EMEA | WEBINAR
Universal DDI for What’s Next: Customer Value, Market Trends, and AI-Ready Infrastructure
Wednesday, June 24
10 am BST | 11 am CEST | 2:30 pm IST
Learn how organizations turn UDDI initiatives into measurable outcomes that improve visibility, resilience, and operational efficiency across complex environments.
As network environments continue to evolve in support of critical business initiatives, organizations are rethinking the role of DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (DDI) in delivering resilience, visibility and consistent service delivery. Cloud migration, hybrid multi-cloud architectures and growing investments in AI are increasing the need for unified management of critical network services across complex environments.
Join Infoblox and GigaOm for a discussion on how organizations are using Universal DDI to address operational challenges while preparing for what comes next. Jon Collins, Field CTO at GigaOm, will offer an industry perspective on the market forces shaping DDI priorities, including the growing importance of resilient infrastructure for AI-driven business services.
He will be joined by Ward Cobleigh of Infoblox will share where customers are finding measurable value, from simplifying operations and improving visibility, to strengthening control across hybrid multi-cloud environments. Together, they will connect customer outcomes with broader technology shifts to show why DDI is becoming a strategic foundation for modern service delivery.
Why Attend
- Learn where organizations are finding value with Universal DDI today
- Hear customer examples tied to real business and operational outcomes
- Gain GigaOm’s perspective on market forces shaping DDI priorities
- Understand why hybrid multi-cloud and AI are increasing the need for resilient, unified infrastructure
- Walk away with practical ideas for strengthening your DDI strategy and modernization plans
Meet the Presenters
Ward Cobleigh
Senior Product Marketing Manager II, Infoblox
Ward Cobleigh is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Infoblox, where he leads messaging and go-to-market strategy for modern DNS, DHCP, and IP address management (DDI) solutions, including Infoblox Universal DDI™. A long-time network performance management (NPM) practitioner and continuous threat exposure management (CTEM) advocate, Ward brings prior experience in product-line leadership roles focused on network visibility, performance, and security use cases. Drawing on experience that spans development, sales, marketing, alliances, and product management, he is known for cutting through complexity to help teams see both the technical root cause and business impact of their network and security challenges. In this webinar, Ward brings that pragmatic, storyteller’s perspective to show how modern DDI underpins resilient, cloud‑first, and AI‑driven architectures.
Jon Collins
Field CTO, GigaOm
Jon Collins has over 35 years of experience in IT. He has worked as an industry analyst for a number of years and has advised some of the world’s largest technology companies. He has acted as an agile software consultant to a variety of enterprise organizations, advised government departments on IT security and network management, led the development of a mobile healthcare app, and successfully managed a rapidly expanding enterprise IT environment.