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N-able Empower 2026: recap
N-able's tenth Empower conference ran in Fort Lauderdale with business resilience and AI as its main thread, with keynotes from CEO John Pagliuca, CTPO Mike Adler and Tiffani Bova of The Futurum Group. N-able used the event to unveil its MCP server for N-central and N-sight, the N-zo in-product AI assistant and a co-managed Cove DRaaS offering.
Past edition Apr 13–15, 2026 · Omni Fort Lauderdale Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Themes
- business resilience
- AI in IT operations
- security operations
- unified endpoint management
As named on the organiser’s agenda or recap.
Headline speakers
- John Pagliuca · President and CEO, N-able
- Mike Adler · Chief Technology and Product Officer, N-able
- Nicole Reineke · Chief AI Officer, N-able
- Greg Swimer · CTO, City Football Group
- Tiffani Bova · Chief of Research and Strategy, The Futurum Group
- Fernando Montenegro · Vice President and Practice Lead for Cybersecurity & Resilience, The Futurum Group
As published on the official site.
Announcements
- N-able launched an MCP server connecting AI tools to live data in N-central and N-sight. (n-able.com/press/press-releases/n-able-makes-uem-ai-native-with-mcp-server-launch)
- N-able introduced N-zo, an in-product AI assistant for its UEM products. (n-able.com/press/press-releases/n-able-makes-uem-ai-native-with-mcp-server-launch)
- N-able added a co-managed Disaster Recovery as a Service option to Cove Data Protection. (n-able.com/press/press-releases/n-able-accelerates-recovery-time-after-critical-events-with-disaster-recovery-as-a-service)
All N-able Empower editions
- N-able Empower 2027
Sep 20–22, 2027 · Scottsdale, AZ · upcoming - N-able Empower 2026
Apr 13–15, 2026 · Fort Lauderdale, FL · more than 600 attendees
How we checked this. N-able's press releases confirm 600+ attendees, the keynote line-up and two 'live from Empower' product announcements; the Head Nerd recap blog confirms the keynotes and themes. Dates, venue and keynotes from N-able press release 2026-02-12; 600+ attendees from the 2026-06-02 press release. Last checked Nov 6, 2026.
Sources: n-able.com/press/press-releases/n-able-announces-empower-2027-and-launches-global-empower-on-the-move-series · n-able.com/blog/a-nerds-eye-view-on-empower-fort-lauderdale · n-able.com/press/press-releases/n-able-empower-2026-to-take-place-in-fort-lauderdale · n-able.com/press/press-releases/n-able-makes-uem-ai-native-with-mcp-server-launch · n-able.com/press/press-releases/n-able-accelerates-recovery-time-after-critical-events-with-disaster-recovery-as-a-service · n-able.com/empower
Only facts the organiser published are shown; nothing here is estimated unless it says so. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.