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After taking a hard look at their physical operations and staff capabilities as well as the fine print of cloud contracts, some are coming up with strategies that are delivering positive return on investment. Increasingly, we’ll see AI-specialized hardware,” predicts Claus Torp Jensen, former CIO and CTO and currently a technology advisor.
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