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A2: Computer Vision and its use with AR/VR will come out shining next year.

@unsolvedmistry Ah, sounds like the #metaverse !

A2. Digital Twins created w/ combo of other tech like #AI, sensor technology, real-time data, Augmented Reality, etc. will find prolific use across industries to predict how products & processes will perform at a fraction of the cost to build out real world prototypes

Companies are realizing the importance of creating virtual experiences after almost two years of the pandemic, whether it’s virtual home tours or robotic grocery delivery.

A2. Should be no surprise coming from me, but Data Centric Security - we've moved past the old vendor line of "it's not if, it's when you'll be breached" to "How OFTEN will I be breached this year" - understanding your data and the relative value of it.

@RamChakravarti2 Interesting Ram. So Digital Twins have come long way in the last few years?

A2 Data thinning at the edge. Way too much data creation happening - it can't all be sent to the cloud or stored at the edge. Analytics is key and refer back to Q1 - GPUs will help here as well.

@unsolvedmistry completely agree, and I think you'll see a BUNCH of it in B2B enterprise.

@jamesmaguire you bet - they are poised to explode in the connectivity era that makes physical to digital connections possible

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A2. Wi Fi 6E which opens up enormous amounts of wireless spectrum for greater performance and density. Reduces cost per connection dramatically and opens up new use cases such as AR/VR.

@RamChakravarti2 Cool. I'll be on the lookout.

@brucekornfeld agree

Edge computing. To take market share from cloud and to a lesser degree, data center, companies will look to tie edge to more ambitious Internet of Things (IoT) deployments, backed by more 5G maturity.

AI. Probably the cloud. Think of where we would be without Zoom and its equivalents. Pretty amazing that we could globally scale to remote work.

A1: AI has many use cases and is often used to support internal IT operations. Our 2021 State of AI report showed that 62% of organizations focused their AI efforts internally. This switch to practical applications shows that organizations are maturing.

@larry_lunetta To be sure, I'd even say #Cloud is the "winner" of the last decade

A1. Ubiquitous #AI, even though we are in the ANI, Artificial Narrow Intelligence era

A1. Yes, but the edge and hybrid cloud are moving fast.

A1. I have two answers - anything "work from home" - including hardware, software, video conferencing, desk chairs (yes - we all got new chairs) - 2, unfortunately, ransomware. Neither are sexy, both made headlines.

A1 I'm going with GPUs. They are having a huge impact on what processing can be done for some new and very exciting use cases. Nvidia has been the biggest winner (obviously) in this space (sorry Intel).

@ktcoppins Ransomware! Ugh, you have a point!

@brucekornfeld Hardware is eating the world! :)

yep! of course all the "fun" is in software - but those 1s and 0s need to run somewhere!

A1. Take that A18H ;)

@larry_lunetta 🤣

@larry_lunetta Data created at the edge is actually growing much faster than cloud

@brucekornfeld @larry_lunetta The edge is eating the cloud, perhaps.

@brucekornfeld A1. Absolutely agree and it will grow even faster with enhanced connectivity options like Wi Fi 6E.

Cloud for the win this year. Migrations continue as late adopters made moves in a larger remote economy.

Thank you for having me. Excited for today's discussion.

James, excited to be here.

looking forward to some excitement and controversy.

Hi @JamesMaguire - excited to be here #eweekchat

Thanks for hosting! looking forward to a lively chat

This should be fun - hopefully I can keep up! Great panel!

@szisk Controversy is always good!

@ktcoppins agree on both. Consumer tech and marketer tech are both huge at home.

@ktcoppins on ransomware, as long as there are trusting people there will be scammers

@szisk agreed - part of the problem as well is all of the people just trying to be good employees, doing their jobs in unfamiliar territory.

@brucekornfeld A1 edge is in a weird spot since it's the "center" of smart houses and huge for supply chain

@ktcoppins A2 on data security... if we don't keep a piece of data, it can't be stolen... will we move more to "small data"?

@szisk getting this country to delete anything is a challenge... #hoarders

@ktcoppins Which means Storage is always hot!

@jamesmaguire A3 surprised no one's mentioning 3rd-party cookies and all the tech that depends on them... maybe that faded in 2021?

@RamChakravarti2 A3 If virtual meetings fade how does that interact with rise of AR/VR?

@RamChakravarti2 Q3 will return to in-person have different timing in Europe or APAC?

@RamChakravarti2 A4... agree on LC/NC, and I would add "self service" for things like data discovery, basic model build/test, dashboards.

@larry_lunetta A5 Any moves towards automated shifting of workloads? Secure baseline in data centers with optimization of costs across multiple cloud and edge environments?