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Four Facts of Life for the Channel Today, According to TD SYNNEX Partners
How Smart is AI After All These Years?
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ChannelPro 5 Minute Roundup for the Week of May 9th, 2022
While partners at this week’s TD SYNNEX conference discuss booming IT market conditions, Erick and Rich discuss how to prepare for the inevitable slowdown to come, along with recent evidence that artificial intelligence isn’t all that intelligent yet.
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