The Everything Feed - All Packet Pushers Pods HS120: Eight New Year’s Resolutions for 2026
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Dec 9, 2025 Get ready for 2026 with some insightful resolutions! Explore the importance of establishing a robust AI strategy and understanding potential investment risks. Discover ways to strategically factor in cloud outages and optimize incident response plans. Embrace automation while ensuring human oversight, and prepare for the looming quantum threats. Plus, learn how to revamp procurement and leverage workload placement policies to balance costs effectively. It's a roadmap to navigating the tech landscape of the upcoming year!
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Create A Clear AI Strategy
- Define an AI strategy and get leadership alignment on it for 2026.
- Deploy AI only where there's a credible business case and proper guardrails in place.
AI Investment Circularity Signals Risk
- The AI market shows classic bubble signals like circular investments and unsustainable math.
- Plan for price shocks or vendor instability as part of your AI strategy.
Map Single Points Of Failure
- Review your supply chain for single points of failure, including cloud and SaaS dependencies.
- Catalog critical single points and define what you will do when major outages occur.
