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Paul Delory
VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Cost and Value
- Generative AI, Agentic AI and AI
- Cloud Computing
- Leadership, Organizational and Cultural Change
- Reliability, Resilience and Recovery
- IT Infrastructure Management
- I&O Automation
- I&O Metrics and Business Value
- Data Center, Colocation, Storage and Servers
- IT Operations Management
- I&O Maturity, Strategy and Process Improvement
Speaker Bio
Paul Delory is a Research Vice President with Gartner for Technical Professionals, and the agenda manager for the Data Center Infrastructure for Technical Professionals and Cloud and Edge Computing for Technical Professionals agendas. Mr. Delory provides deep technical expertise to systems administrators and the vendors who serve them. His research interests include:
- Infrastructure automation
- DevOps, DevSecOps, and GitOps
- Virtualization
- Private and hybrid cloud architectures
- Hyperconverged infrastructure
- Composable and fabric-based infrastructures
Topics covered in his research agendas include:
- Design, architecture, and selection of public cloud infrastructure providers/services
- Engineering best practices and cost control for public cloud infrastructure
- Containers and Kubernetes
- Backup, disaster recovery, and ransomware defense/recovery
- Servers, storage, and network infrastructure
- Edge infrastructure and 5G
- Infrastructure strategy and cost modelling for cloud, data center, and edge.
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- Infrastructure automation
- DevOps, DevSecOps, and GitOps
- Virtualization
- Private and hybrid cloud architectures
- Hyperconverged infrastructure
- Composable and fabric-based infrastructures
Topics covered in his research agendas include:
- Design, architecture, and selection of public cloud infrastructure providers/services
- Engineering best practices and cost control for public cloud infrastructure
- Containers and Kubernetes
- Backup, disaster recovery, and ransomware defense/recovery
- Servers, storage, and network infrastructure
- Edge infrastructure and 5G
- Infrastructure strategy and cost modelling for cloud, data center, and edge.
Sessions
Tuesday, 02 December, 2025 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM JST
Gartner Opening Keynote: Navigating the Hype: Strategic Roadmap to I&O Success
Autumn Stanish,
Director Analyst, Gartner
Paul Delory,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Agentic AI is a fundamental shift for I&O, demanding new operational paradigms like cloud once did. This keynote will explore concrete agentic AI application for I&O, emphasizing the needs for resilient infrastructure, automation and governance to navigate this shift. A focus on Continuous Operations will show how adopting mature techniques from tech leaders can ensue relentless innovation and operational stability. Get equipped with a roadmap to a new I&O operating model, highlighting effective patterns for behavior and operating practices to lead in the next era of I&O.
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Tuesday, 02 December, 2025 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM JST
How to Replace VMware in the Enterprise Data Center
Paul Delory,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Broadcom's acquisition of VMware has increased prices, uncertainty and risks. Many VMware customers are looking for alternatives. We discuss a detailed, step-by-step plan for migrating off VMware. This includes scoping the move, selecting alternatives, designing and sizing, replacing missing capabilities, migrating VMs, optimizing both new and any remaining VMware environments, and translating operations.
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Wednesday, 03 December, 2025 01:15 PM - 01:45 PM JST
Top 5 Reasons Your I&O Automation Initiative Is Suffering (And What to Do About It)
Paul Delory,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Clients undertake I&O automation initiatives for tactical and strategic reasons, but frequently run into roadblocks on realizing the value they are seeking. This session will address the top five reasons that automation initiatives struggle, and offer practical advice on how to rescue them.
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Thursday, 04 December, 2025 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM JST
Future of Datacenters: Energy Shortages, Efficiency and AI
Paul Delory,
VP Analyst, Gartner
AI is driving changes to site selection, design, infrastructure and operations. In this session, we'll leverage Gartner's latest research to explore how data center infrastructures evolve and what to expect in the coming years. Gain insights to plan and develop data center strategies that thrive today and in the future.
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