Building the AI-Ready Enterprise

Modernising core systems for quality, resilience and scale

 

AI is rapidly moving from experimentation to expectation, with 95% of organisations already using AI, according to IT services provider Kyndryl. Yet for many organisations, the ability to realise real value from AI is constrained by the state of their underlying IT infrastructure. Legacy platforms, tightly coupled architectures and fragile operating models introduce risk, limit scalability and slow innovation, particularly in always-on, regulated environments.

 

IT modernisation is the essential foundation for AI readiness. However, the challenge for senior IT and business operations leaders is how to transform core IT and network infrastructure, data platforms and operating models so that they remain resilient and secure, while creating the flexibility needed to integrate and scale AI capabilities.

 

Theoretical knowledge and pilots can only take organisations so far: there is a need for deep understanding of how to make real-world decisions, how to weigh up inevitable trade-offs, and how to build the governance models required to modernise at pace in mission-critical environments.  At the same time, change must be managed in such a way that employees are not alienated: some 45% of CEOs recognise that most employees are resistant to AI: persuading them of AI’s benefits to individual workers as well as to the organisation will be essential.

 

In this roundtable, we will explore how organisations can adapt complex IT estates in a pragmatic, controlled way to support AI adoption, without jeopardising up-time, security, compliance, employee morale or operational stability.

 

Join us to network with your peers and share your insights into how modernisation can drive business growth, unlocking AI’s value without disrupting the organisation’s core services. This is an exclusive event and seat numbers are very limited, so apply for your place now.

 

What we will discuss

 

During the meeting, we will focus on topics such as:

• How can technology leaders modernise mission-critical environments without disruption?
• What are the main constraints caused by legacy IT, and how can they be overcome?
• How best can workers who are cynical or worried by the implications of AI be managed?
• What is the role of governance, control and operating models in scaling AI safely?
• What are the best ways of balancing resilience, security and data sovereignty while enabling innovation?
• How can modernisation initiatives be translated into measurable business outcomes and positive ROI?

Who is invited?

 

This discussion over dinner is designed for senior IT and operations professionals such as CIOs, COOs and heads of digital who wish to discuss IT modernisation as a path to effective AI. Delegates will be employed in large organisations across financial services, retail and media/entertainment.

 

Be one of 12 senior technology decision makers attending this event at the House of Lords in central London. For any enquiries, please contact Mergim Begolli on 020 8349 6458 or email m.begolli@business-reporter.co.uk.

 

The sponsored dinner is brought to you by Kyndryl and is only for senior executives, as mentioned above. Registrations of junior professionals, consultants, solution providers or other sellers to this market won’t be accepted. To be eligible, you must be employed by a corporate legal entity such as a private company; if you are a sole trader or in a partnership other than a legally incorporated partnership, we will be unable to offer you a place.

 

This event is free of charge to attend.

 

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