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KEYNOTE: Evolve or Fall Behind - A Digital Revolution Powered by Node.js

We are in the midst of the Information Age where businesses are rapidly transforming themselves to fit the needs of increasingly digital society. In all economic sectors, we are seeing that businesses must evolve or get left behind. Node.js is the keystone for facilitating this evolution, enabling companies to greatly increase developer productivity, spend less time on infrastructure and have peace-of-mind with long-term support. Learn how Node.js is proving to be the forefront of digital transformation, from fueling the growth of the API economy to revolutionizing infrastructure with serverless applications. About Andy Hoyt Andrew Hoyt is the Director of API Connect, DataPower, and Strongloop Development as part of the Interaction Services organization in the IBM Cloud Unit. Interaction Services is a new tier of services emerging at the edge of the enterprise. This tier is being driven by the transformation into the digital era. Developers are composing – writing code, connect to pipelines of data and integrating APIs for use within new systems of engagement. These APIs are backed by microservices that require capabilities to CREATE, DEPLOY, MANAGE and ENFORCE the availability of these services. Andrew owns the development and client engineering of these capabilities for IBM. Andrew is a graduate of Marist College in Poughkeepsie NY, USA. Andrew has spent 15 years in IBM Software Group specializing in areas such as WebSphere, z/OS, PureApplication, and Cloud development.

November 29, 2016