A strategic trifecta: balancing cost optimization, revenue growth, and technological transformation - October 7 - GDS Group

A strategic trifecta: balancing cost optimization, revenue growth, and technological transformation

IN-PERSON EVENT
7 October 2025, Austin 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm CST
In partnership

Dinner Location: Truluck

In an era where CEOs face unprecedented pressure to simultaneously drive growth, optimize costs, and navigate technological disruption, finding the right balance has never been more critical - or more complex. Join us for an intimate, executive dinner discussion where we'll explore how leading organizations are leveraging Generative AI to create a strategic advantage across all three imperatives. Through real-world examples and peer-to-peer dialogue, we'll examine how companies are using GenAI to unlock operational efficiencies while simultaneously discovering new revenue streams and business models. AWS leaders will share insights on avoiding the common pitfall of treating GenAI as merely a cost-cutting tool, and instead demonstrate how a balanced portfolio approach can drive both immediate results and long-term transformation. Whether you're in the early stages of your GenAI journey or already seeing results, this evening promises actionable insights on orchestrating what we call the "Strategic Trifecta" - the delicate balance of cost optimization, revenue growth, and technological transformation that defines today's market leaders.

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Discussion topics

Understanding why substantial technology investments often fail to deliver transformative business outcomes and how to realign innovation strategies for maximum impact.

Creating frameworks that shift organizational thinking from technology-first approaches to outcome-driven innovation that reshapes industry dynamics.

Building practical roadmaps that enable organizations to move beyond technological experimentation to achieve genuine business transformation.

Event Agenda

Day one

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Arrivals, welcome drinks, and networking

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Event welcome and introductions

7:30 pm - 9:15 pm

7:30 pm - 9:15 pm

Table discussions and three-course dinner

9:15 pm - 9:30 pm

9:15 pm - 9:30 pm

Event Wrap Up

Why Attend

Closed door, tailored conversations to benchmark, share and get better equipped to solve complex transformation projects.

Experience shared learning

Meet industry leading like-minded executives tackling similar initiatives.

Benchmark with your industry peers

Discover and network to gain expertise and experience on how to best act and succeed.

Accelerate your projects

Accelerate In-depth face time with the world’s leading organizations pushing the boundaries to solve your challenges.

An engaged experience

An expert host facilitates conversations, with live polling, Q&As, and gamification to ensure focused conversation.

Discover next-level ideas

Ensure project success with access to industry experts and cutting edge thought leadership.

De-risk new projects

Gain a range of insights from peers and technical experts who are current with emerging business trends.

About AWS

For over 15 years, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud offering. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any cloud workload, and it now has more than 200 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), media, and application development, deployment, and management from 84 Availability Zones within 26 geographic regions, with announced plans for 24 more Availability Zones and eight more AWS Regions in Australia, Canada, India, Israel, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Arab Emirates. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs.

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