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8 Considerations for Retailers Investing in AI-powered Video Surveillance

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8 Considerations for Retailers Investing in AI-powered Video Surveillance by Pure Storage Blog One might think retailers started the new year feeling festive after wrapping up a robust 2023 holiday shopping season. But a concurrent trend—rising retail shrink—is eroding retailers’ profitability and feelings of good cheer.

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Helping Achieve Sustainable IT in the Retail Industry

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Everywhere you look in the retail industry, the business landscape is changing. Omnichannel marketing is revolutionizing how retailers reach customers. Another topic shaking up retail is sustainability. Another topic shaking up retail is sustainability. But how much progress are retailers making?

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Infrastructure as a Service Makes a Difference for Retailers

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The Secret Retailers Need to Know? Infrastructure as a service is the secret that more retailers need to know about. The IDC report, “ Retail Industry Cloud Investment Guide for 2022” (download it for free), notes that the largest global retailers increased infrastructure as a service spending by 40% from 2020 to 2021.

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The SSD Trap: How a Storage Solution’s Reliance on SSDs Can Impact You (Part 1 of 2)

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From 2012 to 2019, AFAs have risen in popularity and now drive approximately 80% or more of all storage shipments for performant application environments. are needed to build a system to meet any given performance and capacity requirements. HDDs have essentially been left in the magnetic dust. Next, let’s look at DRAM.

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IT Orchestration vs. IT Automation: What’s the Difference?

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In the context of computing, container orchestration specifically refers to the management of containerized applications, where containers encapsulate an application and its dependencies, making it portable and scalable across different computing environments.

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What CMOs Need to Deliver Better CX in 2022

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In the retail industry alone , CRMs and streaming will increase the need for bandwidth and availability:². Live streaming : By 2023, 40% of retailers will have integrated live streaming capabilities into their commerce platforms, increasing e-commerce conversion rates by at least 10%.

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TPUs vs. GPUs: What’s the Difference?

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TPUs are specialized processors designed by Google for AI applications built with TensorFlow. Their processing efficiency for tensor operations enables faster model training times, reduced infrastructure costs, and improved performance, all of which help drive advancements in AI research and applications. What Is a TPU? What Is a GPU?