There is now just one week to go until DIGIT’s Cloud First 2023 Summit takes place at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh on 15 June.​

Since the pandemic, Cloud-based services have seen a massive uptake, driven by a rapid requirement to support large-scale remote working. With Gartner predicting that global spending on public Cloud will reach over $482 billion (£385.87bn) in 2022, up from $313bn (£250.58bn) in 2020, this trend shows no sign of abating.

​For many organisations, the shift to Cloud forms part of a wider infrastructure transformation, moving from physical, on-premise IT to a service-based model which supports greater agility, elasticity and predictability. With this comes new challenges – in contracts, compliance, and skills.

Cloud First 2023 Summit will bring together speakers, experts, and delegates to contextualise the transition to Cloud-based services, explore key trends, advancements, and use-cases, and discuss how to optimise the business impact of Cloud technology.

Speakers at Cloud First 2023 include:

• James MacDonald Customer Engineer, Google
• Patrick Haston Head of Cloud Transformation, Cabinet Office
• Emily Shea Head of Application Integration GTM, AWS
• Guy Templeton Principal Software Engineer, Skyscanner
• April Edwards Sr Enterprise Advocate & Platform Engineering Lead, GitHub
• Alison McIntyre UK Ambassador, FinOps Foundation
• Kevin Dunn Country Manager UK/I & Nordics, Wasabi
• Alex Radu VP Product Adoption Lead, Cloud CoE, JP Morgan Chase & Co
• Leigh Rankin Regional Capability Lead, BJSS Scotland
• Laura Irvine Partner & Head of Regulatory Law, Davidson Chalmers Stewart

A full list of Cloud First 2023 speakers can be found here: cloudfirstsummit.com

Commenting on the event, DIGIT Founder Ray Bugg said: “If data is the lifeblood of the digital revolution, then the Cloud is its heart. Freeing data from siloes enables many transformative technologies, from AI and automation to data analysis.

“However, the pandemic forced many organisations to adapt quickly, bringing a range of issues, such as around compliance and security.

“Now is the time for businesses to optimise their use of the Cloud. Our summit will explore how organisations can best utilise the technology to ensure long term success.”