BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260312T213500Z UID:9C3B7A6E-4283-4F43-8E1E-C31E51452063 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T110000 DESCRIPTION:In the rapidly evolving landscape of financial technology\, the migration of mission-critical systems to the public cloud has transitione d from a technical upgrade to a fundamental business necessity. Financial institutions today face the dual challenge of managing unprecedented trans action volumes while defending against increasingly sophisticated cybersec urity threats. This session provides a deep dive into the strategic re-eng ineering required to transition legacy financial infrastructure into agile \, cloud-native architectures that support real-time processing and enterp rise-grade resilience. Drawing on extensive experience leading large-scale cloud migration initiatives and integrating complex e-commerce ecosystems \, this talk explores the technical frameworks used to modernize core bank ing services—including fraud detection systems\, rewards integration lay ers\, and automated payment platforms—without disrupting business contin uity. We will examine the decomposition of monolithic legacy systems into scalable microservices using container orchestration and serverless comput ing\, ensuring that platforms can scale dynamically to meet global demand. A central focus of this discussion is the implementation of a polyglot pe rsistence strategy. Attendees will learn how to architect data environment s that balance relational databases for ACID-compliant transactional proce ssing with NoSQL platforms to handle high-velocity\, unstructured data. Fu rthermore\, we will detail the engineering of real-time data streaming pip elines using technologies like Kafka and Spark to support the low-latency requirements essential for instant loan authorizations and travel fraud an alytics. Beyond performance\, the session addresses the critical pillar of Security by Design within the public cloud. We will discuss the integrati on of automated encryption\, zero-trust access controls\, and AI-powered a nomaly detection directly into the cloud fabric to identify and mitigate f raud patterns in real-time. Finally\, the talk will highlight the importan ce of FinOps\, demonstrating how to embed cost-optimization as a non-funct ional requirement through automated resource right-sizing and visibility t ools. Key Takeaways for Attendees: Phased Migration Strategies: How to dev elop incremental roadmaps that mitigate operational risk and preserve data integrity during a public cloud transition. Secure Ecosystem Integration: Architecting event-driven bridges between internal banking systems and gl obal retail partners. Automated Governance: Leveraging Infrastructure as C ode (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines to ensure consistent\, compliant\, and rapid deployment of financial services.\n\nSpeaker(s): Venkat\, \n\nVirtual: ht tps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/545468 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/545468 ORGANIZER:mguduri@ltu.edu SEQUENCE:29 SUMMARY:Architecting the Future of Finance: Modernizing Mission-Critical Sy stems for Cloud-Native Scalability and Security URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/545468 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>In the rapidly evolving landscape of finan cial technology\, the migration of mission-critical systems to the public cloud has transitioned from a technical upgrade to a fundamental business necessity. Financial institutions today face the dual challenge of managin g unprecedented transaction volumes while defending against increasingly s ophisticated cybersecurity threats. This session provides a deep dive into the strategic re-engineering required to transition legacy financial infr astructure into agile\, cloud-native architectures that support real-time processing and enterprise-grade resilience. Drawing on extensive experienc e leading large-scale cloud migration initiatives and integrating complex e-commerce ecosystems\, this talk explores the technical frameworks used t o modernize core banking services&mdash\;including fraud detection systems \, rewards integration layers\, and automated payment platforms&mdash\;wit hout disrupting business continuity. We will examine the decomposition of monolithic legacy systems into scalable microservices using container orch estration and serverless computing\, ensuring that platforms can scale dyn amically to meet global demand. A central focus of this discussion is the implementation of a polyglot persistence strategy. Attendees will learn ho w to architect data environments that balance relational databases for ACI D-compliant transactional processing with NoSQL platforms to handle high-v elocity\, unstructured data. Furthermore\, we will detail the engineering of real-time data streaming pipelines using technologies like Kafka and Sp ark to support the low-latency requirements essential for instant loan aut horizations and travel fraud analytics. Beyond performance\, the session a ddresses the critical pillar of Security by Design within the public cloud . We will discuss the integration of automated encryption\, zero-trust acc ess controls\, and AI-powered anomaly detection directly into the cloud fa bric to identify and mitigate fraud patterns in real-time. Finally\, the t alk will highlight the importance of FinOps\, demonstrating how to embed c ost-optimization as a non-functional requirement through automated resourc e right-sizing and visibility tools. Key Takeaways for Attendees: Phased M igration Strategies: How to develop incremental roadmaps that mitigate ope rational risk and preserve data integrity during a public cloud transition . Secure Ecosystem Integration: Architecting event-driven bridges between internal banking systems and global retail partners. Automated Governance: Leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and CI/CD pipelines to ensure con sistent\, compliant\, and rapid deployment of financial services.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR