Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Sanjeev Sharma, and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of Futurum Group, dive into how the latest escalation in global tariff wars could affect the pace and direction of AI adoption. The discussion explores the geopolitical and economic pressures shaping investment in artificial intelligence and semiconductor technology.
The Techstrong Gang then examines the IT service management (ITSM) market as Salesforce joins the competitive field, signaling a new phase in platform consolidation. Finally, they turn to the growing unstructured data dilemma—how storage sprawl and poor governance are turning enterprise repositories into costly digital hoards that strain infrastructure and security.