Companies are increasingly focusing on balancing tech infrastructure to optimize performance, enhance security and manage costs effectively.

This evolution is reshaping how organizations approach technology refresh cycles, cybersecurity and the deployment of artificial intelligence-enabled hardware, explained Bob Venero (pictured), president and chief executive officer of Future Tech Enterprise Inc.

Future Tech Enterprise’s Bob Venero talks to theCUBE about tech infrastructure optimization.

“We’re very bullish on refresh for companies. Because it really ties to technical data in an organization and not just at the PC side, but at the server and infrastructure side as well,” he said. “Companies sometimes start to lose the vision of what that technical debt means to them and how it impacts their environment and how it impacts them from a competitive standpoint when other companies are refreshing.”

Venero spoke with theCUBE Research’s John Furrier and Savannah Peterson at Dell Technologies World, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. They discussed the critical importance of regular tech refresh cycles, the strategic balance between cloud and on-premises solutions and the transformative potential of AI in business operations. (* Disclosure below.)

Strategies for tech infrastructure optimization

While the cloud offers numerous advantages, relying solely on cloud solutions poses potential security risks and cost inefficiencies. Instead, a hybrid approach is advocated, leveraging the strengths of both cloud and on-premises environments, according to Venero.

“The cloud is there for a reason. It’s not going anywhere. You just need to be smart about what you put up there. I think on-prem is important. There will be a big event that happens. I guarantee it,” he said. “Something big is going to go down and the companies that are all cloud are not going to be able to work. Where Dell supports the hybrid cloud environment to push certain workloads up there and other stuff on-prem, I think it’s going to be key to customers.”

AI’s role in business has the potential to transform various aspects of operations. Companies must implement AI securely and effectively, tailoring solutions to specific business needs and outcomes, according to Venero.

“There needs to be guardrails associated with AI. Those guardrails other bad actors don’t have. So you really need to start to look at what are the things we can do to protect ourselves from an AI perspective and a company,” he said. “I think security is the most important piece out of the gate and then making sure you have the right hardware to be able to do the AI. Because if you don’t, then you’re going to struggle and you’re going to think, ‘Well, AI’s not good for me.’ It’s really about the business outcomes.”

Here’s the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE’s and theCUBE Research’s coverage of Dell Technologies World:

(* Disclosure: Future Tech Enterprise Inc. sponsored this segment of theCUBE. Neither Future Tech Enterprise nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)

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