New York CIO Community
Town Hall
April 21, 2026 | 10:00am EDT
April 21, 2026
10:00am EDT
Future-Proofing Distributed Computing with Workload Modernization and Virtualization
Participate with your CIO peers in the New York community in small, breakout discussions on a mission-critical priority for IT leaders. These informal discussions allow you to share your insights and learn from the lessons, approaches and experiences of a diverse group of peers in virtual breakout rooms.
Join fellow CIOs in the New York community to discuss:
Unifying operations across environments
Reducing virtualization and computing costs through strategic platform choices
Enabling AI-ready, resilient architectures for long-term business value
Discussion Leaders
Members of the New York CIO community will lead the interactive discussion and share lessons learned.
Tom Kambouras
New York City Employees’ Retirement System
CIO
Discussion Leader
Smita Katakwar
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
CIO
Discussion Leader
Menaka Sundar
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Vice President, Enterprise Architecture
Presenter
Agenda
April 21, 2026
10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Future-Proofing Distributed Computing with Workload Modernization and Virtualization
Hosted by HPE
Application modernization is entering a new era as virtualization costs rise and legacy lock-in threatens agility. CIOs must unify operations across environments, simplify management, and ensure future-ready technology innovations like AI—without disruption to existing workloads.
Join this Town Hall to discuss:
- Reducing virtualization and computing costs through strategic platform choices
- Unifying operations across distributed environments
- Enabling AI-ready, resilient architectures for long-term business value
Apply to Participate
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