Dell Technologies hosted its “Predictions: 2026 & Beyond” briefing for Asia Pacific Japan & Greater China (APJC) media, where John Roese, Global Chief Technology Officer & Chief AI Officer, and Peter Marrs, APJC President, shared transformative technology trends and Dell’s strategies to accelerate AI adoption and innovation across the region.
Key Highlights from Dell’s Vision for 2026 and Beyond
1. AI Acceleration and Scaled Adoption
Roese emphasized that AI will fundamentally reengineer enterprise and industry operations, driving innovation at unprecedented scale. Marrs added, “Conversations are now about real adoption. AI is creating a truly transformational opportunity, and we are working with customers to build AI at scale.”
- Example: Dell is enabling Sandisk Malaysia to achieve up to 95% lights-out factory operations through advanced AI for smart manufacturing and product design.
- Organizations like Zoho India are partnering with Dell to accelerate agentic AI adoption, delivering contextual, privacy-first, multimodal enterprise AI solutions.
2. Rise of Agentic AI
Roese predicted the evolution of AI agents from assistants to managers of complex, long-running processes. “As we enter the autonomous agent era, agents will deliver more value than anticipated—making humans more efficient and improving non-AI work.”
3. AI Factories and Resiliency
Roese stressed the need for resilient AI factories, combining cyber recovery, vaults, and data protection to ensure enterprises stay in production.
Sovereign AI & Governance: The Foundation for Innovation
With AI accelerating at light speed, Roese highlighted governance as the defining theme for 2026:
- “The technology and its use cases will not succeed without discipline and governance,” Roese said.
- Sovereign AI ecosystems will rise as nations and enterprises build secure, local frameworks to drive innovation. Marrs cited partnerships with Macquarie Data Centres (Australia) and NAVER Cloud (South Korea) to establish trusted AI infrastructure.
Building an AI Ecosystem for Impact
Marrs underscored the importance of collaboration through initiatives like the APJ AI Innovation Hub, combining Dell’s capabilities with government and industry to foster talent and advance regional AI competitiveness. “Together, we are accelerating Asia’s leadership as an AI region,” Marrs noted.