CxOs say that software-as-a-service business models that include consumption are going to require a learning curve as well as a few surprise bills. Nevertheless, there may be benefits to consumption-based models even with drawbacks. Here's the breakdown of the pros and cons. 

Broadcom has made VMware more profitable and has kept large customers in the fold, but the next wave of competitors, notably HPE and Platform9, is ramping up efforts to migrate them to a new virtualization platform.

Hershey has to navigate inflation, supply chain disruptions, consumer tastes and GLP-1 obesity drugs and their impact on demand. But at least the company has reached the finish line moving to SAP S/4HANA and one instance.

Five9 is betting that the contextual data layer above AI models will be just as critical to enterprises, and potentially be the difference in return on investment.

Walmart continues to bet on leveraging AI, optimizing its supply chain and developing a host of related businesses that'll grow operating profits.

Alibaba's cloud computing business delivered 13% revenue growth and the company said it is "committed to advancing multi-modal AI technology and expanding our opensource initiatives."

Fiverr, a marketplace for freelancers, launched Fiverr Go, an AI platform that enables creators to tune models based on their portfolio of work.

Box launched new AI features for Enterprise Advanced customers and said it will add consumption-based pricing via Box AI Units.