Sep 5 – 7, 2025
Asia/Kolkata timezone

Data Center Virtualization 2025

Sep 5, 2025, 7:00 PM
10m
Room 1: Plenary

Room 1: Plenary

Lightning Talk (10 min) Others

Speaker

Saquib Akhtar
Nokia

Description

Virtualization at the Core: Trends, Hypervisors, and the Shift to Cloud-Native Platforms

Abstract Virtualization continues to be the bedrock of modern IT infrastructure, enabling flexible, efficient, and scalable environments. This paper outlines key trends in virtualization, explains the role of hypervisors, and provides a concise understanding of how platforms like OpenStack and OpenShift build upon these technologies. It aims to present a 360-degree view of how virtualization continues to evolve and support emerging computing paradigms.

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Session author's bio

Linux Architect (Performance Tuning) || RHEV/Proxmox/Ovirt/VMWare || RHEL Cluster || Zabbix || Ansible || Middleware || Database || Veritas Cluster || Firewall || Data Center Engg.

Linux Architect with experience in maintenance of Linux VM's over VMWare virtualization AWS Cloud Services. Veritas Info Scale Availability Cluster v6.1.1 and v7.4.1 consisting of RHEL 6.10 family nodes. Expert in RHEL Pacemaker & CMAN Cluster. Deployed 2 Node HPE Service Guard Cluster. I have deployed Uyuni Spacewalk, Foreman, RHEL Satellite, IPA LDAP, and Squid proxy servers. I also perform total infra monitoring via Zabbix Monitoring Tool including Cluster and log file monitoring. Apart from this, I manage Linux File Servers like NFS Server, SAMBA Servers (joined to AD Domain), FTP Servers. Also, I manage Middleware administration servers: Apache, Tomcat, and Nginx. OS: RHEL, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, SLES, Oracle Linux, Solaris, Kali Linux, Linux Mint, Rocky Linux Dealing with DATA Centre Operations, Linux servers and Network Management, Managing ?IredMail Server, Managing 100+ Wireless Access Point, Zabbix Management and Data Backup management, VM Ware, KVM, Sophos Firewall, WD and Netgear NAS, Cisco Routers and Switches, HP DELL and IBM Servers, iDRAC and iLO utilities.

RHCVA, RHCE, CCNA R&S, Cluster: Veritas, Pacemaker & HPE SGLX ; Virtualization: RHEV, VMWARE, OVirt, Proxmox, TrueNAS || Zabbix Expert

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This is purely technical talk on Data Center technologies & aimed for SysAdmins, DC architects, Network Admins, IT Architects and leaders.

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