Rahul Joshi

Eric Brown, CFO and COO, Cohesity. Image courtesy of Cohesity. In part one of this interview, Cohesity CFO and COO Eric Brown discussed balancing his dual leadership roles and how AI is changing traditional sales functions. This time, the conversation shifts to the operational realities of agentic AI.

Guy Diedrich, Global Innovation Officer, Cisco. Image courtesy of Cisco. Cisco Systems believes quantum computing’s next major challenge will be enabling different quantum systems to communicate reliably with one another. According to its Global Innovation Officer Guy Diedrich, companies are now preparing for a future where AI, quantum computing, and other emerging technologies are advancing at the same time rather than in separate waves.

Prudential’s shift to the cloud led the company to reassess early assumptions about stability, cost, and simplicity. What began as a lift-and-shift migration has since become a multi-cloud architecture shaped by abstraction, platform engineering, and increasing use of AI to reduce developer workload without removing human control.