The Sovereign Disruption: Why AI Requires a New Approach to IT Architecture
SUSECON 2026
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20m
Techstrong Group's Alan Shimel sits down with Dell Technologies' EMEA CTO Marc O'Regan live from SUSECON in Prague to untangle the real reasons why 95% of AI pilots fail. The two explore the staggering disruption sweeping the IT landscape as organizations desperately balance legacy IT infrastructure with the massive power constraints, cooling demands, and urgent data sovereignty requirements needed to fuel modern AI. O'Regan stresses that instead of treating AI as just another bolt-on capability, companies must completely redesign their technological plumbing to secure, govern, and leverage their data effectively.
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