Matt Volke

Matt Volke is an international award-winning marketing professional and nationally recognized journalist with a passion for crafting compelling content that drives results. As Product Marketing Manager at Hitachi Solutions, Matt leads creative strategy and content development for data and AI solutions, helping generate meaningful content for customers. With a career spanning top brands like Caesars Entertainment, Scientific Games, World Series of Poker, and The Venetian, he has shaped marketing narratives for global icons including Cirque du Soleil, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, and Gordon Ramsay. Matt’s work has earned accolades from the American Advertising Federation, Associated Press, and Casino Journal, and his storytelling expertise continues to fuel innovation across digital, brand, and product marketing.

Hitachi Solutions Announced as Launch Partner for Microsoft Agent 365, Bringing Governed AI Agents from Pilots to Production

Hitachi Solutions, a global Microsoft systems integrator, announce today the launch of its Microsoft Agent 365 services, following its selection by Microsoft as a launch partner for Agent 365, Microsoft’s unified control plane for agentic AI. The offering helps organizations observe, govern, and secure AI agents at scale, enabling a faster, safer path from experimentation […]

Flipping the Switch on Faster Data Pipelines with NVIDIA RAPIDS

Modern data platforms are evolving—and speed, scale, and efficiency are becoming non‑negotiable. In this episode of Exchanges with Hitachi Solutions, I had the chance to sit down with Evan Sotos, Engineering Manager for the Hitachi Unified Data Accelerator, fresh off his return from NVIDIA GTC, where he demonstrated how GPU acceleration is moving beyond AI […]

FABCON 2026 Recap: Where Microsoft Fabric Moved From Vision to Velocity

FABCON 2026 delivered exactly what many data leaders are asking for right now: less hype, more clarity, and a whole lot of practical conversations about how Microsoft Fabric is being used in the real world. From packed workshops to nonstop conversations on the expo floor, the energy in Atlanta was unmistakable. This wasn’t just about […]

Live from FABCON 2026: Making Microsoft Fabric Practical

FABCON is where Microsoft Fabric conversations stop being theoretical and start getting real. This year in Atlanta, Hitachi Solutions is on the ground at Booth 545, focused on one thing: helping organizations turn Fabric potential into practical, measurable outcomes. To kick things off, we recorded a special, on‑site episode of Exchanges with Hitachi Solutions, bringing […]

Meet the experts before you meet the experts at FABCON 2026

FABCON 2026: Where Fabric Gets Practical FABCON is where Microsoft Fabric conversations get real—where the “could we?” quickly turns into “how do we?” and “how fast can we?” This year, Hitachi Solutions is heading to FABCON 2026 in Atlanta, and we’ll be at Booth 545 with a team of specialists ready to dig into your […]

Redefining Customer Experience with AI Agents— Insights from Alex Rigaud

AI agents are quickly redefining how organizations operate—moving beyond basic automation into a new frontier of human‑led, AI‑powered business transformation. Unlike traditional workflows or stand‑alone chatbots, AI agents are designed to scale outcomes, augment human decision‑making, and deliver measurable value across the enterprise. In this conversation, Alex Rigaud, Vice President of Incubation Solutions at Hitachi […]

A Look Back at CES and a Look Ahead to 2026

In this episode of Exchanges with Hitachi Solutions, I sat down with Evan Sotos, Engineering Manager for the Empower Data Platform, and Stuart Morris, Director of Research & Development, for a fast‑paced wrap‑up of their time on the ground at CES 2026 in Las Vegas. With Hitachi’s presence spanning IoT, mobility, digital cities, energy, and […]

Live from CES with Alex Rigaud

In this episode of Exchanges with Hitachi Solutions, Alex Rigaud, Vice President of Incubation Solutions, reports live from CES 2026 in Las Vegas. Together, we explore the latest innovations on display at the world’s largest consumer electronics show and highlight how Hitachi Solutions is shaping the future of AI, data, and automation. You can meet […]

Data First, AI Second: Insights from Microsoft Ignite

In this episode of Exchanges with Hitachi Solutions, host Matt Volke sits down with Alex Rigaud, Vice President of Incubation Solutions, fresh from Microsoft Ignite in San Francisco. Together they unpack the biggest announcements from Ignite—including Microsoft’s new Agent 365 platform—and explore how organizations can move from experimentation to truly embedding AI across their business. In this episode, you’ll hear Matt […]

Hitachi Solutions is Turning Birthdays into Impact

We’re planting a seed for sustainability with Ecologi At Hitachi Solutions, sustainability is more than a goal, it’s a responsibility. Through our collaboration with Ecologi, we actively support global climate action projects that restore ecosystems and reduce carbon emissions. Partnership with Ecologi Through our collaboration with Ecologi, we actively support global climate action projects that […]