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Most mainframe storage refreshes begin with a notice. A support statement gets revised, a lifecycle date is published, a lease comes due, or a capacity report shows the estate crossing a threshold two years earlier than anyone planned for. A purchase that had been sitting comfortably in a future budget cycle now has to close in this one. Under deadline pressure, the instinct is to buy the current generation of the platform you already run.

During the past year, AI has transformed the infrastructure market. Organizations are rapidly expanding data center and cloud capacity to support new AI workloads, while facing growing pressure to manage cyber risk, control costs, and demonstrate measurable business value. As infrastructure investments increase, technology leaders must balance innovation with operational efficiency and financial accountability.