Access Point: Weekly News Roundup For Midmarket IT Executives – Jan. 10, 2024

Access Point is a weekly roundup of major tech news for midmarket IT executives on the go.

In this week’s roundup of news for midmarket IT leaders: How President-elect Trump’s push for tariffs could impact PC prices, the kickoff to our new series – MES IT Leader Spotlight, the World Economic forum says AI will replace this number of jobs across the globe, and more news this week for IT executives.

How Will Trump’s Tariffs Impact PC Prices?

The U.S. personal computer market could face a major shift in 2025 if President-elect Donald Trump's proposed import tariffs are implemented.

Devicie Product Now Available Through Largest IT Distributor’s Marketplace

Devicie, which provides a Microsoft Intune deployment and management product, is now available through TD Synnex’s StreamOne marketplace. TD Synnex is the largest IT distributor in the industry.

MES IT Leader Spotlight: Disney Group International CTO Michael Harden

MES IT Leader Spotlight is a series featuring midmarket IT leaders – their backstory, their biggest successes and challenges, their day-to-day roles, and even advice for their peers. In this edition, the spotlight is on Michael Harden, CTO of Disney Group International.

Microsoft To Pour $80 Billion Into AI Datacenters In 2025

Microsoft has announced plans to invest $80 billion in datacenters specifically designed to handle the immense computational demands of AI workloads during its 2025 fiscal year.

Technology learning platform and publisher O’Reilly released its report Monday on the technology skills users of its online learning sought most to acquire in 2024 and are likely to continue to remain in demand in 2025, and which skills were on the decline.