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Dissecting the AI boom through the dotcom lens
Many people question whether the current artificial intelligence boom will end in the same way that the dotcom bubble burst. It’s understandable, as there are many similarities, especially with the exuberance seen this past week in the stock market following Nvidia Corp.’s earnings print. Although it’s easy to dismiss AI as a completely different era, ...
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Cloud optimization wanes as AI slowly lifts off
The past 24 months have seen cloud spending face dual headwinds of macroeconomics and the ability to dial down resources as needed – that is, cloud optimization. Nonetheless, the big four hyperscaler cloud providers clocked in between $170 billion and $190 billion in infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service revenue last year depending on how you factor the ...
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Intel Foundry is a bold bet filled with uncertainty
As an American, you can’t help but root for Intel Corp. CEO Pat Gelsinger to succeed. His vision to bring semiconductor manufacturing leadership back to the United States is more than just a quaint nationalistic sentiment. Rather, it’s a strategic imperative for the country, its military, global competitiveness and access to future technological innovations in ...
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2024 IT spending outlook shows cautious start with optimistic finish
Recent spending intentions data from more than 1,700 information technology decision makers indicates that executives expect technology budgets to grow at 4.3% this year. That’s up from roughly 3.5% in 2023 and is higher than the expectation in October, which was 3.8%. But the forecasts for 2024 are backend-loaded. Moreover, although some sectors such as ...
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Predictions 2024: Deciphering gen AI’s effect on data, governance and skill gaps
With Sanjeev Mohan, Tony Baer, Carl Olofson, Dave Menninger and Doug Henschen In the words of famous people such as Nobel laureate Neils Bohr and baseball legend Yogi Berra, predictions are very difficult, especially if they’re about the future. In this special Breaking Analysis, we’re pleased to host our third annual data predictions power panel ...
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Grading our 2023 enterprise technology predictions
Predictions about the future of enterprise tech are streaming to our inboxes, literally by the thousands. Most are thoughtful and we will review those prior to publishing our 2024 predictions later in January. As is our tradition, we try to make our own predictions more challenging by citing forecasts that are measurable and have either ...
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The rise of observability and why it matters to your business
The rapid awareness and adoption of artificial intelligence has increased concerns around security, governance, compliance and business risk. The digital business imperative to improve customer experience combined with a vastly more complex technology environment, comprising multiple clouds, the internet of things, containers, app integration and the popularity of open source, are driving need for better ...
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David versus Goliath reimagined: OpenAI’s approach to AI supervision
Artificial general intelligence, or AGI, has people both intrigued and fearful. As a leading researcher in the field, last July, OpenAI introduced the concept of superalignment via a team created to study scientific and technical breakthroughs to guide and ultimately control AI systems that are much more capable than humans. OpenAI refers to this level of AI as ...
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The OpenAI meltdown: Winners and losers in the battle for AI supremacy
Conventional wisdom says Microsoft Corp. is the big winner in the recent OpenAI saga. We don’t quite see it that way. Both Microsoft and OpenAI are in a worse position today than last Thursday, prior to the firing of OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman and the ongoing public drama that ensued. Microsoft and OpenAI had ...
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The copilot era takes flight at Microsoft Ignite 2023
Microsoft Ignite 2023 was one part a celebration of yearlong technological innovations, one part announcing the general availability of previously announced products, one part vision, one part ecosystem and four parts copilots everywhere. Copilots promise a historic software-led productivity increase. Perhaps for the first time in industry history, we’re seeing huge demand for software coincide ...