IT Brew // Morning Brew // Update

June 29, 2026

It’s Monday! Still in World Cup mode? If anyone wants to know why you’re the only one in the office wearing a bright orange goalie jersey, tell them you’re the company’s last line of defense, always ready to leap into the air to swat away phishing emails, shadow AI usage, or guessable passwords.

In today’s edition:

Long-term memory

Wanted: Someone who’s been through it

There’s been an (AI) incident

—Jordyn Grzelewski, Brianna Monsanto, Billy Hurley

IT OPERATIONS

Hardware down

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Feeling forgetful?

You’re not alone; the IT industry is in the midst of a memory shortage that’s adding to budget pressures, delaying projects, and creating a whole lot of stress for IT pros.

The culprit is familiar: AI data centers, where major manufacturers are allocating chip production capacity to meet demand for the high-bandwidth memory these facilities need. Enterprise organizations’ IT departments are left in the lurch, scrambling to secure enough memory to keep AI and other digital projects on track.

Gartner expects PC shipments to fall more than 10% globally this year, ITPro reported, and for DRAM and solid-state drive prices to grow 130% by year’s end. One of the likely outcomes is enterprises holding off on device upgrades.

“In my 25-year career, we’ve never seen anything like this,” Bob Bogle, VP of devices at solutions integrator Insight Enterprises, told Morning Brew.

And it’s not a short-term problem, he said.—JG

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