IT Strategy: Page 14


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    Mondelēz embarks on a $1.2B ERP, supply chain overhaul

    The food and snack company plans to carry out the project over the next four years in partnership with SAP, Accenture and o9. 

    By Aug. 2, 2024
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    Wells Fargo hires BNY’s ex-CIO to serve as tech chief

    Bridget Engle will join Wells Fargo this month after seven years at BNY. The bank also tapped its former head of technology, Tracy Kerrins, to lead a new generative AI team.

    By Dan Ennis • Aug. 1, 2024
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    Hybrid cloud

    IT decision makers turn to hybrid cloud in search of security, flexibility and scale within enterprise infrastructure.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    CrowdStrike outage: Fallout and recovery

    Delta grapples with $500M in CrowdStrike outage costs

    Delta is rethinking how it sets up IT after its team manually reset 40,000 servers impacted by the outage, CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC Wednesday.

    By July 31, 2024
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    CrowdStrike outage: Fallout and recovery

    After CrowdStrike outage, what will become of automatic IT updates?

    The crisis highlighted tech organizations' penchant for blindly trusting vendor software updates. It’s the latest symptom of a race toward IT automation.

    By July 31, 2024
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    Danone partners with Microsoft to scale AI projects

    The dairy business said it aims to train 100,000 workers to harness skills for jobs in an AI-focused economy.

    By Chris Casey • July 30, 2024
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    Businesses elevate IT architecture to fight back tech sprawl

    Enterprise architecture is leaving the penalty box as more companies add architect roles and stand up units, Forrester's Charles Betz said.

    By Updated July 29, 2024
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    How Kyndryl’s ERP modernization led to an expanded SAP practice

    The infrastructure services company is creating a migration playbook to guide others into the cloud, Kyndryl SVP and Global Practice Leader Michael Bradshaw said.

    By July 29, 2024
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    CrowdStrike CEO says 97% of Windows sensors restored in IT outage recovery effort

    Coinciding with George Kurtz's update, Microsoft outlined its efforts to enhance resiliency just months after launching a massive security overhaul.

    By David Jones • July 26, 2024
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    CrowdStrike outage: Fallout and recovery

    CrowdStrike disruption direct losses to reach $5.4B for Fortune 500, study finds

    Cyber insurance will cover only about 10% to 20% of losses, according to a report from Parametrix.

    By David Jones • July 25, 2024
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    CrowdStrike outage: Fallout and recovery

    American Airlines credits IT teams with quick recovery from CrowdStrike disruption

    “Within an hour of the outage, we assembled the right operating teams and IT experts to develop and execute a plan to get our systems back online,” COO David Seymour said Thursday.

    By July 25, 2024
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    Mondelēz International taps Nestlé, P&G veteran as tech chief

    Filippo Catalano will join the organization later this year, reporting directly to its CEO.

    By July 24, 2024
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    SAP bets on enterprise architecture skills to boost cloud ERP migration

    “The hiring machine is on,” CEO Christian Klein said, as the ERP giant promised each RISE with SAP customer a dedicated technical migration assistant.

    By July 24, 2024
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    United completes manual reboot as aviation industry reels from CrowdStrike outages

    The airline’s IT teams fixed more than 26,000 computers and devices at 365 airports globally, according to CEO Scott Kirby.

    By July 23, 2024
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    CrowdStrike outage: Fallout and recovery

    CrowdStrike says flawed update was live for 78 minutes

    Though CrowdStrike pulled the update, companies across sectors were already dealing with cascading consequences that required manual remediations.

    By Matt Kapko • July 23, 2024
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    CrowdStrike, Microsoft scramble to contain fallout from global IT outage

    Cybersecurity and IT experts said users are having major difficulties in recovery efforts, despite workarounds and guidance the vendors released.

    By David Jones • July 22, 2024
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    Top takeaways from the CrowdStrike outage for IT teams

    "This may be the biggest stress test that I've ever seen for direct, first-line IT support teams," Gartner's Jon Amato said. 

    By Updated July 23, 2024
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    Delta’s CrowdStrike recovery stymied by crew-tracking systems failure

    The carrier lagged behind other airlines in its efforts to restore operations, canceling thousands of flights over the weekend.

    By July 22, 2024
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    Widespread adoption still elusive for generative AI tools in ERP

    Executives are grappling with pending software updates and the technology’s relative novelty.

    By July 22, 2024
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    CrowdStrike software update at the root of a massive global IT outage

    A defective software update led to major disruptions in aviation, banking and other industries Friday as Microsoft 365 services were impacted worldwide.

    By David Jones , Updated July 19, 2024
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    Salesforce launches customer-facing generative AI assistant

    Einstein Service Agent can better interpret customer context and autonomously determine the next best action.

    By Bryan Wassel • July 18, 2024
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    How CIOs set the pace of generative AI adoption

    Moving too slowly can give competitors the advantage, but rapid deployment brings its own set of challenges. 

    By July 18, 2024
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    Inside USAA’s 3-year push to clean up a massive data estate

    Chief Data and Analytics Officer Ramnik Bajaj set firm migration deadlines for the company’s move to a centralized Snowflake environment.

    By July 17, 2024
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    AI budgets poised to surge in 2025

    One in 3 enterprises plan to invest at least $10 million in AI next year, according to EY.

    By Alexei Alexis • July 17, 2024
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    UK regulators scrutinize Microsoft’s hiring of Inflection CEO, staff

    An inquiry will assess whether the vendor's move to hire Inflection's leaders and staff impacts market competitiveness.

    By July 16, 2024
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    As CISOs grapple with the C-suite, job satisfaction takes a hit

    Research found CISO job satisfaction has direct ties to how much — or little — access security leaders have to company management.

    By Sue Poremba • July 15, 2024