Beyond The Pilot: Enterprise AI in Action – Details, episodes & analysis

Lift-and-shift isn’t enough. MongoDB’s Vinod Bagal breaks down how to modernize your data for AI — and why waiting could cost you your competitive edge. Host: Sean Michael Kerner Guest: Vinod Bagal For more stories visit venturebeat.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AI is accelerating the cyber arms race — and former FBI agents Paul Bingham and Mike Morris say most enterprises aren’t ready. In this VB in Conversation, they break down the real-world threats targeting critical infrastructure, how AI is changing the attack surface, and why smart, layered defense starts with training the next-gen cyber workforce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally published in October 2023 VentureBeat Editor-in-Chief Matt Marshall talks with Archana Deskus, EVP & CIO of Paypal, on how the payment giant, with more than 400 million users, is meeting the need for more computation, more power and more storage, particularly during peak periods — all while committing to sustainability and greater efficiency. Deskus dives into bursting capacity, data center consolidation, asset utilization, efficient code and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally Published in July 2023 FedEx handles 100 billion daily transactions, from tracking packages to routing flights. To keep up with this massive data demand, the company has invested in data center performance, especially in high-performance computing. Ken Spangler, EVP of IT and CIO of Global Operations Technology, FedEx, talks with VB Editor-in-Chief Matt Marshall about how the company has adopted the co-location model for the data center, which allows it to leverage the benefits of cloud computing while maintaining control of the technology stack. He also reveals how FedEx is partnering with edge computing providers to deploy “mini data centers” that can reduce latency and enhance security for its customers – and of course AI and automation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally published in October 2023 VentureBeat Editor-in-Chief Matt Marshall talks with Mazen Rawashdeh, SVP & CTO of eBay, about how one of the world’s largest online marketplaces is using innovative technologies to power its data centers and reduce its environmental impact while meeting the growing demand for data processing in the age of generative AI. Rawashdeh explores the importance of fungibility between CPUs and GPUs, hybrid cloud, open source, running their data centers on 85% utilization and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally Released in February 2024 In his role as Global Leader for Tech and Digital Advantage at the Boston Consulting Group, Vlad Lukic has overseen hundreds of AI deployments. Now working with scores of enterprise companies racing to embrace gen AI, he finds that critical considerations are often overlooked, such as readiness of data and pivotal financial factors. Missteps such as deploying AI where it’s not really needed and neglecting the essential task of managing organizational change for seamless AI adoption can also tank the best intentions to capitalize on gen AI. He also has lots of advice on how to do it right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally published in July 2023 Kamran Ziaee, SVP, Technology Strategy & Global Infrastructure at Verizon sits down with VB Editor-in-Chief Matt Marshall to discuss how data centers now must handle greater and greater demands. While high-performance computing used to be reserved for exceptionally data-intensive applications, like gene sequencing or self-driving cars, every industry is seeing real use cases for adopting HPC. Verizon is an example of a company that says HPC is now table stakes for many applications it runs in its data centers. While Verizon has consolidated down to three data centers from nine, it has also invested in multi-access edge computing (MEC) to ensure rapid response time for customers. We explore his unique approach to an optimized hybrid cloud, where many critical applications stay on-prem and highly elastic applications migrate to the public cloud to enjoy performance gains there. We touch on the Gen AI craze and the proof of concepts the company is running, which also point to a hybrid future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Originally Released in October 2023 How do companies identify the best uses cases for gen AI — and then navigate the complexity of AI-first products and tools to drive that innovation at scale? VB’s editorial director, Michael Nuñez, speaks with Databricks co-founder Reynold Xin and Vijoy Pandey, SVP at Outshift by Cisco, about the many factors that will determine how organizations succeed, or don’t, during a time of, as Xin says, bottom-up innovation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Key Insights and Takeaways from VentureBeat Transform Event: AI and Enterprise Innovation In this episode, Matt and Sam recount their experiences and insights from the recent VentureBeat Transform event, an annual gathering focused on enterprise AI. They discuss the significant takeaways, including the increasing adoption of AI agents in production, the lack of dominance by any single hyperscaler in the AI model space, the focus on practical AI solutions over super-intelligence hype, and the evolving structure of teams in the AI-driven workplace. Highlights include insights from speakers at major companies like American Express, Google, IBM, and Zoom, as well as discussions on AI safety and the changing management dynamics with AI agents. Tune in to get a comprehensive overview of the current state and future of AI in enterprise settings. 00:00 Introduction and Event Overview 00:51 Key Takeaways from VentureBeat Transform 02:46 AI Deployment in Enterprises 04:37 Insights from Industry Leaders 08:48 Hyperscalers and Model Dominance 12:12 Real-World AI Applications 14:04 Focus on Practical AI Solutions 24:08 The Future of AI Teams 30:37 Conclusion and Final Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visa’s SVP of Data & AI, Sam Hamilton, joins VentureBeat to break down the hidden costs, trade-offs, and infrastructure realities behind running over 400 AI solutions incorporating 300 AI models at global scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices