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Artificial intelligence has become so pervasive in today’s business climate that the rarer species is a technology that doesn’t utilize some form of AI. Indeed, AI itself is no longer a differentiating feature for new and existing applications and technologies, which is now leading organizations to focus their messaging on […]

Can AI Help Ease WFH Anxiety? The Remote Work Question



Analyses show a slow but steady increase in IT spending in 2024. However, how the money is being spent is the subject of debate. Following on our last blog, which noted research firm Forrester predicted a 5.5% increase in IT spending in 2024, data from Gartner and Enterprise Technology Research […]

More on IT Spending: A Rosy Second Half?




After a few years of “growth at all costs” and the purchase of systems and services to accommodate such growth, the tech sector saw a slowdown in 2022 and 2023. That’s not news to anyone who makes a living building, buying, or selling technology—in other words, pretty much everyone. Recent […]

Tech Spending: Will We See a Rise in 2024?


The swift and steady adoption of cloud technology has fundamentally changed the way organizations interact with data. It’s also led to data overload, as individuals and organizations alike have become less selective in what data they delete and what they hold on to (after all, cloud storage is infinite, right?). […]

Industry Clouds Are Rolling In



It’s a new year, which means many of us have made our New Year’s resolutions. And while our intentions are worthy—lose weight, stop smoking, eat less junk food—many times we unintentionally fall back into our familiar patterns, giving up on our resolutions because they’re too difficult, uncomfortable, or otherwise don’t […]

It’s Time to Get Proactive About Security


The new year is upon us, and for many, it’s out with the old and in with the new. Outdated, inflexible systems and processes will be shown the door, ushering in a new way of working smarter, not harder. Not surprisingly, artificial intelligence, including generative AI, will continue to drive […]

2024 Trends: Better Business Through Generative AI


If there is one given in technology, it’s that everything follows a similar life cycle – a path of adoption, if you will. Research firm Gartner calls it the “Hype Cycle,” with five phases to track a technology’s maturity and future potential (my favorite phase name is the ‘Trough of […]

Cloud-Native Comes Down to Earth



Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a topic of discussion since the late 1960s when HAL first told Dave he was “unable to” open the pod bay doors because “the mission is too important for me (HAL) to allow you (Dave) to jeopardize it.” Although the concept of AI had been […]

Generative AI: Well Beyond Science Fiction