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New research: How IT leaders drive business benefits by accelerating device refresh strategies

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Increased security, productivity gains and enhancing innovation are among the reasons IT leaders are modernising their device fleets more frequently, new research reveals. Forrester’s research found that 55% of firms prioritised security at the hardware level when refreshing.

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CIOs sharpen cloud cost strategies — just as gen AI spikes loom

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Yet, controlling cloud costs remains the top challenge IT leaders face in making the most of their cloud strategies, with about one third — 35% — of respondents citing these expenses as the No. 1 barrier to moving forward in the cloud. He went with cloud provider Wasabi for those storage needs.

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Partnering on Strategies for Data-First Modernization

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1 CEO priority for respondents to the IDG/Foundry “State of the CIO Study 2022” research , cited by a third of the respondents. Gartner research shows that 60% of all enterprises will require storage products to have integrated ransomware defense and mitigation mechanisms by 2025, up from 10% in 2022.

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Avoid generative AI malaise to innovate and build business value

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It isn’t for lack of effort, as recent research suggests. The research cited a lack of talent and skills to work with the technology (62%), unclear AI and GenAI investment priorities (47%), and the absence of a strategy for responsible AI (41%) as the top three obstacles. Reach consensus on strategy.

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CIOs sharpen tech strategies to support hybrid work

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Those principles, along with lessons learned during recent years, have helped Pfeiffer sharpen her tech strategy for supporting hybrid work in 2023. The same goes for any hardware (e.g., laptops) being used. My philosophy is your office is your laptop and everything you need to be productive is enabled through that laptop,” he says.

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Inferencing holds the clues to AI puzzles

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It turns out LLM inferencing with RAG running open-source models on-premises can be 38% to 75% more cost-effective as compared to the public cloud, according to new research 1 from Enterprise Strategy Group commissioned by Dell Technologies. The percentage varies as the size of the model and the number of users grows.

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Maximise productivity for employees and IT staff in the hybrid work era

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For example, 40% of employees no longer have a dedicated desk, according to research from Start Standing. All of this means that organisations require a tech strategy that provides tools to ensure all employees can get their work done effectively and securely — from anywhere. At the same time, hybrid work has also affected IT teams.