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  Chewy eyes $50M in annual cost savings with AI

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  The next AI race is about execution, not access

  The next AI advantage will belong to companies that can operationalize AI.

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  How the CIO role is shifting in the agentic AI era

  Technology leaders should help businesses define the scenarios in which agents can operate with full autonomy — or kept out of operations entirely.

  IT Strategy

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  Qualcomm to make custom chips for Amazon as part of $4B deal

  The e-commerce giant could buy up to $60 billion in processors to support its buildout of data centers over the next 10 years, according to a securities filing.

  IT Strategy

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  What California’s AI auditing bills mean for enterprises

  Two pieces of legislation signed this week set the foundation for third-party reviews of AI, a practice that could boost confidence for AI vendors and enterprises.

  IT Strategy

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  Broadcom targets infrastructure complexity in automation play

  VMware AI Factory lets enterprises pick preferred hardware and AI models, marking the latest vendor move to ease compute challenges.

  Hardware & Infrastructure

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  Accenture musters 1K forward deployed engineers to staff Gemini Enterprise business group

  The consulting firm is expanding an existing Google Cloud practice with agentic AI adoption in mind.

  IT Strategy

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  Sysco targets $500M in AI-driven cost savings

  The food distributor is modernizing routing software and enhancing inventory forecasting to help cut costs over the next three fiscal years.

  IT Strategy

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  AI transformation set to shift corporate profits by $4.7 trillion

  The technology’s effect on productivity, market share and innovation will deliver more profound change than the rise of the internet, according to Bain & Co.

  IT Strategy

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  Don’t let AI distract from cybersecurity basics, officials and executives warn

  Government and industry leaders said simple attacks remain far more consequential than anything AI is doing.

  IT Strategy

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  Tech sector continues to shed workers amid AI shift

  The decline could be a reflection of the waves of layoffs tech providers undertook earlier this year, according to a CompTIA analysis.

  IT Strategy

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  CIOs bear the brunt of blame over AI mistakes

  When AI leads to errors, enterprise executives target the CIO for accountability, more so than any other functional leaders, according to 8x8.

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  What CIOs should know about quantum computing

  The technology's rapid development is elevating quantum as an area for CIOs and other IT leaders to watch closely.

  IT Strategy

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  Deloitte aims to help enterprises with hybrid AI model strategy

  The consulting firm is launching an open model engineering practice intending to help enterprises find the right mix.

  IT Strategy

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  Kyndryl, Broadcom bet on VMware skills as private cloud demand returns

  Kyndryl is adding consulting, managed services and agentic AI guardrails to VCF, backed by a skills push covering several thousand of its own consultants.

  Cloud

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  How retailers are honing their tech strategies

  From senior leadership appointments to wide-scale AI implementations, the biggest names in retail are leaning on tech to address operational pain points.

  IT Strategy

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  Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face deal could benefit enterprises

  The chipmaker’s acquisition could eventually bring additional security resources and model evaluation tools to the platform, according to experts.

  IT Strategy

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  Data center market faces all-time low vacancies despite record-breaking construction

  Power capacity available for lease fell to 1.4% in the first half of 2026, even as under-construction capacity surged 25%, according to CBRE.  

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  Even with careful investment, AI is set to boost IT costs

  Bain & Co. predicts AI could cause IT costs to skyrocket by as much as 75% in less than a decade due to infrastructure, security and talent needs.

  IT Strategy

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  Fewer than 25% of enterprises have scaled AI successfully

  Not knowing how to measure a project’s success or when to shut it down can keep companies from finding success, Gartner data found.

  IT Strategy

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  KPMG gets agentic tool certified for security, reliability as AI risks mount

  The certification of the tool comes as companies confront growing risks from AI agents that can take actions on their own.

  IT Strategy

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  AWS pushes partners to rethink pricing for the AI era

  The cloud giant said partners are experimenting with flexible pricing models, including pay-as-you-go and outcome-based models.

  IT Strategy

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  Frontier AI tips the scales toward cyber adversaries

  Threat actors are already using AI to accelerate cyberattacks beyond the abilities of modern defenses, researchers at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 said.

  IT Strategy

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  AI adoption helps sustain confidence in the mainframe

  Companies are enlisting agents to help manage the platform amid ongoing modernization, according to BMC’s annual survey.

  IT Strategy

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  Retailers bet on AI for supply chain, ‘smart’ shopping

  Large retailers are using AI technologies to overhaul their customer experience, supply chain and personalized shopping offerings, according to Q2 earnings calls.

  IT Strategy

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  Agentic AI is shifting the pricing models CIOs rely on

  A trend toward outcome-based billing is prompting executives to rethink vendor management strategies, executives and analysts told CIO Dive.

  IT Strategy

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