Citi rolls out a pair of AI-powered banking platforms

The financial firm’s data, analytics and innovation team deployed two client-communication assistants for its wealth advisory division Monday.

AI agents spark mix of anticipation, skepticism and fear: Workday

Most survey respondents were open to working with AI agents, but only 30% were comfortable with being managed by them.

How Tampa General Hospital worked to quantify cyber risk

The medical center's CIO and CISO teamed up to translate security decisions into dollars and cents.

Lululemon shakes up IT leadership team

CIO Julie Averill will leave in September as part of a planned leadership transition, the retailer said.

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.

What’s holding enterprises back from AI agent success?

CIOs and their businesses, from PepsiCo to Principal Financial Group, are sifting through the noise and establishing guardrails to speed up time to value.

Businesses focus on AI, cloud, despite cyber defense oversights

Enterprises are enthusiastically adopting AI, even as they neglect basic cybersecurity measures.

C-suite, workers eschew AI policies at work

Employees of all levels are increasing security risks by misusing AI tools and disregarding protocols, according to a CalypsoAI survey.

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.

State AI rules trigger rising small business angst

Nearly two-thirds of small business owners are concerned about potential compliance and litigation costs, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

IT, business leaders clash over cloud, data security

Executives plan to increase IT spend despite disappointing returns on tech investments, according to Unisys.

Walmart, Target tout AI plans

The two retail giants are capitalizing on sustained investment in their technology foundations even as they face economic headwinds.

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.

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.

Retailers double down on AI despite reliability concerns

More than 3 in 5 leaders in the industry worry about the consistency and quality of generated outputs, according to a Monday.com survey.

FM taps MassMutual CTO for CIO role

The commercial property insurer appointed Tara Long to succeed Chief Strategy and Information Officer Srini Krishnamurthy.

Immature data strategies threaten enterprise AI plans

Executives rate their organization's data maturity 12% higher than those working in the environment daily, according to an Actian survey.

Kohl’s adds CTO to its tech leadership lineup

The retailer brought in former Nike and J.Crew executive Steven Dee to lead all technology and information platforms.

Cyber, AI drive software spending to double-digit growth through 2029

Cloud security and identity and access management tool purchases insulated the market from tariff-induced economic shocks, according to Forrester.

AIG taps financial sector veteran as chief digital officer

HP executive Scott Hallworth will be tasked with scaling generative AI use across the insurance company.

Execs use responsible AI to drive growth, prevent risks

Business leaders want to prevent further fallout as nearly all have experienced at least one problematic incident tied to AI, according to an Infosys survey.

Data center vacancies plummet amid power supply constraints

Colocation vacancy rates in North America dropped to an historic low during the first half of the year, according to JLL.

US Open serves AI add-ons for tennis matches

With IBM, the United States Tennis Association is embedding the technology to improve the fan experience and boost productivity behind the scenes.

Should CIOs care about new AI models?

Discussion about diminishing returns picked up momentum following OpenAI’s release of GPT-5. Other analysts say: Not so fast.

EG America names head of data and AI

The convenience store retailer appointed an external consultant it previously worked with to spearhead its enterprise data and AI strategy.