As technology and partnerships evolve and grow, industry leaders owe it to the market to come together and build the right solutions for the customer.

In this episode, Bill Miller and Mike Kelly, both CIOs from long-time mutual customers and partners, NetApp and Red Hat respectively, discuss user-driven innovation, putting the customer first, open source culture and development, the role of data and analytics, building for the hybrid cloud and multi-cloud future, and the value of empathy, equity, and inclusion.

The CIO Central series features NetApp’s Bill Miller exploring top-of-mind subjects, priorities, and insights with IT thought leaders in technology innovation and adoption.