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AI killed the cloud-first strategy: Why hybrid computing is the only way forward now

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ZDNET's key takeaways

Cloud-first approaches need to be rethought.

AI contributes to escalating cloud costs.

A hybrid model assures the best of both worlds.

A decade or so ago, the debate between cloud and on-premises computing raged. The cloud handily won that battle, and it wasn't even close. Now, however, people are rethinking whether the cloud is still their best choice for many situations.

Also: Cloud-native computing is poised to explode, thanks to AI inference work

Welcome to the age of AI, in which on-premises computing is starting to look good again.

There's a movement afoot

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