Before you can build an AI-native enterprise, you have to clean up the plumbing. In this episode of Technically Speaking, Red Hat CTO Chris Wright sits down with Red Hat CIO Marco Bill to discuss how removing IT complexity, eliminating data fragmentation across 73 spreadsheets, and standardizing on Red Hat OpenShift create the essential foundation for scalable enterprise AI. Learn how Red Hat applies its own technologies to solve legacy technical debt, establish automated guardrails against Shadow AI, and balance bare metal AI compute within a hybrid cloud strategy. 00:00 - Intro: The unseen plumbing of enterprise AI 00:37 - 20 years of productive friction: IT meets global engineering 04:59 - Scaling on Red Hat OpenShift and consolidating internal workloads 07:04 - Cleaning the data: From 73 Spreadsheets to a single source of truth 08:59 - The AI adoption roadmap: Productivity boosts vs. business ROI 09:38 - Innovation through subtraction: Deleting 2,400 Dormant Dashboards 11:47 - Balancing quick wins with multi-year data transformation 14:08 - Eliminating shadow AI with technical guardrails 20:01 - Why bare metal AI accelerators are back in hybrid cloud 22:08 - Key takeaways and preparing your architecture for the AI era Learn more: 💡 Read about Red Hat’s AI Strategy: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/our-journey-ai-centricity-part-2-crafting-strategy-scales 🚀 Explore more episodes of Technically Speaking with Chris Wright→ https://www.redhat.com/en/technically-speaking ✨ Explore Red Hat OpenShift: https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift Follow us: Chris Wright on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-wright-b733851/ Marco Bill on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-bill-383151/ What is Technically Speaking with Chris Wright? Technically Speaking taps into emerging technology trends with insights from leading experts across the globe and Red Hat CTO Chris Wright. The series blends deep-dive discussions, tech updates, and creative short-form content, solidifying Red Hat’s role as a pioneer in technology innovation and open source thought leadership. Want to participate? Leave us a comment if there's a topic or a guest you'd like to see featured. Watch More Technically Speaking: YT playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbMP1JcGBmSGfI0Rl4s6PpycLF4rZcfW8 Subscribe to Red Hat's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/redhat/?sub_confirmation=1 #RedHat #EnterpriseAI #OpenShift #CIO #ITTransformation #TechnicallySpeaking #HybridCloud

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