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Microsoft corporate vice president and Kubernetes project co-founder Brendan Burns envisions a long-term transition in the industry from declarative cloud-native infrastructure to intent-based infrastructure, facilitated by AI. In the short term, the impact of AI on enterprise infrastructure will be strongest in two major areas, according to Burns: reducing toil through automation and improving data summarization with natural language-based infrastructure exploration. As enterprises adjust to these changes, Burns emphasized that IT leaders should get hands-on, firsthand experience with AI automation tools.
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Host: Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer, TechTarget
Featuring: Brendan Burns, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft
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Microsoft corporate vice president and Kubernetes project co-founder Brendan Burns envisions a long-term transition in the industry from declarative cloud-native infrastructure to intent-based infrastructure, facilitated by AI. In the short term, the impact of AI on enterprise infrastructure will be strongest in two major areas, according to Burns: reducing toil through automation and improving data summarization with natural language-based infrastructure exploration. As enterprises adjust to these changes, Burns emphasized that IT leaders should get hands-on, firsthand experience with AI automation tools.
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Host: Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer, TechTarget
Featuring: Brendan Burns, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft
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