AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

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AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

World Wide Technology: Artificial Intelligence Experts

57 episodes

3 days ago

AI is moving into production faster than most security teams can govern it. In this episode, F5’s Shawn Womke and WWT’s Chris Konrad break down why enterprises are unintentionally deploying “naked AI” — systems running without adequate data controls, API protection, or governance. Drawing on new F5 research, they explain why only 2% of organizations are truly AI-ready, how shadow AI and exposed interfaces are expanding risk, and why trust must be designed into the AI lifecycle before autonomy...

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AI is moving into production faster than most security teams can govern it. In this episode, F5’s Shawn Womke and WWT’s Chris Konrad break down why enterprises are unintentionally deploying “naked AI” — systems running without adequate data controls, API protection, or governance. Drawing on new F5 research, they explain why only 2% of organizations are truly AI-ready, how shadow AI and exposed interfaces are expanding risk, and why trust must be designed into the AI lifecycle before autonomy...

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Episodes (20/57)

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

F5 Warns: Enterprises Are Running Naked AI

AI is moving into production faster than most security teams can govern it. In this episode, F5’s Shawn Womke and WWT’s Chris Konrad break down why enterprises are unintentionally deploying “naked AI” — systems running without adequate data controls, API protection, or governance. Drawing on new F5 research, they explain why only 2% of organizations are truly AI-ready, how shadow AI and exposed interfaces are expanding risk, and why trust must be designed into the AI lifecycle before autonomy...

3 days ago

36 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

HPE’s AI Factory Is the New Baseline

HPE's Craig Dillman and WWT's Earl Dodd explain why AI Factories rooted in decades of supercomputing expertise are becoming essential infrastructure for enterprises seeking to operationalize AI at scale, ensure sovereignty and brace for next year's data bottleneck. The AI Proving Ground Podcast leverages the deep AI technical and business expertise from within World Wide Technology's one-of-a-kind AI Proving Ground, which provides unrivaled access to the world's leading AI technologies. This ...

1 week ago

46 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

AI Pilots Are Dead. Now What? Dell Explains.

Rather than chasing GPUs and one-off pilots, Dell's Allen Clingerman and World Wide Technology's Matt Halcomb argue that the winning AI "factories" will be built on use-case clarity, data sovereignty and flexible, end-to-end infrastructure that can keep pace with a fast-moving market. The AI Proving Ground Podcast leverages the deep AI technical and business expertise from within World Wide Technology's one-of-a-kind AI Proving Ground, which provides unrivaled access to the world's leading AI...

1 week ago

52 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

Inside NVIDIA’s AI Factory

NVIDIA's John Gentry and WWT's Derek Elbert outline how AI factories are evolving from isolated GPU clusters into flexible, multi-tiered, distributed systems — and why data strategy, security and ecosystem partnerships now determine whether enterprises can keep pace. The AI Proving Ground Podcast leverages the deep AI technical and business expertise from within World Wide Technology's one-of-a-kind AI Proving Ground, which provides unrivaled access to the world's leading AI technologies. Thi...

1 week ago

42 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

AI Factories: Built or Broken? With Cisco's Nicholas Sagnes

Cisco's Nicolas Sagnes and World Wide Technology's Bob Watson outline why the next generation of AI infrastructure must be engineered as a secure, observable, full-stack system — and why enterprises relying on pilots risk falling behind. The AI Proving Ground Podcast leverages the deep AI technical and business expertise from within World Wide Technology's one-of-a-kind AI Proving Ground, which provides unrivaled access to the world's leading AI technologies. This unique lab environment accel...

1 week ago

45 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

The AI Dev Tool Showdown

Artificial intelligence is reshaping software development faster than any shift in the last decade. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, WWT’s Nate McKie and Andrew Brydon break down how AI coding assistants are transforming engineering teams — from productivity gains and data quality improvements to the emerging risks leaders can’t afford to overlook. They explore which tools actually matter, how to evaluate them without chasing hype, and why agentic AI will redefine the softwar...

2 weeks ago

46 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

Inside the New Energy Arms Race to Power Artificial Intelligence

As enterprises rush to deploy copilots, automation and secure private AI, energy has become the defining constraint. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, visionary leaders including NightDragon's Dave DeWalt, Morgan Stanley's Jeff Holzschuh and Beacon AI Centers' Josh Schertzer unpack the new reality unfolding across the grid. They reveal why power — not land or fiber — is now the first question in every AI strategy, and what executives must do now to de-risk growth, secure their...

3 weeks ago

36 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

NVIDIA Leaders on Building AI Factories and Driving AI Innovation

Artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules of the global economy. Powered by leaps in accelerated computing, digital twins and autonomous systems, a new industrial era is emerging in real time. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, NVIDIA leaders Jay Puri, Charlie Wuischpard and Craig Weinstein break down how the entire AI stack — from the silicon driving breakthroughs to the software shaping intelligent experiences — is redefining how we build, operate and compete. This conve...

3 weeks ago

42 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza and WWT CEO Jim Kavanaugh on the Future of Enterprise AI

In this episode, Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza and WWT Co-Founder and CEO Jim Kavanaugh talk about how executives are turning artificial intelligence into a true competitive multiplier by building intelligent operations that run faster, cheaper and smarter; create predictive customer experiences that earn real loyalty; and accelerate innovation by embedding AI into every workflow. Editor's Note: This special episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast was recorded during WWT's Business Innova...

