Kroger names chief data and AI officer

Milen Mahadevan, president and CEO of the grocer’s retail analytics subsidiary 84.51˚, will helm its AI efforts.

By Makenzie Holland • March 6, 2026

Tech jobs rise, bucking national trend

CIOs have an opportunity to focus on identifying and onboarding employees to help shore up gaps in talent, Dice CEO Art Zeile said.

By Roberto Torres • March 6, 2026

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Shifts in compute infrastructure, ongoing AI adoption plans and talent challenges ruled CIO priorities in the first half of the year.

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How Microsoft, partners are tackling ‘huge, huge task’ of making security software safer

The technology giant and third-party security vendors are plotting an ambitious overhaul of how their products interoperate.

By Eric Geller • March 6, 2026

What CIOs should know — and do — as Iran conflict unfolds

Instability in the Middle East is driving up the risk of disruption, putting business continuity plans to the test.

By Jen A. Miller • March 5, 2026

CEOs see AI as the biggest business risk, exceeding geopolitical turmoil

Confronting the rapid spread of AI, executives risk underperforming by investing either too little or too much in the far-reaching technology.

By Jim Tyson • March 5, 2026

Target fuels AI in $2B spending plan

"We know those tech investments pay off with stronger experience," said CEO Michael Fiddelke, speaking Tuesday during an earnings call.

By Roberto Torres • March 4, 2026

Microsoft expands sovereign cloud capabilities to support AI models

Vendors are vying for customer budgets as geopolitical tensions and regulatory demands drive businesses to maintain control over their data.

By Makenzie Holland • March 4, 2026

KeyBank CIO resigns

Amy Brady is leaving for personal health reasons, the bank said. She’ll stay in a nonexecutive role through May with CFO Clark Khayat tapped to lead the technology and operations function.

By Dan Ennis • March 4, 2026

AWS outages in Middle East highlight importance of disaster recovery

Cloud services remained disrupted in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates into Tuesday morning after a series of drone strikes in the region.

By Roberto Torres • March 3, 2026

AI engineering tops list of in-demand skills: LinkedIn

Employers want an AI-ready workforce, but less than half of U.S. professionals feel supported to advance their training, according to the report.

By Scarlett Evans • March 3, 2026

Albertsons brings AI expertise to board

The grocery company expanded its board to include McDonald’s EVP and Global CIO Brian Rice, who brings decades of digital leadership experience.

By Peyton Bigora • March 3, 2026

AI training efforts give ROI a boost

Data and AI literacy have emerged as critical skills in the enterprise as the value of investments comes into focus, according to a DataCamp report.

By Roberto Torres • March 2, 2026

TD Bank eyes $150M in claims cost reductions — with help from AI

A core tenet of the banking giant’s AI strategy is to “build once and use many times,” Group President and CEO Raymond Chun said.

By Makenzie Holland • March 2, 2026

Dell reacts to memory chip crunch as PC, server revenues soar

“We're compressing discounting,” COO Jeff Clarke said Thursday. “Our quotes are valid for the shortest period of time they've ever been.”

By Matt Ashare • March 2, 2026

Unilever picks alum as CIO to oversee core IT

Reema Jain, who rejoined the consumer goods giant in 2025 as global VP of digital technology, will report to the company’s chief digital and technology officer.

By Roberto Torres • Feb. 27, 2026

AWS gains enterprise edge with OpenAI partnership

The tech giant’s deal to exclusively distribute OpenAI Frontier is a “gamechanger,” said Gartner Distinguished VP Analyst Jason Wong.

By Makenzie Holland • Feb. 27, 2026

AI boom propels Nvidia to record $215B in annual revenue

The data center segment soared as deliveries of the Blackwell architecture ramped up, the company said.

By Roberto Torres • Feb. 26, 2026

HSBC names generative AI a leading investment area

The global bank plans to use the technology for employee assistance, process reengineering and customer experience.

By Makenzie Holland • Feb. 26, 2026

Heineken appoints tech chief to drive transformation efforts

Romain Apert spent more than 25 years at Mars and comes to the role with expertise on how to modernize core IT systems and data foundations.

By Nicole Laskowski • Feb. 26, 2026

Software vulnerabilities are being weaponized faster than ever

Threat groups are exploiting a small percentage of critical flaws well before security teams can mitigate, a VulnCheck report shows.

By David Jones • Feb. 26, 2026

App sprawl bogs down operations, fuels shadow IT growth

AI proliferation is adding unsanctioned tools to workflows as enterprises grapple to keep costs in check, a Torii report found.

By Scarlett Evans • Feb. 25, 2026

Hormel Foods taps first CTO to drive enterprise IT, data strategy

The global food company appointed Donald Monk, a longtime General Mills executive, to help modernize the company’s tech stack.

By Makenzie Holland • Feb. 25, 2026

Few 10-Ks tie AI to tangible revenue gains, study finds

The technology remains an “operational tool” instead of a primary revenue driver for most top U.S. companies, according to the report.

By Alexei Alexis • Feb. 25, 2026

AI triggers hiring shift for Fortune 500

Demand for AI governance skills increased 81% year over year as enterprises continued to prioritize the technology, according to a report from Draup.

By Roberto Torres • Feb. 24, 2026

Intel, SambaNova link up to support AI compute

The collaboration aims to cut costs for enterprises deploying agents and cloud-scale inference capabilities.

By Makenzie Holland • Feb. 24, 2026