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Oracle touts AI as major driver of Q3 gains

Buoyed by cloud sales, the software giant’s numbers are good, but some dispute the AI-driven nature of the company’s gains.

Creatio adds Copilot, Copilot Designer to its automation platform

Copilot Designer will enable enterprise users to build new AI-based scenarios for their business needs with their preferred large language model.

The early returns on gen AI for software development

Leading organizations highlight key takeaways from initial implementations of generative AI across the app-dev lifecycle, including benefits, limitations, team impacts, and lessons learned.

Selling the C-suite on preemptive IT investments

Greater scrutiny on margins means earning the green light on preemptive projects that don’t produce immediate ROI, such as disaster recovery, a tough sell. Here’s how CIOs can make the case.

Vertical solutions rise in 2024

An opportunity for IT and Business execs to partner and procure business value.

An archetype-based approach to driving your global workforce transformation

In transforming your IT workforce, modeling its to-be composition is a necessary and smart first step, but it represents only the tip of the iceberg. Here’s how to pressure-test your model against the realities of execution.

Has the CIO title run its course?

With the role expanding well beyond its decades-old roots and top tech chiefs rebranding departments for the digital era, some IT leaders are rethinking what’s in a name. For Tim Wenhold and Marc Sule, CBTO hits closer to the mark.

Covanta’s step-by-step approach to AI enablement

Adopting a ‘walk don’t run’ attitude in generative AI deployment has helped this industrial waste management services company maintain existing data and governance structures while fueling customer experience and innovation strategi

NCWIT digitally transforms the DEI journey to help uplift women in IT

Leveraging its extensive data and research, the nonprofit is changing the equation for women in IT with a software-based approach to organizational DEI assessment and action.

Women still underrepresented in top tech roles

Despite pockets of progress, women looking to make inroads in tech leadership continue to face obstacles. Here, two female CIOs in South Africa share their experiences.

A CISO POV: Securing AI in your company

Q&A with Patricia Titus, one of the top security executives and thought leaders in the industry.

UNESCO finds ‘pervasive’ gender bias in generative AI tools

Because AI outputs are no better than the human-generated data it’s trained on, the UN agency concludes judicial and social interventions will be necessary to address gen AI risks.

Industry clouds give CIOs on-ramp to gen AI

Cloud offerings tailored to their verticals have given IT leaders industry-specific features and an expedited route to the cloud. Now they are enabling easier experimentation with generative AI.

Former Amazon exec John Rossman on delivering big bets

The author of ‘Big Bet Leadership’ offers advice on reshaping the way you lead to steer big bet initiatives successfully.

Salesforce bids to become copilot building platform of choice

Vendors are racing to offer the preeminent platform for building generative AI copilots. With its latest release, Einstein 1 Studio, Salesforce makes its case.

Innovate, Collaborate, Elevate: FutureIT Los Angeles Unveiled

SAP enhances Datasphere and SAC for AI-driven transformation

SAP adds new generative AI and data governance features to SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud, enabling customers to incorporate non-SAP and unstructured data when creating AI-based planning models and scenarios.

Salesforce rebrands its low-code platform to Einstein 1 Studio

The platform comes with a new feature, Prompt Builder, that allows developers to create reusable LLM prompts without the need for writing code.

How CIOs use AI to elevate CX services

Generative AI can help staff answer customer queries efficiently and effectively. But that’s the least it can do, or what IT leaders expect of it. The key to unlocking its real power is to focus on business outcomes and highly refined experienc

The change management Informatica needed to overhaul its business model

When Graeme Thompson became CIO of the AI-powered data management company in 2016, it sold licenses and maintenance as its customers moved their applications into SaaS solutions. In response, the company changed course to the cloud. Here, Thompson re

India’s advisory on LLM usage causes consternation

The stringent requirements in the advisory are difficult to comply with and put the hyperscalers at risk of prosecution and intimidation, analysts say.

Three predictions for AI and automation business adoption

AWS to invest $5.3 to build data centers in Saudi Arabia to bolster tech in the region

The plan supports Saudi Arabia’s aim to become a Middle East tech hub ahead of the World Expo 2030 and includes training programs aimed at developing local cloud talent.

Generative AI copilots: What’s hype and where to drive results

IT leaders find themselves in front of a firehose of rapidly releasing platform copilot enhancements, trying to sort out what works and can scale. Here’s where your peers are finding benefits — and shortcomings.

What’s enabled Fresenius to transform IT

As group CIO of Germany-based multinational health care company Fresenius, Ingo Elfering had to turn its IT upside-down in order to move forward.

