As we step into 2025, leading technology executives from DataStrike,
Mezmo, Nerdio, NetSPI, and Scality share their expert predictions in
this exclusive VMblog predictions series on the evolving tech landscape.
From AI integration to cybersecurity challenges, here's what industry
leaders expect to shape the year ahead.
AI Integration and Security
DataStrike's SVP of Service Delivery, Carlo Finotti,
emphasizes two key areas: cybersecurity and predictive analytics. With
enterprises carefully navigating AI adoption, there's a growing focus on
protecting intellectual property and securing AI implementations. The
integration of AI assistants across operating systems, mobile devices,
and social platforms is becoming increasingly prevalent, with examples
like Windows Copilot and Google's Android AI initiatives leading the
way.
Data Management and Governance
Mezmo's CMO, Ajay Khanna, highlights the continuing
surge in data volume, with organizations experiencing 25-40%
year-over-year growth in telemetry data. As AI programs fuel this
growth, Khanna stresses the importance of data governance, particularly
for logs, metrics, and traces. He recommends organizations prioritize
understanding their data sources, implement proper access controls, and
establish mechanisms to separate signal from noise for maximum value
extraction.
Desktop Virtualization Trends
Amol Dalvi, VP of Product and Engineering at Nerdio,
predicts increased AI integration in Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) and VDI
management, enabling IT admins to interact with AI agents for virtual
desktop management. He also foresees Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)
technology stabilizing and growing in adoption, alongside a revival of
on-premises VDI solutions through Azure Stack HCI (Azure Local) for
organizations with specific regulatory or bandwidth requirements.
Cybersecurity Evolution
NetSPI's Field CISO, Nabil Hannan, outlines three
major security trends: solution consolidation through platformization,
evolving CISO accountability with security becoming a shared business
responsibility, and the transformation of threat detection through
agentic AI. While autonomous agents will enhance security monitoring and
response, Hannan warns about the need for robust defenses against
adversarial AI.
Object Storage and AI Infrastructure
Paul Speciale, CMO at Scality, predicts object storage becoming the de
facto standard for high-performance AI applications, particularly in
model training and fine-tuning. This trend is driven by object storage's
prevalence in AI data lakes, widespread adoption of the Amazon S3 API,
and the emergence of high-performance all-flash solutions. Speciale also
emphasizes the evolution of ransomware protection beyond traditional
immutability measures to combat sophisticated data exfiltration attacks. Read more of his predictions here:
https://vmblog.com/archive/2024/12/03/scality-2025-predictions-what-role-will-storage-play-in-supporting-ai-applications-and-your-cyber-resilience-posture-in-2025-a-big-one.aspx
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