Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

The Future of Strategic Data, Security, and AI

5:30 PM - 8:00 PM ET | Washington, D.C.

Event Overview

As organizations generate and store more data than ever before, strategic data management has become critical to maintaining security, compliance, and operational efficiency. AI-driven innovations are accelerating the need for scalable storage solutions while introducing new challenges in governance, privacy, and performance. With organizations navigating complex regulatory landscapes and cloud rationalization efforts, leaders must rethink their approach to data architecture, ensuring resilience, cost-effectiveness, and zero-trust security frameworks.

Join industry leaders and security experts as they explore how organizations can adapt their data strategies to keep pace with evolving AI demands. This discussion will delve into key customer challenges, innovative storage density solutions, and the role of hyperscaler partnerships in reshaping the future of enterprise data management.

DISCUSSION POINTS

How organizations can balance AI-driven data expansion with secure and efficient storage solutions.
The impact of zero-trust architectures on data security and compliance in AI-driven environments.
Strategies for cloud rationalization and how organizations are navigating repatriation vs. cloud-first approaches.
Best practices for data governance and regulatory compliance in an evolving global landscape.
Insights into hyperscaler partnerships and their role in redefining enterprise data strategy.

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Moderator

Sean D. Mack

Consulting Editor, CISO,

CyberEdBoard

ISMG

Charles Giancarlo

Chairman and CEO

Pure Storage

Speakers

In this roundtable join Charles Giancarlo, Chairman and CEO of event sponsor Pure Storage to discuss key customer challenges, innovative storage density solutions, and the role of hyperscaler partnerships in reshaping the future of enterprise data management.

This session will be:

Chatham house rule
Peer driven
Pitch free

Subject matter expert

Charles Giancarlo

Chairman and CEO

Pure Storage

Charles Giancarlo is Chairman and CEO of Pure
Storage. He has a three-decade track record of driving
growth and innovation at leading global technology
Companies.

Before joining Pure, Charlie served as Senior Advisor at
Silver Lake Partners until 2015, and previously,
Managing Director and Head of Value Creation. In these
capacities, he focused on investment opportunities and
business improvements across Silver Lake’s portfolio
companies. Among other activities, he was a leader in
Silver Lake’s acquisition and management of Skype.

Prior to Silver Lake, Charlie served in expanding senior executive roles at Cisco Systems,
including Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer. During his 14 years at Cisco, Charlie was a leader of Cisco’s multi-product, multi-market growth, driving entry into new
markets, including Ethernet switching, WiFi, IP Telephony, and TelePresence.

He currently serves on the boards of Arista Networks and Zscaler, is a Trustee of Brown
University, and an advisor to the UC Berkeley School of Engineering. He is a former board
member of Accenture, Avaya, Imperva, Netflix, and ServiceNow.

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Venue

Annabelle Restaurant

2132 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC 20008

Underwritten by

Pure is redefining the storage experience and empowering innovators by simplifying how people consume and interact with data.
Pure Storage delivers a cloud experience that empowers every organization to get the most from their data while reducing the complexity and expense of managing the infrastructure behind it. Pure Storage believes it can make a significant impacting reducing data center emissions worldwide through its environmental sustainability efforts, including designing a platform that enables customers to reduce their carbon and energy footprint.

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