Capacitas Webinars

In the payments world any downtime impacts customer trust, reputation and the bottom line. When payment systems are hosted in datacentres this is addressed by being cautious and making long-term commitments on capacity to ensure performance. Cloud has changed that model due to its flexibility and granularity. However, in moving to the cloud new issues need to be dealt with.Join Nik Sathe, a seasoned tech and payments CTO who has worked with leading brands, including PayPal, American Express and Google, and current CTO of Blackhawk Network, as he talks about the shift to cloud, particularly how a change in organisational thinking is needed when it comes to tackling risk. Nik will also discuss the importance of optimising cloud engineering and data analytical skills, ensuring the business realises both its return on investment and the promised benefits of the move, and how rewarding the engineers for the right behaviours can help leverage the cloud benefits. The difference in these approaches is a reduction in technical debt, a more dynamic engineering team and million dollars opex improvement on the bottom line.Join Nik Sathe, CPO & CTO Blackhawk Network, and Capacitas co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer Dr Manzoor Mohammed, for our latest audio event to get his perspective on the following topics:- What life was like before the cloud - Why Blackhawk Network wanted to move to the cloud- Benefits of moving to the cloud for payment systems and what’s needed to realise those benefits- What actually happens after moving to the cloud- What effect the shift had on staff- What happens next and the role of CTO in making it happenHow GenAI will impact paymentsBlackhawk Networks are a US payments firm $30B in annual load value, 37,000 corporate/government partners, ~1B cards issued annually, and $4B+ rewards fulfilled annually.Nik Sathe, Chief Product Officer and CTO of Blackhawk Networkhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/niksathe/Nik Sathe is a veteran in the payments and technology markets with more than 30 years of leadership experience in building and scaling teams and platforms. As the Chief Product Officer and CTO for Blackhawk Network Nik is responsible for driving innovation and shaping the organisation’s global technology strategy, including product development, infrastructure and security. He has previously worked for the likes of Google, as VP engineering for Google Nest, American Express as CTO, PayPal as co-CTO and as VP for architecture and infrastructure. Nik is well regarded in the industry as a mentor and advisor to technology start-ups and entrepreneurs, and his specialities include mobile payments, digital wallets, consumer IoT, commerce technologies, architecture and business and technology strategy.Nik holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Lafayette College.

The Data Communications Company (DCC) is leading the way by moving the UK’s largest IoT network - connecting over 50 million smart meters - into the cloud. Managing critical national infrastructure like this demands rock-solid security, operational resilience, and cost-efficiency.Join Mike Hewitt, CTO of DCC, as he shares the real-world strategies, challenges, and lessons learned from this ambitious project. Whether you're gearing up for a major cloud migration or fine-tuning your existing setup, this session will give you practical takeaways to move your organisation forward with confidence.What You’ll Take Away:- Insights into assessing your organisation’s readiness for a large-scale cloud migration.- Approaches to getting the most value from the cloud and managing hyperscale relationships effectively.- Ideas for balancing regulatory compliance with the need to innovate.- Practical considerations for designing operating models that work in complex, multi-vendor environments.- Lessons learned on building the internal capabilities needed to scale cloud operations confidently.This session will leave you better equipped to navigate the challenges of cloud adoption and unlock its full potential for your organisation.

Join James Griffith, VP Engineering at Archer and Dr Manzoor Mohammed from Capacitas as they discuss the project, the challenges they overcame and the ultimate ongoing benefits both Archer and their clients reaped.

Businesses face increasing pressure to deliver software applications faster, more securely, and at lower cost. DevSecOps represents a fundamental shift in how organisations approach software development and deployment to meet these challenges. Adopting it enables businesses to deliver software more rapidly, detect and fix security issues early, and enhance overall application quality.

But visualising these benefits can be tricky, and if a piecemeal approach to DevSecOps is taken, the benefits may not be felt across the organisation.

We’ll look at how Capacitas and Dynatrace are working together to help clients adopt a coherent and consistent DevSecOps strategy for improving speed, cost and quality. By focusing on the three pillars - People, Processes, and Tooling, businesses can learn to build confidence in delivering and measuring the benefits of adopting a DevSecOps culture.

In this 30-minute interactive webinar, Manzoor Mohammed and Jean Moncrieff of Capacitas discuss what the big consulting firms and research agencies are missing when it comes to going from cloud optimisation to Cloud Excellence.