive digital transformation and unlock the potential of AI/ML solutions. Through his comprehensive "4D" consulting approach—discover, design, deploy, and deliver—he crafts hybrid cloud and automation strategies that enable organizations to innovate, scale, and achieve sustained competitive advantage.
Farina Cocker
Senior Project Manager, Red Hat
As a Red Hat Consulting senior project manager, Farina Cocker manages complex projects from initiation through delivery to closure, In this role, she works across teams to establish appropriate project metrics and leads the effort to define, monitor, and review all project economics including costs, operational budgets, staffing requirements, resources, and risks.
Jensen Cook
Director, North America Training and Certification, Red Hat
Jensen Cook brings over nine years of experience helping Red Hat customers identify and fulfill their training and certification requirements, with individual or group live and virtual course offerings.
Wes Urquhart
Solution Architect, North America Training and Certification, Red Hat
Wes is a Solutions Architect at Red Hat, covering all things Red Hat Training and Certification has to offer. He holds various Red Hat certifications in Linux, Containers, and Kubernetes and particularly enjoys discussing customer challenges in application architecture and API design.
