Forrester forecasts AI to account for 20% of business technology spending in 2027

• Forrester predicts AI will account for 20% of all business technology spending in 2027.
• Global technology spending is forecast to reach $6.1 trillion, increasing pressure on technology leaders to demonstrate returns on AI investments.
• A quarter of AI infrastructure requests for proposals will require non-NVIDIA accelerators as enterprises seek lower costs and reduced supply-chain risks.
• An AI-generated software bug or regression is expected to cause a global, cross-industry outage as development outpaces testing capacity.
• A quantum computing breakthrough will force strategic reassessments; 87% of organizations familiar with quantum currently allocate no resources to it.

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