While over 60% of organizations expect to deploy AI agents within the next two years, only 10% today are achieving productivity gains of 50% or more from AI at scale, highlighting a growing gap between ambition and execution.
Enterprise AI is moving beyond experimentation. Organizations are now focused on scaling AI across business operations to automate workflows, improve productivity and create measurable business value.
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https://www.gartner.com/en/articles/hype-cycle-for-agentic-ai
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The Fujitsu impact series brings together Fujitsu experts and industry leaders, including guest speakers from IDC, to share independent perspectives to help organizations transform AI initiatives into sustainable business impact. LinkedIn Live sessions provide participants with practical insights into scaling AI responsibly, accelerating AI adoption, all with the right guardrails in place to reduce risk without compromising security.
Enterprise AI delivers value by integrating AI into core business operations. Moving from strategy to execution requires organizations to embed AI into business processes, operational workflows and decision-making environments.
The series explores how leading organizations are transforming AI ambitions into business outcomes through three key themes:
Organizations are increasingly using Enterprise AI to automate complex workflows, improve operational efficiency and support faster decision-making. AI automation enables repetitive business processes to be completed more accurately while allowing employees to focus on higher-value tasks.
AI orchestration connects enterprise applications, data platforms, business processes and AI agents into a unified operating model. Effective orchestration enables organizations to move beyond isolated use cases and scale enterprise-wide transformation.
Emerging technologies such as Agentic AI, Physical AI, multimodal AI and quantum computing will reshape enterprise AI over the coming years.
As organizations expand AI across workflows, operations and decision-making processes, they must tie-in trust, governance and control.
The first season addressed these critical challenges with expert insights, including guest speakers from IDC – you can find all these sessions under Season one.
Real-world perspectives
informed by customer experienceand independent analyst insights
Industry examples
to help you identifyopportunities relevant to yourown business or industry.
Practical guidance
across the full AI lifecycle, from adoption to valuerealization to help you move AI beyond pilots andinto delivering measurable outcomes.
Each episode features lively discussions, practical examples, market insights, and actionable guidance from renowned subject matter experts.
Why do promising vision AI initiatives struggle to reach enterprise scale?
Too often, initiatives remain stuck at the proof-of-concept stage, disconnected from the operational systems, workflows, and decision points needed to create measurable impact.
In this session you will discover a framework that connects frontline observations, operational context, and automated enterprise action, transforming visual detection into scalable business outcomes.
Why have AI agents improved productivity, but not fundamentally changed business performance?
Across enterprises, organizations remain caught in a cycle of isolated Agentic AI initiatives that automate narrow tasks without impact on macro-level financial metrics.
In this session you will discover how Agentic AI should be architected to move beyond task-level automation and redesign end-to-end value streams, to transform enterprise execution capabilities into scalable, measurable KPIs with P&L impact.
Organizations that successfully scale AI focus on measurable improvements in productivity, operational efficiency, customer experience and revenue growth.
This season of the series explores the full enterprise AI journey. Together, the episodes provide practical insights to help organizations move from experimentation to trusted, scalable AI delivering real business outcomes.
Fujitsu’s Technology and Service Vision 2026 sets a clear direction: harness AI to create meaningful business outcomes, at speed. At its core is dynamic transformation, where people and AI continuously test, learn and adapt in real time.
AI accelerates progress, streamlining development, enhancing decisions and unlocking efficiency across industries.
Physical AI brings this into the real world - turning factories, supply chains, and operations into software-defined, intelligent systems that unlock efficiency, agility, and competitive advantage.
Sovereign AI provides the foundation of trust, enabling organizations to protect data, maintain control and scale securely.
The outcome: Real impact. Faster innovation. Continuous evolution. Explore AI-driven transformation in action.
Why are so many organizations talking about Quantum Computing, yet few have a clear quantum computing business strategy? Amid bold predictions and competing narratives, it can be difficult to determine the best suited business applications to evaluate where business value will be delivered.
Get a practical perspective on the future of Quantum Computing. Explore the business challenges it is uniquely positioned to solve, and discover how forward-thinking organizations are building the skills, strategies, and foundations needed to create long-term competitive advantage.
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VP at IDC Asia/Pacific leading AI, data, analytics & Industries research
Chris is Vice President at IDC Asia/Pacific, leading research on AI, data, analytics, and sustainability. With 25+ years across academia and industry, he provides an independent perspective on how AI reshapes business models, leadership priorities, and industry transformation.
