CIO Leadership Live: Australia

Linus Lai, Chief Analyst ANZ, IDC

CIO Leadership Live: Australia

Show Notes

IDC's Chief Analyst for Australia and New Zealand Linus Lai discusses how spending on digital business technologies in 2024 is predicted to grow, what the new phase for the public cloud market looks like, the appetite and preparedness for AI/GenAI in the enterprise in region, and other emerging areas that CIOs should keeps tabs on.

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