Redefining IT Operations: Automation, Agility, and Edge Readiness 290126 - GDS Group

Redefining IT Operations: Automation, Agility, and Edge Readiness

ROUNDTABLE
29 January 2026 11:30 am - 1:00 pm EST
IN PARTNERSHIP
Wind River

How can enterprises modernize infrastructure across private, hybrid, and edge environments to balance resilience, performance, and cost efficiency while preparing for the next wave of workloads?.

Enterprise IT leaders are under growing pressure to modernize infrastructure strategies as cloud adoption accelerates and business demands intensify. Traditional approaches are being tested by rising costs, rigid licensing structures, and the ever-present risk of vendor lock-in. At the same time, workloads are increasingly distributed across private, hybrid, and edge environments—introducing both new opportunities for performance gains and new layers of operational complexity. How can enterprises navigate these challenges to build a resilient, future-ready infrastructure?

As enterprises weigh these challenges, the ability to align infrastructure decisions with business goals becomes critical. Organizations are seeking models that deliver resilience and agility without sacrificing cost control or compliance. Private cloud continues to offer predictability and control, while open and edge-enabled approaches provide flexibility and innovation. Striking the right balance among these environments is no longer optional—it is central to sustaining competitiveness and meeting customer expectations.

This roundtable will bring together senior IT leaders to share how they are modernizing infrastructure strategies across private, hybrid, and edge environments. The discussion will highlight real-world approaches for ensuring reliability, reducing cost, and preparing for future workloads—all while keeping performance and agility at the core.

Apply to attend

Event host

Warren Bayek

Vice President of Intelligent Edge
Warren Bayek is Vice President of Intelligent Edge at Wind River, where he leads the global strategy for Wind find out more
Wind River

About Wind River

Find out more

Discussion topics

Overcoming cost, complexity, and vendor lock-in while modernizing infrastructure.

Optimizing performance and agility across private, hybrid, and edge environments.

Preparing infrastructure for future workloads, from AI/ML to automation.

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 tech companies pushing the boundaries to solve your challenges.

"Very engaging on the right topics and with the right people, I very much look forward to (attending more) in the future"
Alex Boehme, CTO, H&M Group
"Since the session I did have several of the attendees reach out to me. We were able to grow our networks, connect together, share experiences, and I look forward to continuing those dialogs into the future"
Jeffrey Johnson, Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Security Officer, Siemens Health Affairs for North America
"A great mixture of good topics, great technology, very engaging and having some leading experts in the field being there"
Dr Brian Letort, Fellow & Chief Enterprise Architect, Northrop Grumman
"It's not a business of selling, it's a business of sharing. And so GDS helps create the environment to share with trust."
David Kidder, CEO & Co-Founder, Bionic
"The roundtables were really valuable sessions."
Mike Welna, Senior Information Security Director, Boys Town
"I made quite a few contacts that will be beneficial to me."
Margaret Bond, Director of Cyber Security, Numotion
"This is not your typical zoom. This is a lot more innovative. The look and feel is far more advanced than what I've seen before. "
Marty Sprinzen, Founder & CEO, Vantiq

Digital event benefits

Solve key challenges and ensure relevant discussions connect with outcomes efficiently and at pace.

Meet

Access to industry leading like-minded executives tackling similar initiatives

Discover

Collaborate and network to gain expertise and experience on how to best act and succeed

Accelerate

In-depth face time with the world’s leading tech companies pushing the boundaries to solve your challenges

Apply to attend

Meet with fellow industry leaders and solve today’s greatest business challenges.

Thank you for your interest. One of the team will be in touch soon.

Frequently asked questions

What is a Digital Roundtable?
How can I participate in a GDS event experience?
Who attends GDS event experiences?
Which event experience is right for me?
Can I sponsor a GDS event experience?