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Paul Delory
VP Analyst
Gartner
Speaker Topics
- Cost and Value
- Platform and Infrastructure Platform Engineering
- 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, December 09, 2025 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM PST
Gartner Opening Keynote: Navigating the Hype: Strategic Roadmap to I&O Success
Paul Delory,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Autumn Stanish,
Director 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, December 09, 2025 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM PST
The Field Guide to VMware Alternatives
Paul Delory,
VP Analyst, Gartner
Broadcom's acquisition of VMware has increased prices, uncertainty and risks, leaving many VMware customers looking for alternatives. Join the Gartner for Technical Professionals Team for a deep dive into the marketplace for VMware replacements, including Nutanix, Microsoft Azure Local and Hyper-V, KVM, OpenStack, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, and public cloud IaaS.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PST
The 4 Critical Capabilities Your Infrastructure Is Missing
Paul Delory,
VP Analyst, Gartner
We know what modern infrastructure is supposed to look like but the typical I&O department is very far from achieving this state-of-the-art level. Why? How can I&O reap the benefits of modern infrastructure? This session offers concrete, actionable advice on four key capabilities that you should have: service-oriented architectures, continuous delivery, cloud-native infrastructure and platform engineering.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025 03:45 PM - 04:15 PM PST
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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