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Artificial intelligence is an early stage technology and the hype around it is palpable, but IT leaders need to take many challenges into consideration before making major commitments for their enterprises. With AI and data proliferating everywhere in the enterprise, AI and data are no longer centralized assets that IT directly controls.
While most provisions of the EU AI Act come into effect at the end of a two-year transition period ending in August 2026, some of them enter force as early as February 2, 2025. It will have to be done by mid-2026, which is a tight timeframe, but Cisco only sees benefits to being part of the AI Pact, Quattrocchi points out.
While the IEEE P802.3dj project is working toward defining 200G per lane for Ethernet by late 2026, the industry is (loudly) asking for 400G per lane yesterday, if not sooner, Jones wrote in a recent Ethernet Alliance blog. Enterprise and campus networks represent a massive market for Ethernet, with over a billion ports shipping annually.
The news comes amidst reports that the company also plans to close its infrastructure as a service (IaaS) division Metal in 2026, and in the wake of the appointment of new CEO Adaire Fox-Martin and a shakeup in its C-suite that saw the departures of CIO Milind Wagle and CISO Michael Montoya.
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Gartner’s top predictions for 2025 are as follows: Through 2026, 20% of organizations will use AI to flatten their organizational structure, eliminating more than half of current middle management positions. By 2028, 40% of large enterprises will deploy AI to manipulate and measure employee mood and behaviors, all in the name of profit. “AI
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Global organizations tell IDC that a dearth of skills has directly led to a host of enterprise and business problems. By the end of 2026, IDC predicts that more than 90% of organizations will feel similar pain, costing as much as $5.5T The impacts are huge here, Smith adds. USD globally, says Smith.
HorizonX Consulting and The Quantum Insider, a market intelligence firm, launched the Quantum Innovation Index in February, ranking enterprises on the degree to which theyve adopted quantum computing. Prioritize Because of the complexity of the tasks, ISGs Saylors suggest that enterprises prioritize their efforts.
And some large, cutting-edge enterprises are already beginning to spend money on quantum technology. billion in 2026 though the top use case for the next couple of years will remain research and development in quantum computing. Enterprise customers can order the system now through Microsoft Azure, with delivery in 2025.
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1 task by 2026 being driving business innovation. IT leaders say the near-future CIO will spend more time working on business strategy, developing revenue-generating products and services, and influencing ideas on the enterprise roadmap than they do now. According to the survey, CIOs see their No.
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