Kyle Edsall, former CTERA customer and Technical Product Marketing Manager, shares insights into building an enterprise data fabric at Microsoft Ignite, focusing on eliminating silos and enabling AI-driven collaboration.

CTERA in Action: Building Data Fabric for Enterprises at Microsoft Ignite

Speaker: Kyle Edsall (Technical Product Marketing Manager, Former CTERA Customer)

Overview

This Microsoft Ignite session demonstrates how CTERA helps organizations unify their data platform, empowering secure collaboration and AI-readiness across global enterprise sites.

Key Topics

  • Eliminating Data Silos: Strategies and tools for integrating datasets from multiple systems.
  • AI Readiness with MCP: Enabling intelligent file operations for future innovation.
  • Data Intelligence Stack: Introduction and usage of CTERA’s out-of-the-box data intelligence components.
  • Virtual Experts: Role of virtual employees in workplace data operations and their integration within Teams.
  • Secure Collaboration: Techniques for collaboration across sites with data protection.
  • Microsoft Teams Integration: Using familiar Microsoft environments to connect experts and datasets.

Session Chapters

  • CTERA Adds AI Readiness: Leveraging MCP for intelligent file operations
  • Introduction to CTERA Data Intelligence: Purpose and business impact
  • Virtual Employees / Experts: Integration and practical uses
  • Data Sources View: Connecting and curating multi-system datasets
  • Teams Integration: Operational workflows inside Microsoft Teams
  • Comprehensive Data Intelligence Stack: Out-of-the-box deployment for enterprises
  • Unified File Systems: Preparing for an AI-ready enterprise future

Summary

This session guides IT leaders through the practical steps of building an AI-ready, unified data platform, highlighting collaboration, secure management, and operational scaling strategies for data-driven enterprises.