CPUs, GPUs, and the Future of Distributed AI

About this Webinar

For CIOs, CTOs, and leaders responsible for enterprise architecture and AI and agentic infrastructure, the next phase of AI demands a more deliberate approach to compute. As agents move into machines, vehicles and connected equipment, CPU and GPU decisions will shape where workloads run, how reliably they perform and what they cost to scale.

How should intelligence be distributed across devices, edge infrastructure and the cloud? This session, presented by mimik, examines the choices behind that question and their consequences for enterprise investment and operations. Topics include:

  • Data sovereignty and governance: Determining where data is processed, what crosses organizational or jurisdictional boundaries and how control is maintained.
  • Resilience and responsiveness: Supporting agents that need to react locally and operate when connectivity is limited.
  • Cost and FinOps: Understanding how workload placement changes cloud consumption, infrastructure spending and the economics of scaling AI.

Infotech’s Jeremy Roberts, Senior Director, Research & Content, and Andrew Sharp, Research Director, Infrastructure & Operations, will frame the enterprise implications of agentic and physical AI. mimik will then present its Device First Continuum as one approach to distributed deployment, explaining how its device-first architecture supports agents across devices and connects to cloud resources when needed.

Attendees will gain a clearer basis for evaluating agentic AI deployment approaches and deciding where intelligence belongs across their own environments.

Meet the Speakers

Fay Arjomandi

Fay Arjomandi

CEO and Co-Founder, mimik

Fay Arjomandi is the Founder, CEO and Board Member of the pioneering Hybrid edgeCloud company mimik. From 2016-2018, she was the executive chairman of H2 Wellness, a software company based in Los Angeles. Between Aug 2014 to Oct 2016, she was the CEO of digital health company NantMobile and led its Augmented reality platform (iD), several digital/genomics health initiatives, and WiGig fabless semiconductor company, Tensorcom. Prior to NantMobile, Fay was the CEO of Vodafone xone which was the innovation brand for Vodafone. She oversaw partnerships with startup companies to develop, test and prepare for commercial deployment in Vodafone’s global markets. Additionally, her role included managing Vodafone Ventures, board membership of Vodafone Americas Enterprise and President & Chair position at Vodafone Americas Foundation. Prior to Vodafone, Fay was the co-founder and CEO of three technology startups that built location-based services (L3 Technology), mobile quality of service improvement platform (Mobidia), and mimik. As a pragmatic technology innovator, Fay has authored many patents in Telecommunications, Transport Layer Protocols, Mobile traffic management, QoS, and Edge Cloud Computing. Fay has a unique talent for spotting future trends and “connecting the dots.” In 2022 she received the Canadian Top 20 Tech Titans Award and in 2020, she was named the Edge Woman of the year by the Linux Foundation. In 2018 she was the Alumni of the Year at Concordia University in Montreal where she received her bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. In 2014, she was named as one of the most influential woman business leaders in Silicon Valley by San Francisco Business Week, and in 2006, received the distinguished Business in Vancouver’s “Top 40 Under 40″ award. She is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and advises many startup companies and is a Board Advisor to American Tower the global provider of wireless communications infrastructure Fay has advised startup companies on how to build successful businesses, as well as corporations on digital transformation and innovation with impact. In addition to exceptional leadership and vision, Fay is a highly sought-after global speaker and industry thought leader given her specialization and years of experience in digital communications, software applications and edge cloud computing. Fay holds a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Concordia University. She has international experience and has lived and worked in many countries in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.
Andrew Sharp

Andrew Sharp

Research Lead

Andrew Sharp is a Research Director in the Infrastructure & Operations practice at Info-Tech Research Group. Andrew covers disaster recovery, business continuity, IT infrastructure operations management, skills planning, service management, and budgeting for IT infrastructure and operations organizations. Prior to joining Info-Tech, Andrew was a research analyst at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, building reports to synthesize market trends and breaking news for investments and technology teams. Andrew is working toward ITIL and CBCI certifications. He holds a BA in Economics and Peace & Conflict Studies from the University of Toronto and a Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario.
Jeremy Roberts

Jeremy Roberts

Senior Director, Research & Content

Jeremy Roberts is a Senior Director, Research & Content, primarily working in Info-Tech's Cloud & Core Infrastructure practice. His research interests include cloud computing, end-user computing, Office 365, and artificial intelligence. He is the author of Info-Tech's 2020 Infrastructure Priorities Report and cloud cost management research, and he regularly produces material on the cloud market space.