Learn from IT Thought Leaders at FutureIT D.C.

The mouthwatering aromas and Instagram-worthy food coming from Chef Edward Lee’s kitchens are a far cry from the virtual worlds of IT professionals. And yet both can be high-stress work environments where smart systems and teamwork lead to the best outcomes. Lee has thought a lot about what a modern workplace should look like, and…

We are innovation

By Ram Velaga, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Core Switching Group As Thomas Edison said, “The value of an idea lies in the using of it,” and I very much believe that innovation without execution is just another idea.     As I recently discussed with Pat Moorhead and Dan Newman during a Six Five…

8-10x performance upticks in next-gen infrastructure enable AI workloads

CIOs and IT leaders call it the most disruptive technology yet, and now it’s moving rapidly into the mainstream.  Artificial intelligence (AI), an increasingly crucial piece of the technology landscape, has arrived.  More than 91 percent of businesses surveyed have ongoing — and increasing — investments in artificial intelligence. Deploying AI workloads at speed and scale, however, requires software…

CarMax drives business value with GPT-3.5

Generative AI such as ChatGPT has of late captured the imagination of business leaders across industries. While enterprise IT orgs by and large are taking a measured approach, some early movers are showing impressive results. CarMax’s IT team, for one, has been working with Microsoft and OpenAI to leverage GPT-3.x for business value even before…

Fletcher Building CIO’s blueprint to digitally transform

“You can never drive the car looking through the rearview mirror,” says Joe Locandro, CIO of Fletcher Building, Australasia’s largest building materials supplier. “As CIO, you have to keep looking ahead and feel comfortable in backing yourself. That’s the difference between being CIO and an IT manager—one is responsible for getting things done, the other…