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What happens when only 30% of your data fuels decisions and the rest sits idle? We dig into the shift from traditional storage to intelligent data infrastructure and reveal how that change powers AI, real-time insights, and rock-solid resilience across industries. Cesar Cernuda President of NetApp walks us through exabyte-scale growth, why outcome-driven design beats tool-first thinking, and how to prepare data so AI actually delivers measurable impact.

The sports arena offers the clearest stress test. From the NFL’s international push to a historic regular-season game in Madrid, we break down what it takes to deliver a flawless fan experience: seamless ticketing, instant replays, and real-time stats that don’t stutter under peak demand. Behind the scenes, teams analyze player workload and strategy with the same rigor financial institutions apply to transactions and healthcare providers bring to critical care. The common thread is a platform that moves data quickly, protects it continuously, and scales without drama.

Security now sits at the center. If data is the new gold, then ransomware is the modern bank heist. We unpack practical defenses: immutable backups, anomaly detection, automated responses, and policy-driven controls that travel with your data across hybrid and multicloud. Then we get tactical about AI readiness. Don’t haul data to AI and hope. Prepare data for AI with clear lineage, smart placement across clouds, and governed access that enables rapid experimentation. Cap it off with a leadership playbook: define near-term outcomes, run tight measurement loops, and invest in a platform that won’t crumble when milliseconds matter.

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