AI Proving Ground Podcast: Exploring Artificial Intelligence & Enterprise AI with World Wide Technology
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AI deployment and adoption is complex — this podcast makes it actionable. Join top experts, IT leaders and innovators as we explore AI’s toughest challenges, uncover real-world case studies, and reveal practical insights that drive AI ROI. From strategy to execution, we break down what works (and what doesn’t) in enterprise AI. New episodes every week.
Episodes
- Mythos And The Disappearing Patch Window
Rob Joyce and Kent Noyes discuss the impact of AI on cybersecurity, noting how vulnerabilities are discovered and exploited faster than patching occurs. They examine Anthropic's Mythos as a wake-up call and explore defenses like zero trust…
- AI Can Move Trillions. You Won’t Let It Send an Email.
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast discusses why trust is a bottleneck for enterprise AI adoption, even though AI can handle massive financial transactions. Erik Anderson explains how agentic AI reshapes work and the tension lea…
- Your Customer Data Has No Owner
Ralph Jovine and Chris Douglas discuss the challenges of personalization efforts, focusing on issues such as unclear data ownership and inconsistent governance. They explore what is required for effective and scalable personalization, emph…
- Your AI Looks Smart. Your Data Disagrees.
Paul Bruffett, VP of Data and Analytics at Jack in the Box, and Dan Moristro of WWT discuss why enterprise AI often fails due to inconsistent data, not models. They explore how treating data as a product and building consistency can improv…
- From AI Demo to Production Systems You Can Trust
This episode, recorded at NVIDIA GTC 2026, features Ragu Chakravarthi and Kraig Ecker discussing the transition of AI from pilot programs to production systems. They cover topics such as sovereign AI, data and operations control, and the i…
- AI Is Writing Code Faster Than You Can Review It
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, recorded live at NVIDIA GTC with Nate McKie, discusses the challenges and changes required when AI writes code faster than it can be reviewed. The conversation covers AI-native engineering, ag…
- Before You Scale AI, Fix Your Data
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast, recorded live at NVIDIA GTC, features NetApp’s Tore Sundelin and WWT’s Derek Elbert. They discuss how data quality and management are crucial for successful enterprise AI implementation, espec…
- AI Speed Starts in the Data Center
This episode features Schneider Electric CTO Jim Simonelli and WWT’s Chris Campbell, who discuss the infrastructure realities of enterprise AI, including power, cooling, and data center design. They explore how these factors impact the spe…
- AI Doesn’t Break Where You Think: How Storage and Data Readiness Now Decide AI Success
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast discusses how storage and data readiness are critical for successful AI implementation in enterprise environments. It covers challenges such as data access, system performance, security, and go…
- Agentic AI at Scale: How to Build Without Losing Control
This episode, recorded live at NVIDIA GTC, discusses the practicalities of scaling agentic AI without losing control, focusing on production challenges, cost, and security. Guests include Kevin Wollenweber of Cisco, Kevin Deierling of NVID…
- The Best AI Is the Kind You Don’t Notice (How IHG Is Scaling AI That Actually Works)
Jolie Fleming, IHG Chief Product and Technology Officer, shares insights into scaling AI within the hotel industry. She explains how IHG implements AI to enhance employee effectiveness and streamline operations across various functions.
- OpenClaw, Inference, AI Factories: What We Learned at NVIDIA GTC 2026
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast features WWT Chief AI Advisor Tim Brooks discussing key takeaways from NVIDIA GTC 2026. Brooks highlights the industry's shift toward managing inference, agents, and infrastructure at scale, dr…
- Why Private AI Is Winning in the Enterprise
This episode explores why private AI is gaining momentum as an enterprise AI strategy. It discusses how AI workloads are moving into production and examines the balance of performance, cost, and control in hybrid AI infrastructure.
- The CEO's Job in the AI Era: Accelerating Idea to Outcome (I2O)
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast features WWT Co-Founder and CEO Jim Kavanaugh. He discusses the role of leadership in the age of AI, focusing on how organizations can learn, adapt, and change quickly.
- Compressing Idea to Outcome (I2O): WWT Co-Founder and CEO Jim Kavanaugh on Why AI Coding Assistants Could Reshape the Enterprise
Jim Kavanaugh, Co-Founder and CEO of WWT, discusses how AI coding assistants could reshape the enterprise. He highlights the need for companies to rethink leadership, data strategy, and workforce skills to compete in an AI-native world.
