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Rob Strechay

Boston
As seen in: AnalystANGLE, SiliconANGLE, LinkedIn, Flipboard, SearchCloudComputing, TechTarget, VentureBeat, CIO, SC Magazine UK, Virtual-Strategy Magazine, Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), Wikibon and
Covers:  AI & Data Infrastructure, Cloud, DevOps, Storage, Observability
Doesn't Cover: I'm full-stack
Founder & Analyst | Product | GTM | Cloud | AI | Observability | Sustainable IT | K8s - FORMER: 9 Startups @AWScloud @Snowplow @Zerto @HPE @NetApp

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Rob Strechay is a seasoned expert in the tech landscape, Rob's passion lies in uncovering the secrets of AI, Cloud-native, Data +AI Infrastructure, Observability, Cyber Resilience, and Sustainable IT. As the Founder and Principal Analyst with Smuget Consulting, helping organizations grapple with the future of infrastructure and product. With an illustrious career spanning both startups and Fortune 500 giants like Amazon Web Services, HP/HPE, NetApp, Snowplow Analytics, SiliconANGLE/theCUBE Rese…

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Agentic AI Needs Context: How Starburst Aims To Redefine Enterprise Intelligence

Agentic AI Needs Context: How Starburst Aims To Redefine Enterprise Intelligence

Why is context becoming the most important layer in Agentic AI? In this conversation, Rob Strechay sits down …

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GPU Hoarding is Over. The $401B Reality Check

GPU Hoarding is Over. The $401B Reality Check

Enterprise GPU hoarding is over. LinkedIn CTO Erran Berger and VentureBeat analyst Rob Strechay break down wh…

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Bharat Sandhu, AWS | What's New with AWS

Bharat Sandhu, AWS | What's New with AWS

Rob Strechay interviews Bharat Sandhu, AWS | What's New with AWS 00:00 - Intro 00:05 - Exploring the Future o…

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Ricardo Perez-Selsky, Fox Corporation | NAB 2026 M&E Meets AI

Ricardo Perez-Selsky, Fox Corporation | NAB 2026 M&E Meets AI

Ricardo Perez-Selsky talks with Rob Strechay at NAB 2026. 00:00 - Intro 00:05 - Embarking on Innovation: …

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Day Two Wrap | Red Hat Summit 2026

Day Two Wrap | Red Hat Summit 2026

In this day-one wrap from Red Hat Summit 2026 in Atlanta, theCUBE's Rebecca Knight and Rob Strechay break dow…

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Bianca Lewis, OpenSearch Software Foundation | Kubecon + CloudNativeCon EU 2026

Bianca Lewis, OpenSearch Software Foundation | Kubecon + CloudNativeCon EU 2026

In this interview from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2026 in Amsterdam, Bianca Lewis, executive director of the…

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Context Is the New Control Plane for Agentic AI

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By Rob Strechay
| LinkedIn
At this year’s Dell Technologies World 2026, one of the most important enterprise AI conversations was not just about GPUs, networking, or infrastructure scale. It was about context. Specifically, how enterprises will provide the contextual grounding required for agentic AI systems to move from experimentation to trusted operational systems. Full video with Jitender above The reality organizations now face is that agentic AI is no longer fundamentally a model problem.
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AWS Moves Orgs From AI Experimentation to Agentic Operations

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By Rob Strechay
| theCUBE Research
At the “What’s Next with AWS?” event in San Francisco, Amazon Web Services delivered a clear message to enterprise organizations: the AI conversation is no longer about simply accessing models. It is now about operationalizing agents, simplifying inference, and building AI-powered applications that can execute real business workflows at scale. The announcements and discussions throughout the event reflected a broader shift occurring across the enterprise market.
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5% GPU utilization: The $401 billion AI infrastructure problem enterprises can't keep ignoring

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By Rob Strechay
| VentureBeat Verified
For the last 24 months, one narrative justified every over-provisioned data center and bloated IT budget: the GPU scramble. Silicon was the new oil, and H100s traded like contraband. Reserve capacity now or your enterprise would be left behind. The bill is now due, and the CFO is paying attention. Gartner estimates AI infrastructure is adding $401 billion in new spending this year. Real-world audits tell a darker story: average GPU utilization in the enterprise is stuck at 5%.
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