The 2024 State of AI Infrastructure Report: Insights and Strategies for IT Leaders
About This Webcast
Join Jason Carolan, Chief Innovation Officer, and Ryan Mallory, Chief Operating Officer at Flexential, as they unpack findings from the 2024 State of AI Infrastructure Report. In this webinar, they’ll explore how the rapid expansion of AI technologies is pressuring existing enterprise IT infrastructures and discuss strategic solutions for businesses to stay competitive in the AI-driven landscape. Key takeaways: Understanding infrastructure limits: Learn the challenges current cloud deployments and on-premises data centers face with high-density AI workloads and latency-sensitive applications. Strategies for AI deployment: Discover how deploying AI workloads to third-party colocation data centers can reduce latency and enhance performance. Actionable upgrade plans: Gain insights into how IT leaders are adapting their infrastructure to meet the demands of generative AI and other intensive AI technologies. Leveraging expertise: Explore how to utilize third-party expertise to strategically enhance your organization's AI infrastructure, aligning it more closely with your AI ambitions.
Speakers
Jason Carolan
Chief Innovation Officer , Flexential
Jason leads a team focused on defining, assessing and providing direction on the changing technology landscape—responsible for developing insights on what’s next on the horizon to further position the company as a hybrid IT and data center leader.
Ryan Mallory
COO , Flexential
Ryan drives operational excellence and performance optimization for the colocation and interconnection portfolio at Flexential including data center and network operations, product management, design, construction, engineering and facilities management. Ryan joined Flexential in 2020 after nearly a decade at Equinix and hasmore than 20 years of experiencebuilding high-performing technical teams for global, hyper-growth technology companies,includingUUNET, SAVVIS, Digital Realty, and XO Communications. Ryan understands hybrid IT solutions at all scale levels and has strong DNA on interconnection and edge applications which is a differentiator for Flexential. It’s FlexAnywhereTM Network of 40 data centers and an industry-leading 100GB network backbone provides secure, low latency connections for thousands of customers worldwide. Most recently, Ryan was SVP of Global Solutions Enablement for Equinix, working hand-in-hand with the global sales, network platform, software and operations teams. Prior, Ryan worked at Digital Realty in sales and operations. Ryan received a bachelor’s degree in International Business from University of Phoenix.