- AI Moves Fast. So Do Breaches. Now What?
This episode discusses how AI impacts cybersecurity, leading to new vulnerabilities like prompt injection and expanded attack surfaces. Experts from Fortinet and WWT explain practical security measures, including identity and access manage…
- The Hidden Cost of Bad AI Prompts (And How to Fix Them)
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast discusses the significant costs associated with poorly written AI prompts, such as wasted compute resources and decreased return on investment. It emphasizes the importance of AI literacy and i…
- AI Isn’t a Pilot Anymore: How Cox Scaled It
Matt Shorts from Cox Communications and Greg Schoeny from WWT discuss Cox's journey of scaling AI from pilot programs into a production environment across their customer-facing network. The episode focuses on the challenges and strategies…
- Why Observability Has Become the Control Plane for Enterprise AI
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast features WWT
- The Shift from AI Pilots to AI Infrastructure
This episode discusses the critical role of compute infrastructure in moving AI from experimentation to production. Guests Neil Anderson, Chris Marriott, and Daniel McGinniss explore how organizations are re-evaluating AI deployment, secur…
- The Network Is Becoming the Real Unit of AI Performance
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast features Justin van Schaik, Dave Jansen, and Taylor Allison discussing how the network fabric impacts AI performance, security, and value. They explain that as AI systems grow, their success de…
- Why Production AI Exposes Security Gaps Organizations Can't Ignore
The AI Proving Ground Podcast discusses how enterprises transitioning AI to production are exposing significant security vulnerabilities. Experts Istvan Berko, DJ Sampath, and Ofir Arkin explain that as AI becomes critical infrastructure,…
- Why the AI Factory Is Becoming the Enterprise's Next Critical Infrastructure
Neil Anderson (WWT), Kevin Wollenweber (Cisco), and Chris Marriott (NVIDIA) discuss the Secure AI Factory, an architecture for enterprises aiming to bridge the gap between AI experimentation and tangible business results. This infrastructu…
- Is Security Now a Prerequisite for AI Adoption? Inside Cisco's Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA
The AI Proving Ground Podcast discusses the move from chatbots to agents, emphasizing the need for secure, governable, and cost-aware AI systems. Cisco
- Why Ally’s AI Actually Stuck
Ally Financial achieved significant AI adoption by prioritizing leadership and culture, positioning AI as a tool to augment employee capabilities rather than replace them. This episode explores their successful strategy, emphasizing the im…
- The Ferrari Problem in AI | Intel
Lynn Comp and Mike Trojecki of Intel and WWT explain why enterprise AI infrastructure requires more than just GPUs, highlighting the need for disciplined architecture that considers power, cost, governance, and scale. They emphasize that a…
- Why Enterprise AI Keeps Stalling
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast discusses why enterprise AI often stalls, attributing it to data, security, and organizational challenges rather than model quality. Hosts Chris Campbell and Jason Campagna explain what enterpr…
- Who Owns AI When It Breaks? | NightDragon
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast features Dave DeWalt and Kate Kuehn discussing the accountability of AI systems when they fail. They explore the shifting landscape of ownership and responsibility at the enterprise level, emph…
- When AI Changes the Rules of Cybersecurity
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast discusses how AI is accelerating cyber risk by collapsing timelines for reconnaissance, phishing, and exploitation. Nation-state cyber activity has shifted, and leaders must understand how agen…
- Google Cloud’s New Math for AI
Francis deSouza, COO of Google Cloud, explains how enterprise AI has evolved, moving from numerous small pilot projects to a concentrated strategy focusing on high-impact AI use cases that deliver ROI. He highlights the importance of data…
- Can Legal Teams Keep Up with AI Advancements?
Legal teams face challenges keeping up with AI advancements. This episode features legal experts discussing how enterprise AI impacts the legal function, covering risks, regulations, and the importance of early legal involvement for respon…
- F5 Warns: Enterprises Are Running Naked AI
F5 warns that enterprises are deploying "naked AI" without adequate security, controls, or governance, leading to an exploding attack surface. Research shows few organizations are truly AI-ready, and security must be designed into the AI l…
- HPE’s AI Factory Is the New Baseline
This episode discusses how HPE’s AI Factory enables enterprises to transition from AI experimentation to production by creating a governed, repeatable system. It highlights the importance of industrializing AI for future success and warns…
- AI Pilots Are Dead. Now What? Dell Explains.
