11.30am-11.45am
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Applications and workloads must extend seamlessly from headquarters to theatre. Combining advanced applications and cloud services with ruggedised edge computing is vital for enabling effective military operations, driving efficiencies and facilitating data-informed decision making in any environment.
ASTEC is a portable, versatile and ruggedised edge solution that delivers high performance, low latency and scalable cloud computing in space-constrained, denied, disrupted, intermittent, and limited (DDIL) network environments. ASTEC delivers advanced capabilities, including containerisation, deployable images, infrastructure as code and secure multi-tenancy to enable effective multi-lateral military and humanitarian operations even in the most remote and austere locations. ASTEC is able to support multiple applications in a range of network conditions and unlike comparable deployable solutions, is independent and non-dependant on any one public or private cloud provider.
At the heart of ASTEC is HyperCloud, an integrated platform which simplifies the delivery of private cloud by taking a highly-opinionated approach to deployment across the entire stack from hardware provisioning to tenancy management. ASTEC’s architecture has the potential to deliver a combination of performance, flexibility and simplicity in deployment and operation that surpasses any known capability currently in use, ultimately removing the barriers to fast and consistent deployments of on the ground cloud services.
Biography
Jason Van Der Schyff is the COO of SoftIron, a venture-backed company that creates exceptional appliances for scale-out data centres. With experience that includes R&D engineering, as well as sales and marketing, Jason specializes in helping technology startups navigate their early stages and leverage their unique advantages. A dot-com dropout, and having sold a burgeoning web development company in his late teens, Jason started his own ad agency at nineteen and later, post dot-com transitioning to the business side of the industry after realizing his potential impact in equipment manufacturing and technology. He and his wife live in Los Angeles, California. In 2021 his book “Asymmetric Advantage: How Startup Leaders can get Comfortable being Uncomfortable” was published by Lioncrest Publishing.

12.00pm - 12.15pm
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Accelerating classified missions requires selecting the right cloud platform for the job, one that lets you create a decision advantage and maintain vigilance against ever-evolving cyber threats while balancing cost and time-to-mission pressures. With the increasing rate of adoption of cloud, security concerns have become front of mind –for customers running security-sensitive and mission critical workloads.
OCI is the first Gen 2 public cloud built with security at the center. Join this session to hear how OCI provides a security-first architecture that reduces risk and attack surfaces commonly associated with first-gen clouds. Hear the latest use cases around the new Secure Cloud Computing. Leave this session with an understanding of the key characteristics of a secure cloud to enable the delivery of mission critical capabilities for warfighters from the Core to the Edge.
Biography
Michael is the Senior Program Director for the Oracle Defence and National Security team. This team of industry experts partner with our largest customers in the region on their transformation journey to ensure holistic and exceptional long-term business value realisation. Michael brings over 30 years’ experience in Government, Defence, Border Security, aviation and National Security, specialising in strategic policy development, implementation and military planning and simulation.

Biography
Prasanna is the Chief Architect for the Oracle Defence and National Security team. This team of industry experts partner with our largest customers in the region on their transformation journey to ensure holistic and exceptional long-term business value realisation
He brings over 24 years experience engaging with senior executives across multiple industries including Defence and National Security defining and leading technology strategy, architecture, transformation and governance multiple industries globally and in Australia including defence and national security.
He is a champion for social initiatives and a strong advocate for diversity & inclusion.