ASL: Keynote by Antonio Neri – Architecting AI starts with your network

Good morning. It is great to be here with you. HP Discover is where we showcase what is next. Today, we are witnessing one of the largest technology platform shifts in history. Workloads and applications are now being driven by both end users and AI agents, fundamentally transforming how we design, build, serve customers, and operate businesses. I have always been drawn to how things work. Architecture teaches you to think in systems. Architecting for AI demands the same focus and discipline; AI is only as strong as the data foundation beneath it. Across networking, cloud, and AI, HPE delivers the essential building blocks for your AI-ready foundation: networking to connect infrastructure at scale, cloud with hybrid models, and AI to turn data into intelligence. Architecting for AI starts with your network. With Juniper Networks, we extend leadership into the data center. Our goal is to deliver the best user and operator experience through self-driving networks that fix problems securely before impact, make rollouts faster, and transform network management. Nobody is left behind on the road to self-driving.

I talked to both drivers, and they enjoyed the video. Every AI architecture needs more compute. With HPE ProLiant Gen12, you get performance for AI inference. Agentic AI demands fast orchestration, continuous evaluation, and real-time data access. We expand with the new ProLiant Compute DL394 Gen12, powered by NVIDIA Vera CPUs, for low-latency memory access and coherence. As AI moves beyond the data center, compute needs to move with it; we have edge compute solutions for rack and distributed environments. AI also needs always-on systems like HPE NonStop for fraud detection and autonomous operations. Storage is critical; the Alletra Storage MPX 1000 makes data accessible for AI pipelines, supporting native file and object storage. Software is key; with HPE Cloud Ops, we unify operations through Morpheus, OpsRamp, and Zerto. Security and resilience must be built in; HP ILO Silicon Root of Trust provides secure attestation, and Zerto with cyber resilience vault protects data. Networking and security converge with zero trust architectures and SASE. GreenLake cloud offers a unified experience across hybrid estates, and GreenLake intelligence brings agentic AI to hybrid IT operations.

Is that an amazing advancement? It's just the beginning. At Discover, you can see GreenLake Intelligence in action. Architecting for AI takes more than technology; it requires the right people, processes, and partnerships. Our services team helps with AI transformation. HPE Financial Services aids modernization with better economics and lifecycle management. This week is an opportunity to explore our full-stack AI foundation through demos, sessions, and conversations.

Thank you to Vultr. Our partnership expands with NVIDIA. The network is the core element for AI performance. We bring HP Juniper network into AI data solutions. For model training, we introduce the QFX 5250 switch for AMD Helios architecture, connecting 72 GPUs per rack with high bandwidth. For scale-out, the QFX 5250 is the world's highest performance switch. PTX routing family excels at data center interconnect. SRX 4700 firewall provides security. We support every layer of networking architecture. With the AI grid with NVIDIA, we enable real-time AI services. For inference, MX 301 router and QFX 5140 switch bring AI to the edge. AI transforms campus networks with self-driving capabilities; we lead in Gartner Magic Quadrant for wired and wireless LAN. At Milano-Cortina Olympics, HPE delivered flawless network performance. Aruba CX switching comes to HPE Mist, and Marvis Actions to HPE Aruba Central. Now, the agentic enterprise: AI agents transform work, needing security, governance, trusted data, and scalable infrastructure. Private Cloud AI is enhanced for agentic workloads with governance, data integration, and multi-node inference. We expand with new configurations and partnerships. Examples include St. Jude, Blue Star, and Ryder Cup. Our AI factory solutions cater to enterprises, service providers, and sovereign entities. We collaborate deeply with NVIDIA for accelerated computing. Confidential computing is standard. For sovereign AI, we include defense-grade security. Power is a critical challenge; we address it with research and innovation. HP Labs advances computing with AI and quantum. We build a hybrid quantum platform. Our partners are crucial; thank you. As you experience Discover, remember to architect deliberately, start with a network, and choose HPE. You don't have to build alone.

I want to thank Siemens Energy for tackling the power challenge. The future will be defined by how efficiently we power, cool, and connect AI. Research is critical; HP Labs has shaped enterprise computing for six decades. We apply AI to improve AI systems, making them more scalable and sustainable. Our system expertise across compute, networking, storage, software, and security gives us an advantage. With GreenLake Intelligence, we develop predictive self-driving intelligence. We advance quantum computing with initiatives like the Quantum Scaling Alliance and distributed quantum simulation. We announced an expanded collaboration for hybrid quantum. These advancements accelerate solutions for complex challenges. Our mission is to advance how people live and work. We have covered architecting for AI and the agentic enterprise. Our partners help bring ideas to life. Thank you to all sponsors and partners. As you experience Discover, remember to architect deliberately, start with a network, and choose HPE as your partner. You don't have to build this future alone. We provide the intelligent foundation. Thank you very much.