Before embarking on their cloud journey, Boral struggled with the downtime of ageing infrastructure applications.

Boral’s Former General Manager of IT Infrastructure & Operations, Sarath Botlaguduru, made a case for cloud as a means of controlling operational expenditure.

Sarath’s two greatest challenges shifting from data centres into Amazon Web Services’ cloud platform were articulating the value of cloud to the business and individually shifting Boral’s legacy applications.

Speaking with ADAPT’s Principal Research Analyst, Shane Hill, at Connected Cloud and Data Centre Edge, Sarath explained how retaining their technical staff was crucial to their cloud migration.

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Sarath Botlaguduru Former General Manager - IT Infrastructure and Operations at Boral
Sarath is a dynamic transformation leader who is passionate to demystify the journey of Digital transformation across Applications and Infrastructure and deliver... More

Sarath is a dynamic transformation leader who is passionate to demystify the journey of Digital transformation across Applications and Infrastructure and deliver tangible results. Proven leader with strategic, operational, and technical skills with focus on cost optimization and delivering value that matters the most . Experience in large, complex, listed businesses facing challenges with cyber security and legacy systems.

Able to develop effective strategies and implement at speed, aligning teams to the vision to produce high quality outcomes. Multiple successes delivering complex projects across both applications and infrastructure. Exposure to IT best practice through roles with ASX100 companies across the manufacturing, retail, banking, and oil & gas sectors.

High EQ leader able to influence and draw out high performance. Recognized as a guest panelist for IT industry forums.

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Shane Hill Principal Research Analyst at ADAPT
Shane manages ADAPT’s research agenda and is responsible for driving survey evolution.​ He has over 20 years of experience in technology delivery... More

Shane manages ADAPT’s research agenda and is responsible for driving survey evolution.​

He has over 20 years of experience in technology delivery and market intelligence roles. This includes over six years serving technology and services providers at Gartner.​

Shane has deep knowledge of the UK and Australian markets, across financial services, government, professional services and energy/utilities sectors.​

As an IT services expert, he is equipped to advise organisations as they commoditise technology foundations to then differentiate through world-class experiences.​

Shane builds on this expertise to advise on practical ESG, data & AI, and the application modernisation strategies required to realise those aims.​

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