Data Architectures for the AI-Fueled Business
On-demand webinar with IDC
If 2024 was the year of the "AI Scramble," then 2025 is the year of the "AI Pivot." Companies are moving beyond the flurry of GenAI experimentation and pivoting toward pragmatic AI adoption and the acceleration of AI-driven value to their businesses. Crucial to this pivot is a shift in data strategy to ensure the company's data is AI-ready.
Lalit Ahuja, CTO at GridGain, and guest speaker Stewart Bond, Vice President of Data Intelligence and Integration Software at IDC, recently recorded a webinar on data architectures and the best practices enterprises should consider to support AI-enabled outcomes. Stewart and Lalit explored how organizations have changed their approach to data strategy, as well as the key components of AI-ready data architectures, methods required to make data AI-ready, and how modern data processing and the investment in AI-ready data improves business KPIs.
Watch the on-demand webinar to catch up on the whole conversation.
Chief Technology Officer
Lalit Ahuja is responsible for the direction, implementation and delivery of GridGain’s technology strategy. He works closely with GridGain customers and partners worldwide and leads the Engineering, Product Management and Delivery teams in ensuring GridGain products and services meet or exceed all customer expectations.
In his career spanning over 25 years, Lalit has led various IT functions including enterprise architecture, product management, large scale program management, IT operations and served as a digital strategy advisor to executives at Fortune 500 enterprises.
Prior to GridGain, Lalit led the global Customer Success team at Akana, a leader in API Management and Application Services Governance space, where he was responsible for increased customer retention and more than 300% growth in Akana’s consulting services business.
Lalit holds a Master’s degree in Engineering and an MBA from UCLA.
Vice President
Stewart Bond is Vice President of IDC’s Data Intelligence and Integration Software service. Mr. Bond's core research coverage includes watching emerging trends that are shaping and changing data movement, ingestion, transformation, mastering, cleansing and consumption in the era of digital business.
Having worked in the IT industry for over 30 years, from early experience in database and application development, through solution design and deployment, to strategic architectural consulting, Stewart has worked through some significant changes in the IT industry. His depth of field experience coupled with market insight gives him a unique perspective, valued by his customers and peers.