IT Strategy: Page 5


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    How chatbots can personalize self-service interactions

    Generative AI chatbots are well-suited to draw on customer metadata and company knowledge bases to personalize self-service experiences.

    By Bryan Wassel • Aug. 29, 2024
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    Businesses default to cloud for generative AI, accelerate migrations

    Despite ongoing tech talent shortages and cost concerns, cloud adoption rates rebounded, according to Foundry research.

    By Aug. 28, 2024
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    Digital transformation

    Digital transformation goes beyond technology — if companies want to engage in a new era of technology, they must rethink how work is done too.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    TAB Bank’s CIO looks to optimize the ‘sweet spot’

    “Technology can be as critical an enabler as you want it to be,” said Tami Fisher, who spent 18 years at Zions Bank before joining TAB in July.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Aug. 28, 2024
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    Generative AI adoption higher among younger workers, survey finds

    Most tech pros say the technology only slightly impacts their work as a generational gap looms, according to a Dice survey.

    By Updated Sept. 3, 2024
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    3 ways CIOs can turn strategy into execution

    With less than half of enterprises reaching strategic objectives, executives must consistently measure and monitor the success of the plans they've laid out.

    By Aug. 27, 2024
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    How PwC gauges generative AI risk, ROI amid adoption

    “We’re still plucking low-hanging fruit on a lot of AI initiatives,” PwC US Chief AI Officer Dan Priest said during a CIO Dive panel.

    By Aug. 26, 2024
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    Target’s generative AI tool is boosting worker efficiency, CFO says

    A chatbot integrated into employee’s handheld devices has been used more than 50,000 times since it was rolled out earlier this year, CFO Michael Fiddelke said. 

    By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 23, 2024
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    How CIOs can respond to generative AI’s ‘moment of reckoning’

    Tech debt and a lack of AI-readiness threaten progress as Gartner warns about short-term disillusionment ahead.

    By Aug. 23, 2024
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    How automation and culture help curb cloud overspend

    Business leaders struggling to rein in rising costs can turn to technical solutions, but overruns are also a people problem.

    By Aug. 21, 2024
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    Palo Alto Networks CEO touts leads from CrowdStrike fallout

    In the wake of the massive IT outage, some CrowdStrike customers have entered talks with Palo Alto Networks in search of a new provider.

    By David Jones • Aug. 20, 2024
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    How J.C. Penney is using AI and machine learning in its supply chain

    The department store retailer is investing heavily in new technology to improve productivity and upgrade its legacy systems.

    By Philip Neuffer • Aug. 20, 2024
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    C-suite enthusiasm over generative AI wanes, putting pressure on quick wins

    Most CIOs have moved less than one-third of experiments into production as hype fades, according to a Deloitte survey.

    By Aug. 20, 2024
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    Companies aren’t as cyber resilient as they think

    Most companies fall short on business continuity as malicious threat activity continues to rise, a Cohesity study found.

    By David Jones • Aug. 19, 2024
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    4 tech pros on managing IT budgets

    IT leaders share key strategies to shore up spending — even when businesses expect more and more out of their technology toolkits.

    By Aug. 19, 2024
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    3 CIO lessons for maximizing cybersecurity investments

    Securing resources has gotten easier, said Feroz Merchhiya, City of Santa Monica CIO. But that hasn't diminished tech leaders' role in showing the value.

    By Aug. 16, 2024
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    What’s keeping the enterprise from a paperless future?

    Printers are still alive and well across finance, healthcare and legal services, industries that rely heavily on hard copies thanks to legal requirements and customer expectations.

    By Suman Bhattacharyya • Aug. 15, 2024
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    Opinion

    4 strategies for a solid — and profitable — AI future

    CIOs can draw successful AI adoption plans for their organizations, keeping a close eye on governance, risk management and skilling.

    By Kate Woolley • Aug. 14, 2024
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    SaaS vendors struggle with cloud bills, too

    Three in 5 software vendors have not implemented a cloud cost management program, according to CloudZero.

    By Aug. 14, 2024
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    Skill gaps cost employers a month of productivity each year, survey finds

    Workers face challenges in making data analysis more efficient or automating processes, a Multiverse report finds.

    By Carolyn Crist • Aug. 14, 2024
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    Tech chiefs gear up to spend bigger IT budgets in 2025

    Despite growing enterprise appetite for technology and talent, cost optimization remains a priority, according to Forrester research.

    By Aug. 13, 2024
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    How costs, ROI shape generative AI adoption plans

    Elusive returns clouded the technology’s initial hype. Executives and analysts are now putting the focus back on costs and use case fit.

    By Aug. 13, 2024
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    CrowdStrike outage: Fallout and recovery

    Microsoft Deputy CISO recounts responding to the CrowdStrike outage

    The industry’s collective response to the massive outage underscored for Ann Johnson its ability to come together and put competitive interests aside.

    By Matt Kapko • Aug. 12, 2024
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    CFO, CIO partnership key to bridge tech, talent gap: Workday

    Finance chiefs are more frequently working in tandem with CIOs to shape how their company leverages technology, Workday’s Terrance Wampler said.

    By Grace Noto • Aug. 9, 2024
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    Delta expects $380M revenue hit due to CrowdStrike outage

    The company said it canceled 7,000 flights in five days due to the IT outage, according to a Thursday securities filing.

    By Updated Aug. 8, 2024
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    Truist names JPMorgan, Wells Fargo vet as CIO

    Steve Hagerman, who currently serves as CIO of consumer technology at Wells Fargo, will replace Truist Interim CIO Brad Bender in October.

    By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Aug. 8, 2024