Stream: Virtual Room 10
Time: 16:30 - 17:30
In this talk we will present kvant Cloud, an innovative approach by Phoenix Systems from Switzerland. Built on IBM z and LinuxONE and without compromising security or scalability - kvant offers the most modern and cost-effective cloud for a sovereign UK. Kvant is now available in the UK from TES Enterprise Solutions and enables Mainframe users to benefit from technologies like Red Hat OpenShift, Ansible and Infrastructure-as-a-Code / Terraform to manage infrastructure. Built on OpenStack kvant has no vendor lock-in and delivers a full developer experience breaking the silos in your company. The speed of kvant and available services are ready to be used for critical and sensitive enterprise workloads. kvant is available in a Public Cloud in Switzerland and the UK and can be rolled out on-premise in a customer datacenter or colocation. Don‘t wait to deploy your next Core Banking solution, Containerised Software Stack, Private Key Management or AI-aaS on kvant and on your mainframe environment.
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There is currently no attachment for Kvant - Openstack - for Linux on IBM z and LinuxONE
Paul started his mainframe career in 1986 as a broker, breaking up and selling 3090's, their features and peripherals, swinging from stairwells on bus and tag cables to make them stretch and buying 3745's for their gold! A 6-month backpacking tour to Australia turned into a 20-year sojourn working for Computer Merchants, ISI and IBM Australia selling mainframes across ANZ and Asia Pacific. Returning to the UK in the early 2000s Paul continued his mainframe career working for Vanguard Integrity Professionals as Global Channels Manager, IBM UK specialising in LinuxONE and now TES Enterprise Solutions, a provider of IaaS using Phoenix Systems kvant Cloud Platform owning three IBM LinuxONEs.
Florian Nöll is the CEO of Phoenix Systems, a Swiss-based sovereign cloud provider that offers a secure and scalable cloud platform. Recently Phoenix partnered with IBM to bring IBM Vela & watsonx to Switzerland for Sovereign AI use cases including the deployment of several LinuxONE Emperor 4 for Confidential Computing capabilities.
With over 12 years of experience in hardware, software, and services, he is a visionary leader and a domain expert in hyperscaler cloud technologies.
Florian Nöll started his career as a web developer and then joined IBM as an account executive, where he rose to the regional director position for IBM Z and LinuxONE in DACH.
He then moved to MongoDB as an enterprise account executive, where he strategically developed the Switzerland region and secured key accounts across various industries.
In his current role, he leads a team of talented people who are passionate about reimagining the cloud together.
Florian Nöll holds a master's degree in computer science from TU Darmstadt and is certified in various Cloud technologies and products. He is fluent in German and English. He is married and has two sons.
Paul started his mainframe career in 1986 as a broker, breaking up and selling 3090's, their features and peripherals, swinging from stairwells on bus and tag cables to make them stretch and buying 3745's for their gold! A 6-month backpacking tour to Australia turned into a 20-year sojourn working for Computer Merchants, ISI and IBM Australia selling mainframes across ANZ and Asia Pacific. Returning to the UK in the early 2000s Paul continued his mainframe career working for Vanguard Integrity Professionals as Global Channels Manager, IBM UK specialising in LinuxONE and now TES Enterprise Solutions, a provider of IaaS using Phoenix Systems kvant Cloud Platform owning three IBM LinuxONEs.
Florian Nöll is the CEO of Phoenix Systems, a Swiss-based sovereign cloud provider that offers a secure and scalable cloud platform. Recently Phoenix partnered with IBM to bring IBM Vela & watsonx to Switzerland for Sovereign AI use cases including the deployment of several LinuxONE Emperor 4 for Confidential Computing capabilities.
With over 12 years of experience in hardware, software, and services, he is a visionary leader and a domain expert in hyperscaler cloud technologies.
Florian Nöll started his career as a web developer and then joined IBM as an account executive, where he rose to the regional director position for IBM Z and LinuxONE in DACH.
He then moved to MongoDB as an enterprise account executive, where he strategically developed the Switzerland region and secured key accounts across various industries.
In his current role, he leads a team of talented people who are passionate about reimagining the cloud together.
Florian Nöll holds a master's degree in computer science from TU Darmstadt and is certified in various Cloud technologies and products. He is fluent in German and English. He is married and has two sons.
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