AI data center building boom: Four themes to know
Here are the big themes to note amid this AI-fueled data center binge that is dominating hyperscale cloud earnings calls.
Sluggish economic growth, lagging capital spending, and cautious hiring challenge CFOs managing the organization's financial path. Leaders now demand greater insights from data driven decisions. Analytics and big data are as important as treasury concerns and counter-party risk mitigation. Further, a greater number of CFOs now own the IT function and have CIOs reporting to them. This growing and evolving role of the CFO results in a need to understand the impact of disruptive technologies on business models and financial security. Constellation's analysts and research helps CIOs understand the challenges faced by the IT and line of business divide as well as take a pragmatic approach to technology adoption.
Here are the big themes to note amid this AI-fueled data center binge that is dominating hyperscale cloud earnings calls.
Constellation Research's Connected Enterprise 2024 spurred big ideas, a community of tech leaders and dozens of takeaways. It's a fire house of information designed to get you thinking about what's around the corner. Here are the takeaways.
David Giambruno, VP Tivity Health, is the type of person who negotiates his exit package before ever taking a job. Why? He's going to burn your platforms, automate everything possible, cut costs and be hated by everyone at a company except for the CFO.
A pair of CFO surveys highlight how finance chiefs remain optimistic about the economy, but are cautious about investment plans due to uncertainty.
Broad Reaching Survey Shows Insight Into Both Progress and Trends In Sustainability
In the third annual “A World In Balance 2024” report by Capgemini Research Institute, 6500 consumers over the age of 18 and 2152 executives employed at 727 organizations with more than $1 billion in annual revenue were surveyed on their views, investments, and progress in sustainability. Overall findings show how organizations have prioritized investments with tangible return on investment (ROI), improved sustainable design, and doubled down on measurement. Key regulations such as the European Union’s corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD) will drive continued investments to address regulatory compliance.
Workday outlined Workday Illuminate, its next-generation AI systems, AI agents across HR and financial processes and new interfaces. In addition, Workday acquired Evisort.