Expert Panel: Powering Next-Generation Workloads: Secure and Unified Access to Data
Webinar Speaker: Evan Levy, TDWI Research Fellow
Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Time: 9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET
As organizations scale their use of AI, they are encountering a new class of next-generation workloads. These are highly distributed, data- and compute-intensive processes that demand fast, secure, unified access to data across environments. These workloads include everything from AI model training and inference to generative AI, AI agents, and streaming analytics, all of which depend on flexible data architectures and unified data access.
In this expert panel webinar, we’ll explore strategies and architectures that enable secure, unified access to data to power next-generation workloads. Topics include:
- Defining next-generation workloads in AI, analytics, and data operations
- Unifying access across hybrid, multicloud, and distributed data environments
- Balancing speed, scalability, and security in data-intensive architectures
- Examples of how organizations are preparing their data environments for AI-driven workloads
Guest Speaker
Terrence Sheflin
Director of Software Engineering
insightsoftware
Terrence is a director of software engineering in the data and analytics business unit at insightsoftware. He is based in Canada and brings over 15 years' experience in software design, architecture, and delivery of projects, including multiple award-winning enterprise BI products. Recently, his efforts have focused on AI, leading the development of Simba Intelligence, an AI semantic platform that enables secure enterprise data connectivity.
Date: February 18, 2026
Time: 9:00 am PT
Evan Levy, CBIP