The Rancher 2.2.7 platform release is focused on hybrid, multi-cloud and multi-cluster management, but security remains key, SUSE GM Peter Smails said.

Enterprises are experiencing a "mind shift" that isn't aligned to what many vendors are doing, Solo's Doug Chamberlain said.

If companies genuinely seek to fulfill their ESG goals, the whole organization needs to "be mobilized across all levels," IBM VP Bill Lobig said.

Ciena expects its WaveRouter platform for converged metro networks will be a significant driver of market share growth.

Sustainability used to be in IT leaders' top 5 concerns, but today "it's definitely within the top 3," IBM VP Tina Tarquinio said.

Climate action needs to be centered around equity, Salesforce VP Tim Christophersen said.

Tanzu Application Platform 1.5 frees app developers from needing to understand "a gobbledygook of technologies," VMware SVP Purnima Padmanabhan said.

"We're hoping to dare other corporates to be super transparent," Google Head of Infrastructure and Water Strategy Ben Townsend said.

Padmanabhan took over for Ajay Patel after his nine-year stint with VMware, whose exit was synched with execs Mark Lohmeyer and Tom Gillis.

Agricultural data has a density problem, Leaf CEO Bailey Stockdale said.

Gartner predicts 75% of IT organizations will implement data center infrastructure sustainability initiatives by 2027.

Using artificial intelligence to work toward environmental goals "is a mission critical priority," Gartner's Lydia Ferguson said.

Low code will soon be the "standard method for creating almost any application or software artifact," SAP VP Sebastian Schrötel said.

The service helps organizations build predictive solutions that tell farmers about vegetation health or point out disease risks.

Happy International Women's Day to the ladies leaving tech at a significantly higher rate than men.

The reality of climate change doesn't make sustainability an urgent or important corporate priority on its own, Gartner's Brendan Williams said.

The vendor approaches developer wellbeing data from three sides: people, operational, and process health.

SVP Rob Shore claimed the vendor's indium phosphide fabrication plant sets it apart from optical networking rivals like Ciena.

Network operators can consolidate base station layer software processing on one common virtualized platform, VP Sachin Katti said.

The vendor will automate aspects of "how Delta’s core enterprise data is moved and managed across IT environments," VP Brian O'Rourke said.

Gartner predicted last December that platform engineering will be a major trend impacting infrastructure and operations leaders in 2023.

"Nobody can just walk into a building and connect to the network," Nile VP Austin Hawthorne said.

The platform's management solution "treats public cloud Kubernetes as a first-class citizen," SUSE's Keith Basil said.

The integration is entering a market "rife with offerings" of a similar nature, LogRhythm's Robert Dirth said.