250 | Breaking Analysis | Desperately Seeking AI ROI as IT Budgets Tighten

Data from recent surveys shows that the scenarios we’ve been putting forth throughout 2024 continue to be in play. Specifically, we cite three main dynamics affecting the tech spending climate, including: 1) IT budgets continue to be constrained as; 2) GenAI is being funded by stealing from other budget buckets; and 3) The ROI for AI initiatives remains tepid, as expectations for break even continue to be pushed out to the right. Nonetheless, customers remain highly optimistic about the prospects for AI driving productivity improvements. Moreover, the cloud remains a key ingredient in supporting AI workloads.

The Causal AI Marketplace

There is a missing ingredient in today’s AI, which, when added, will make AI a truly indispensable partner in business. The missing ingredient is CAUSALITY. Explore the emergence of the Causal AI marketplace.

Tracer’s Agentic AI Aims to Revolutionize Brand Protection: A Game-Changer in Digital Security

Tracer has introduced Flora, the world’s first agentic AI solution designed to combat digital brand misuse, provide digital security, and safeguard brands and customers in

Harnessing the Power of Enriched Metadata for Cloud Workloads

As organizations continue to distribute applications and infrastructure across public clouds, private data centers, and edge locations, securing and managing workloads across these private and public cloud environments has become critical. Whether it’s an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system or business analytics applications, these workloads require robust security measures, consistent service delivery, and seamless performance […]

249 | Breaking Analysis | From LLMs to SLMs to SAMs, How Agents are Redefining AI

We believe the AI center of gravity for enterprise value creation is shifting from LLMs to SLMs. Where the S not only stands for small but encompasses a system of small, specialized, secure and sovereign models.  Moreover, we see LLMs and SLMs evolving to become agentic, hence SAM – i.e. small action models. In our view, it’s the collection of these “S-models,” combined with an emerging data harmonization layer, that will enable systems of agents to work in concert and create high impact business outcomes. These multi-agent systems will completely reshape the software industry generally and more specifically, unleash a new productivity paradigm for organizations globally. 

The Rise of Private 5G: Exploring Use Cases, Challenges, and Future Outlook

The Rise of Private 5G

Pedal To The Metal Against Ransomware With Cobalt Iron

raditional backup and recovery methods have shortcomings in protecting against ransomware. Ransomware attackers often target backup repositories, compromising an organization’s ability to recover data without paying the ransom. Cobalt Iron’s solution addresses these shortcomings with their solution to enhance organizations’ cyber resilency.

248 | Breaking Analysis | Six Technology Myths and the Big Tech-lash

Technology generally and big tech specifically are regularly cited by politicians, media and governments around the world as the root of many societal problems today. Accusations like privacy invaders, fake news amplifiers, job destroyers, discriminators and more are commonly lobbed at technology firms with little recognition for the substantial value large tech companies have delivered over the decades. Moreover, many powerful government officials have rewritten the history of effective government oversight and are attempting to apply antitrust law in novel ways that have virtually killed M&A and threaten to stifle American exceptionalism and innovation. 

Zoho Raises the Bar in Self-Service BI with AI-Powered Zoho Analytics Platform

This Zoho Analytics update represents a quantum leap, leveraging Zoho’s extensive investments in AI, machine learning, and low-code development. The result is a powerhouse platform that combines ease of use with advanced capabilities typically reserved for data scientists and specialized BI teams.