Fusion Live 2026 | Bridging the Gap: Building a Mobile, Hybrid Platform Ready for AI Workloads.

Chris Kirk from Trustmarque Ultima presents at Fusion Live 2026. Building an AI-ready organisation does not require a disruptive "big bang" replatforming or abandoning years of on-premises investment. Instead, it demands a workload-first approach that transforms disconnected silos into a unified, hybrid data platform. By seamlessly connecting on-premises environments with the cloud through consistent networking, identity, and security, you gain the genuine choice to train and infer AI workloads wherever they deliver the most value—whether that is on-premises for sovereignty and latency, or in the cloud for massive scale.To serve AI at scale, this hybrid foundation must be layered with four essential capabilities: data mobility, open interoperability, real-time timeliness, and consistent governance. Rather than tackling a risky infrastructure overhaul, this session will show you how to implement these capabilities in a phased, incremental manner. You will learn how to unlock data locked in disparate warehouses and edge systems, ensuring your infrastructure remains operationally excellent today while being fully optimized for the AI workloads of tomorrow.