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Forecast

Gartner: Cloud Spending on Language Models Set to Nearly Double

11. August, 2026 - 07:01

Gartner expects spending on specialized IaaS services to reach $42 billion in 2026. The main driver is no longer training large language models, but running them in real-world production environments.

Artificial intelligence

Cognitive Architectures: AI Restacking Explained

10. August, 2026 - 05:38

Artificial intelligence is becoming the structural principle of enterprise architecture. Gartner, Forrester, BARC, Eckerson, and KuppingerCole call this shift AI Restacking. This article explains what it means for enterprise architects.

Modern Data Center Infrastructure

What Is Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI)?

09. August, 2026 - 05:22

Editorial team Bringing compute, storage, and networking together in a single software-defined platform, Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) is transforming the modern data center.

Artificial Intelligence In The Enterprise

RAG or Fine-Tuning: The Practical Test

07. August, 2026 - 05:18

RAG or fine-tuning: which approach delivers real value for enterprise AI? An extended decision framework with perspectives from Gartner, Forrester, IDC, KuppingerCole, Eckerson Group, and BARC, plus a pros-and-cons table for practitioners.

AI Infrastructure Idle Time

The GPU Capacity Trap: How Enterprises Waste Millions on AI Compute

05. August, 2026 - 05:06

Many companies lease dedicated GPU instances for their own AI models. Poor pipeline readiness is driving massive costs as expensive compute capacity sits idle.

Looking Ahead

Gartner: Quantum Computing Won’t Power Enterprise AI Anytime Soon

04. August, 2026 - 13:13

Gartner sees no evidence of a genuine quantum advantage for production AI applications and advises enterprises to keep quantum computing and AI budgets strictly separate.

Multi-Agent System and Orchestration Tool

Sakana Fugu: Where Does the Biggest AI Payoff Come From?

04. August, 2026 - 05:55

Multi-agent systems and orchestration tools are often used interchangeably. Using Sakana Fugu as an example, this article explains the difference and, drawing on Gartner, Forrester, McKinsey and KuppingerCole, shows where the biggest economic AI payoff in the enterprise actually comes from.

China’s AI Innovation

Unlimited-OCR: Baidu’s AI Reads Long Documents, No Limit

03. August, 2026 - 05:12

OCR Classic or Unlimited-OCR, once you place classic OCR tools side by side with Baidu’s new AI model, the key question is not which system is better overall, but which tool is the right choice for which use case.

EU AI Act

Reminder: EU AI Act Transparency Rules Take Effect Sunday

01. August, 2026 - 07:29

Starting August 2, 2026, Article 50 of the EU AI Act will apply. Chatbots must identify themselves, while deepfakes require technical labeling. Violations can result in substantial fines.

Risks Facing Modern IT Infrastructure

Climate Change and IT Infrastructure: Preparing Data Centers for Extreme Weather

27. July, 2026 - 07:47

Extreme weather threatens IT operations. Learn how strategic site selection and geographic redundancy can help make data centers climate resilient through 2030.