HPE at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026
From AI Insight to Self-Driving Action
October 19 – October 22, 2026 | Orlando, FL
Booth #933 | Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort
Visit HPE at Booth #933
AI is reshaping the enterprise—but turning experimentation into trusted, enterprise-scale impact remains a challenge. At Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo, discover how HPE brings together networking, security, hybrid cloud, compute, and storage to help organizations build the trusted foundation to simplify operations, strengthen resilience, unlock the value of their data, and scale AI with confidence.
Visit us at booth #933 to discover how HPE is helping organizations move AI forward—from promise to measurable business impact.
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Interested in meeting with an HPE leader to further discuss your objectives? We’d love to set up a 1:1 meeting with you during the event to discuss how our innovations can help address your priorities.
Exhibiting Hours:
- Monday, October 19: 10:45 am - 7:15 pm ET
- Tuesday, October 20: 9:45 am - 6:15 pm ET
- Wednesday, October 21: 9:45 am - 7:15 pm ET
- Thursday: October 22: 9:45 am - 1:45 pm ET
HPE Executives & Subject Matter Experts in Attendance
Sudheer Matta
SVP of Products
Bob Friday
Chief AI Officer
James Robertson
VP & Head of Field CTO & CISO
Join HPE Thought Leadership Sessions
Scaling AI with Confidence: The Journey from Insight to Autonomous Action
- Date/Time: Monday, October 19 | 6:20 PM
- Speakers: Bob Friday – Chief AI Officer
- Location: Stage 3 IT XPO Pacific Hall
In this session, HPE Networking’s Chief AI Officer, Bob Friday, examines the next stage of AI adoption: trusted autonomy. Learn how leading organizations are using AI to move beyond monitoring and recommendations toward networks that can anticipate issues, remediate problems, enforce security policies, and optimize experiences with minimal human intervention.
The AI Efficacy Imperative: Scaling AI with Trust, Control, and Business Impact
- Date/Time: Tuesday, October 20 | 3:45 PM
- Speakers: Sudheer Matta – SVP of Product Management
- Location: Upper Peninsula 3
The AI race won’t be defined by the most models or agents, but by the ability to turn AI into trusted, measurable business outcomes. Join HPE Networking’s SVP of Product Management, Sudheer Matta, to explore why efficacy—not intelligence alone—is the next AI frontier, and how data, infrastructure, governance, automation, and self-driving networks can help organizations scale AI confidently.
Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 Team: Turning Data Into Decisions at Formula 1 Speed
- Date/Time: Wednesday, October 21 | 11:30 AM
- Speakers:
James Robertson - HPE - VP & Head of Field CTO & CISO
Ben Reynolds, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS - Location: Swan Ballroom 6
In Formula 1, the race begins long before the lights go out. Join the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 Team and HPE to explore how data, AI, secure connectivity and resilient infrastructure turn insight into action at extraordinary speed—and how these same principles can help enterprises simplify complexity, strengthen resilience and accelerate confident decisions.
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