How do you anticipate these shifts in AI pricing models will impact your organisation’s long – term software budget and vendor strategy?
IBRS provided what I would call a foundational document in terms of seeing CeNETs history. That study that was done back in 2011 really did inform the one strategy. And we still refer to it today. The relationship that we have with IBRS. It’s been long, but it’s been probably the most important from a consulting research perspective that CeNET has had over its lifespan.
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