Thrive 2025 / Aug 25-27 / Austin
Breakout Sessions
First breakout sessions just announced
Create purpose-built AI agents securely trained on your data
With two new AI models released weekly and 75% of the workforce using their own AI tools, how do IT leaders keep up? Through interactive demos, learn how to create AI agents trained on your company data, access 30+ top LLMs under one subscription, and consolidate all AI activity on a secure, scalable platform.
Your key takeaway: Discover how to solve business challenges with custom-built AI agents through AppDirect’s agentic AI platform, devs.ai.
Moderated by devs.ai
Solve costly hardware management practices from a single platform
Hear from leading technology companies how they’re solving challenges their IT teams face in managing end-user hardware. Discover how they’re conquering common issues like lengthy setups, manual processes, lost assets, and security threats with innovative hardware lifecycle management. Hear how they’re achieving significant cost savings, enhancing employee productivity, and ensuring stronger security.
Your key takeaway: Powerful strategies from Firstbase on overcoming hardware lifecycle challenges
Moderated by Firstbase
Lessons from companies with thriving marketplace ecosystems
Dive deep into the transformative journeys of industry-leading companies who are executing on their marketplace strategy. Learn how they evolved their ecosystem from showcasing partner products on their marketplace to operating on a large scale. Hear about the distinct paths they took, the key factors that led to their success, challenges they encountered along the way, and specific measures they’re taking to ensure their marketplaces thrive into the future.
Your key takeaway: Best practices to start and scale your marketplace, and how to maximize your ROI
Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of mobility and network purchases
More than 40% of companies struggle to contain their network and mobility costs due to a lack of effective tracking and overpayment for unused services. Through real customer stories and a platform demonstration, learn how network and mobility lifecycle management is helping leading organizations automate operations and gain critical visibility to cut unnecessary costs and make smarter decisions.
Your key takeaway: Practical strategies from vCom for optimizing network and mobility management with the right people, processes, and tools
Grow your revenues through new routes to market
Hear how top companies have expanded their routes to market and are increasing their market share by leveraging AppDirect’s network of 10K+ advisors, 400+ marketplaces, and their own marketplaces. They’ll convey how taking advantage of AppDirect’s distribution technology helps them avoid the complexity of managing multiple integrations and profiles across several partners.
Your key takeaway: Practical insights on how to leverage AppDirect's extensive network and distribution technology to expand your sales channels.
Drive leads and build engagement with a white-labeled storefront
This panel session will delve into how you can easily showcase you or your partners' services on your own white-labeled storefront. Help customers discover all of your solutions or attractive deals from partners, all while tracking their engagement. Hear from panelists who have used this approach to build customer stickiness, increase customer lifetime value, and simplify gathering and managing leads.
Your key takeaway: How you can use a storefront to showcase solutions and build customer engagement