As organizations race to operationalize AI, many are discovering that success depends less on the AI platform itself and more on the infrastructure beneath it. Storage bottlenecks, network constraints, and inefficient data access can significantly limit the performance of AI workloads, delaying projects and diminishing ROI. Before investing heavily in GPUs and advanced AI tools, enterprise architects must first ensure their infrastructure is designed to support the scale, speed, and data demands of modern AI initiatives.
Join this forum to explore the critical infrastructure requirements for AI-ready environments. Our experts will discuss why AI projects often stall due to storage and SAN limitations, the impact of data gravity and data movement challenges, and the architectural considerations necessary to deliver high-performance, scalable AI operations. Learn how to identify and address infrastructure gaps, optimize data access, and build a foundation capable of supporting enterprise-scale AI innovation.
featured speakers
Angela Romberg
Global Product Marketing Manager: Block Storage Portfolio, Hitachi Vantara
Laura Tuller
Technical Expert for the Americas, Hitachi Vantara
Laura Tuller is a Technical Expert at Hitachi Vantara with more than 15 years of experience in enterprise IT, specializing in mainframe and enterprise storage solutions. She works closely with customers, business partners, and field teams to design data infrastructure strategies that improve availability, cyber resilience, operational efficiency, and long-term modernization outcomes.
AJ Casamento
Principal R&D Engineer, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
AJ Casamento is a 40+ year IT industry veteran with experience working in a wide variety of market segments, IT leading companies, and engineering and product development roles. In more than 23 years as a Solutions Architect at Brocade, a Broadcom Inc. Company, AJ spends his time helping enterprises understand various technologies and architectural decisions, and the impact to their business. AJ started his career with Digital Equipment Corporation, and worked in various engineering and product development roles at Hewlett Packard, SUN Microsystems, IBM, and Avnet, before joining Brocade.
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