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Presenters:

Tony Fiorot, IBM – Cloud Solution Sales Executive, Power Systems Virtual Server
Richard R. Spurlock, Cobalt Iron – CEO and Founder
Matt Dittoe, Cobalt Iron – Vice President of Sales

Price: Free Courtesy of Cobalt Iron

Date/Time: June 25th, 2025 @ 11:00 AM CT

Cyber Resilient Backup Patterns for IBM Power VS and Hybrid Workloads

Are backup challenges and security complexities leaving you frustrated or overwhelmed? If so, you won’t want to miss this discussion!

Our panel of experts will explore three customer use cases including specific challenges, overview of solution patterns, and the impacts of Compass Secure Automated Backup.

Customer Challenges Explored:

  • Challenge #1 – Reduce risk moving on-premises Power workloads to the cloud

  • Challenge #2 – Hybrid data protection

  • Challenge #3 – Unify protection for Power and x86 workloads (VMware, KVM, etc.)

 

Tony Fiorot

Tony is a dynamic leader with a passion for guiding teams and customers through transformational change and the adoption of emerging technologies. With deep expertise in solution sales, business transformation, and Go-To-Market strategies, Tony has helped organizations unlock the full potential of cloud services, artificial intelligence, and digital user experiences. He is highly skilled in security and privacy by design, data protection, enterprise content management, workflow optimization, strategic planning, consulting, and financial analysis.

Known for his ability to make complex technical topics accessible and engaging, Tony combines technical mastery with an energetic, approachable style that resonates with diverse audiences. Tony’s outstanding contributions have been recognized with the prestigious Best of IBM Award in 2018.

 

Richard R. Spurlock

Intellectually curious entrepreneur, Richard is recognized as a global expert on data protection and recovery. After spending 15 years designing and delivering the world’s largest data protection applications, Richard harnessed that expertise to build a disruptive, software-defined data protection solution: Compass. Compass is the industry’s first enterprise-class data protection and analytics software designed to natively run in hybrid and public cloud environments. An experienced speaker and subject matter expert, Richard is a frequent industry spokesman and an avid Formula 1 racing fan with his family.

 

Matt Dittoe 

A former developer, architect, and systems engineer, Matt has deep infrastructure knowledge and experience that he brings to solution sales and customer engagement.  He has held a series of leadership positions at Amazon Web Services, Oracle, SolarWinds, Hewlett Packard, and at Cobalt Iron, where he currently serves as Vice President of Sales.