The new economics of enterprise AI with Berger Paint’s Partha Protim Mondal

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For nearly two decades, enterprise technology followed a familiar financial logic. Virtualisation reduced infrastructure footprints, cloud shifted capital expenditure to operating expenditures, automation streamlined repetitive tasks. Therefore, each successive technology wave carried the promise that efficiency would eventually outweigh cost.

AI, however, has disrupted that equation. Instead of simplifying enterprise IT economics, AI is introducing an entirely new layer of investment. GPU-intensive infrastructure, soaring cloud consumption, data engineering, governance, cybersecurity and model oversight are expanding technology budgets at a time when boards expect faster and more measurable returns. For CIOs, the challenge is no longer simply deploying AI, but managing its economics.

According to Partha Protim Mondal, CIO of Berger Paints, organisations need to rethink how they evaluate technology investments in an era where productivity, resilience and risk reduction have become just as important as revenue growth.

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