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How small businesses can develop a technology strategy that leverages AI

CIO

Many small business leaders are still trying to build out an artificial intelligence (AI) strategy to drive efficiencies, supercharge automation and spark creative productivity among their people. A new generation of AI-ready PCs deliver the hardware specs and design features to drive AI adoption in the workforce and optimise work.

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Whether your technology is new or old, lifecycle management is key

CIO

Does your organization see technology infrastructure as a commodity or as a strategic business enabler? The answer will shape your approach to infrastructure: you can keep legacy infrastructure going as long as you can, or you can pursue the cutting edge of technology. Legacy technology also affects sustainability.

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Capitalizing on technology budgets: A CIO’s story

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While traditional approaches to bridging the profitability gap, like layoffs and budget cuts, can harm company culture, an innovative and practical alternative is capitalizing on technology budgets. However, it’s important to remember that headcount and budget cuts are not the only strategies to streamline costs.

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

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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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Will VMWare’s licensing changes push devirtualization of data centers?

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The landscape of data center infrastructure is shifting dramatically, influenced by recent licensing changes from Broadcom that are driving up costs and prompting enterprises to reevaluate their virtualization strategies. However, Gartner said, it has its own set of challenges and can have varied business impacts.

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The strategy behind becoming a manufacturing superpower

CIO

The world of manufacturing is undergoing a quiet revolution: the integration of Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT). For decades, businesses have focused on IT development, while OT has trailed decades behind in technological advancement. Liu Chao, CEO of Huawei’s Manufacturing and Large Enterprise BU.

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Bild takes in funding to share, collaborate on hardware designs in the cloud

TechCrunch

When Pradyut Paul was a hardware engineering program manager at Apple, he saw firsthand the challenges of building and sharing hardware products using antiquated tools like email and spreadsheets. It has converted some of the early customers to paying customers, but is still figuring out pricing strategies, Paul said.

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