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Day 0 –

Event Registration and ID Badge Collection for the event at the Venetian Expo Las Vegas

Day 1 – “Inventing the Future K-01 with AI Innovations”

Welcome notes and Announcements from Michael Dell, Jensen Huang (CEO of NVIDIA), Seemantini Godbole (CIO of Lowes), Larry Feinsmith (Global head Tech Strategy of JPMorgan Chase), shared the visions for the future of AI innovations. “Dell Technology Way”

Technical Sessions – Activating your AI strategy, Dell’s AI powered multicloud data protection,

Meetings – Kyndryl and Dell Cyber Roadmap and Cybersense innovation and zero trust security

Meet and Greets –Kyndryl Security & Resilience Team Dinner

Key Highlights and takeaway from Day 1 Announcements:

• The Dell AI Factory approach drives simpler and faster AI deployments with new infrastructure, integrated partner ecosystem solutions and professional services.

• Infrastructure:

  • Dell Pro Max Plus is the world’s first mobile workstation with an enterprise-grade discrete NPU built for fast, secure on-device AI inferencing at the edge.
  • Dell PowerCool Enclosed Rear Door Heat Exchanger is an industry-first alternative to standard rear door heat exchangers that can reduce cooling energy costs by up to 60%.
  • Dell PowerEdge XE9785 air-cooled and XE9785L iquid-cooled servers will support AMD MI350 series GPUs that deliver up to 35 times greater AI inferencing performance.

  • Dell AI Data Platform updates improve access to high quality structured, semi-structured and unstructured AI data.

    • Dell Project Lightning is the world’s fastest parallel file system per new testing, delivering up to 67% faster data access than the nearest competitor.
    • Dell Data Lakehouse updates simplify AI workflows and speed use cases like recommendation engines by creating and querying AI-ready data sets.
  • Dell Linear Pluggable Optics lower power consumption reduce latency and boost cost savings for high performance computing and AI fabrics.
  • Dell NativeEdge updates better support AI deployments and inferencing at the edge.

• Professional Services:

  • Dell AI Security and Resilience Services deliver full stack protection across AI infrastructure, data, applications and models.

• Partner Ecosystem:

  • Dell delivers tailored AI solutions with ecosystem partners Cohere, Google, Meta, Glean and Mistral AI.
  • Dell AI Platform with AMD advancements simplify AI workflows, better support LLMs and efficiently manage complex workloads.
  • The new Dell AI Platform with Intel helps enterprises deploy a full stack of high performance, scalable AI infrastructure with Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerators.
• Dell and NVIDIA build on their rapid pace of innovation with the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA with updates that streamline the path to full-scale AI implementation.

• Infrastructure:

  • Dell introduces new PowerEdge servers that include the 8-way NVIDIA HGX B300 for up to four times faster LLM training:
    • Air-cooled Dell PowerEdge XE9780/9785 simplify integration into existing enterprise data centers.
    • Liquid-cooled PowerEdge XE9780L/9785L accelerate rack-scale deployment for AI workloads.
  • Dell PowerEdge XE9712 featuring NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 offers efficiency at rack scale for training and 50 times more AI reasoning inference tokens per second.
  • Dell plans to support the NVIDIA Vera CPU for speed, efficiency and performance.
  • Dell plans to support the NVIDIA Vera Rubin Superchip with a new PowerEdge XE server designed for Dell Integrated Rack Scalable Systems
  • Dell expands its networking portfolio with PowerSwitch SN5600, SN2201 Ethernet and NVIDIA Quantum-X800 InfiniBand switches.
  • Dell AI Data Platform with NVIDIA enhancements include a new software-defined ObjectScale platform, a turnkey inferencing solution with Dell PowerScale, Project Lightning and PowerEdge XE servers and ObjectScale S3 over RDMA support for better GPU utilization.
  • Dell announces an integrated solution that incorporates the NVIDIA AI Data Platform to accelerate curated insights from data and accelerate agentic AI applications and tools.

• Software:

  • Dell now directly offers the NVIDIA AI Enterprise Suite, which includes greater integration of agentic workflows, including NVIDIA NIM, agentic AI blueprints and Nemotron Llama reasoning models.
  • Red Hat OpenShift available on the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA to simplify business critical AI deployments while providing flexibility and security.

• Professional Services:

  • Dell Managed Services for the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA offer full stack management of a customer’s Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA deployment.

