Today’s most critical IT outcomes—from converging network and security with SASE to unlocking the power of AI—start with the right architecture.
As hybrid work and cloud adoption accelerate, IT teams are under pressure to deliver secure, reliable, high-performance access without added complexity or cost. Success doesn’t come from adding more tools—it comes from rethinking the foundation. A modern, cloud-native architecture provides the visibility, adaptability, and control needed to support seamless user experiences, strong security, and future-ready innovation.
In this session, we’ll explore how modern infrastructure and digital experience management eliminate tradeoffs between performance and protection while streamlining operations.
You’ll learn how to:
* Consolidate networking and security tools to reduce operational complexity and tool sprawl
* Improve application performance and reduce latency by eliminating inefficient routing and backhauling
* Gain full-stack visibility and control to accelerate troubleshooting and reduce MTTR
* Confidently support SASE and Zero Trust initiatives with a resilient, scalable architecture that aligns with business demands
Whether you’re leading a SASE rollout or modernizing legacy infrastructure, you’ll leave with practical guidance to design and operate secure, high-performing digital environments.
Joe Skorupa is a former Gartner Research VP/Distinguished Analyst. He continues to advise senior leaders at technology and service providers on strategic matters such as product plans, go-to-market/positioning, partnerships and M&A. His area of focus is disruptive market forces, whether technology, business model or broader geopolitical, economic or social factors.
Joe, along with Neil MacDonald, lead Gartner’s research on the transformation of the Network Security and SD-WAN markets into a new, combined $28B market – the Secure Access Service Edge, or SASE.
Joe has more than 40 years of experience in enterprise, service provider and storage networking. He has experience working in global enterprises and in early-stage startups, holding a variety of engineering, marketing and analyst roles at companies such as FORE Systems, Motorola, Indiana University, RHK and Gartner.
He is a Life Member of IEEE Member and was a member of 802.3 Ethernet committee for more than eight years and chaired the 802.3 Network Management Task Force for four years.