Fast, Smart, Secure: Rethinking Network Infrastructure for the AI Era
Date: Tuesday, September 15 at 11 am PT / 2 pm ET
A candid conversation for IT leaders caught between the pressure to move fast on AI and the responsibility to keep the network locked down.
IT leaders are feeling the squeeze: Board members are pushing for accelerated AI adoption while the security teams are asking hard questions your current network wasn't designed to answer. AI workloads expose gaps that traditional infrastructure was never built to handle — new traffic patterns, new attack surfaces, and new demands on visibility that legacy architectures simply weren't designed for.
Join Insight and Cisco for a 45-minute virtual roundtable that tackles this tension head-on.
Marcus Moffett, vice president of solutions engineering and architecture at Cisco, and Juan Orlandini, chief technology officer at Insight, will explore how IT leaders can simplify operations, improve visibility, support distributed environments, and align network modernization efforts to broader business and transformation goals — without slowing down the business or opening the door to unmanaged risk.
Whether your organization is advancing AI initiatives, improving network performance, reducing operational complexity, or evaluating next-generation security and connectivity strategies, this discussion will provide practical guidance and actionable considerations for moving forward.
What you'll learn
- Why most enterprise networks have a blind spot when it comes to AI traffic — and how to find yours
- Ways to modernize network infrastructure for scale, resiliency, and performance
- Security considerations for complex, distributed, and hybrid environments
- Strategies to improve visibility, automation, and operational efficiency
- How to align networking investments to AI readiness and business transformation goals
- Where Insight and Cisco can help accelerate modernization and reduce implementation complexity
- How to give security teams the visibility they need without becoming the bottleneck to AI adoption
- A practical look at Cisco's Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA and Cisco® AI Defense
- Why Insight was named the first partner in the market, not just with the Cisco Secure AI Pod with NVIDIA but also with the Secure Networking Specialization
Who should attend
- IT leaders; infrastructure, networking, and security decision-makers
- CIOs, CTOs, VPs of IT, and IT directors
- Teams responsible for AI readiness, modernization, hybrid work, or digital transformation initiatives
Why attend
Leave with practical. sequenced recommendations for building a more secure, resilient, and AI-ready network. This session is designed for enterprise and corporate IT leaders looking to modernize infrastructure, reduce operational complexity, and create a stronger foundation for future innovation.
About the presenters:
Juan Orlandini, CTO, Insight
Marcus Moffett, VP of Solutions Engineering & Architecture, Cisco
Date: 09/15/2026
Time: 11:00 AM PT
Duration: 45 minutes