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Why AI productivity benefits require a PC refresh strategy

CIO

IT leaders developing IT strategies commonly cite routine task automation and content simplification as two of their top priorities. 1] But as businesses seek to realize these benefits, the technology debate is extending beyond data and algorithms to another crucial piece of the overall puzzle: the underlying hardware, particularly AI PCs.

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The mainframe’s future in the age of AI

CIO

If there’s any doubt that mainframes will have a place in the AI future, many organizations running the hardware are already planning for it. A huge majority of survey respondents plan to move some workloads off the mainframe , but nearly as many say they consider mainframes important to their business strategies.

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Humane, a stealthy hardware and software startup co-founded by an ex-Apple designer and engineer, raises $100M

TechCrunch

5 consumer hardware VCs share their 2021 investment strategies. ” Meanwhile, the company currently has nearly 50 job openings listed, including engineers with camera and computer vision experience, hardware engineers, designers and security experts, among many others. One sign of where all that funding will be going.)

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Topi raises $45M to power hardware subscriptions for B2B merchants

TechCrunch

A new company is looking to do for B2B hardware sales what a growing number of companies have been doing in the consumer sphere, by making it easier for businesses to pay for equipment in instalments through rentals and subscriptions. Hardware-as-a-service. million in funding to do something similar for B2B transactions.

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AI factories: Is this the ‘secret success’ that unleashes innovation?

CIO

These challenges include confused data strategies, difficulty building secure data pipelines, and hardware approaches that dont integrate or scale, as a recent CIO webcast with experts from Dell and NVIDIA highlighted. But equally critical is the lack of a focused strategy or business case.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Big Data’s cloud backlash, CVC pitch tips, de-risking hardware startups

TechCrunch

The relatively recent shift to cloud computing promised to lower costs and boost productivity, but “ cloud-first strategies may be hitting the limits of their efficacy , and in many cases, ROIs are diminishing,” writes Thomas Robinson, COO of Domino Data Lab. Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members.

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How to talk to your board about tech debt

CIO

Suboptimal integration strategies are partly to blame, and on top of this, companies often don’t have security architecture that can handle both people and AI agents working on IT systems. If they’re going to benefit from AI strategies, companies must address this foundation before they can effectively scale their gen AI initiatives.

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