At last year’s NVIDIA GTC event, the conversation around artificial intelligence still seemed largely theoretical or aspirational, at least at the enterprise level. However, with NVIDIA GTC 2026, that trend has changed. Enterprise IT leaders who have deployed use cases across their organizations are now looking to scale up. And, as NVIDIA President and CEO Jensen Huang said, they are learning that AI can not only reduce costs but also generate revenue. So the question is: How does your organization quantify the successful ROI of AI initiatives?
IT and business leaders from technology companies including CDW, Hitachi Vantara, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, Lenovo, Schneider Electric, and VAST Data shared their thoughts on where companies are going with AI. Many of these companies are offering new services designed to simplify processes for their customers, pursuing the same goal: a simplified path to delivering value from the promise of AI.
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participants
Kevin Kaiser, CDW, Senior Director, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies Practice
Jim Simonelli, Senior Vice President and CTO, Secure Power, Schneider Electric
Octavian Tanase, Chief Product Officer, Hitachi Ventara
Sam Werner, General Manager, IBM Storage
Robert Daigle, Lenovo Global AI Business Director
Dale Brown, Head of Global Growth, AI Solutions Sales, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Phil Manez, VP of GTM Execution, VAST Data