This episode discusses the shift from AI pilots to "AI factories" for enterprise AI, emphasizing data, strategy, and execution. Experts from Dell and World Wide Technology explain how Dell's AI Data Platform offers an operating model for p…
- Inside NVIDIA’s AI Factory
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast features John Gentry from NVIDIA and Derek Elbert from World Wide Technology discussing the importance of AI factories for enterprise AI. They explain how these factories integrate various comp…
- AI Factories: Built or Broken? With Cisco's Nicholas Sagnes
Cisco's Nicolas Sagnes and Bob Watson explain that next-generation AI infrastructure requires a secure, observable, full-stack system. Enterprises using only pilot programs risk falling behind, according to the AI Proving Ground Podcast.
- The AI Dev Tool Showdown
Nate McKie and Andrew Brydon discuss how AI and AI coding assistants are transforming enterprise software development. They cover real productivity gains, data quality improvements, and risks, emphasizing that while strong engineering fund…
- Inside the New Energy Arms Race to Power Artificial Intelligence
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast features leaders discussing energy as the primary constraint for AI deployment. They explain why power is now central to AI strategy and advise executives on de-risking growth and securing oper…
- NVIDIA Leaders on Building AI Factories and Driving AI Innovation
NVIDIA leaders Jay Puri, Charlie Wuischpard, and Craig Weinstein discuss the impact of AI and accelerated computing on the global economy. They explain how the AI stack is redefining business operations and competitiveness, offering insigh…
- Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza and WWT CEO Jim Kavanaugh on the Future of Enterprise AI
Google Cloud COO Francis deSouza and WWT CEO Jim Kavanaugh discuss how businesses leverage AI to enhance operations, create predictive customer experiences, and drive innovation. This episode was recorded at WWT's Business Innovation Summi…
- Microsoft AI Futurist Marco Casalaina on the New Innovation Factory
WWT CTO Mike Taylor and Microsoft AI Futurist Marco Casalaina discuss the role of AI adoption, skilled teams, and processes in driving enterprise transformation. They share examples of organizations embedding AI into development and operat…
- Cisco President Jeetu Patel and WWT CEO Jim Kavanaugh on the Role of AI, Cloud and Cyber in Digital Transformation
In this episode recorded at WWT's Business Innovation Summit, Cisco President Jeetu Patel and WWT CEO Jim Kavanaugh discuss the constraints of the AI era and the importance of platforms for enterprise innovation. They also cover how secure…
- Alert: A Week of AI via WWT's Business Innovation Summit
This series features unfiltered conversations with leaders from WWT's Business Innovation Summit, discussing AI, cybersecurity, cloud, and enterprise AI strategy. Insights from executives at major tech companies offer perspectives on AI's…
- The CX Shift AI Just Triggered
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast features leaders from healthcare, utilities, and retail discussing how AI is redefining customer experience. They explore how their industries are adapting service models, operational workflows…
- From Hype To Habit: Making AI Work At Work
This episode explains how to make AI work at work by integrating it into daily workflows, linking pilots to KPIs, managing adoption, and designing for trust. Jon Duren and Jay Custard share strategies for turning AI hype into tangible resu…
- When AI Starts to Act on Its Own, Who’s in Control?
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast features Phil Tee and Chris Konrad discussing the security implications of artificial intelligence taking action. They cover autonomous agents, Zero Trust, and the risks of trusting AI, from pr…
- How AI Agents Are Transforming IT Ops
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast features experts Eric Jones and Ruben Ambrose discussing the transformation of IT operations by AI agents. They explore how these intelligent systems are improving IT service management, incide…
- Can AI Be Trusted to Run Critical Networks?
This episode of the AI Proving Ground Podcast features Dave Clough and Yohannes Tafesse discussing the application of AI in critical networks. They cover the challenges of preparing data, building trust, and how lessons learned in the tele…
- Welcome to The AI Proving Ground Podcast
The AI Proving Ground Podcast features industry leaders discussing practical applications and lessons learned in scaling enterprise AI responsibly. It utilizes World Wide Technology's AI Proving Ground lab for testing and implementing AI s…
- The Multi-Cloud Survival Guide
In the latest AI Proving Ground Podcast episode, cloud experts Jack French and Todd Barron explore multi-cloud strategies for AI, covering topics like portability, containerization, FinOps models, neo clouds versus hyperscalers, cross-clou…