JumpCloud survey highlights the business case for Macs – Computerworld

Keeping up with HypeAI

As the hype around artificial intelligence (AI) reaches a crescendo, it is also interesting the extent to which business users have become intentional around its deployment. Yes, 90% of organizations plan to implement AI initiatives in the next 24 months, but few intend to do so quickly. Indeed, 61% of IT pros think AI is outpacing their organization’s ability to protect against threats — and 25% of organizations have already experienced AI-generated attacks, the survey claims.

Not only this, but when asked how AI will impact their day-to-day job, 22% characterize the impact of AI as being much lower than they thought it would be. Thirty-four percent say the potential impact is moving slower than they thought it would, while 23% say it’s even faster than they expected. While it’s hard to draw too many conclusions from these data points, they do suggest that the reality behind the hype is beginning to dawn on then tech industry — perhaps the capacity to create fake videos isn’t such a great business to be in?

Everything is change, keep changing

One big takeaway that permeates the entire report is change. We’re using more devices, more platforms, and more services than before. Shadow IT is a growing problem, while the move toward MSPs is intensifying. Business leaders want good systems that help them control increasingly complex stacks, and the old war between incumbent technology and incoming change is being lost, one major Mac deployment at a time.