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. 

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

There's a movement afoot

Existing infrastructures now configured with cloud services simply may not be ready for emerging AI demands, a recent analysis from Deloitte warned. 

"The infrastructure built for cloud-first strategies can't handle AI economics," the report, penned ...