Happenings

Gabriele Rigon, Director Analyst at Gartner AI is transforming how organisations operate, innovate and compete. Yet, as AI adoption accelerates, so do the demands on energy, water and hardware required to power infrastructure, process data and deploy models and applications at scale. These growing resource needs are creating new challenges for cost optimisation, as well […]

Biggest Winners Will Be Vendors That Help Enterprises Manage Where and How AI is Used Worldwide end-user spending on AI models and platforms is projected to total $64 billion in 2026, up 63.4% from $39 billion in 2025, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. Spending on GenAI models is forecast to grow 117%, […]

Agentic Arbitrage Breaks the Traditional SaaS Seat-License Model Agentic AI is set to disrupt enterprise software revenue models, with up to $234 billion of enterprise application spending exposed to agentic arbitrage between now and 2030, according to Gartner, Inc, a business and technology insights company. By 2030, this will account for roughly 20% of enterprise […]

More than one in 10 enterprises will be AI-first by 2030, outperforming competitors in the adoption of AI agents, semantics and converged data and analytics (D&A) platforms, according to Gartner, Inc. a business and technology insights company. These three areas are the driving forces behind the top trends for D&A. Carlie Idoine, VP Analyst at Gartner, said: […]

AI-Optimized Servers to Account for 31% of Data Center Power Consumption in 2026 AI-Optimized Server Power Consumption to Surpass That of Conventional Servers in 2027 Electricity consumption for data centers worldwide is projected to grow 26% in 2026, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. Gartner forecasts global data center electricity consumption […]

 There are four critical and unpredictable threats where attackers hold a significant advantage to successfully exploit weaknesses in targeted organizations according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. These include deepfakes, AI application compromise, prompt injection and software supply chains. The Gartner ThreatScape categorizes the threats into six distinct areas along two axes: […]

CEOs Shift to a “Capabilities‑First” Strategy as AI Redefines How Value Is Created AI Is Forcing CEOs to Rethink Profit Models Eighty percent of CEOs expect AI to force a high to medium degree of change to their operational capabilities, shifting the focus from digital business to autonomous business, according to a survey from Gartner, Inc., a business […]

Written by Richard Addiscott, VP analyst, Gartner The rapid adoption of generative AI (GenAI) is exposing weaknesses in traditional cybersecurity awareness efforts as employees frequently use unsanctioned GenAI solutions in the workplace. This unknowingly puts sensitive company information at risk. The integration of GenAI tools into daily workflows outpaces existing security controls, while threat actors are exploiting the same […]