Insight Enterprises Peter FitzGibbon explains why he’s seeing customers accelerating out of data centers and into the cloud due to factors like chip shortages, changes from VMware and clients wanting to bet on AI leaders like Google Cloud.
Global solution provider powerhouse Insight Enterprises is seeing an acceleration of clients exiting out of data centers and into the cloud due to several reasons including a lack of access to hardware and cloud providers like Google Cloud leading in the AI era.
“We’re seeing a lot of people now accelerating themselves to get out of the data center,” said Peter FitzGibbon, general manager and senior vice president of Insight’s Google business.
“There’s a couple of things driving it: chip shortages, less access to the gear, better access to the [AI] models in Google Cloud,” FitzGibbon said. “I’m…
