article thumbnail

How will AI agents be priced? CIOs need to pay attention

CIO

In comparison, current large language model pricing is a form of outcome-based pricing, with users paying for tokens processed or generated, he notes. By pricing based on the underlying costs of compute, latency, and throughput, this model provides clarity on how charges are determined and allows for more precise budgeting, Leo John says.

Budget 193
article thumbnail

Is VMware really becoming the new mainframe?

CIO

The comparison of VMware to mainframes started as a bit of a joke for Gartner vice president analyst Michael Warrilow but the analogy holds up, to a point, he says. The comparison works a bit, maybe from a stickiness perspective, because customers have built their applications and workload using virtualization technology on VMware, he says.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

CIOs are rethinking how they use public cloud services. Here’s why.

CIO

Cloud spending is going up and budgets are tightening, so theyre asking whats going on and how do we right this ship. Jeff Wysocki, CIO at mining firm Mosaic Company, acknowledges those budget-busting concerns, but he says CIOs may be able to work with their public cloud provider to get those costs under control.

Cloud 209
article thumbnail

AI market evolution: Data and infrastructure transformation through AI

CIO

Cost, by comparison, ranks a distant 10th. As budgets tighten, AI will soon face the same financial scrutiny as other IT investments. Data security, data quality, and data governance still raise warning bells Data security remains a top concern. AI applications rely heavily on secure data, models, and infrastructure.

article thumbnail

Daily Crunch: Nigerian startup that stored its ‘day-to-day operational budget’ on FTX announces staff cuts 

TechCrunch

A true comparison : Now people in Europe can know the joy and wonder that is the Klarna price comparison tool, which Paul writes may just be a “credible alternative to Google and Amazon.”. In this instance, African web3 startup Nestcoin said it had to lay off employees as a result of not having that access. Sarah has more.

Budget 236
article thumbnail

AWS Budgets Vs. AWS Cost Explorer: The Ultimate Comparison Guide

CloudZero

This group comprises AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR), AWS Budgets, AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Cost Categories, and AWS Cost Anomaly Detection. AWS currently offers over 200 services. Some of those make up the AWS Cost Management suite.

AWS 98
article thumbnail

Benchmarks without context are meaningless: The pitfalls of data without insight

CIO

Knowing this was coming, I responded, “On average, most organizations spend around 3-6% of their IT budget on security.” Security spend as a percentage of IT budget is meaningless without understanding your overall IT investment.” But here’s the challenge: Business leaders tend to look for quick comparisons.

Data 165