IT Operations Spotlight
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Start With a Super Session
Modernizing IT Operations for Better Outcomes in the Data Age
Kia Behnia, VP of Product Management, IT Markets, Splunk
Kara Gillis, Director of Product Management, Splunk
This has been a challenging year for IT operations professionals, as all organizations faced unprecedented change. Successful teams have navigated this change by leveraging modern IT operations practices, which created new and better outcomes such as the rise of remote work and the acceleration of digital services for competitive advantage.
In this Super Session, learn how successful organizations are using Splunk's IT solutions to become more KPI-driven and service-centric. And hear about new innovations Splunk is bringing to market to help IT organizations become more agile, efficient and effective than ever before.
Splunk for Infrastructure Investigation and Monitoring
Splunk for End-to-End IT Visibility
Splunk Service Intelligence for SAP® Solutions
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Kia Behnia
Kia Behnia, VP IT Operation Business at Splunk, has 25+ years of industry experience in IT Operations, cloud platforms, enterprise mobility and digital transformation, and most recently served as a board member of PowWow Mobile. Prior to joining PowWow Mobile, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at BMC for a decade, where he led strategy for all products including enterprise mobility, datacenter automation and hybrid-cloud management. Mr. Behnia is a frequent industry speaker at industry events and active in participating and leading industry wide initiatives for the adoption of new technologies. Prior to his tenure at Splunk, He was the Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for BMC Software. Mr. Behnia was responsible for leading BMC's technology and solution strategy for all products including emerging areas such as social enterprise and mobility management and cloud computing management. In 2011 Mr. Behnia served as one of the commissioners for Tech-America’s cloud2 commission on the Leadership Opportunity in U.S. Deployment of the Cloud (CLOUD2). The commission’s three-month mandate is to provide the Obama Administration with recommendations for how government should deploy cloud technologies and for public policies that will help drive U.S. innovation in the cloud. He is also a contributing member of WEF (World Economic Forum) technical advisory. Previously, as BMC's Chief Corporate Architect, Mr. Behnia was responsible for leading the design of BMC's industry-leading Business Service Management architecture and the critical enabling Atrium technologies. Mr. Behnia was previously Chief Technology Officer for the Change and Configuration products at BMC Software; Mr. Behnia is responsible for the direction of product development and product strategy for the Change and Configuration products at BMC including the BMC Atrium CMDB. Mr. Behnia was previously Chief Technology Officer for Marimba Inc. In that role, he led Marimba’s product strategy and technology partnerships. During his tenure at Marimba, Mr. Behnia was instrumental in the design and delivery of Marimba’s innovative configuration automation solutions across servers, client systems and mobile devices. Prior to joining Marimba, Mr. Behnia served as a senior member of the technical team for Tivoli Systems Inc., which was acquired by IBM. Mr. Behnia has 25+ years of industry experience in IT Operations, cloud platforms, enterprise mobility and digital transformation. Mr. Behnia holds a B.A. degree in Computer Science from University of California at Davis.
Kara Gillis
Kara has been at Splunk for four years, previously in product marketing and now focused on developing Splunk products for IT customers. Before Splunk, Kara worked as a strategy and technology consultant at Deloitte in a variety of industries.