Tech pros uneasy about current state of labor market

Despite a year-over-year jump in demand, just 1 in 7 IT professionals feel good about the state of hiring amid unrealistic role expectations.

By Scarlett Evans • Oct. 9, 2026

PC shipments dropped sharply in Q3 as rising costs hurt demand

Higher costs are forcing IT leaders to hold back on purchases while supply chain shortages are pushing vendors to continue raising prices, according to Omdia.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 9, 2026

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Automation

In search of productivity gains, IT leaders are making automation their top priority. But successful enterprise AI deployments depend on access to the right data sets.

By CIO Dive staff

Tech Bytes: IBM, SAP band together to tackle cloud migration

Plus, Atlassian debuted a forward deployed engineering program to help enterprises expedite AI deployment.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 9, 2026

Google unifies fragmented AI agents into a single hub

The new offering signals a shift in agentic work from assistance to proactive task completion, according to Gartner Senior Director Analyst Joe Mariano.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 8, 2026

US authorities crack down on IT outsourcing

The Department of Labor suspended Microsoft, Cognizant, Adobe and other IT services firms from the permanent labor certification program Thursday.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 8, 2026

[Podcast] Exploring The Intelligent Endpoint

Discover how AI-powered PCs, Intel AMT, and Kyndryl’s managed services are reshaping endpoint management to create a smarter, more secure, and resilient workplace.

By CIO Dive's studioID • Oct. 8, 2026

Top CIO events for 2027

Throughout the year, tech executives will be able to compare notes across the most pressing IT trends, from AI cost management to cyber resilience.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 8, 2026

Executives use AI more than their workers do

A significant subset of business leaders acknowledge they pretend to know more about the technology than they actually do, researchers found.

By David McCann • Oct. 7, 2026

AI platform sprawl undermines enterprise ROI

CIOs can play a larger role in advocating for an AI standard, leading to improved consistency and less complexity, said Scott Zoldi, chief analytics officer at FICO.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 7, 2026

Who actually controls enterprise AI?

There is no dominant model for how businesses oversee AI, according to a Thoughtworks report. But CIOs feel responsible for the technology's mistakes.

By Paige Gross • Oct. 7, 2026

Anthropic, AWS step up FDE push

Claude Frontier Academy and two new AWS credentials are the tech industry’s latest bid to expand the forward deployed engineering ranks.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 6, 2026

Hilton taps former Uber exec as CTO

Jeff Moore brings 20 years of experience in software engineering and operations to the role as the hotelier looks to advance its AI goals.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 6, 2026

Banks prioritize responsible AI, governance as use soars

JPMorgan Chase and Capital One ranked highest in AI maturity considering talent, leadership and transparency, according to Evident's annual AI index.

By Paige Gross • Oct. 6, 2026

How Schneider Electric is bridging the AI literacy gap

The company developed a program designed for four types of employees, built to connect to the work they’re doing.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 5, 2026

White House AI task force faces expertise, partnership challenges

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is nowhere to be seen in the government’s latest AI security project.

By Eric Geller • Oct. 5, 2026

SOC staffers pleased with AI’s impact, but worries remain

AI is likely to eliminate some entry-level SOC roles, a survey found, It is also creating opportunities to develop more strategic skills.

By Eric Geller • Oct. 5, 2026

Work is evolving, are your environments designed to keep up?

Learn how a platform approach can help create more scalable, adaptable workplaces.

By Patrick Heyn, VP of Marketing, QSC • Oct. 5, 2026

Tech hiring dips despite spike in job postings

Demand for technology roles reached a three-year high, as employers added more than a quarter million postings last month, CompTIA found.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 2, 2026

Finance teams go all in on AI, in pursuit of ROI

The technology performs best when used for judgement-heavy tasks, such as decision-making and forecast accuracy, according to KPMG data.

By Paige Gross • Oct. 2, 2026

Devs are coding faster. Coding reviews are eating the gains

“The bottleneck has moved from writing code to trusting it,” Purna Doddapaneni, partner at Bain & Co., told CIO Dive.

By Scarlett Evans • Oct. 2, 2026

Tech skills gaps are stopping projects in their tracks

Most businesses wasted $250,000 or more last year because expertise didn’t match project aspirations, a Pluralsight report found.

By Paige Gross • Oct. 1, 2026

Wawa names new information technology chief

Bill O’Donnell takes on the role after more than 25 years with the retailer working across fuel operations and project management.

By Brett Dworski • Oct. 1, 2026

Are forward deployed engineers flirting with failure?

Vendor-led FDE initiatives face cost and efficacy issues that will lead most companies to abandon the model by 2028, according to Gartner.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 1, 2026

AI security training soars amid rising threats

Enrollment in AI security training programs surged 665% globally as businesses rush to protect systems from vulnerabilities.

By Roberto Torres • Sept. 30, 2026

CIOs need transparent view of AI deployment

Tech leaders should play the role of chief integration officer, tying spending back to value and helping businesses scale effective use cases, according to BCG's Vlad Lukic.

By Paige Gross • Sept. 30, 2026