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Why Discover went all-in on open source
The company’s tech leadership eased the product development process, removing barriers to innovation and opening pathways for engineers to advance.
By Matt Ashare • Feb. 2, 2024 -
AI, new projects to jumpstart tech hiring in 2024
2023 was marked by fluctuations between tech talent availability and the end of big tech overhiring, but analysts expect the tech jobs market to return to more steady growth this year.
By Roberto Torres • Jan. 31, 2024 -
Trendline
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.
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SAP revamps migration support programs, adds financial incentives
The software company will give customers credits and technical support to offset adoption costs as part of its RISE and GROW programs.
By Matt Ashare • Jan. 30, 2024 -
Companies struggle to connect data to customer experience
Most businesses are struggling to integrate data insights into their user experiences, according to a Salesforce survey.
By Bryan Wassel • Jan. 30, 2024 -
Southwest Airlines to spend $1.7B on tech, cloud migration this year
The commercial carrier has shifted just under half of its tech estate to cloud, President and CEO Bob Jordan said Thursday.
By Matt Ashare • Jan. 29, 2024 -
Human sight still cheaper than most AI replacements, MIT finds
Using AI instead of humans for vision-based tasks only makes financial sense in about one-fourth of jobs, researchers found.
By Roberto Torres • Jan. 29, 2024 -
What’s behind SAP’s massive restructuring push?
“Cloud is the big elephant in the room for SAP," Forrester VP and Principal Analyst Liz Herbert said.
By Matt Ashare • Jan. 26, 2024 -
IBM leans hard on consulting, governance to drive AI business
“Just as we quickly ramped a meaningful practice around Red Hat to address the hybrid cloud opportunity, we are on a similar trajectory with generative AI,” CEO Arvind Krishna said.
By Matt Ashare • Jan. 25, 2024 -
Software, IT services to accelerate tech spend: Forrester
Enterprise and government investment in technology will grow 5.3% year over year, reaching $4.7 trillion this year, the firm projects.
By Matt Ashare • Jan. 23, 2024 -
Most leaders want to invest more in skills, talent in 2024
More executives see talent gaps as a key business risk in the next 18 months, compared to last year's responses to a Capgemini survey.
By Roberto Torres • Jan. 19, 2024 -
IBM buys Advanced’s mainframe modernization unit to deepen consulting bench
The deal also bolsters IBM’s broader hybrid cloud strategy, complementing the application refactoring capabilities of watsonx Code Assistant for Z.
By Matt Ashare • Jan. 19, 2024 -
Victoria’s Secret to infuse AI into online shopping
The intimate apparel company tapped Google Cloud’s Vertex AI to enhance search capabilities and personalize product recommendations.
By Kristen Doerer • Jan. 11, 2024 -
Demand for software developers to persist, despite 2023 woes
New layoff waves kicked off the new year, but demand for technical talent will persist, according to CoderPad data.
By Roberto Torres • Jan. 11, 2024 -
SAP adds board-level cloud migration unit, reshuffles executive roles
The ERP behemoth aims to ease customers’ journey to SaaS as it moves to a usage-based pricing model.
By Matt Ashare • Jan. 11, 2024 -
Nvidia unveils laptop AI chip, developer toolkit
The GPU manufacturer is expanding its enterprise IT ambitions and portfolio as the race to deploy LLMs closer to the business user intensifies.
By Matt Ashare • Jan. 10, 2024 -
7 business technology trends to watch in 2024
Technology leaders will spend much of this year perfecting their businesses' AI strategies, keeping an eye on the budget and attracting tech talent.
By Roberto Torres , Matt Ashare , Lindsey Wilkinson • Jan. 9, 2024 -
Enterprise tech buyers prize efficiency, productivity gains
While immediate business value is a priority, organizations also want vendors to provide implementation expertise, according to Forrester.
By Matt Ashare • Jan. 4, 2024 -
Industry clouds set for slow start in the new year: Forrester
Cost and lack of clear path to ROI to hinder adoption in 2024, according to the analyst firm’s research.
By Matt Ashare • Dec. 21, 2023 -
Rite Aid banned from use of facial recognition tech for 5 years
The company’s “reckless” use of the technology harmed customers, the FTC said in a court case settlement.
By Nate Delesline III • Dec. 20, 2023 -
Opinion
3 steps to proactive IT cost optimization
CIOs should create an action plan to track costs, looking for significant opportunities for savings in order to fund transformation.
By David McIntire and Pieter Pottie • Dec. 20, 2023 -
Gartner elevates Oracle in annual hyperscaler assessment
The company joined AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud as a leading provider in the analyst firm’s annual review of strategic cloud platform service vendors.
By Matt Ashare • Dec. 18, 2023 -
Wingstop names CIO
Chris Fallon joins the restaurant chain as it prepares to roll out a $50 million in-house technology platform.
By Aneurin Canham-Clyne • Dec. 15, 2023 -
CIO most likely chief to be external hire: report
The trend suggests a desire to bring outside perspectives into the tech suite as transformation unfolds, according to executive search firm Spencer Stuart.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 15, 2023 -
Salesforce to let Einstein Copilot chomp on unstructured data
The company announced a slate of generative AI updates aimed at easing the data constraints that often hinder deployment.
By Roberto Torres • Dec. 14, 2023 -
Software spend to rebound in 2024 as ERP, database move to SaaS
After two years of flat revenue growth, Forrester expects software vendors to see incremental upticks going forward.
By Matt Ashare • Dec. 13, 2023