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    IBM doubles down on open models to help businesses customize AI

    The company added two Granite LLMs under Apache 2.0 licenses and introduced general-purpose coding enhancements to its watsonx assistant Monday.

    By • Oct. 21, 2024
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    Gartner sounds alarm on AI cost, data challenges

    “Cost is as big an AI risk as security,” Mary Mesaglio, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner, said during a conference keynote Monday.

    By • Oct. 21, 2024
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from CIO Dive

    Shifts in enterprise software use, ongoing generative AI adoption plans and budget pressures ruled CIO priorities in the first half of the year.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    Microsoft to roll out AI agents in Copilot Studio next month

    The company also unveiled 10 autonomous agents within Dynamics 365, targeting sales, customer service and supply chain functions.

    By • Oct. 21, 2024
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    Employee access risk is on the rise - here’s how to take control

    Unsecured employee access is a growing risk. Here's how you can take control today and automate your identity lifecycle management.

    By Lumos • Oct. 21, 2024
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    How the Indiana Pacers, Fever upped their data game in cloud

    “We took a sledgehammer to every wall and silo we had in the business,” Jared Chavez, data engineering and strategy manager at Pacers Sports & Entertainment, said.

    By • Oct. 18, 2024
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    Despite improved workplace culture, tech workers still eye the door

    Many tech professionals plan to quit in the next year despite being the most likely group to recommend their employers, according to EY.

    By • Oct. 18, 2024
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    Where organizations invest after a data breach

    Asking customers to foot the bill for data breach remediation will not prevent future data breaches or address the issues that cause costs to increase.

    By Sue Poremba • Oct. 18, 2024
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    Mars taps C-suite veteran to oversee digital tech

    Marina F. Bellini, previously COO at Brazil's Itaú Unibanco, will join candymaker Mars as president of the company's Global Business Services organization.

    By • Oct. 16, 2024
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    Tech leaders struggle to rescue data trapped in mainframes

    Legacy systems are a goldmine for business insights but extraction remains a challenge, according to a Rocket Software report.

    By • Oct. 16, 2024
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    Opinion

    Why data curation can make or break large language models

    Before generative AI tools can be trusted to carry out critical enterprise tasks, LLMs must be tailored to their specific purpose using the right mix of data sources.

    By Noah Pruzek • Oct. 16, 2024
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    More tech chiefs have success measured by profitability, cost management

    IT leaders expect to strengthen their C-suite ties as the role expands, according to a ServiceNow report released Tuesday.

    By • Oct. 15, 2024
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    How CIOs are reskilling their workforce

    A learning culture can help tech executives promote continuous training opportunities, especially as organizations embed AI across key processes.

    By • Oct. 15, 2024
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    Cyber risk tops C-suite concerns heading into US election

    American business leaders will continue to focus on data regulation, AI and technology investments regardless of which party prevails in November, according to PwC.

    By David Jones • Oct. 14, 2024
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    More attrition awaits overworked IT teams

    Nearly half of tech workers plan to switch jobs in the next year as work piles up, according to a Harvey Nash report published Monday.

    By • Oct. 14, 2024
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    The data privacy vault: Safeguarding against PII data breaches

    What if hackers breached your systems, but found nothing valuable? Discover the data privacy vault.

    By Nabeel Adeni • Oct. 14, 2024
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    Data overload thwarts digital transformation in banking

    Despite eagerness to scale AI capabilities, the financial sector remains mired in technical debt.

    By • Oct. 11, 2024
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    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.  

    By • Oct. 11, 2024
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    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.

    By Bryan Wassel • Oct. 10, 2024
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    Eli Lilly names first chief AI officer

    Thomas Fuchs will lead AI initiatives across Lilly, including in drug discovery, clinical trials and manufacturing.

    By Ned Pagliarulo • Oct. 9, 2024
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    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.

    By • Oct. 9, 2024
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    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.

    By David Jones • Oct. 8, 2024
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    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.

    By • Oct. 7, 2024
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    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.

    By • Oct. 4, 2024
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    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. 

    By • Oct. 3, 2024
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    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.

    By • Updated Oct. 3, 2024