Day 2 –

Jeff Clarke (SVP Dell Technologies) shared insights on Dell AI factory with modular infrastructure, vibrant ecosystem in delivering powerful GPU, scalable disaggregated storage solution, high throughput, low latency AI fabric curated, application optimized tooling integrated on the latest cutting-edge models unmatched set of capabilities in the industry.

Meeting – Kyndryl One on One with Michael Dell, the entire Kyndryl leadership got 27 minutes one on one with Michael Dell himself and I got the floor to ask the first question on AI ethics and governance with data organization.

The Modern Data Center Innovations

• Dell introduces storage, cyber resilience, software and integrated solution innovations to help customers design disaggregated data centers:
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain All Flash Appliances safeguard critical data and applications with improved performance and efficiency.
• Dell PowerScale software advancements improve object storage support and improve cyber resiliency
• Dell PowerStore Advanced Ransomware Detection helps organizations validate data integrity and minimize downtime from ransomware attacks using advanced AI analytics.

• Dell Private Cloud helps customers deploy, manage and scale private clouds built using cloud software from vendors like Broadcom, Nutanix and Red Hat on Dell infrastructure.

  • Dell Private Cloud is delivered using the Dell Automation Platform, a software platform designed to simplify how customers deploy and manage disaggregated solutions.
• Dell NativeEdge updates make it the most advanced and cost-effective solution for virtualized workloads at the edge and in remote branch offices.

Key 5 AI Messages Takeaways from Day 2 Announcements

1. We are the backbone of AI innovation, delivering the infrastructure to power seamless, secure, and scalable AI systems.
2. We offer the world’s broadest AI solutions portfolio, driving adoption and innovation across industries.
3. With AI-optimized solutions and a resilient supply chain, businesses can accelerate AI workloads and unlock true value.
4. Dell AI Factory transforms organizations with purpose-built products, services, and an open ecosystem designed for fast, repeatable AI success.
5. For over 40 years, Dell has democratized technology. Today, we’re at the forefront of AI, enabling businesses to lead in an AI-driven world.

Dell AI Factory + Differentiators:

• The Dell AI Factory is Dell’s approach to help accelerate AI innovation in organizations of all sizes. It comprises a portfolio of products, solutions and services optimized for AI workloads. It gives customers access to the industry’s broadest AI portfolio and our open ecosystem of partners to create AI applications tailored to their needs.

• There is no company better than Dell to bring AI to the enterprise. We are in the perfect position to help customers navigate AI workloads – we fully leverage our unique operating model to provide choice to our customers and serve them in the early innings of AI to a future of AI at scale.

  • end-to-end portfolio of #1 solutions – Dell holds #1 industry positions across the technology landscape. This is a testament to our commitment to innovation, strategic R&D investments and the most talented technology workforce in the industry.
  • industry leading supply chain – We have one of the industry’s strongest and most resilient supply chains. Automated and AI-driven, our supply chain operates at a global scale with resiliency, sustainability and agility.
  • industry’s largest GTM engine – With an extensive direct salesforce, complemented by an expansive partner ecosystem contributing approximately 50%* of our net revenue and a modern online consumption experience, Dell has unprecedented customer reach and insight. All this gives us direct insight into customer challenges and how to best solve them, strengthening our innovation engine. (*Calculated from Q1 FY25 to Q4 FY25)
  • world-class services – Our large global footprint of direct services and support delivers unmatched scale, deep expertise and AI-driven support experiences across the entire Services lifecycle.
  • We sell to 99% of the Fortune 500 and have the broadest set of technology solutions spanning PC, server, storage and edge. AI means more data, more computing power, and more demand for what we sell.
  • And we have an enormous open ecosystem bursting with innovation…

Technical Session – Kyndryl and Dell Alliance Meeting on Dell Technologies Advantage, GTM Strategic Updates and Sustainability/ESG Updates

Meeting – Cyber Partnership with Kyndryl Meeting Dell Product Management on strengthen Cyber Resilience:PowerProtect’s Defense Against

Threats – Dell PPDM Roadmaps, and its partner ecosystem to enhance cyber resilience through retention locked compliance, data isolation and AI driven machine learning in speeding up data recovery solutions and be able to leverage Kyndryl Bridge/AI Ops as an observatory and insight mechanism to provide transforming traditional IT service models into agile, innovation-centric ecosystems.

