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Dell cuts jobs amid growing economic uncertainties

CIO Business Intelligence

As of February 2, 2024, the employee count stood at approximately 120,000, declining from the 133,000 recorded in February 2023. In 2024 alone, 168 tech companies have collectively laid off 42,324 employees. These actions resulted in a reduction in overall headcount.

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Top 8 challenges IT leaders will face in 2024

CIO Business Intelligence

To get back in front, IT leaders will have to transform lessons learned from 2023 into actionable, adaptable processes, as veteran technology pros have been remarkably consistent in identifying global and economic uncertainties as key challenges for IT leaders to anticipate in 2024 as well.

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The only CIO resolution that matters

CIO Business Intelligence

Perhaps in an age when our forebears huddled around campfires waiting for warmer weather annual reviews were the optimal way to accumulate knowledge and empower human agency. As a first step toward reducing uncertainty and surprise in 2024, I suggest CIOs take baby steps to operationalize learning by leaning into this briefing structure.

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Avoid generative AI malaise to innovate and build business value

CIO Business Intelligence

However such fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) can make it harder for IT to secure the necessary budget and resources to build services. On-premises will allow you to customize your model and support it with hardware optimized to handle heavy compute and storage loads. 2024 Artificial Intelligence

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IT budget shock: Global IT services firms continue to struggle

CIO Business Intelligence

The global IT services industry is at a significant crossroads, with the explosive growth of generative AI and deepening economic uncertainties reshaping its future. Although there are efforts to boost industries such as semiconductors, there is much uncertainty about when the impact may be seen.

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How the cloud and AI will help more companies become future proof

CIO Business Intelligence

In a world where macroeconomic uncertainty has become the new normal, being future-proof is no longer a ‘nice to have’. They all want to be future proof, where their operations become more flexible and resilient so they can bounce back faster to unforeseen challenges. It’s easy to see why. It’s a must have.

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Getting ready for artificial general intelligence with examples

IBM Big Data Hub

Nearly all respondents reported promising early results from gen AI experiments and planned to increase their spending in 2024 to support production workloads. 46% of survey respondents in 2024 showed a preference for open source models. The AGI would need to handle uncertainty and make decisions with incomplete information.