Waters Wavelength Podcast: Standard Chartered’s Brian O’Neill
Brian O’Neill from Standard Chartered joins the podcast to discuss cloud strategy, costs, and resiliency.
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This week, Brian O’Neill, COO for transformation, technology & operations, and global head for group transformation at Standard Chartered, joins Wei-Shen on the podcast. They discuss a cloud-first and a cloud-value strategy, monitoring cloud costs, and maintaining resiliency.
5:30 – Brian joins the podcast and gives an overview of his background and current role at the bank
8:30 – He delves into Standard Chartered’s cloud strategy
12:30 – The cloud value framework
14:30 – Brian talks about managing multi-cloud partnerships
16:00 – Planning for disruptions
21:00 – The importance of an internal cloud services management team
22:30 – Optimizing cloud usage and costs
28:00 – Brian talks about some ‘no-go zones’
34:00 – Thinking about resiliency
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