NAVIGATING THE DRAM SHORTAGE

Megan Poljacik • January 30, 2026

The global memory market is feeling the squeeze as demand for high-bandwidth memory used in AI servers has taken away from everyday computer memory. Believe it or not, just three companies, Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron, manufacture roughly 94% of the world's DRAM. In early December of last year Micron announced it would end its consumer business brand entirely to focus on larger scale customers, citing exploding demand for the high-bandwidth memory used in datacenters.



Unfortunately for the rest of us, this has led to skyrocketing price increases. The impact of the shortage extends well beyond the PC industry and is being felt across the broader technology landscape. DRAM is a core component in nearly every modern electronic device including smartphones, televisions, vehicles, medical equipment, and smart home products to name a few and rising costs are creating widespread pricing pressure. As manufacturers compete for limited supply, these increases are passed along through the entire electronics ecosystem. Analysts warn that PC prices alone could rise by 15–20% in early 2026, and automakers may once again face production delays like those seen during the pandemic-era chip shortage if memory constraints continue.


In response, businesses may want to do an Equipment Strategy Review to help assess how rising RAM prices may impact your current and future hardware plans. Focus on understanding what equipment you have today, what truly needs to be upgraded, and where timing can be adjusted. For example, computers that do not meet requirements for the operational business standard Windows 11 operating system should have priority to fit compliance requirements.


The RAM shortage is not a temporary disruption but a long term shift in the market. With prices expected to remain elevated through 2027, consumers can best prepare by planning ahead and making strategic purchasing decisions.

Uncomplicate IT News Blog

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CLOUD GOES DOWN?

By Megan Poljacik & Bryan Doherty • November 24, 2025
The internet has had a series of bad days over the last few months. In October, Microsoft 365 briefly went sideways in North America after a network misconfiguration disrupted access to Teams and Exchange Online before service recovered the same day. A few weeks later, Microsoft Azure suffered an outage after a faulty configuration change was pushed to Azure Front Door Configuration, affecting Microsoft 365, Xbox, and other services worldwide. Around the same time Amazon crashed, stating that an AWS disruption stemmed from a DNS automation bug associated with DynamoDB. This is an automated system that directs internet traffic that made a timing mistake, and that small glitch quickly snowballed and knocked parts of the service offline. Most recently, Cloudflare, a service many websites use to load faster and block bad traffic, went down, leaving millions unable to access sites and services. It’s no surprise that many business owners are now asking whether the cloud is still a safe choice for their business. Short answer: yes. For most small and mid-size companies, the cloud is still the safest, most cost-effective place to run everyday tools. It delivers enterprise-grade security, constant patching, and built-in resilience that would be expensive to match on your own. But “safe” doesn’t mean “never fail.”

ESTABLISHING AN AI POLICY FRAMEWORK: BALANCING INNOVATION AND RISK

August 27, 2025
By Bryan Doherty

IMPACTFUL VIRUSES IN HISTORY: STUXNET

By Megan Poljacik • July 31, 2025
In the early 2000s, tensions in the middle east were on the rise. Iran’s government had begun expanding its uranium enrichment capabilities, insisting it was for nuclear energy purposes. However many countries around the globe feared it was a coverup for a nuclear weapons program. Despite pressure from United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran continued to enrich uranium. Frustrations reached a fever pitch and it appeared a conflict was imminent, until a mysterious solution came from a completely unexpected source: the Stuxnet Computer Worm.