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What most CIOs get wrong about strategic IT plans

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In my younger and more sarcastic days I used to needle my friend the budgeting manager, who was also responsible for reviewing capital project proposals to ensure their projected ROI exceeded the hurdle rate. Anatomy of a plan In the realm of business, strategy isn’t what most of us think.

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10 things to watch out for with open source gen AI

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Some open source models allow you to see what’s used for inference and what’s not,” he adds. Companies are already very familiar with using open source code. Weird new license terms The landscape of different open source license types is complicated enough. And there are an insane number of variants. Here are the top ones.

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Where’s the ROAI?

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Sooner or later, the market will demand tangible financial returns, and real-world use cases with quantifiable Return on Investment on AI (ROAI) will need to emerge to sustain this level of investment. Companies such Nvidia, Corestreet, and OpenAI are experiencing exponential revenue growth – and valuations, driven by this immense interest.

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How to get your CFO to buy into a better model for IT funding

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Modern digital organisations tend to use an agile approach to delivery, with cross-functional teams, product-based operating models , and persistent funding. Continuous and dependable funding facilitates IT leaders’ ability to deliver leading-edge technology solutions while not increasing technical debt.

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Microsoft invests €3.2 billion in AI and the cloud in Germany

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Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft, said the aim is to enable the German economy to benefit from AI in order to continue to expand its leading global position in terms of competitiveness. It puts Germany in third place worldwide behind Singapore and the US. Microsoft will invest €3.2 million people in digital skills.

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VMware customers take wait-and-see approach amid Broadcom changes

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When tech giant Broadcom acquired virtualization market leader VMware last October, it restructured licensing terms, laid off thousands of employees, and terminated partner agreements with resellers and service providers. Customers that paid for older perpetual licenses can continue to use the older vSphere versions they purchased, he said.

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Microsoft can’t keep up with demand for AI in the cloud — for now

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Near-term AI demand is a bit higher than our available capacity,” Hood said Thursday, during a conference call to discuss the company’s quarterly results for the quarter ended March 31. GitHub Copilot is still using a much smaller model,” Patel said. Microsoft posted revenue of $61.9 Microsoft posted revenue of $61.9

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