The Latest
-
AI adoption brings revenue boosts, but data readiness lags
Nearly two-thirds of businesses plan to increase their efforts in the next two years, an Accenture survey found.
-
Data overload thwarts digital transformation in banking
Despite eagerness to scale AI capabilities, the financial sector remains mired in technical debt.
-
Inside North Highland’s ‘client zero’ approach to generative AI
The management consulting firm partly credits its early adoption of Anthropic's Claude Enterprise tool for boosting workforce buy-in for its strategy.
-
Walmart advances AI ambitions with LLM trained on its own data
The retailer’s AI investments include LLMs tailored to its own needs and personalized homepages set to launch by the end of 2025.
-
AI adoption rush puts mainframes back in the spotlight
Coding assistants are, in turn, helping engineers refactor aging COBOL applications, according to IBM.
-
SAP expands Joule copilot capabilities, adds collaborative AI agents
The enterprise technology vendor said its autonomous agents can resolve disputes and streamline financial processes.
-
CrowdStrike outage: Fallout and recovery
How HP dodged the July CrowdStrike outage
After catching early signs of the problem, the company used its IT management tool to install a remediating patch in its global fleet of 79,000 PCs.
Updated Oct. 14, 2024 -
Eli Lilly names first chief AI officer
Thomas Fuchs will lead AI initiatives across Lilly, including in drug discovery, clinical trials and manufacturing.
-
With AI market headed for trillion-dollar mark, chip shortages loom
Bain & Company expects AI workloads to grow by as much as 35% each year through 2027, accelerating GPU and upstream component consumption.
-
Knowledge workers lean on AI as workloads increase
Employees still wade through excessive drudge work, spending half their week on low-impact tasks, according to a Wrike report.
-
CISOs, C-suite remain at odds over corporate cyber resilience
More than a year after the SEC revamped cyber disclosure rules, security and IT executives still struggle to articulate enterprise risk strategies.
-
Boardrooms split on AI readiness, pace of adoption: Deloitte
Just 2% of board members are highly knowledgeable or experienced in AI, according to a Deloitte survey.
-
AI adoption drives ‘unmanageable’ spike in cloud costs
IT and financial executives leverage FinOps to rein in software and infrastructure spending, according to a Tangoe report.
-
Enterprises cling to mainframe as cloud expands
Companies that lean on the enterprise workhorse are increasing capacity and purchasing new units, according to ISG research.
-
IT hiring roars back after monthslong slump
Positive indicators in the economy overall led to increased hiring for tech positions in September, according to CompTIA.
-
AI-powered software testing gains traction, but still needs guardrails
Human validation is key to mitigating risk, IT leaders said in a survey commissioned by Leapwork.
-
Banking tech alliance drafts enterprise AI adoption guidelines
The Fintech Open Source Foundation, which now includes Nvidia and Moody’s, outlined LLM risks and control measures to guide deployment in the industry.
-
Generative AI will spark mass upskilling of software engineers, Gartner says
“Building AI-empowered software will demand a new breed of software professional, the AI engineer,” Gartner’s Philip Walsh said.
-
Senior AI talent rakes in top dollar amid rising demand
Data scientists and other specialized roles earn cash compensation of up to $350,000, according to a Menlo Ventures report.
-
United Airlines leaned on real-time data to recover from the CrowdStrike outage
The airline modernized its technology foundations with better customer experiences in mind. Then, a major software outage underscored the importance of live data.
Updated Oct. 3, 2024 -
How S&P Global crafted an AI curriculum for its workforce
The financial data company kicked off an upskilling sprint for its 35,000 employees, featuring certification programs and hybrid learning.
-
Phishing remains cloud intrusion tactic of choice for threat groups
The attack mode accounted for one-third of the cloud-related incidents IBM X-Force responded to across a two-year period.
-
Workers have AI confidence — but no training to back it up, survey shows
The disconnect could expose organizations to ethical and security risks, according to a Multiverse report.
-
European Commission gets early enterprise buy-in on AI Act
Signatories of the voluntary pledge to apply the law’s principles ahead of enforcement include Porsche, Mastercard, Google and Microsoft.
-
AT&T claims it faced a tenfold VMware price hike under Broadcom
The telecommunications company projected it would cost up to $50 million to migrate off VMware, EVP and GM Susan Johnson said in an email to Broadcom CEO Hock Tan.