Today's digitally savvy consumer expects businesses to know what they want — in some cases before they know themselves. To do that, organizations must adopt a more data-centric approach that can deliver personalized experiences in real time. Join Salena Malik, Director of Digital Products, as she talks about what it means to have purpose-built solutions and the importance of having a product mindset when it comes to planning and executing with strategic intent. She also walks us through real-world examples of where personalization is making an impact in the market.

As bad actors leverage AI to make ransomware attacks more prevalent and effective, data center operators and security leaders must move beyond traditional disaster recovery plans and think strategically about cyber recovery. Join WWT Cyber Resiliency Expert Michael Ambruso and Emerging AI and Cybersecurity Solutions Architect Todd Hathaway as they discuss ways in which you can optimize your data recovery plan when — not if — you fall victim to attack. Michael and Todd clarify the important difference between disaster and cyber recovery, dive into the role AI is playing in offense and defense, and offer guidance on how to best increase resiliency throughout your organization.

Driving automation remains a top priority for IT and business leaders alike as they seek to increase efficiency, productivity and growth. But enterprise-wide automation relies heavily on momentum. If employees can't see how automation can make their work or life easier, they may view automation efforts as nothing more than change for change's sake. And one of the best ways to drive a culture of automation is establishing a formal governance structure. Join WWT automation experts Kevin Dana and Mark Wall, who will dig into the cultural changes that need to occur for organizations to achieve enterprise-wide automation at scale. Mark and Kevin will talk about practical ways organizations can automate for the benefit of multiple individuals and groups, and steps leaders can take to build a comprehensive governance board.

The relationship between AI and cloud is increasingly sybmiotic. Growing investment in cloud is driving faster adoption and spend on artificial intelligence (AI), while the majority of AI applications are developed in the cloud. AI can be used to automate complex tasks in cloud computing, optimize system performance, and improve user experience; while cloud computing provides the computing resources and infrastructure needed to train and deploy AI models at scale. Join Neil Anderson, who leads WWT's cloud and infrastructure practice, as he dives into the implications AI is having on cloud, and vice versa. Neil talks with detail about how AI is affecting cloud cost management and optimization, how IT leaders can secure use of AI in their cloud solutions, how high performance architectures needed to run AI will impact cloud strategies and common AI applications best suited for the cloud.

Generative AI initiatives are taking flight across the world as organizations of all kinds explore new and innovative ways to put the disruptive technology to use. But has anyone stopped to think if their IT infrastructure is ready to meet the intense data demands required of advanced AI solutions? Join Derrick Monahan, WWT's data strategy and high-performance architecture practice manager, as he talks about the vital nature of high-performance architecture — the merger of high-performance computing (HPC) and AI and machine learning (ML) workstreams into one architectural framework with the core IT infrastructure components needed to unlock the seemingly unlimited world of possibilities made possible by AI. Derrick also talks about the role of data and data governance, real world use cases being used in today's business landscape and ways you can put all of it into action.

Cloud marketplaces are designed to help optimize cloud costs. But for all the potential they offer, we've found our client base can struggle to extract the full value of cloud marketplaces. Join WWT's Joshua Bushman and Lauren Fleming, both authors of the recently published Cloud Marketplace Maturity Model report, as they talk about a framework for simplifying, streamlining and scaling how organizations buy, deploy and manage cloud solutions across their business.

Great customer experiences increase loyalty, spurs growth and enables you to continue investing in technology to unlock even greater experiences. But too often, disjointed IT systems and siloed data stand in the way. Join WWT Director of Digital Products Chris Douglas as he talks about how unified commerce ties it all together — breaks down silos across IT systems to provide visibility into customer data, e-commerce, order fulfillment, inventory management, customer relationship management (CRM), point-of-sale (POS) systems and more.

Join us for the Virtual Lab Workshop! During this exclusive session, the host will introduce the Liqid Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure (CDI) Lab. This lab has been purpose-built to allow users to validate NVIDIA GPU and Intel Optane NVMe technology composition to Dell PowerEdge servers via software. This one-hour event is limited to 60 participants who will have the opportunity to engage in Q&A during the session. Attendees are encouraged to actively participate by launching the lab themselves alongside the host for a hands-on experience.

As AI hype continues, the task of implementing and scaling AI initiatives is becoming increasingly complex and daunting. In this executive-led conversation between WWT's Neil Anderson and Cisco Senior Vice President of Compute, Jeremy Foster, learn about how Cisco's AI-ready infrastructure can help you accelerate the introduction of AI into all aspects of your organization. Jeremy and Neil talk about the growing partnership between Cisco, NVIDIA and WWT; new innovations coming out of Cisco like Cisco Nexus HyperFabric; and how you can make sense of the fast-moving AI landscape to make informed decisions that will drive outcomes for your business.

Businesses across the world are turning to automation to drive efficiency and simplicity. But for many, automation doesn't work as quickly or seamlessly as they'd like. In most cases, that's because leaders are thinking of operations from an operations and infrastructure perspective. There's a third equally critical component — automated platforms — that must be considered. Join WWT Senior Practice Manager for Automation Phillip Palmer as he discusses how automated platforms relate to other core areas of automation, such as infrastructure and operations. Phillip also talks about the teams and roles that stand to be most impacted by automation initiatives and how organizations can work toward automation unlocking a self-service model moving forward.

Join us for the Virtual Lab Workshop! During this exclusive session, the host will introduce the Cisco Passive Optical Networks (PON) learning path and lab. Cisco's Routed Passive Optical Network (PON) solution differs from traditional PON solutions by having the Optical Line Terminal (OLT) exist as a pluggable transceiver in a router rather than a dedicated device. This learning path will cover the basics of how Cisco's Routed PON solution works and how to operate it.

C-level leaders are looking to artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate automation within their organizations. But in the rush to adopt AI, many forget that the success of both AI and automation hinges on an organization's data maturity. Join Anshul Chaturvedi, a principal consultant with WWT focused on data, analytics and AI, as he talks about how organizations can mature their data capabilities to maximize their AI and automation investments. Anshul breaks down the interplay between automation and AI, pragmatic ways to start incorporating AI into an automation journey and provides tips on communicating progress to executive and line of business stakeholders.