In this guest blog, published on DigitalRealty.com, Sagi Brody discusses "Colo 2.0" and the required ecosystem of network, compute, storage, and managed services required for future colocation vendors to continue to provide value to retail customers.

Webair has announced that its Chief Technology Officer, Sagi Brody, will speak at Pacific Telecommunications Council: Changing Realities (PTC 17), to be held January 15-18, 2017 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort in Honolulu, HI.

"While most people have heard of the Internet of Things (IoT) — a network of everyday objects with internet connectivity — there’s a lot of misinformation or lack of information surrounding this growing industry. In order to help consumers understand, seven technology leaders from Forbes Technology Council explain what people should know about the IoT that they might not be aware of yet.

Data Center POST interviewed Sagi Brody on the company's goals, customer demands, and emerging technologies

"Colocation is less about space and power these days and more about the ecosystem of services that exist within the 4 walls that retail customers can leverage as their buisnesses mature and needs grow. This includes network, security, compute, storage, and resilience services. Read this article to learn more

"As every company becomes a technology company -- and technology companies continue to innovate and expand their reach -- the role of CTOs, CIOs and other technology executives are changing. CTOs are becoming innovation officers, security leaders, and core components of business-minded decisions as the technology on offer takes center stage.

"As every company becomes a technology company -- and technology companies continue to innovate and expand their reach -- the role of CTOs, CIOs and other technology executives are changing. CTOs are becoming innovation officers, security leaders, and core components of business-minded decisions as the technology on offer takes center stage.

"There's a stark gap between the number of open tech positions and qualified candidates to fill them. Even if it's not a traditional ""tech company,"" these days, every company needs a technical hire or two. So how are technology executives working to fix this? Below, a group of technology leaders from Forbes Technology Council offer their best advice -- from grassroots investment ideas to specific organizations working in this arena -- of ways to close this gap.

"Having spent nearly 20 years with a managed hosting and cloud services provider, I’ve had a front-row seat to the growth and evolution of the hosting industry. Over the years I've gathered insight that can help organizations looking to discover the right solution to fit their needs, whether securing a fully-managed service, outsourcing part of their infrastructure to a third-party provider, or managing all services in-house.

Logan Best and Sagi Brody illustrate practical implementations of DDoS mitigation strategies across different layers of common web application stacks. They also share valuable best practices for safeguarding complex cloud environments against such attacks.

Webair CTO Sagi Brody to speak at DataCenterDynamics Internet show taking place at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis July 30-31, 2015. Presentation to Focus on Effective Troubleshooting Practices for Technical Teams

During his presentation titled “Managing Remote Operations Teams” at 9:00 AM in room 8, Mr. Brody will kick off the HostingCon Global Technology Track with a dynamic insider look into the elements required for successful corporate leadership over virtual operations teams. As technology and ubiquitous connectivity continue to advance, widespread utilization of remote teams to support company operations has become common, but not without presenting its own set of unique challenges. This session is designed to assist managers and executives in understanding successful approaches to accommodate this new style of virtualized management. Leveraging real-life examples and case studies, Mr. Brody will offer keen insight into effective training and integration of these teams into the corporate structure, as well as customer relations, proper vetting of external teams, and more.