Day: December 15, 2023

Don’t Let AI Become a Hammer and Every Problem a Nail

by Steven J. Schuchart Jr., posted in IT Leader
S. Schuchart

Summary Bullets:

• Artificial intelligence (AI) is the big, hyped technology right now and hasn’t even hit peak hype

• Don’t let the all-encompassing AI hype push your organization into implementation before proper planning

AI is the overhyped buzz technology right now and hasn’t reached peak hype yet. Investors are pouring money into startups for and around AI. Vendors and managed services providers (including cloud hyperscalers) are all adding offerings around AI. Some of these offerings are long planned and maybe only a little rushed – some involve adding the term “AI” to the product title and marketing material, but feature little more than they did before.

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Operators are Busily Adding Technology Enhancements and Alliances to Enhance IoT Portfolios

by Kitty Weldon, posted in Mobilize
Kathryn Weldon – Research Director, Business Network and IT Services – Americas

Summary Bullets:

• Although IoT services are growing in numbers of deployments and connections, there are not generally many new service announcements from operators.

• Over the last six months, there was a lot of news centered mainly on technology trials, solution partners, and new customer deals.

In H2 2023, there was news on IoT from US and European operators, but it centered mainly on technology trials, new solution partners, and new customer deals that feature other technologies such as private networks that may include IoT elements.

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