1st Expo Sessions at Kyndryl booth #248 – Transforming your IT operations with AI in the IT industry and our Dell Titanium Black Partnership with Dell.

2nd Expo Sessions at Kyndryl booth #248 – Creating AI-Powered solutions with Dell, Nvidia and Kyndryl AI presentation on Kyndryl bridge and AIOps integration within the industry.

Meet and Greet – Partner Reception at Dell Technologies World Dinner

Day 3 –

Technical Session – Dell AI Security and Resilience Services Dell announced a comprehensive set of services for AI security and resilience including strategic advisory services, security solution implementation and managed security services, providing full-stack protection for AI infrastructure, data, models and applications.

Meeting – Kyndryl Meeting with Dell Product Management Executives on PPDM Roadmaps, Recovery Room enhancements based on Storage intelligence capabilities available with PowerMax and PowerStore enhance anomaly detection capabilities. We focused on the need for a quick recovery due to other emerging business requirements and Dell said their newly announced portfolios has these capabilities hence Dell mentioned more and more data is staying at the edge. There will be more follow up meetings and sessions to advance the offering and our delivery models across S & R.

Meeting – Dell-Kyndryl Security and Resiliency Sales Leadership meeting with Ray Lipsky Product Management Executives – Discussed at length on Dell Al Data Platform plus Dell AI Factory integrated in one flow which is represents creation, ingestion, reprocessing, training, inferencing and outcome into a single data analytics/processing engine. Unified AI risk management and policy enforcement across identity and access management enterprise data on AI marketplace.

Meeting – Data Management for AI, Security and Resilience for AI, DAP overview. Cybersecurity and resilience: The partner opportunity for 2025 and beyond. Achieve trusted AI through security and resilience. AI workloads data-protection solution with PowerProtect Data Manager and Data Domain.

Meet and Greet – Kyndryl Partner Reception at Lavo Dell Technologies World Dinner

Day 4 –

Technical Sessions – Redefining the Future: Agentic, Generative, and Traditional AI in Action

Entertainment – The Real and Not-yet-real Technology of Star Wars and Star Trek with Naomi Ackie, Amy Ratcliffe and Will Wheaton

Overall Dell AI Sessions key notes and take aways

Dell Data Lakehouse

• Native Vector Search Integration: Enable data teams to create and query AI-ready datasets directly within the platform without relying on external systems. This streamlines workflows and accelerates generative AI use cases such as recommendation engines, semantic search, and customer intent detection.
• Built-in LLM Functions: Provide business and analytics teams with SQL-accessible AI tools, including text summarization and sentiment analysis. These capabilities lower barriers to AI adoption while ensuring data security and enabling smarter applications across industries.
• Full-Text Search: Use hybrid search for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications, combining structured, unstructured, and vector-based searches to deliver accurate, real-time insights grounded in enterprise data.
• Automated Iceberg Table Management: Automate maintenance tasks like compaction, cleanup, and snapshot expiration to reduce operational overhead and improve storage costs and query performance.

Dell Project Lightning

• At last year’s Dell Tech World, they pre-announced Project Lightning, which is a highly performant parallel file system software architecture for large-scale and complex AI workflows.
• This year, we are announcing that we are the world’s fastest parallel file system* that delivers up to 2x greater throughput than competing systems. Partners such as WWT and customers such as Cambridge University are active participants in our multi-phase customer validation program, which includes rigorous performance benchmarking, feature testing, and education to drive product requirements and feedback into the product.
• This solution will be tailored for AI deployments with thousands of GPUs when it is released and will be positioned for tier 1 CSPs and GPU-as-a-Service providers – providing access to a new level of customer base.
• Dell Project Lightning is available in private preview for select customers and partners now. They are hard at work on Lightning, collaborating with key innovation partners like NVIDIA, customers like Cambridge University and partners like WWT. Our customers have made it clear that there’s a need for the extreme, industry-leading performance that Lightning delivers and we’re targeting broader availability later this year.

Advanced storage and cyber resiliency capabilities

Dell storage and cyber resiliency advancements deliver the performance and protection that modern data centers need.

• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain All-Flash •appliances improve cyber resiliency with up to four times faster data restores1 and two times faster replication performance.2 They are more efficient, taking up 40%3 less rack space and saving up to 80% on power when compared to HDD systems.
• Dell PowerScale software advancements enhance object storage support and cyber resilience. The PowerScale Cybersecurity Suite offers comprehensive solutions to protect, access and recover critical data. Customers can boost application performance with Amazon EC2 cloud burst and reduce costs by backing up to Dell ObjectScale, Amazon S3 or Wasabi.
• PowerStore Advanced Ransomware Detection helps organizations validate data integrity and minimize downtime from ransomware attacks using advanced AI analytics. The news comes as Dell celebrates PowerStore’s fifth anniversary and over 17,000 global customers.

Dell AI Data Platform advancements improve AI data management

Because AI is only as powerful as the data that fuels it, organizations need a platform designed for performance and scalability. Dell AI Data Platform advancements provide AI applications with always-on access to high quality data.

• Dell ObjectScale upports large-scale AI deployments while helping reduce cost and data center footprint with the introduction of a denser, software-defined system. NVIDIA BlueField-3 and Spectrum-4 networking integrations boost performance and scalability.
• Dell introduces a high-performance solution built with Dell PowerScale, Dell Project Lightning and PowerEdge XE servers. Using KV cache and integrating NVIDIA’s NIXL Libraries, this solution is ideal for large-scale distributed inference workloads.
• Dell ObjectScale will support S3 over RDMA, achieving up to 230% higher throughput, up to 80% lower latency and 98% reduced CPU load compared to traditional S3 for better GPU utilization.
• Dell announces an integrated solution that incorporates the NVIDIA AI Data Platform to accelerate curated insights from data and accelerate agentic AI applications and tools.

Opportunities gain for S & R using Kyndryl Bridge

Kyndryl’s success in achieving revenue growth is closely tied to its ability to deliver modern, integrated technology services that addresses the growing complexity of enterprise IT. Dell’s innovations ranging from its advanced AI-powered servers and edge computing solutions to breakthrough technologies like Project Lightning and its energy-efficient liquid cooling compute offers a powerful foundation on which Kyndryl can build and expand its service portfolio. By integrating these technological breakthroughs into our managed services, Kyndryl can help clients modernize their infrastructures, reduce operational costs, and enhance system performance with observatory insightful view and control over the entire managed infrastructure and service portfolios. This, in turn, not only improves client satisfaction but also creates new avenues for recurring revenue streams and margin expansion, an approach that resonates with Kyndryl’s strategic financial objectives as seen in our recent earnings results.

Beyond infrastructure improvements, incorporating Dell’s ecosystem further enables Kyndryl to accelerate digital transformation initiatives for our Dell based customers. Advanced data processing and real-time analytics capabilities provided by Dell’s state-of-the-art hardware empowers Kyndryl bridge and AI Ops to support mission-critical workloads, enabling our clients in sectors such as finance, healthcare, and manufacturing to make faster and more informed decisions. This collaboration can drive higher-value consulting engagements and foster innovation through co-developed solutions that blend our deep expertise in IT services with Dell’s cutting-edge technologies. Such integrated offerings not only differentiate us in a competitive market but also bolster confidence in our long-term revenue growth strategy.

By leveraging Dell’s APEX AIOps observatory advancements interconnected with our bridge, Kyndryl can evolve from being a traditional service provider to a strategic partner in digital transformation, tapping into advanced infrastructure modernization and management technologies that target cost efficiencies and new business opportunities. This alignment will create a compelling value proposition for enterprises seeking to navigate an increasingly complex technological landscape, ensuring that Kyndryl not only meets current market demands but also remains agile enough to capitalize on emerging opportunities over the long-term.

Next Action Plan to Drive Revenue Growth

Kyndryl as a managed service provider should focus on leveraging more AI use cases in delivering a powerful and intelligent capabilities in empowering our clients via Kyndryl Bridge and AIOps collaborative insight tools.

Create a small high profiled technical resource pool of Dell technology familiarity in driving Kyndryl bridge integration into Dell Apex AIOps the data collected and organized from a single pane of glass view will help in analyzing potential use cases to identify patterns and core capabilities needed.

The Bridge integration initiative impact extends beyond mere cost reduction, it acts as a catalyst for innovation by enhancing service agility and accelerating time-to-market for new solutions/refresh technologies. In a technology landscape marked by rapid change and unpredictable economic shifts, Kyndryl Bridge plays a pivotal role in not only safeguarding the company’s operational robustness but also in generating a continuous momentum toward revenue diversification and market expansion.

Some pictures of Security & Resilience Practice representatives from the DTW event