June 15, 2021

Panel Discussion: What is the future of SCOM?

Bob Cornelissen / Bruce Cullen / Cameron Fuller / John Joyner / John Liss

In this panel, we discuss what the future might hold for SCOM. This was one panel not to be missed as most of our panellists have been around since the inception of SCOM! They provide a truly unique perspective.

Meet the author

Author

Bob Cornelissen

Microsoft MVP & managing consultant @TOPQORE

Bob (AKA SCOM Bob) is a Managing Consultant at TopQore, a highly specialized Cloud and Datacenter Management consultancy from the Netherlands and operating world-wide. Bob is an 11 x MVP, blogs, wrote a book, presents at events in person or virtually world wide, and loves anything community related.

Bruce Cullen

Director of Engineering @ SquaredUp, Founding Member @ Cookdown

Meet Bruce, Product Director at SquaredUp & Founding member of Cookdown. He product manages cloud integrations and on-prem products bringing the worlds tools together under smart dashboards that understand your data. With a decade-long stint at Citrix under his belt, Bruce's journey from software tester to project management maestro saw him spearhead the transition of XenApp and XenDesktop (aka CVAD) from on-premises to cloud. Passionate about observability and sustainable computing, Bruce is your go-to guru for navigating the complexities of both cloud and on-prem software. When he's not orchestrating innovation at the keyboard, you'll find him conquering miles on his bike, pounding the pavement running, or enjoying precious moments with his family.

Cameron Fuller

Solution Director at Quisitive

Cameron, former Microsoft MVP and Solution Director for Quisitive. He has 30 years of infrastructure experience, focused on monitoring and automation solutions. Cameron co-authored a number of System Center books and maintains a highly technical blog. Additionally, you can find Cameron as a speaker at conferences like the Midwest Management Summit.

John Joyner

Senior Director and MVP

Inventor, author, speaker, and professor on datacenter and enterprise cloud computing topics, awarded Microsoft MVP the last thirteen years. Employed as Senior Director, Technology at AccountabilIT, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Teaches a cloud computing management course at the University of Arkansas. Co-author of four books in the System Center Operations Manager Unleashed series. A U.S. Navy computer scientist, and retired Lieutenant Commander. Worked for NATO in Europe and aboard an aircraft carrier in the Pacific.

John Liss

Founder & CEO/Enterprise Architect @ LissProductions

John is a Microsoft enthusiast. He has been working in IT for 30+ years across various industries and lives and breathes technology. His focus lies on Architecting private, hybrid Cloud environments, Large scale solutions, and customer satisfaction. His experience covers a vast number of topics like Datacenter Architecture, Application Architecture/Development, DevOps, Monitoring, IT service management, Orchestration and Automation. With SCOM specifically – his experience ranges back more than 21 years with MOM – right up to now with SCOM 2019. When it comes to technology, John is a “Jack of all trades and a Master of many.”