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idc.com > resource-center > blog > the-token-is-the-new-budget-line

The Token Is the New Budget Line

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (264+ words) AI cost is the fastest-growing, least-governed line in most enterprise budgets — and only one in five CEOs have given it a budget line of its own. This piece walks CFOs through why token-based AI cost behaves nothing like software licensing,…...

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idc.com > resource-center > blog > the-agent-economy-is-scaling-faster-than-it-can-be-metered

The Agent Economy Is Scaling Faster Than It Can Be Metered

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (281+ words) IDC created a framework to attack this exact issue. In Effective Agent Cost Management: A Practitioner’s Framework for Planning, Sourcing, Implementation, and Operations, we offer a short list of fixes that will matter more than any anticipated model price cuts:…...