AI shapes cloud spend amid adoption efforts

AI adoption is increasing enterprise cloud spending, pushing CIOs to balance cost management with multicloud strategies and energy-intensive infrastructure.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 21, 2025

AWS outage puts spotlight on IT durability

The downtime serves as a reminder to CIOs that recovery strategies separate from their primary cloud vendor are key to business continuity.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 20, 2025

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CIO Priorities

CIOs are tasked with balancing their company’s economic and operational needs as they enable technology throughout the business.

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Many IT leaders click phishing links — and some don’t report them

Fear of punishment or termination could be driving executive reticence to disclose the incidents, according to an Arctic Wolf report. 

By Eric Geller • Oct. 20, 2025

Windows 10 end-of-support boosts global PC shipment growth

Despite the global rush to upgrade PCs before Windows 10 support ended, North America saw only modest growth, according to Gartner.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 17, 2025

Whataburger taps tech chief to guide infrastructure rollout

Rohit Kapoor, formerly EVP and CIO at Claire's, will be tasked with leading an expansion of the company's digital infrastructure in support of its growth plans.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 16, 2025

Citi rolls out prompt training requirement to most staff

Employees have written more than 6.5 million prompts for the company’s AI platforms thus far this year as adoption advances.

By Ryan Golden • Oct. 16, 2025

AI-optimized IaaS spend will more than double in 2026

Infrastructure as a service for AI is skyrocketing among enterprises while tech giants continue to forge partnerships and make their own deep investments. 

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 15, 2025

CIOs, CEOs split on key tech decisions

More than 2 in 5 CIOs say they clash with CEOs over the need for more IT investments, according to Netskope research. 

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 15, 2025

Oracle teams up with AMD, Nvidia to boost cloud infrastructure

The company is leaning on the chipmakers to amplify its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offerings as AI demand grows. 

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 14, 2025

CIOs will gravitate toward purpose-built infrastructure in 2026

Companies are preparing to align their systems with growing AI use as executives seek lower cloud costs, according to Info-Tech Research Group.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 10, 2025

IT must lean on facility managers to secure networks, report shows

Tech leaders know breach prevention but facilities managers know the building systems that threat actors are increasingly targeting, says a cybersecurity specialist.

By Ramona Dzinkowski • Oct. 10, 2025

Bank of America fires up generative AI payments assistant

AskGPS was trained on more than 3,200 internal documents by the company’s in-house engineering team and rolled out last week.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 10, 2025

AWS launches Quick Suite in latest hyperscaler agentic push

The platform combines research, business intelligence and automation capabilities into one hub, the company said Thursday.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 9, 2025

AI tied to 7,000 job cuts in September: Challenger

Salesforce is among the companies that have directly attributed massive job cuts to AI in recent months.

By Alexei Alexis • Oct. 8, 2025

Cloud marketplace sales set to skyrocket by 2030

Multiyear enterprise cloud commitments will lead software sales to increase more than fivefold in the next five years, according to Omdia.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 7, 2025

Businesses grapple with patchwork of digital laws in EU

The European Union has adopted 101 regulations, with at least 20 more in progress, creating a complex landscape for businesses with EU operations.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 7, 2025

Your next competitive edge: Where you operate

For talent, capital and confidence, why tech leaders choose the Cayman Islands.

Oct. 6, 2025

Hiring managers say they will pay for in-demand skills

Machine learning, AI and data science are among the areas garnering salary premiums, according to a Robert Half report.

By Ginger Christ • Oct. 3, 2025

Generative AI drives cloud spend blitz

Public cloud spend will increase fourfold over the next three years, largely driven by growing generative AI workloads, according to TD Cowen.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 3, 2025

New York Life taps tech chief with modernization in mind

Deepa Soni joins the financial services firm as EVP and CIO after several years at The Hartford, the company announced Wednesday.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 2, 2025

SaaS spend jumps amid shifts in the vendor landscape

Consumption-based pricing has left many companies struggling to track spending, leading to a proliferation of underutilized “shelfware,” according to BCG.

By Matt Ashare • Oct. 2, 2025

Top CIO conferences still ahead in 2026

The roster of tech conferences in the second half of the year will give IT leaders a chance to gauge the latest trends and hone their enterprise strategies.

By Roberto Torres , Lindsey Wilkinson , Matt Ashare , Makenzie Holland • Updated June 30, 2026

Boards lack AI savvy as adoption advances: PwC

More than one-third of directors say boards haven't received enough AI education amid widespread deployments of the technology.

By Roberto Torres • Oct. 1, 2025

What California’s new AI law means for CIOs

Tech leaders will need to adapt multiple processes to ensure providers are meeting the new standards, according to analysts.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 30, 2025

How CIOs can build an AI-ready workforce

Leaders sacrifice workforce preparedness when they favor AI implementation over hiring recent graduates.

By Phil Fersht • Sept. 30, 2025