3 weeks ago

50 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

Microsoft AI Futurist Marco Casalaina on the New Innovation Factory

As software and data take center stage in the modern enterprise, the combination of purposeful artificial intelligence adoption, skilled teams and disciplined processes is becoming a catalyst for transformation. In this episode, WWT CTO Mike Taylor and Microsoft AI Futurist Marco Casalaina provide real-world examples of how organizations are rethinking data foundations and embedding AI into development and operations to unlock new levels of speed, agility and innovation. Editor's Note: This s...

3 weeks ago

15 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

Cisco President Jeetu Patel and WWT CEO Jim Kavanaugh on the Role of AI, Cloud and Cyber in Digital Transformation

In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, WWT Co-founder and CEO Jim Kavanaugh and Cisco President Jeetu Patel break down the real constraints shaping the AI era and explore why platforms will define the next decade of enterprise innovation. They'll also talk about how secure, scalable architectures enable organizations to innovate confidently and compete at AI speed. Editor's Note: This special episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast was recorded during WWT's Business Innovation Sum...

3 weeks ago

45 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

Alert: A Week of AI via WWT's Business Innovation Summit

The AI Proving Ground Podcast team is proud to kick off a weeklong series of daily releases from WWT's Business Innovation Summit — bringing you unfiltered conversations with the visionary leaders shaping the next decade of artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud and enterprise AI strategy. Featuring insights from executives at Cisco, Google Cloud, Microsoft, NVIDIA, NightDragon, Morgan Stanley and more, this series offers urgent, real-time perspective on how AI is transforming the glob...

3 weeks ago

4 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

Building Sovereign, National-Scale AI with Core42’s Edmondo Orlotti

Core42 Chief Growth Officer Edmondo Orlotti dives into how Core42 and G42 are building sovereign, national-scale AI infrastructure and what enterprises can learn as they face their own challenges with data governance, GPU scarcity, fragmented environments and global regulatory pressure. Support for this episode provided by: Thales More about this week's guests: Mike Trojecki is a technology leader with 25+ years of experience spanning security, networking, cloud and AI. A former U.S. Air Forc...

1 month ago

46 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

The CX Shift AI Just Triggered

Customer expectations are shifting faster than most organizations can respond. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, leaders from healthcare, utilities and retail break down how AI is redefining what “good” customer experience looks like — and how their industries are rethinking service models, operational workflows and human touchpoints to keep pace with a new, AI-shaped standard. More about this week's guests: Dr. Eric Quinones is a physician leader committed to the Quintuple Ai...

1 month ago

30 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

From Hype To Habit: Making AI Work At Work

Back by popular demand, this encore episode breaks down how to turn AI hype into real results. Aritificial intelligence shouldn’t add more work—it should make work smarter. Jon Duren and Jay Custard share how to turn AI hype into real results: integrate it into daily workflows, tie pilots to KPIs, manage adoption like a product and design for trust. A playbook for making AI actually work at work. Support for this episode provided by: Digital Realty Learn more about this week's guest: Jay Cust...

1 month ago

57 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

When AI Starts to Act on Its Own, Who’s in Control?

As artificial intelligence moves from prediction to action, a new security frontier is taking shape. In this episode, Zscaler’s Head of AI Innovation Phil Tee and WWT’s VP of Global Cyber Chris Konrad explore the rise of autonomous agents, the evolution of Zero Trust and what it means to secure AI itself. From poisoned prompts to quantum threats, they warn the biggest risk isn’t just deploying AI — it’s trusting it. A sharp, real-world look at how enterprises can protect their future as machi...

1 month ago

42 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

How AI Agents Are Transforming IT Ops

AI agents are moving from hype to the heart of enterprise IT. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, Eric Jones and Ruben Ambrose — two leading AI experts — explore how intelligent, human-guided systems are transforming IT service management, incident response and operational scale to deliver faster resolutions, stronger security and smarter decisions across the enterprise. For more about this week's guests: Ruben Ambrose is a Chief Technology Advisor at World Wide Technology with ...

1 month ago

45 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

Can AI Be Trusted to Run Critical Networks?

Artificial intelligence is firmly in the heart of the world’s most critical infrastructure — the massive networks that keep our digital lives running. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, two of our top trusted advisors to the world’s largest network operators — Dave Clough and Yohannes Tafesse — break down the high-stakes reality of applying AI at scale, the often-overlooked work of preparing data and building trust, and why the lessons emerging from telecom will shape how every...

2 months ago

51 minutes

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

Welcome to The AI Proving Ground Podcast

Welcome to The AI Proving Ground Podcast — where enterprise meets artificial intelligence in action. Each week, industry leaders, technologists and innovators join us to share real-world lessons on scaling AI responsibly, securely and with impact. From strategy to infrastructure to culture, this is where bold ideas meet practical execution — everything AI, all in one place. The AI Proving Ground Podcast leverages the deep AI technical and business expertise from within World Wide Technology's...

2 months ago

1 minute

AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology

The Multi-Cloud Survival Guide

Artificial intelligence has pushed cloud into overdrive. In this episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, two of our top cloud experts — Jack French and Todd Barron — reset the approach and detail why cloud is the launchpad but portability is the strategy; how to start greenfield with containers and abstraction; what a real FinOps model for AI looks like (unit economics, tagging, token/GPU visibility); where neo clouds fit versus hyperscalers; and how to handle cross-cloud risk and skill gap...

2 months ago

39 minutes