Brown: That was never something that people were excited about. But the idea that they would be able to try completely new models -- storage service providers is an example of that.
Byte and Switch: So much for that [see SSPs: RIP].
Brown: How much difference two years make. When you have a lot of money it's not as big an issue. People say, "Let's buy something new and see how that works."
Barbara Hoey Nelson, Quantum's EVP of corporate marketing and strategy: When the money's tight, you tend to go with what you know. Your older technologies live longer. We see that with DLT -- we thought that would be end-of-lifed six months ago. And it's because people have gone and bought what they've bought for the last seven years.
Byte and Switch: That makes it difficult to introduce new products, doesn't it?
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
