
On this episode of Six Five Connected, host Diana Blass and Dell Technologies leaders discuss Dell’s PC reset at CES 2026 and why real improvements in battery life, thermals, design, and displays—not AI hype—will drive the next upgrade cycle.

Dr. Srinivas Bhattiprolu, Head of Global Presales and Advanced Consulting Services at Nokia, joins host Will Townsend to explore how telco providers are evolving their cybersecurity practices in a GenAI world and addressing new threats.

Avi Shetty, Hecheng Han, Dr. George Zhang, Neil Edmunds, John Griffith, Josh Grossman, and Francesca Cain-Watson join Diana Blass to discuss the evolution of liquid cooling in AI systems, exploring design tradeoffs, architectures, and deployment strategies.

Steve Kearns, GM of Search Solutions at Elastic, joins Nick Patience to share how Elastic is enabling enterprises to move from RAG to agentic AI, solving operational challenges, and powering the next generation of autonomous workflows.

Baha Azarmi, General Manager of Observability at Elastic, joins host Jason Andersen to discuss how agentic AI is advancing observability tools, enabling faster insights, automated operations, and improved root cause detection for modern IT teams.

Mike Nichols, General Manager, Security at Elastic, joins host Mitch Ashley to discuss how agentic AI and the Elasticsearch platform are driving faster, more intelligent threat detection and response for today’s security teams.

Seamus Jones, Director, Technical Marketing Engineering at Dell, joins David Nicholson and Brian Martin to share lab-based insights on the evolution of RAG—including how Agentic RAG and advanced AI infrastructure are raising the bar for enterprise-ready, trustworthy generative AI.