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Gartner: 13 AI insights for enterprise IT

CIO Business Intelligence

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.

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AI Pact: Simplifying EU AI Act compliance for enterprises

CIO Business Intelligence

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.

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Ethernet roadmap: AI drives high-speed, efficient Ethernet networks

Network World

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.

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Equinix to cut 3% of staff amidst the greatest demand for data center infrastructure ever

Network World

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: Network automation to increase threefold by 2026

Network World

By 2026, 30% of enterprises will automate more than half of their network activities, according to Gartner. By comparison, less than 10% of enterprises were automating more than half of their network activities in mid-2023. Most network teams choose “all of the above,” says Enterprise Management Associates.

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Why 81% of organizations plan to adopt zero trust by 2026

CIO Business Intelligence

VPN technologies have long been the backbone of remote access, but according to new ThreatLabz research, the security risks and performance challenges of VPNs may be rapidly changing the status quo for enterprises. One key striking trend: enterprises are beginning to transition en masse to adopt zero trust solutions.

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AI dominates Gartner’s 2025 predictions

CIO Business Intelligence

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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