Dell Technologies CTO and Chief AI Officer John Roese says that agentic AI will be deployed throughout major enterprises by the end of the year and that it represents a massive opportunity for partners.

Dell Technologies Global CTO and Chief AI Officer John Roese predicts that agentic AI—independently operating AI bots that can carry out tasks, move between systems and learn on the fly—will be deployed throughout major enterprises by the end of the year, and he recently told CRN it represents a massive opportunity for partners.

Before he was Dell’s global CTO, Roese was CTO at EMC when it was acquired by Dell. He also had CTO stints at Cablevision and Broadcom.

Roese said that over the three-year development cycle of AI, many proofs of concept have turned into products and validated designs that have been deployed at more than 3,000 customers.

For him, the AI era is a new frontier where he can bring the best of what he has picked up in his career to deliver outcomes and value for partners and customers.

Here is more of what Roese had to say in an interview with CRN.

https://www.crn.com/news/storage/2025/dell-cto-john-roese-agentic-ai-is-a-storage-win-for-partners