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Arvind Krishna, CEO of IBM, said the company was seeing clients adopt its watsonx AI and data platform. That adoption is also generating consulting revenue.
Ray Wang says: "We don't have enough data to make AI work. Billions of dollars will be wasted on AI implementation without a data strategy."
Constellation Research analysts outlined a series of predictions for the years ahead at Constellation Research Connected Enterprise 2023.
Microsoft CFO Amy Hood said Microsoft Cloud revenue of $31.8 billion, up 24% from a year ago, drove the quarter.
Ingram Micro's Chief Digital Officer Sanjib Sahoo said his company is approaching its transformation through a lens of DigiOps, which should prioritize business value and then looks to technologies to enable it.
Manta Software customers include Bank of Montreal, T-Mobile and J.B. Hunt.
Enterprises are starting to drive productivity and cost savings from generative AI with AT&T among the most vocal about returns. The catch: These returns require investment in IT and data infrastructure.
Digital transformation projects are colliding with productivity and efficiency initiatives for funding, but it's not a zero-sum game. Digital transformation projects should pay for themselves and drive business value.
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