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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 Makenzie Holland • Oct. 10, 2025 -
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 Roberto Torres • Oct. 9, 2025 -
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Shifts in enterprise software use, ongoing generative AI adoption plans and budget pressures ruled CIO priorities in the first half of the year.
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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 Makenzie Holland • Oct. 7, 2025 -
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 -
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 Makenzie Holland • Oct. 3, 2025 -
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 Matt Ashare • Oct. 2, 2025 -
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.
By Roberto Torres , Lindsey Wilkinson , Matt Ashare , Makenzie Holland • Oct. 1, 2025 -
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 Matt Ashare • Sept. 29, 2025 -
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 Makenzie Holland • Sept. 26, 2025 -
SAP’s ERP support services raise antitrust concerns in EU
SAP isn’t the first tech company scrutinized for its business practices. It could eventually be forced to make concessions to avoid hefty fines.
By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 25, 2025 -
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 Roberto Torres • Sept. 23, 2025 -
Citi deploys agentic tools to in-house AI platform
The financial services firm began initial rollout of agentic capabilities to 5,000 of its workers this month, according to a Monday announcement.
By Roberto Torres • Sept. 22, 2025 -
Enterprise software spend accelerates amid AI adoption blitz
As the technology ripples through IT budgets, it’s driving up costs across infrastructure, data management and applications, according to West Monroe.
By Matt Ashare • Sept. 22, 2025 -
Global AI spending to approach $1.5 trillion this year: Gartner
Hyperscaler investments in GPUs and accelerators will nearly double the size of the AI server market, the analyst firm said Wednesday.
By Matt Ashare • Sept. 17, 2025 -
Opinion
How CIOs can attract top AI talent without spending billions
Athough big tech players are luring AI pros with large compensation packages, most companies are better equipped to attract top talent than they realize.
By Kjell Carlsson • Sept. 10, 2025 -
HP sees earlier than expected spike in AI PC shipments
“We see CIOs making that decision to refresh their installed base with AI PCs because they don't want to be outdated in a year or two,” CFO Karen Parkhill said Monday.
By Matt Ashare • Sept. 9, 2025 -
Salesforce still sees a place for live customer service agents after massive cuts
The company slashed about 4,000 customer service agents as its use of AI picked up, but CEO Marc Benioff still expects people and AI to work together.
By Bryan Wassel • Sept. 9, 2025 -
Broadcom enters ‘second phase’ of VMware consolidation
The company converted its largest customers to subscription software bundles. Now it wants to help them find value in private cloud.
By Matt Ashare • Sept. 5, 2025 -
Salesforce banks on AI deals as customers move past pilot stage
The vendor doubled the number of paying customers for its agentic AI platform in six months, executives said during a Wednesday earnings call.
By Roberto Torres • Sept. 4, 2025 -
SAP pours more than $23B into EU sovereign cloud buildout
The ERP will expand access to its software through infrastructure services running in SAP data centers in Europe and to on-premises estates.
By Matt Ashare • Sept. 2, 2025 -
How Bank of America’s Erica raised the stakes for virtual assistants
The virtual assistant has serviced 3 billion client interactions since its 2018 launch, the bank said.
By Kristen Doerer • Aug. 29, 2025 -
Walmart buys into VMware’s private cloud
The retail giant plans to deploy the vendor’s virtualization software across its globally distributed operations, VMware parent company Broadcom said.
By Matt Ashare • Aug. 26, 2025 -
Why Morgan Stanley open-sourced its app development tool
A software validation framework helps the bank accelerate compliance and security reviews. Last week, it released the tool through FINOS.
By Matt Ashare • Aug. 22, 2025 -
RaceTrac to hire first CIO as top tech exec retires
John Lukas transformed RaceTrac’s store technology infrastructure, revamped its loyalty app and spearheaded the IT integration of RaceTrac’s 2023 acquisition of Gulf Oil during his tenure.
By Brett Dworski • Aug. 21, 2025 -
AI hiring tools push tech workers to reconsider the industry
Nearly 1 in 3 IT professionals said they might leave the industry altogether as AI screening tools muddy the hiring process, a Dice survey found.
By Roberto Torres • Aug. 21, 2025