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​AI Is Dominating IT Budgets: Are You Making The Right Cuts?

Forbes Councils member David Bennett reports that AI is dominating IT budgets, leading C-suite leaders to deprioritize data protection and cyber resiliency, which are often treated as a checkbox rather than a priority. Bennett urges organizations to make the right cuts by balancing AI investments with essential data protection and cyber resiliency measures.

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​AI Is Dominating IT Budgets: Are You Making The Right Cuts?
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By David Bennett, Forbes Councils MemberSource:

Forbes InnovationData protection and cyber resiliency are far too often a checkbox for C-suite leaders, deprioritized in favor of flashy tools or AI solutions.

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source & further reading
machinebrief.com — original article Buy And Build: The Right Way To Approach Agentic AI Deployments The Fastest Path To AI Context May Be One You Already Own ​Are You Being Benchmaxxed?
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