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Think AI Has Reshaped Cloud? Wait Until You See What’s Next.

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Last month, I published The Future Of Cloud report and a corresponding blog post to talk about its future as abstracted, intelligent, and composable. Let’s take a closer look at the “intelligent” component and what it means amid the intense interest in generative AI today and long-term trends in cloud. Cloud is nearly always mentioned […]

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