Minimizing Cost Increases in the Age of ‘RAMageddon’

What We’ll Cover

Hardware costs have changed the math on every infrastructure decision. RAM, storage, and compute components have seen price increases that are forcing teams to rethink builds, budgets, and timelines. This session brings together IT leaders and OEM partners to share what’s actually working — and what’s coming next.

• Tactics peers have employed to keep projects moving despite 200% increases in component costs
• Prebought inventory and other creative measures OEMs are taking to offset pricing
• Cloud perspectives — new opportunities, but also new challenges like capacity constraints
• Changes in server and storage architecture happening this year
• Novel technical approaches to mitigating cost and performance impacts
• CAS Severn overview of tactics from key hardware suppliers: Cisco, Lenovo, Dell, NVIDIA
• Forecasts for what’s coming around the bend so you can plan for Fiscal Year 2027

At CAS Severn, our goal is to provide our customers with insight and best-in-breed technology so they can meet their goals for growth and success. We pride ourselves in our long-term relationships with our clients and completely embrace our roles as trusted advisors for their IT environments. Committed to providing our clients with the right solution for their individual needs, our job is not done until our customers’ problems are solved.

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