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    Broadcom targets infrastructure complexity in automation play

    VMware AI Factory lets enterprises pick preferred hardware and AI models, marking the latest vendor move to ease compute challenges.

    By Sept. 10, 2026
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    Stop asking where your data lives. Ask if it can move.

    "Where data lives" is the wrong question. Whether it can move is the one costing you money.

    By Qumulo Team • Sept. 8, 2026
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    AI costs are skyrocketing as adoption efforts widen across the enterprise. Amid rising concerns over soaring bills, FinOps practices are offering tried-and-true advice.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    Deloitte aims to help enterprises with hybrid AI model strategy

    The consulting firm is launching an open model engineering practice intending to help enterprises find the right mix.

    By Sept. 4, 2026
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    Kyndryl, Broadcom bet on VMware skills as private cloud demand returns

    Kyndryl is adding consulting, managed services and agentic AI guardrails to VCF, backed by a skills push covering several thousand of its own consultants.

    By Kelly Teal • Sept. 4, 2026
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    Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face deal could benefit enterprises

    The chipmaker’s acquisition could eventually bring additional security resources and model evaluation tools to the platform, according to experts.

    By Sept. 3, 2026
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    AI adoption helps sustain confidence in the mainframe

    Companies are enlisting agents to help manage the platform amid ongoing modernization, according to BMC’s annual survey.

    By Sept. 1, 2026
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    Security policies fail to keep up with a hybrid cloud world

    Roughly two-thirds of companies have suffered a business-critical app outage due to misconfigured security policies, a Cloud Security Alliance report found.

    By Aug. 31, 2026
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    Google rolls out flexible billing, cost controls for AI agents

    The tech giant joins a string of vendors launching tools to help customers manage rising AI costs.

    By Aug. 26, 2026
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    Apple debuts PCs, chips dedicated to AI workloads

    On-device compute can help enterprises navigate rising AI costs and future complexity, said Ranjit Atwal, senior director analyst at Gartner.

    By Aug. 25, 2026
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    Verizon taps Google for enterprise AI, infrastructure deployment

    The telecommunications company plans to deploy Gemini Enterprise and Google's data infrastructure as it makes AI central to the customer experience.

    By Aug. 24, 2026
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    Legacy IT forces enterprises to delay AI projects

    Data governance and regulatory challenges are pushing CIOs to revamp their infrastructure to support modern workloads, according to a Cloudera report.

    By Aug. 12, 2026
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    AI infrastructure spending shifts in latest sign of deployment maturity

    Enterprises are now pouring more resources into operating the technology at scale rather than on training models, according to Gartner.

    By Aug. 10, 2026
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    Meta launches coding agent Muse Code in latest enterprise AI push

    Coupled with heavy cloud infrastructure investments, the launch underscores the company's efforts to diversify revenue streams.

    By Aug. 6, 2026
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    Amazon ups AI investments as cloud sector chases windfall

    Yearly enterprise cloud spending jumped to $500 billion in support of AI buildouts, according to Synergy Research Group.

    By Aug. 3, 2026
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    Microsoft holds the line on infrastructure spending

    The company is well-positioned with its current data center investments as cloud revenue soars, executives said Wednesday.

    By July 30, 2026
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    AI shifts mainframe modernization strategy

    To stay or not to stay on the mainframe? AI might help enterprises do both.

    By July 28, 2026
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    When security says no, cloud teams find a workaround

    Cloud security can’t rely on saying no. To keep innovation moving, teams need governance that makes the secure path the easiest path.

    By SHI/AWS • July 27, 2026
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    Google hikes capital expenditures to $205B, citing demand growth

    The tech provider will continue to expand compute in response to capacity constraints, CFO Anat Ashkenazi said during a Wednesday earnings call.

    By July 23, 2026
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    Big tech sovereign AI tools promise control, but drive lock-in

    Nvidia has emerged as a dominant player in sovereign AI, which accounts for roughly 14% of the company’s revenue, according to a Stanford HAI study.

    By July 23, 2026
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    Tech chiefs enlist AI agents to manage cloud app sprawl

    Leaders expect agentic AI to play a key role in cloud management. But few businesses have moved beyond pilot deployments, according to Unisys.

    By Scarlett Evans • July 21, 2026
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    AI pushes enterprises back to the drawing board on cloud

    Growing AI compute demands, cost and sovereignty are driving more enterprises toward hybrid cloud, an Information Services Group report found.

    By July 16, 2026
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    Agentic AI strains legacy IT systems

    More than 4 in 5 organizations need to upgrade their tech stacks to support AI agents at scale, according to Google’s 2026 State of AI Infrastructure report.

    By July 10, 2026
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    SAP loosens ERP maintenance and support rules

    In response to a European Commission investigation, SAP will clarify initial licensing terms and allow customers to choose different ERP support providers.

    By July 9, 2026
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    Liberty Mutual preps legacy systems for AI scale

    The insurer is reaping the rewards of a yearslong modernization strategy to build systems that allow for as much flexibility as possible.

    By July 8, 2026
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    Accenture, Google bring enterprise AI to the midmarket

    Midsize companies face familiar AI adoption setbacks but need services tailored to their scale, Accenture CEO Julie Sweet said.

    By July 7, 2026