Industry Perspective to Inform AI Investment Strategies

Event Overview

AI represents a generational opportunity to accelerate business outcomes for companies of all kinds. It's also expensive to implement. In today's market landscape, business leaders are looking to protect their core. Technology investments that aren't making them money, saving them money or helping them avoid losing money aren't being prioritized. Join Cisco VP of Systems Engineering Americas Eric Knipp, Intel Global Channel Sales Director for Data Center and AI Travis Palena and NetApp Senior Director of Solutions Engineering Paras Kikani as they discuss trends and considerations affecting investment in AI.

Featured Speakers

Eric Knipp

Cisco Systems, Inc

VP, Solutions Engineering, Global Specialists

Eric Knipp is the Vice President of Solutions Engineering for the Global Specialists organization at Cisco. In this role he leads the Global Specialists engineering community and leads the alignment and interlock between Global Specialists and Cisco's Business Entity leaders, X-Architecture efforts, and Cisco's Global Competitive team.

Travis Palena

Intel

Sales Director

Global Sales leader at Intel who is passionate about the mutual success of Intel and partners and takes pride in our channel and partners success. Travis builds new businesses and accelerates revenue streams, and brings innovative, transformative models to fruition. In his current role, he is responsible for the global channel and partner strategy, sales engagement, revenue performance, and joint partner solution success for the business within one of Intel's Data Center Product Groups.

Paras Kikani

NetApp - Partner

Strategic Markets Manager Americas Sales Strategic Products Group

Paras is the Director, Solutions Engineering at NetApp. He works closely with his customers and partners to unleash the power of their data and people. His guiding principles: Be passionate in everything you do, Love your family and never let them forget it, Trust your team and make sure they know it. As leaders we must inspire and help others achieve their absolute best. Everyone can be better, everyday you must be better than yesterday.

What to expect

Investment in AI is skyrocketing as business and IT leaders alike recognize the potential value it can add to their organizations in both the near- and long-term. But with tight budgets, making the case to invest in costly AI solutions and infrastructure is not always easy. In this event, which was pre-recorded from WWT global headquarters in late 2023, executives from Cisco, Intel and NetApp weigh in on:

How business and technology leaders can think strategically about investing in AI.
How to tackle a looming skills gap in the AI space.
Additional considerations for AI strategy, such as security and sustainability.

Goals and Objectives

Gain a better understanding of how AI can be integrated into your organization to drive transformational business outcomes.

Who should attend?

C-suite executives and other business leaders looking to gain insight and understanding of today's complex AI environment.