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5 hot IT budget investments — and 2 going cold

CIO Business Intelligence

This includes spending on strengthening cybersecurity (35%), improving customer service (32%) and improving data analytics for real-time business intelligence and customer insight (30%). Cold: On-prem infrastructure As they did in 2022, many IT leaders are reducing investments in data centers and on-prem technologies. “We

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Microsoft invests €3.2 billion in AI and the cloud in Germany

CIO Business Intelligence

billion in Germany by the end of 2025 to double the artificial intelligence and cloud capacities of its data centers there. New data centres After doubling the capacity of its own data centers in Germany in 2023, Microsoft intends to double it again by the end of 2025. Microsoft will invest €3.2

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Generative AI gold rush drives IT spending — with payoff in question

CIO Business Intelligence

A scramble to invest in artificial intelligence and a natural replacement cycle for computing devices purchased during the COVID pandemic will lead to an 8% increase in global IT spending this year, Gartner predicted. In other words, CIOs are likely to be apportioning more budget toward speculative initiatives less likely to pan out.

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Gartner: IT Spending Expected to Grow 8% in 2024

Tech Republic Data Center

Data center systems and mobile devices will lead the expected growth in IT spending, according to Q2 predictions.

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4 paths to sustainable AI

CIO Business Intelligence

Everything from geothermal data centers to more efficient graphic processing units (GPUs) can help. Use renewable energy Hosting AI operations at a data center that uses renewable power is a straightforward path to reduce carbon emissions, but it’s not without tradeoffs.

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5 things CIOs must understand about AI infrastructure

CIO Business Intelligence

Physical data center design is foundational, and the silent, longtail impact of an incorrectly provisioned system can mean launching into a “false start” deployment based on incorrect power, cooling, and network elements. Artificial Intelligence Learn more about Penguin Solutions.

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How strategic partnerships are the key to AI-driven innovation

CIO Business Intelligence

But things have gotten a little more complicated now, as the large-scale roll-out of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has introduced the need for a multidisciplinary approach to innovation. Artificial Intelligence