Achieve AI Readiness with a Supportive Infrastructure | Partner Spotlight

Event Overview

Organizations everywhere are working at a fast pace toward achieving the goal of incorporating AI into their business. Before they can successfully do this, leaders need to understand what AI is, what use cases will drive the most value, and what business outcomes are they trying to achieve. In addition, businesses should consider what changes will need to be made from an IT infrastructure standpoint to enable their aspirations. Join Intel's AI Strategy and Enablement Lead, Radhika Anand, as she talks with WWT's Jeff Fonke and Matt Halcomb about the complexity behind many of today's AI initiatives and why it takes more than a comprehensive tech stack to make them work. Radhika also talks about how AI will transform current-state IT architectures and identifies areas leaders must prioritize today to move fast tomorrow with AI.

Featured Speakers

Radhika Anand

Intel

Intel's AI Strategy and Enablement Lead

Radhika is part of Intel's AI Center of Excellence where she leads AI strategy and enablement for Intel's partner ecosystem. She is responsible for driving engagement on Intel AI solutions with global partner teams and executing sales motions to grow AI revenue. During her 9-year tenure at Intel, Radhika has held various marketing and business development leadership roles across the Datacenter, AI, Client and Graphics segments. She has a BS in Engineering and an MBA.

Matt Halcomb

World Wide Technology

Principal Solutions Architect

As a Data Center Principal Solutions Architect, Matt brings more than 25 years of experience in the Information Technology field, including 17+ years employed at WWT. He's an integral part of the Global Solutions Development Team that develops and deploys innovative technologies within WWT's Advanced Technology Center and connected environments. He is fluent in the ways of Compute, Storage, HyperConverged, Converged, Software-Defined and Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure technologies.

Jeff Fonke

World Wide Technology

Senior Practice Manager High-Performance Architecture

Jeff has worked in technology for over twenty-four years, proudly all at World Wide Technology. He's a passionate technologist who takes pride in bringing strategic solutions to WWT's customer base. Prior to his current role as a Sr. Practice Manager for High-Performance Architectures, he held several positions in technology sales, including a Data Center Specialist, and the Primary Storage Practice Manager for WWT's Global Solutions and Architecture team.

What to expect

Learn more about the strategic partnership between WWT and Intel, and how the two can help businesses accelerate and succeed in AI adoption across the organization. Register for this event and learn more about:

HPA – What is it and why it is vital to each phase of an effective AI workflow.
Practices to operationalize AI in a multistep process to move from POC to production deployment.
Importance of investments to modernizing the data center with the right technology to support AI workloads.

Goals and Objectives

Understand the complexity associated with AI projects and the importance of operationalizing it in a multi-step process by working with WWT and Intel within the WWT AI Proving Ground and ATC.

Who should attend?

C-suite executives looking to better direct AI initiatives and those interested in how to enable AI in their workplace.