Group Vice President, Services, IDC Asia/Pacific
Linus Lai is a chief analyst based in ANZ, leading all of IDC's Global Services Research covering a wide array of topics from Agentic AI integration and the future of services as products. Linus is based in Sydney, Australia, and is a founding member of IDC's Emerging Technology Advisory Council.
Associate Vice President
Stephanie is an Associate Vice President at IDC Asia/Pacific, leading research across manufacturing, energy, and supply chains. She focuses on how AI and automation move from experimentation to operational resilience and value creation across complex ecosystems.
AI Subject Matter Expert
Aditya is an AI Subject Matter Expert at Fujitsu Europe, specializing in turning advanced AI concepts into operational, trustworthy use cases. He supports enterprises across regulated and data‑intensive industries, helping align AI innovation with business strategy, compliance, and measurable impact.
Executive Director, Data x AI, and CEO Fujitsu Intelligence
Nicholas is the CEO of Fujitsu Intelligence in North America, responsible for building and scaling Fujitsu’s Data and AI business in the region. His work centers on AI orchestration, connecting enterprise data, models, and operational workflows to drive measurable outcomes across manufacturing, supply chain, financial services, and retail. He operates directly with customers to shape strategy, stand up capabilities, and move solutions from concept to production.
VP & CTO Europe
Vice President and CTO for Fujitsu Europe, John leads enterprise adoption of AI, data, cloud, and emerging technologies. His work focuses on moving organizations from experimentation to disciplined AI delivery, addressing governance, trust, explainability, and integration to ensure innovation delivers real, scalable business value.
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Fsas European Platform Business
Udo Würtz is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Fsas European Platform Business, a Fujitsu company, and was appointed Fujitsu Fellow for his technological thought leadership. In his role, he advises the top management of leading companies on strategies, technologies and new trends in the IT business.
His technological focus is on artificial intelligence (especially generative AI), quantum computing, modern software-defined data centres and the use of IoT data in LLM models.
Head of Business Value
Kartik is a transformation leader specializing in large-scale operating model and digital modernization initiatives, with a focus on Manufacturing 4.0. He advises executives on product-driven organizations, AI value realization, and technology-enabled performance improvement. His work centers on translating digital and AI investments into measurable EBITDA, working capital, and operational gains. Kartik brings a structured, value-first approach to enterprise transformation, aligning strategy, architecture, and execution to drive sustainable performance improvement.
CTO for Fujitsu ASEAN Region
Ker Yang is CTO for Fujitsu ASEAN region, overseeing AI and technology strategy across highly diverse markets. His focus is scaling AI securely while adapting platforms to varying regulatory, operational, and maturity levels across the APAC region.
Senior Manager, Technology Strategy Unit, Fujitsu
Kurt is a Senior Manager and Subject Matter Expert at Fujitsu Research Europe, working at the intersection of AI research and enterprise security. He helps apply multi‑agent AI and cyber research to practical enterprise security challenges.
Quantum Computing Advisor
Ellen helps organisations identify where quantum and quantum-inspired technologies can deliver strategic and commercial value, developing tailored strategies aligned to sector priorities and business goals.Ellen holds a PhD in Quantum Algorithms.
AI Research Solution Architect
Christian is an AI Research Solution Architect with expertise in mathematical modeling, optimization, and AI systems.
PhD, Product manager
Matthias is a product manager in the Technology Strategcy Unit at Fujitsu. Previously, he worked as a research scientist and product manager for a Silicon Valley startup and holds a PhD from UC Berkeley.
Senior Director, Technology Marketing Strategy Division, Technology Strategy Unit, Fujitsu
Hiroshi Nishikawa is Senior Director of Technology Vision at Fujitsu Limited, shaping Fujitsu's technology vision and co-creating new business with customers. With 30 years at Fujitsu, including five years in Germany, he has led strategic initiatives such as partner alliances and M&A and holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and an MS in Physics from Osaka University.
Corporate Executive Officer, EVP, CSO, Fujitsu Limited in Tokyo
Appointed Corporate Executive Officer in April 2026, Keiichiro Nishi is Fujitsu’s EVP & Chief Strategy Officer (CSO), leading the CEO Office and Strategic Growth & Investments to accelerate corporate strategy and growth.
Managing Director of Fujitsu Finland
Hanna Kivelä is Managing Director of Fujitsu Finland and a member of Fujitsu’s European leadership team. A former Google leader, board adviser, and investor, she champions Finland’s growth and digital transformation and was named Microsoft’s Finnish Power Woman in Tech in 2023.