Tech Barometer · 2026-08-11 · 5 min
As artificial intelligence innovation outpaces the early days of public cloud, CIOs face the burden of parsing through noise to build a cohesive infrastructure stack, says analyst Scott Sinclair , practice director at Omdia, in a video interview. Get tech leader insights to move faster and smarter. Get more stories by subscribing to The Forecast . Video transcript (edited): Scott Sinclair: I think something that is absolutely crucial when you think about artificial intelligence, there is no one single company that is the one-stop shop for everything you need from artificial intelligence. Not even Nvidia, even though they have great technology and they do a bunch of great things, it requires a number of different tools and technologies. Not only that, but we're also seeing rapid innovation in this space. Everyone's talking about agents right now. Nobody's really talking about agents a year ago. So in next year, there's probably going to be something else that we're all talking about that no one's talking about this year.
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