Grading our 2022 enterprise tech predictions– what got Supercloud right!

theCUBE Breaking Analysis + upcoming broadcasts [Grading our 2022 enterprise tech predictions]( Honoring theCUBE’s annual trend of transparently grading our 2022 tech predictions, we’ve made pretty good marks, with mostly A’s and a few B’s to boot. With deep dive analysis with Dave Vellante, powered with data from Enterprise Technology Research, theCUBE spent 2022 sharing expectations on various topics including: Increases in tech spending, security remaining the top tech priority, remote versus hybrid work, supply chain issues in hardware, and much more. [Now that grades are in, we earned a well-deserved B+]( Predicting the fancies of today's tech market is tricky business, and certain factors were either unexpected or underestimated, starting with an ongoing in Ukraine gravely impacting international markets. It's contributed to an already unstable economy emerging from two years of pandemic-induced pivots. Not surprisingly such market uncertainty is causing CIOs to monitor costs. Instead of our predicted 8% increase in tech spending, there was actually only a 5.1% increase according to Gartner. But strong predictions on emerging trends, particularly the growing adoption of the “Supercloud” approach to abstract away the complexities of cloud computing, earned us an A+. Learn which predictions were on point, and which can be tightened up as we head into 2023. Get the latest Breaking Analysis episode and report here! [Get the full report here]( Three insights you might have missed Ignite '22 Intelligence expertise, best-of-breed strategies, and automation were three key themes that quickly emerged right from Day One at Ignite '22, a two-day conference that kicked off Dec. 13. Catch all of theCUBE's coverage on-demand. 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The EU is launching its antitrust probe over concerns that Broadcom may degrade the compatibility of VMware’s software with competing chips made by other suppliers. Additionally, the EU is concerned that Broadcom could block or limit rivals’ ability to use VMware software.]( [Join the Supercloud convo Jan. 17]( Supercloud is back by popular demand. On the heels of the [inaugural event]( this past summer the community is gathering again in early 2023 to explore a burgeoning vision for cloud's future. Join theCUBE live [Join theCUBE Jan. 17-18, 2023]( for Supercloud 2 to learn the practical steps necessary to make this new vision a reality. We’ll dig into why organizations need self-service infrastructure that creates a common, secure and governed experience for users and developers, irrespective of location - on-prem, in various public clouds and the edge. The focus of Supercloud 2 is on practitioner challenges and opportunities with an emphasis on data, automation-enhanced infrastructure and how organizations are evolving their data and cloud strategies to prepare for the next era of digital innovation. A Supercloud year-in-review This year has been a reality check for many operating in the cloud, thanks to a pandemic-induced upheaval in the workforce and the subsequent market uncertainty plaguing cloud-based service providers. Either way, today's enterprise is primed for streamlined operations, and supercloud offers the conceptual landscape for abstracting away cloud complexities. The end of 2022 is the perfect time to look back at supercloud's evolution, who the [innovators]( are and what the [tech leaders think]( of this [emerging trend](. Catch up on SiliconANGLE and theCUBE's year of coverage, starting with [a deep]( into the rush to build superclouds]( why security is [crucial]( for supercloud's success, and how supercloud is indicative of computing's [future](. See the [top questions about supercloud answered here]( and gain real-world insights from those organizations implementing supercloud strategies, including [VMware]( [Walmart]( [Oracle]( and [Cloudfare](. Be sure to check out the key [takeaways from our first Supercloud]( event, and learn more about next month's Supercloud broadcast [here](. 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