From Core to Edge: Akamai on Where AI Inference Must Live Next

Short session examining how organisations are reconsidering AI deployment locations as the technology accelerates, exploring how edge-based AI is transforming cloud design, application performance, and data governance.

A simulcast of the Akamai EMEA session with Bryan Glick (Computer Weekly), exploring the shift from AI experimentation to practical deployment in 2026. Covers four key predictions shaping cloud and AI's future, balancing innovation with measurable business value.

John Bradshaw discusses whether AI's competitive advantage in 2026 lies in model size or infrastructure placement, and how financial scrutiny is refining rather than slowing adoption, pushing intelligence toward edge infrastructure for improved performance and cost efficiency.