Analysis

AI Platform Outages Surge as Adoption Grows

AI Platform Outages Surge as Adoption Grows

AI platform disruptions recorded a sharp growth in early 2026 as growing enterprise adoption and heavier workloads exposed reliability issues across the full infrastructure stack.

DRAM Revenue Surges to Almost $100 Billion in 1Q26

DRAM Revenue Surges to Almost $100 Billion in 1Q26

Global DRAM revenue surged 80% sequentially in 1Q26 to reach an all-time high, driven by unprecedented demand and further boosted by memory pricing that also reached record levels during the quarter, according to Counterpoint Research.

CIOs and CTOs Face Growing AI Control Gap

CIOs and CTOs Face Growing AI Control Gap

A new IBM Institute for Business Value study reveals that as AI moves from experimentation to enterprise-wide deployment, two-thirds of surveyed CIOs and CTOs report being held accountable for AI systems they do not fully control, while governance struggles to keep pace at scale.

Organizations with Good AI Initiatives Invest More in Foundational Areas

Organizations with Good AI Initiatives Invest More in Foundational Areas

Organizations that report successful AI initiatives invest up to four times more (as a percentage of revenue) in foundational areas, such as data quality, governance, AI-ready people, and change management, compared to those that experience poor outcomes from AI, according to Gartner.