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Right Workload | Right Platform
The Era of Intelligent Infrastructure
Exploring the Platform of the Future and how it helps align technology with your organisation's strategic goals.
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Right Workload | Right Platform
The Era of Intelligent Infrastructure
With the cloud boom behind us, the challenge now isn’t about adoption; it's about control and value extraction. Every IT leader is being pushed to deliver innovation at a pace that enables the organisation to outperform the competition. The challenge is unlocking this whilst meeting three competing priorities.
• Operational Simplicity
• Security Everywhere
• Economic Discipline
With Gartner suggesting that 45% of CIOs are driving a shift to co-ownership of digital leadership, the need to balance the demands of technical or transformational innovation (CIO/CTO) with operational stability (COO) and financial sustainability (CFO) is critical. This is where the Hybrid Infrastructure discussion becomes strategic. It offers a way to reconcile innovation, control, and resilience within one unified operating model.
Six Key Trends impacting decision makers between 2026 & 2030
Repatriation of 15% <> 20% of workloads
40% of enterprise AI inference moving outside hyperscale
Cloud Transformation for critical business functions
GPUs, DPUs, CXL fabrics redefining architectures
Complexity, skills gaps, and spiralling cost visibility
The rise of Unified Digital Cost Management
SPEAKERS
Rob Sims
Chief Technologist - Hybrid Platforms at CDW UK
Christian Williams
Hybrid Cloud Specialist
at CDW UK
at CDW UK
Steve Jackson
Solution Sales Specialist - Manchester
James Ford
Solution Sales Specialist -
London
London
In 2026, the most successful leaders won’t be those who pick a single cloud or platform; they will be the ones who can align cross-functional priorities through infrastructure intelligence, delivering:
• AI for insights and decision making
• FinOps and GreenOps as shared CFO/CTO metrics
• Automation and AIOps as COO enablers
• Data protection and sovereignty as a unifying language across all three
The CDW Platform of the Future model is designed to bring these competing challenges and market trends into sharp focus and help define an actionable roadmap. We believe the future is Hybrid, and our Right Workload | Right Platform approach allows us to provide a truly independent viewpoint.
• AI for insights and decision making
• FinOps and GreenOps as shared CFO/CTO metrics
• Automation and AIOps as COO enablers
• Data protection and sovereignty as a unifying language across all three
The CDW Platform of the Future model is designed to bring these competing challenges and market trends into sharp focus and help define an actionable roadmap. We believe the future is Hybrid, and our Right Workload | Right Platform approach allows us to provide a truly independent viewpoint.
During this event, we will explore the Platform of the Future and how it helps align technology with your wider organisation's strategic goals.
We look forward to hosting you at our offices and facilitating an engaging, collaborative session to drive the future of your organisation.
Rob Sims, Chief Technologist, CDW UK
AGENDA
3:00 PM
Join CDW for an executive briefing exploring how organisations are adapting their infrastructure strategies to balance innovation, control, and resilience in a rapidly changing technology landscape.
The session will cover:
Hybrid Cloud Market Trends
An overview of the key trends and demands shaping hybrid cloud decisions, based on CDW’s experience across hundreds of customer engagements, platform deployments, and partner collaborations.
Platform of the Future
An introduction to CDW’s Platform of the Future approach — designed to help organisations evolve their cloud strategy in line with business objectives, operational requirements, and changing market demands.
Customer Transformation Stories
Real-world examples of how CDW has helped organisations respond to industry changes and challenges, including platform migrations, public cloud acceleration and optimisation, disaster recovery strategies, and managed services support.
Right Workload, Right Platform
Learn how CDW helps organisations determine the most effective and cost-efficient placement for workloads across hybrid IT environments.
Open Discussion
A guided discussion focused on your organisation’s challenges and priorities, with the opportunity to share experiences and ask questions in a collaborative environment.
CDW – Your Transformation Partner of Choice
How CDW supports organisations in delivering successful transformation outcomes through strategy, delivery, and ongoing support.
The session will cover:
Hybrid Cloud Market Trends
An overview of the key trends and demands shaping hybrid cloud decisions, based on CDW’s experience across hundreds of customer engagements, platform deployments, and partner collaborations.
Platform of the Future
An introduction to CDW’s Platform of the Future approach — designed to help organisations evolve their cloud strategy in line with business objectives, operational requirements, and changing market demands.
Customer Transformation Stories
Real-world examples of how CDW has helped organisations respond to industry changes and challenges, including platform migrations, public cloud acceleration and optimisation, disaster recovery strategies, and managed services support.
Right Workload, Right Platform
Learn how CDW helps organisations determine the most effective and cost-efficient placement for workloads across hybrid IT environments.
Open Discussion
A guided discussion focused on your organisation’s challenges and priorities, with the opportunity to share experiences and ask questions in a collaborative environment.
CDW – Your Transformation Partner of Choice
How CDW supports organisations in delivering successful transformation outcomes through strategy, delivery, and ongoing support.
5:00 PM
Networking Drinks
Join us after the session for informal networking drinks at a local venue near the CDW office.
Join us after the session for informal networking drinks at a local venue near the CDW office.
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