In this interview from Dell Technologies World, Jon Siegal, senior vice president of product marketing at Dell Technologies, joins Mary Ann Anderson, global marketing leader for the Dell partnership at Microsoft, to talk with theCUBE's Dave Vellante and theCUBE + NYSE Wired's Gemma Allen about how the AI PC is emerging as the central hub for agentic AI experimentation in the enterprise. Siegal unveils Dell's new deskside agentic AI offering — enabling enterprise workstations to run large open-weight models with payback versus cloud in as few as three months. He frames the modern AI PC as a "free token generator," a compelling proposition as token consumption costs remain high across enterprise deployments. Anderson builds on that, describing Microsoft's vision of Windows as a "canvas for AI," anchored by the Windows AI Foundry and a governance control plane to help organizations securely deploy and manage their own agents.
The conversation also explores the urgency behind enterprise PC refresh cycles, with Siegal arguing that hardware adequate a year ago can no longer support the agentic workflows arriving at pace. Smaller, high-performance models — in the 13-billion-parameter range — are approaching fast, requiring devices with MPUs capable of handling inference without sacrificing battery life. Anderson underscores the governance imperative: employees are already finding ways to use AI regardless of corporate policy, and tools like Microsoft Intune and Entra are becoming essential for assigning agent identities and securing data access. For CIOs navigating the complexity, both guests offer a practical framework — identify use cases, map workloads to the right environment and start experimenting without delay. From a productivity revolution Siegal predicts will far exceed the gains of the original PC era to the deepening Dell-Microsoft partnership ahead of Microsoft Build, the conversation delivers a clear message: the AI PC has moved from the edge of enterprise strategy to its center.
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Jon Siegal, Dell Technologies & Mary Ann Anderson, Microsoft
In this interview from Dell Technologies World, Jon Siegal, senior vice president of product marketing at Dell Technologies, joins Mary Ann Anderson, global marketing leader for the Dell partnership at Microsoft, to talk with theCUBE's Dave Vellante and theCUBE + NYSE Wired's Gemma Allen about how the AI PC is emerging as the central hub for agentic AI experimentation in the enterprise. Siegal unveils Dell's new deskside agentic AI offering — enabling enterprise workstations to run large open-weight models with payback versus cloud in as few as three months. He frames the modern AI PC as a "free token generator," a compelling proposition as token consumption costs remain high across enterprise deployments. Anderson builds on that, describing Microsoft's vision of Windows as a "canvas for AI," anchored by the Windows AI Foundry and a governance control plane to help organizations securely deploy and manage their own agents.
The conversation also explores the urgency behind enterprise PC refresh cycles, with Siegal arguing that hardware adequate a year ago can no longer support the agentic workflows arriving at pace. Smaller, high-performance models — in the 13-billion-parameter range — are approaching fast, requiring devices with MPUs capable of handling inference without sacrificing battery life. Anderson underscores the governance imperative: employees are already finding ways to use AI regardless of corporate policy, and tools like Microsoft Intune and Entra are becoming essential for assigning agent identities and securing data access. For CIOs navigating the complexity, both guests offer a practical framework — identify use cases, map workloads to the right environment and start experimenting without delay. From a productivity revolution Siegal predicts will far exceed the gains of the original PC era to the deepening Dell-Microsoft partnership ahead of Microsoft Build, the conversation delivers a clear message: the AI PC has moved from the edge of enterprise strategy to its center.
Jon Siegal, Dell Technologies & Mary Ann Anderson, Microsoft
Jon Siegal
SVP, Product MarketingDell Technologies
Mary Ann Anderson
WW Marketing Director, Dell Partnership at MicrosoftMicrosoft
In this interview from Dell Technologies World, Jon Siegal, senior vice president of product marketing at Dell Technologies, joins Mary Ann Anderson, global marketing leader for the Dell partnership at Microsoft, to talk with theCUBE's Dave Vellante and theCUBE + NYSE Wired's Gemma Allen about how the AI PC is emerging as the central hub for agentic AI experimentation in the enterprise. Siegal unveils Dell's new deskside agentic AI offering — enabling enterprise workstations to run large open-weight models with payback versus cloud in as few as three months. ...Read more