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Jack in the Box CTO Reveals AI Playbook
Jack in the Box CTO Doug Cook and WWT Chief Digital Advisor Charlie Lawhorn detail how a multi-year modernization sprint paved the way for advancements in AI — and what every business can learn from the fast-food chain's journey. Doug and Charlie offer a candid conversation that delivers a playbook for prioritizing AI use cases, funding innovation in capital-constrained environments and rolling out AI with minimal disruption.
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•2:38
•Jun 24, 2025
AI's Invisible Bottleneck: Why AI Stalls at the Network, not the GPU
For many, AI success isn't limited by how many GPUs you can buy; it's limited by how fast those GPUs can talk to each other without tripping over the plumbing. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, two of WWT's top networking minds —Justin van Schaik and Eric Fairfield — lay out the real choke points slowing AI projects to a crawl and how powerful, modernized network architectures are quietly rewriting the rulebook for scaling AI.
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•0:50
•Jul 1, 2025
What Cisco Live 2025 Revealed About the Future of Enterprise AI
At Cisco Live 2025, the networking giant rolled out a sweeping agenda to make AI not just powerful, but practical — and secure. In this episode, we caught up with leaders from Cisco, NVIDIA and WWT to talk about what this year's announcements actually mean for enterprise teams tasked with building scalable, secure, AI-ready infrastructure. From the rise of the Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA to the reality of agentic workflows and persistent inference traffic, this episode unpacks the architectural shifts reshaping the modern data center.
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•1:24
•Jun 17, 2025
The Data Traps That Are Killing AI Initiatives
Nearly half of today's AI initiatives are dead on arrival. The culprit? The data. From disjointed systems and undefined use cases to cultures that overestimate readiness, WWT data strategists Bill Stanley and Jonathan Gassner break down why many organizations struggle and detail how you can build real momentum for AI transformation.
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•0:57
•Jun 3, 2025
3 Easy Steps to Kickstart AI the Right Way
AI leaders these days have little time for proofs of concept. They need ROI. If you're leading AI transformation in a large organization, this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast is your blueprint. AI consultants Kathleen Nowicke and Yoni Malchi share how top enterprises prioritize use cases, align across business units and unlock lasting ROI, and detail a three-step process to get AI right from the start.
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•Jun 10, 2025
Inside the AI Coding Revolution: Tools, Tradeoffs and Transformation
As AI innovation intensifies, one domain is already feeling the impact: software development. In this episode, WWT experts Nate McKie and Andrew Athan explore how AI-powered coding assistants are improving developer productivity and reshaping enterprise engineering. From Copilot to agentic tools capable of autonomous code generation, they examine how organizations are navigating this transition, balancing speed with quality and redefining the role of human developers. Whether you're leading a dev team or charting your company's AI roadmap, this is a must-listen for understanding the real-world implications of AI in engineering.
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•0:53
•May 27, 2025
Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent-to-Agent (A2A): The Future of Enterprise AI
Agentic AI systems have the potential to work together, but not yet at scale. This episode breaks down two emerging standards — Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication. Both promise modular AI integration, safer data flows, and agentic collaboration that actually scales. WWT engineer Sally Jankovic and AI advisor David Geddam explain why these protocols are becoming essential infrastructure for enterprise AI.
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•0:32
•Jul 8, 2025
Deepfake Deception: Can You Trust What You See and Hear?
Deepfakes are getting smarter — is your security strategy keeping up? On this episode of The AI Proving Ground Podcast, cybersecurity veterans Kent Noyes and Chris Roberts expose the latest deepfake tactics used by cybercriminals, discuss real-world attacks that have cost companies millions, and share strategies for staying ahead of this AI-driven threat. They'll also unpack the regulatory landscape and the broader geopolitical stakes at play.
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•1:46
•Feb 11, 2025
AI at Scale: How Cisco, NVIDIA and WWT Are Powering the Future of Enterprise AI
As AI moves from predictive analytics to real-time autonomous decision-making, enterprises face a critical challenge: scaling AI securely and efficiently. This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast explores key takeaways from NVIDIA GTC, the evolving Cisco-NVIDIA partnership and the foundational role AI infrastructure plays in unlocking enterprise-scale AI. Featuring WWT VP of Networking and AI Solutions Neil Anderson, NVIDIA SVP of Networking Kevin Deierling and Cisco SVP of Networking Kevin Wollenweber, the episode covers insights into networking, security, and compute innovations, and how Cisco, NVIDIA and WWT are shaping the future of AI-powered businesses.
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•1:30
•Mar 25, 2025
Hidden Infrastructure Demands of Enterprise AI
As AI pushes the limits of traditional IT infrastructure, enterprises are racing to modernize their data centers. In this episode, Mike Parham and Bruce Gray walk us through the behind-the-scenes decisions that matter — from power and cooling challenges to GPU readiness and sustainability. Whether you're modernizing or starting from scratch, this conversation is your blueprint for AI-ready infrastructure.
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•0:51
•May 20, 2025
Data Poisoning, Prompt Injection and Exploring Vulnerabilities of Gen AI
AI systems are only as trustworthy as the data they're trained on — but what happens when that data is intentionally corrupted? WWT's Justin Hadler and Chance Cornell break down the growing threats of data poisoning and prompt injection, explore the challenges of securing AI pipelines and dive into why the next big cybersecurity frontier starts inside the model.
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•1:07
•May 13, 2025
Deepfakes for Good? How AI is Powering the Next Era of Personalization
Can deepfakes go from dangerous to delightful? In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, Adam Dumey and Chris Roberts explore one of the more surprising — and controversial — topics in generative AI: the use of synthetic media and deepfakes in personalized customer experiences. You'll learn: what deepfakes really are and why they're no longer just a security threat; how AI-powered personalization is reshaping the customer experience; and the ethical and technical challenges of using AI-generated content responsibly.
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•1:07
•Apr 29, 2025