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    5 CIO trends to watch in 2025

    Tech executives will spend this year working on agentic AI adoption, deploying FinOps beyond the cloud and building digital literacy.

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    Engineers hit AI development roadblocks: IBM

    Enterprise workers tasked with developing AI applications are struggling to leverage the host of tools needed, according to the company’s survey. 

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    Security, data challenges hinder agentic AI adoption

    Tech pros said the most common use case for the technology is IT service desk automation, according to a Tray.ai report. 

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    AI led training demand in 2024, O’Reilly says

    Interest in prompt engineering and generative AI training grew exponentially last year, according to the company.

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    Nvidia enters the agentic AI fray with Llama Nemotron LLMs

    Accenture plans to launch more than 100 industry-specific solutions using the chipmaker’s AI-powered developer tools, the companies said Monday.

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    Boeing picks IT veteran as chief information digital officer

    Dana Deasy, who previously served as CIO for the U.S. Department of Defense, will lead information security, IT and data analytics for the manufacturer.

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    What companies need to help secure AI

    Experts say MLOps will bridge the gap between development and operations, creating room for the inclusion of security and privacy practices, too.

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    Microsoft plans to pour $80B into cloud data centers

    The tech giant will funnel more than half of the investments into U.S.-based facilities, Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith said Friday.

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    How Akamai regained control of its runaway cloud bills

    “What started organically had ballooned to hundreds of millions of dollars in spend,” Akamai CIO Kate Prouty said.

    Updated Jan. 7, 2025
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    Opinion

    CIOs must tackle the global tech debt crisis

    Enterprises struggle to manage tech debt after years of deferring critical upgrades. AI adoption efforts are only making things worse.

    Updated Jan. 6, 2025
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    Generative AI is great for legal work — but make sure it’s monitored, judges say

    Lawyers must understand how their AI tools work, supervise their teams, check results carefully and experiment, according to former magistrates.

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    Policy pros push for more AI guardrails in 2025: survey

    Around 44% of practitioners don’t trust AI vendors to take data security and privacy seriously, according to Povaddo data. 

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    Employee distaste for busy work fuels AI adoption plans

    Workers are welcoming the addition of the technology to workflows, as long as it can move tedious tasks off their desks, according to a Freshworks report. 

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    Data, compute spending to double by next year: survey

    As organizations invest in infrastructure to support AI, most approach the technology as an R&D expense, according to Hitachi Vantara.

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    Opinion

    How enterprise cloud architects can drive adoption

    The complexity of cloud requires at least one accountable architectural leader to guide companies through transformation.

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    ROI remains elusive for enterprise AI plans despite progress

    Most businesses that have yet to obtain returns on their investments expect to see dollar savings within three years, an IBM report found. 

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    How Liberty Mutual plugged generative AI into everyday work

    Around 1 in 4 employees are using the company’s internal, non-public version of ChatGPT, saving an average of 1.5 hours per week.

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    Top 10 enterprise technology appointments of 2024

    Large organizations from Wells Fargo to Procter & Gamble and Northwestern Mutual picked executives capable of guiding IT strategy.

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    Accenture sees enterprises prioritizing large-scale transformations

    “Our clients are focused on reinvention,” CEO Julie Sweet said Thursday, during the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call.

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    How smaller companies can ensure round-the-clock IT coverage

    For businesses based in a single time zone, having 24/7 IT coverage can pose a challenge, but not an impossible one to solve.

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    How CIOs encourage tech adoption across generations

    Boomers and Gen Z face different challenges adopting workplace tools, but collaborative training can bridge the gap, CIOs say.

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    SaaS sprawl weighs down developers

    Maintaining and updating interconnected applications shrinks the bandwidth of IT teams, according to Onymos.

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    Northwestern Mutual names chief digital and information officer

    Dave Gordon joined the financial services firm in 2023 and most recently served as its VP and CTO.

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    Customer service teams are behind on AI usage policies

    Even though the majority want to hand off tasks to AI, the profession as a whole lags when it comes to adoption, a Freshworks survey found.

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    MetLife picks Citi exec as global CIO

    Nick Nadgauda will join the company in March to oversee application development, infrastructure, enterprise platforms and architecture teams.