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Don’t Mention The War! A Great Utility Computing Deception
Let’s talk about something usually considered both certain and ubiquitous. No, you fellow cynics, the answer here is not “war”, although we will predict a market war part by the end of this article. Our topic today is utility computing …
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Calling Bullshit on Hockey Stick Forecasts
Ever see an otherwise well-regarded industry analyst firm post a market forecast with an exciting hockey stick curve? These charts scream “Unlimited, exponential growth is just ahead! This is it, this is the market we should all invest in now!”…
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AI Learns to Think Fast: DeepSeek Running for the Masses
The currently over-hyped GenAI hysteria backed by bloated AI infrastructure implementations will predictably cause big problems
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Working From Anywhere
Working from Home (WFH) for some became Working From Anywhere (WFA) for most. It’s now a hybrid world. How can IT best cope?
The Data Center Lives On
The IT Data Center still hosts and protects mission-critical apps and data. It’s also a key integration point between edges, clouds, services, and global users. What’s in store next for Data Centers?
Fighting Shadow IT
Shadow IT and increasing SaaS usage threatens GRC (governance, compliance, risk) and corporate integrity. It increases cost and risk. How can IT best identify and address Shadow IT?
AI For The Enterprise
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How can IT best support productive AI innovation? Critical data is everywhere across the organization, compliance and governance is risky, and GPUs are expensive. Build AI IT, buy AI IT, or rent AI IT in the cloud?
New Frontiers In Handling Hot Data
Great leaps in performance like emerging network and storage offload cards, memory class storage and computational storage are coming along. But also potentially huge changes in how computing is done. Is IT ready?
Controlling Clouds, Cloud Controls??
Cloud adoption accelerated last year, so did IT challenges with hybrid/multi cloud use, data protection and SaaS management. Repatriation is an option, and hybrid ops are improving fast. Is cloud still the winning bet?
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