Event Overview

The rapid evolution of AI technologies is transforming enterprise operations and reshaping the data center landscape. As businesses look to harness AI’s full potential, critical questions around data center performance and capacity arise. Join WWT Senior Practice Manager for High-Performance Architecture Jeff Fonke as he talks with Cisco Fellow and Chief Architect of Global Solutions Engineering Matt Gillies as they discuss how you can unify networking, compute, security and observability to deliver AI-ready data centers.​ Jeff and Matt also talk about AI Pods that can accelerate AI model deployment with ​pre-validated, full stack systems; and other Cisco innovations making an impact on the AI landscape. ​

Jeff Fonke

World Wide Technology

Senior Practice Manager, High-Performance Architecture

Jeff Fonke leads new and growth solutions areas at World Wide Technology, including High-Performance Architectures that support AI and Data. With o...
Matt Gillies

Cisco

Cisco Fellow and Chief Architect, Global Solutions Engineering

Matt Gillies leads the technical strategy for Cisco's Global Solutions Engineering (Global SE) team across all segments, verticals, and technologie...

What to expect

Learn more about Cisco's AI strategy and gain an exclusive preview of what's next for the powerful collaboration between WWT and Cisco with actionable strategies to future-proof your organization's AI infrastructure.
  • Industry trends and market dynamics shaping the need for practical AI solutions.
  • How you can operationalize AI by leveraging solutions that can transform data centers to power AI workloads anywhere.​
  • Best practices for optimizing data center performance for generative AI workloads.

Goals and Objectives

Understand AI infrastructure evolution and best practices; stay informed on industry trends; explore strategies to better position your organization for AI success; and gain real world insights into what is unfolding in the rapidly evolving AI market landscape.

Who should attend?

Enterprise AI and IT leaders, CTOs and CIOs, network administrators, cloud architects and networking professionals.