Why your best IT managers quit

Understanding the chief reasons top managers leave is critical for CIOs seeking to develop and retain high-performing teams. Compensation aside, leadership, culture, and stagnation top the list.

4 ways higher ed can close the tech industry’s gender gap

While it’s acknowledged that diversity drives business innovation and creates a strong cultural foundation, the tech industry and higher education institutions fall short when it comes to supporting and channeling more women into tech fields.

The startup CIO’s guide to formalizing IT for liquidity events

CIO turned VC Brian Hoyt draws on his experience prepping companies for IPO and other liquidity events, including his own, to outline a playbook for crossing the start-up to scale-up chasm.

15 worthwhile conferences for women in tech

For women seeking to connect and advance their IT careers, or those who support diversity and inclusion in technology fields, here are 15 conferences you won’t want to miss.

Captive centers are back. Is DIY offshoring right for you?

Fully-owned global IT service centers picked up steam in 2023, but going the captive route requires clear-eyed consideration of benefits and risks, as well as desired business outcomes.

What is a chief data officer? A leader who creates business value from data

A chief data officer (CDO) oversees a range of data-related functions to ensure your organization gets the most out of, arguably, its most valuable asset.

The trick to better answers from generative AI

Miso.ai co-founders Lucky Gunasekara and Andy Hsieh discuss how going beyond RAG basics to break down question context and assumptions is key for enterprise-grade service.

Atos deal to sell its legacy service business falls through

Atos ends talks with investment fund after failing to reach an agreement on the sale of its legacy managed infrastructure services business.

For IT leaders, operationalized gen AI is still a moving target

The blistering pace of advancement in generative AI leaves companies struggling to effectively implement and measure the technology, while guarding against bias and risk.

The multi-faceted digital transformation of Barcelona City Council

With a series of innovative technological projects centering on AI, real-time data analysis, and digitization of processes, Nacho Santillana Montal, CIO of the Catalan City Council in Spain, seeks to achieve the concept of smart city.

CIOs rethink all-in cloud strategies

Applying lessons learned from initial forays into the cloud, IT leaders are forgoing platform-first mantras in favor of workload-specific strategies for deciding where applications will run best.

Managing the ‘H’ out of AI

CIOs need to move beyond hyperbole, hype, and hysteria to value creation and AI mastery.

Q&A: Businesses need to be the boss of AI, or else

The keynote speaker at FutureIT Los Angeles, Anat Baron, shares her thoughts on navigating a human-plus-machine world.

How to make the most of global talent opportunities

Adobe, Equinix, Lenovo, and G-P share the five difference makers that will help companies successfully harness global talent to compete at speed and scale.

Defining a new era of exponential companies

A playbook for transforming the enterprise with AI.

DOJ hires first chief AI officer to examine internal and external uses

Princeton professor Jonathan Mayer has been appointed to bolster the US Department of Justice’s AI capacity-building efforts and to help address legal policies regarding its use.

5 hot IT leadership trends — and 4 going cold

Uncertainty, the rise of AI, and shifting forces in what constitutes winning culture are spurring IT leaders to revisit how they lead, coach, hire, and prepare IT for the future.

CAPM certification: Cost, salary, training, and more

The Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM) certification is a great starting point to accelerate your project management career. Cost, salary expectations, training — here’s what you need to know.

4 core AI principles that fuel transformation success

Organizational culture can either facilitate or hinder implementation of digital initiatives. But when transformation projects incorporate the right AI to enable beneficial outcomes and a cohesive workforce, the wins speak for themselves.

Kyndryl bets on partnerships, consulting arm to redeem itself

While Kyndryl’s overall revenue is on a decline, Kyndryl Consult is growing in double digits, acting as the only green shoot for the IBM spin-off.

American Honda IT to fuel innovation with generative AI

IT chief Bob Brizendine sees gen AI as a crucial component for ensuring the North American subsidiary of the Japanese automaker is finely tuned for the road ahead.

Google integrates Gemini AI into enterprise tools

The company also announced the launch of two plans, Gemini Business, and Gemini Enterprise, to help businesses of all sizes leverage AI for growth.

ESG software buyer’s guide: 6 tips for selecting the best fit for your business

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) regulations are on the rise. Here’s how to ensure your organization is equipped with the right ESG tools for its reporting and performance improvement needs.

Ferrovial puts AI at the heart of its transformation

Within its Digital Hub, the transportation and mobility multinational has gone all in on an AI-powered center of excellence that allows technology knowledge, ideas, and projects to develop for all business units.

CIO Gray Nester on fostering a culture of success

The Brown & Brown IT chief stresses the importance of partnerships within and outside the business, as well as instilling in teams the courage to embrace change and get up when knocked down.