Show Notes
The technology industry is facing an ever-increasing supply chain crisis, and AI is rapidly making it worse. What started as a hardware shortage is now forcing enterprises to rethink storage, data center capacity, procurement strategy, and whether their infrastructure is truly prepared for the next wave of demand. In this episode of Let’s Solve IT!, Matt Brown speaks with NetApp Technical Evangelist and The STEMINISTS co-host Phoebe Goh about a question many IT and engineering leaders are facing: Should you buy your way out of a supply chain crisis? The conversation explores why throwing money at the problem and panic-buying hardware may make things worse. As AI demand explodes, enterprises are discovering that you can’t simply hoard your way out of a supply chain crisis, especially when the real problem is how data, storage, cloud, and infrastructure strategy are being managed in the first place. You’ll hear:
Why AI is increasing pressure on enterprise storage and data center capacity How the DRAM shortage and SSD supply chain challenges are affecting infrastructure decisions Why buying more hardware may not solve the real problem How AI is changing the value of cold data and historical data Why storage teams need to think more strategically about data mobility, security, and performance How cloud, tiering, and modernization can help organizations stay flexible Why IT strategy, procurement, sustainability, and infrastructure planning must be connected
Because the real question may not be whether you can buy your way through the crisis. It may be whether that decision prepares you for what comes next. You are not alone. Let’s Solve IT!
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AI data center, enterprise storage, storage infrastructure, supply chain crisis, DRAM shortage, SSD shortage, data center capacity, data mobility, cloud strategy, infrastructure modernization, IT strategy, storage optimization, AI infrastructure, cloud tiering, data center sustainability, AI workloads, enterprise AI, hybrid cloud, storage performance, data management
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