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    CIOs will gravitate toward purpose-built infrastructure in 2026

    Companies are preparing to align their systems with growing AI use as executives seek lower cloud costs, according to Info-Tech Research Group.

    By Oct. 10, 2025
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    IT must lean on facility managers to secure networks, report shows

    Tech leaders know breach prevention but facilities managers know the building systems that threat actors are increasingly targeting, says a cybersecurity specialist.

    By Ramona Dzinkowski • Oct. 10, 2025
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    Top 5 stories from CIO Dive

    Shifts in enterprise software use, ongoing generative AI adoption plans and budget pressures ruled CIO priorities in the first half of the year.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    Bank of America fires up generative AI payments assistant

    AskGPS was trained on more than 3,200 internal documents by the company’s in-house engineering team and rolled out last week.

    By Oct. 10, 2025
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    AWS launches Quick Suite in latest hyperscaler agentic push

    The platform combines research, business intelligence and automation capabilities into one hub, the company said Thursday.

    By Oct. 9, 2025
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    AI tied to 7,000 job cuts in September: Challenger

    Salesforce is among the companies that have directly attributed massive job cuts to AI in recent months.

    By Alexei Alexis • Oct. 8, 2025
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    Cloud marketplace sales set to skyrocket by 2030

    Multiyear enterprise cloud commitments will lead software sales to increase more than fivefold in the next five years, according to Omdia.

    By Oct. 7, 2025
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    Businesses grapple with patchwork of digital laws in EU

    The European Union has adopted 101 regulations, with at least 20 more in progress, creating a complex landscape for businesses with EU operations.

    By Oct. 7, 2025
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    Sponsored by TechCayman

    Your next competitive edge: Where you operate

    For talent, capital and confidence, why tech leaders choose the Cayman Islands.

    Oct. 6, 2025
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    Hiring managers say they will pay for in-demand skills

    Machine learning, AI and data science are among the areas garnering salary premiums, according to a Robert Half report.

    By Ginger Christ • Oct. 3, 2025
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    Generative AI drives cloud spend blitz

    Public cloud spend will increase fourfold over the next three years, largely driven by growing generative AI workloads, according to TD Cowen.

    By Oct. 3, 2025
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    New York Life taps tech chief with modernization in mind

    Deepa Soni joins the financial services firm as EVP and CIO after several years at The Hartford, the company announced Wednesday.

    By Oct. 2, 2025
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    SaaS spend jumps amid shifts in the vendor landscape

    Consumption-based pricing has left many companies struggling to track spending, leading to a proliferation of underutilized “shelfware,” according to BCG.

    By Oct. 2, 2025
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    Top CIO conferences to attend in 2026

    The roster of tech conferences next year will give IT leaders a chance to gauge the latest trends, honing their strategies in response to fast-paced change. 

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    Boards lack AI savvy as adoption advances: PwC

    More than one-third of directors say boards haven't received enough AI education amid widespread deployments of the technology.

    By Oct. 1, 2025
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    What California’s new AI law means for CIOs

    Tech leaders will need to adapt multiple processes to ensure providers are meeting the new standards, according to analysts.

    By Sept. 30, 2025
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    Opinion

    How CIOs can build an AI-ready workforce

    Leaders sacrifice workforce preparedness when they favor AI implementation over hiring recent graduates.

    By Phil Fersht • Sept. 30, 2025
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    VMware customers face crossroads as Broadcom ends vSphere 7 support

    “If you don't upgrade or renew, whatever the case might be, you will not get support from Broadcom,” said Spinnaker Support CTO Iain Saunderson.

    By Sept. 29, 2025
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    Legacy tech woes fuel IT upgrades as CIOs grapple with costs

    Maintaining old systems slows down modernization efforts as enterprises rush to adopt agentic and generative AI.

    By Sept. 26, 2025
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    Accenture completes ‘reinvention’ as generative AI revenues roll in

    “Our data business is on fire,” CEO Julie Sweet said during the company’s Q4 2025 earnings call Thursday.

    By Sept. 25, 2025
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    Wendy’s taps restaurant vet to oversee international tech

    Sang Lee brings experience from major food brands as the restaurant chain aims for global expansion.

    By Sept. 25, 2025
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    Many material cybersecurity breaches go unreported: VikingCloud

    Attacks have escalated in frequency and severity in the past year, with AI serving as a primary driver, according to the firm.

    By Alexei Alexis • Sept. 25, 2025
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    Meta launches lobbying effort to target state AI laws

    The company created a super PAC to back candidates who align with the company on AI oversight. It’s the latest sign of industry displeasure toward state AI laws.

    By Sept. 24, 2025
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    Financial firms fuel a surge in AI research, adoption

    Teams at JPMorgan Chase, Capital One, RBC, Wells Fargo and TD Bank are blazing a trail for the technology’s deployment in high-stakes, regulated environments, according to Evident Insights.

    By Sept. 24, 2025
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    Generative AI will affect tech jobs more than other sectors

    More than half of skills related to tech jobs will face greater transformation as generative AI comes into the fold, according to an Indeed report.

    By Sept. 23, 2025
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    Snowflake leads push to standardize metadata for AI

    Fragmented definitions strain AI’s ability to ingest data. Snowflake, Salesforce and other partners are driving a joint effort to create open source standardizations.

    By Sept. 23, 2025