From Edge to Core to Cloud: Building AI-Ready Infrastructure

Apr 21, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Here's what we talked about

Turning AI ambition into infrastructure reality
- Where fragmented compute, storage, and networking environments are slowing AI progress
- How infrastructure decisions are shifting as organizations move beyond experimentation
Designing environments that can scale from model training to inference
- Managing data pipelines, GPU utilization, and orchestration across AI workloads
- Planning infrastructure that supports both model development and real-time inference
Where storage and data architecture become the AI bottleneck
- The role of high-performance storage in enabling faster data access and throughput
- Strategies teams are using to prevent data pipelines from slowing model development
Balancing performance, cost, and operational complexity in AI infrastructure
- Managing the tradeoffs between GPU capacity, infrastructure utilization, and cost
- Simplifying infrastructure operations while maintaining performance for AI workloads
Moving from AI pilots to durable production systems
- Lessons from organizations scaling AI initiatives into repeatable production environments
- What infrastructure teams are changing to support enterprise-wide AI adoption

Event Partners

Insight Enterprises

Insight Enterprises, Inc. is a Fortune 500 solutions integrator helping organizations accelerate their digital journey to modernize their business and maximize the value of technology. Insight’s technical expertise spans cloud and edge-based transformation solutions, with global scale and optimization built on 33+ years of deep partnerships with the world’s leading and emerging technology providers.

Dell Technologies

Dell Technologies Inc is a provider of desktop personal computers, software, and peripherals. The company designs, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and supports information technology infrastructure such as laptops, desktops, mobiles, workstations, storage devices, software, cloud solutions and notebooks.

Guest Speaker

BWG Connect

Enterprise IT Subject Matter Expert

Our moderator brings decades of experience leading infrastructure, cloud transformation, and enterprise technology strategy across finance, media, publishing, and healthcare sectors. They have overseen IT infrastructure, large-scale digital transformation, and DevOps initiatives for some of the world’s most complex enterprise organizations, bridging strategy and execution to deliver measurable business impact. Their deep expertise ensures every discussion is grounded in real-world insight and informed by a career at the forefront of technological change.

David Lombardi LinkedIn

Technology Strategy Lead at Dell

Event Moderator

BWG Connect

Enterprise IT Subject Matter Expert

Our moderator brings decades of experience leading infrastructure, cloud transformation, and enterprise technology strategy across finance, media, publishing, and healthcare sectors. They have overseen IT infrastructure, large-scale digital transformation, and DevOps initiatives for some of the world’s most complex enterprise organizations, bridging strategy and execution to deliver measurable business impact. Their deep expertise ensures every discussion is grounded in real-world insight and informed by a career at the forefront of technological change.

David Lombardi LinkedIn

Technology Strategy Lead at Dell

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