Scaling AI hinges on the enterprise data layer

Limited data access weakens agentic AI results, which creates a lack of trust in the technology, according to a Google Cloud and MIT report.

By Makenzie Holland • Aug. 13, 2026

Hackers abuse AI models to find new entry paths

Network defenders are racing to secure their IT systems before criminal and state-actors circumvent existing guardrails.

By David Jones • Aug. 13, 2026

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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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Full-scale AI agent adoption remains years away for enterprises

Most organizations will need to overhaul their business processes, data and workforces before reaching widespread adoption of agentic AI, Deloitte found.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 12, 2026

Legacy IT forces enterprises to delay AI projects

Data governance and regulatory challenges are pushing CIOs to revamp their infrastructure to support modern workloads, according to a Cloudera report.

By Makenzie Holland • Aug. 12, 2026

Corporate conversations about AI productivity mostly focus on future gains

The vast majority of executives expect to realize results from AI later on, a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis found.

By Lara Ewen • Aug. 12, 2026

CEOs eye job cuts as AI adoption grows

The trend is underscoring employee concerns about their long-term stability, according to a Businessolver survey.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 11, 2026

Allstate preps Allie platform to drive agentic AI strategy

“We have a technology-driven strategy, not a strategy supported by technology,” CEO Tom Wilson said.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 10, 2026

AI infrastructure spending shifts in latest sign of deployment maturity

Enterprises are now pouring more resources into operating the technology at scale rather than on training models, according to Gartner.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 10, 2026

With AI, CIOs need a new playbook

IT leaders need to rewrite operations from the ground up while facing regulatory pressure, capacity constraints and concerns about vendor lock-in.

By Makenzie Holland • Aug. 10, 2026

July delivers mixed tech hiring results

Unemployment among IT professionals reached its lowest point in 2026 so far despite dips in job postings and tech roles, according to CompTIA.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 7, 2026

AI’s impact on software development jobs divides economists

Just how things will shake out for coders remains unclear, but roles will change regardless and require adaptability, according to Indeed.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 6, 2026

Meta launches coding agent Muse Code in latest enterprise AI push

Coupled with heavy cloud infrastructure investments, the launch underscores the company's efforts to diversify revenue streams.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 6, 2026

Surprise AI costs threaten enterprise implementations

Poor visibility across AI spending is leading one-quarter of businesses to delay or cancel AI projects, Mavvrik found.

By Scarlett Evans • Aug. 6, 2026

White House walks tightrope on securing AI without stifling tech innovation

National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross said the administration wants to work collaboratively with the private sector.

By David Jones • Aug. 5, 2026

Home Depot reshuffles leadership to accelerate tech innovation

The company is consolidating tech teams under the leadership of its new EVP and CTO as part of this effort.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 5, 2026

Home remodeling company names CTO to drive AI integration

Brian Nabet brings more than two decades of IT leadership experience to West Shore Home and adds to the company’s growing tech executive roster.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 5, 2026

Agentic AI boosts productivity, but C-suite struggles to reap value

Fewer leaders are finding reportable business value from their AI use than they did earlier this year, according to Accenture data.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 4, 2026

AI incidents cost enterprises $2M or more, and the biggest shadow AI culprit is IT

Among enterprise decision-makers, 47% named IT and infrastructure as the top source of shadow AI, per a WitnessAI survey.

By Nidhi Sharma • Aug. 4, 2026

The AI access gap is widening amid uneven adoption

Senior leaders report better access to AI tools and training than junior staff, creating adoption disparities and strategic misalignment across enterprises.

By Roberto Torres • Aug. 3, 2026

Amazon ups AI investments as cloud sector chases windfall

Yearly enterprise cloud spending jumped to $500 billion in support of AI buildouts, according to Synergy Research Group.

By Paige Gross • Aug. 3, 2026

Enterprises seek help to deploy AI as complexity mounts

Forward deployed engineers are supporting companies by linking technical AI rollouts to business processes and easing adoption.

By Makenzie Holland • Updated Aug. 6, 2026

Cost-per-token worked for AI’s first wave — but not the next

A clear assessment of AI costs requires a complete, nuanced understanding of compute environments.

By Chen Goldberg • July 31, 2026

Anthropic says human error let Claude AI models escape test environment and hack third parties

The company said the discovery, which followed OpenAI’s similar admission, proved the need for better testing guardrails.

By Eric Geller • July 31, 2026

Microsoft holds the line on infrastructure spending

The company is well-positioned with its current data center investments as cloud revenue soars, executives said Wednesday.

By Paige Gross • July 30, 2026

As token costs mount, leaders revise their AI plans

Some businesses are charging ahead instead of pulling back despite mounting bills, according to an EY survey.

By Roberto Torres • July 30, 2026