NTFD 2026

No Time for Downtime XXIII – Sovereign by Design

October 8, 2026 · JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel

More than 430 participants—customers, managers, and IT&C specialists—joined Maguay at the 23rd edition of No Time for Downtime, alongside technology partners such as HPE, Fortinet, Oracle, Veeam, Everpure, Bitdefender, F5, Red Hat, and BISS, as well as Phoenix IT, Athena Medical, Teguar, and Toshiba.

Under the theme “Sovereign by Design – Engineering Digital Sovereignty: On-Premise AI, Edge Computing & the EU Regulatory Landscape,” the event addressed control over data and infrastructure, the use of AI in private and hybrid environments, cybersecurity, and operational resilience.

ITC managers and specialists

participants

  • Introduction: “No Time for Downtime” – Eduard Pughin, General Manager, Maguay; Asigno presentation on the implementation of the eToll platform.
  • “One HPE: Powering What’s Next” – HPE’s keynote on technology trends and infrastructure for the next phase of digital transformation.
  • “Control is the new AI advantage. Security, sovereignty, and trust are at the core of enterprise AI” – Security, sovereignty, and trust in AI infrastructure for the enterprise, HPE.
  • “Business Continuity & AI in a Resilient, Flexible Deployment Model” – Operational Continuity and Flexible Architectures in the Age of AI, Oracle; Sergiu Russu, Technology Sales Leader, Oracle Romania.
  • “AI for Security, Security for AI” – the use of AI in security and the protection of applications, models, and data used by AI systems, Fortinet; Adrian Danciu, Senior Regional Director, Southeastern Europe.
  • “Everpure Data Primacy – How We Transform Company Data into the Primary Source for AI and Smart Applications” – Data Governance and Control, Everpure; Horia Constantinescu, Country Manager for CEE.
  • “Redefining Data Resilience” – Data Resilience and Business Continuity, Veeam; Denisa Gîlmeanu, Senior Territory Manager for Southeast Europe.
  • “24/Cyber” – cybersecurity services and solutions, BISS, a company in the Maguay Group.
  • “The Modern Landscape of Cyber Threats – 2026” – The Evolution of Cyber Threats, Bitdefender.
  • “Red Hat OpenShift – the secure sovereign AI platform” – a platform for developing and operating a secure, sovereign AI infrastructure, a presentation by Exclusive Networks.
  • “AI Under Control: Visibility, Security, and Compliance with F5” – visibility, security, and compliance for AI applications and infrastructure, F5.
  • Maguay servers, computing systems, and storage solutions for enterprise infrastructures and mission-critical applications.
  • HPE Solutions for Infrastructure and Private Cloud, Including AI.
  • Fortinet Solutions for Cybersecurity and the Protection of AI Infrastructures.
  • Oracle solutions for infrastructure, databases, and business continuity.
  • Veeam solutions for backup, recovery, and data resilience.
  • Everpure Solutions for Storage, Data Management, and AI-Ready Infrastructure.
  • Bitdefender and BISS cybersecurity solutions.
  • F5 Solutions for Application Visibility, Security, and Delivery.
  • Red Hat OpenShift for application and AI platforms.
  • Solutions and technologies presented in collaboration with Phoenix IT.
  • Solutions from Athena Medical and Teguar.
  • Toshiba Technologies.
  • The Maguay line of PCs and workstations.
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