Modernization redefined: Why public sector IT leaders must put data at the center of AI architecture
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ByRiccardo Di Blasio,
Senior Vice President, North America Sales at NetApp
July 14, 2026 05:05 PM ET
COMMENTARY | Public sector organizations must put data first when making infrastructure choices.
Artificial intelligence is changing how public sector organizations think about enterprise architecture. Public sector IT leaders used to face a straightforward decision: Should this workload live on-premises for control, in the public cloud for scale and speed, or in some hybrid mix?
That decision framework is now obsolete. For AI, success now depends less on where workloads run and more on whether data can support operations across mixed environments without creating extra problems.
At the same time, the conditions shaping infrastructure decisions have grown volatile. Pricing models change without warning, and capacity limits appear suddenly. The rapid build-out of AI infrastructure is driving demand faster than agencies can plan. These pressures...
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