IT Strategy: Page 3

  • Tech executive Jensen Huang speaks to Trump administration officials at artificial intelligence event
    Image attribution tooltip
    Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    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
  • View of Microsoft Romania headquarters in City Gate Towers on June 4, 2022, in Bucharest, Romania
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    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 • Oct. 3, 2025
  • IT Programer Working on Desktop Computer in Data Center System Control Room Explore the Trendline➔
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip
    Trendline

    IT Upgrades

    CIOs must help their businesses address maintenance needs while keeping an eye on future innovation.

    By CIO Dive staff
  • A sign on the office building of New York Life Insurance Company is seen August 9, 2002 in New York City.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Mario Tama via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    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 • Oct. 2, 2025
  • An analyst uses a computer and dashboard for data business analysis and Data Management System with KPI and metrics connected to the database for technology finance, operations, sales and marketing.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    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
  • a shoulder height view of a business-clad speaker on a podium in front of an audience at a conference
    Image attribution tooltip
    Mihahlo Maricic via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Top CIO conferences to attend in 2026

    The roster of tech conferences next year will give IT leaders a chance to gauge the latest trends, honing their strategies in response to fast-paced change. 

    By , , Matt Ashare , • Oct. 1, 2025
  • a boardroom table surrounded by office chairs
    Image attribution tooltip
    IPGGutenbergUKLtd via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    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 • Oct. 1, 2025
  • Gavin Newsom speaking on stage in business attire during a conference
    Image attribution tooltip
    Yana Paskova via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    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 • Sept. 30, 2025
  • person typing
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip
    Opinion

    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
  • The entrance to VMware office on 108th Ave NE in Bellevue, WA.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    VMware customers face crossroads as Broadcom ends vSphere 7 support

    “If you don't upgrade or renew, whatever the case might be, you will not get support from Broadcom,” said Spinnaker Support CTO Iain Saunderson.

    By Matt Ashare • Sept. 29, 2025
  • Female IT Engineer Working in Server Room.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Legacy tech woes fuel IT upgrades as CIOs grapple with costs

    Maintaining old systems slows down modernization efforts as enterprises rush to adopt agentic and generative AI.

    By • Sept. 26, 2025
  • An Accenture office building located in Manila.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Accenture completes ‘reinvention’ as generative AI revenues roll in

    “Our data business is on fire,” CEO Julie Sweet said during the company’s Q4 2025 earnings call Thursday.

    By Matt Ashare • Sept. 25, 2025
  • Wendy's
    Image attribution tooltip
    Thai Phi Le/CIO Dive
    Image attribution tooltip

    Wendy’s taps restaurant vet to oversee international tech

    Sang Lee brings experience from major food brands as the restaurant chain aims for global expansion.

    By • Sept. 25, 2025
  • Stressed IT professional works late at night in a datacenter.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Many material cybersecurity breaches go unreported: VikingCloud

    Attacks have escalated in frequency and severity in the past year, with AI serving as a primary driver, according to the firm.

    By Alexei Alexis • Sept. 25, 2025
  • Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, arrives to testify during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Meta launches lobbying effort to target state AI laws

    The company created a super PAC to back candidates who align with the company on AI oversight. It’s the latest sign of industry displeasure toward state AI laws.

    By • Sept. 24, 2025
  • A man views the skyscrapers in Canary Wharf on November 26, 2009 in London, England.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Financial firms fuel a surge in AI research, adoption

    Teams at JPMorgan Chase, Capital One, RBC, Wells Fargo and TD Bank are blazing a trail for the technology’s deployment in high-stakes, regulated environments, according to Evident Insights.

    By Matt Ashare • Sept. 24, 2025
  • Three laptops are stacked atop one another.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Generative AI will affect tech jobs more than other sectors

    More than half of skills related to tech jobs will face greater transformation as generative AI comes into the fold, according to an Indeed report.

    By • Sept. 23, 2025
  • an executive speaks on stage in business attire
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Snowflake leads push to standardize metadata for AI

    Fragmented definitions strain AI’s ability to ingest data. Snowflake, Salesforce and other partners are driving a joint effort to create open source standardizations.

    By • Sept. 23, 2025
  • Aerial view of data centers in Ashburn, Virginia.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Data center crunch leads businesses to play the long game

    A rise in demand for AI services is propelling IT leaders to plan for capacity as far as five years in advance. 

    By • Sept. 23, 2025
  • A closeup of Citi signage on a city storefront
    Image attribution tooltip
    Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Citi deploys agentic tools to in-house AI platform

    The financial services firm began initial rollout of agentic capabilities to 5,000 of its workers this month, according to a Monday announcement.

    By • Sept. 22, 2025
  • Shot of data center with multiple rows of fully operational server racks.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip
    Sponsored by Leviton

    Building what’s next for hyperscale and AI data centers

    Demand for AI, HPC and cloud computing are fueling a surge in data center growth.

    Sept. 22, 2025
  • Apple iPhone screen with icons for ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, Copilot, Grok, Claude and other AI applications.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Enterprise software spend accelerates amid AI adoption blitz

    As the technology ripples through IT budgets, it’s driving up costs across infrastructure, data management and applications, according to West Monroe.

    By Matt Ashare • Sept. 22, 2025
  • App icons for generative AI assistants OpenAI ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude, DeepSeek, Meta AI and xAI Grok are pictured on a smartphone screen.
    Image attribution tooltip
    Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    Worker trust in AI is low: Udacity

    AI is proliferating across businesses, much like the concerns about the accuracy of those tools, the survey found.

    By • Sept. 19, 2025
  • Sathish Muthukrishnan poses with arms crossed
    Image attribution tooltip
    Retrieved from Ally on July 23, 2025
    Image attribution tooltip
    Q&A

    Ally CIO: Pace of tech change ‘weighs on me’

    Sathish Muthukrishnan shared what’s surprised him about the use of Ally’s AI platform and the challenges of keeping up with rapid tech evolution.

    By Caitlin Mullen • Sept. 19, 2025
  • a computer screen in an airport shows an error message
    Image attribution tooltip
    Nathan Howard via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    IT outages cost businesses $76M annually

    Significant downtime runs businesses $2 million for every hour operations are down, according to a study released by New Relic. 

    By • Sept. 18, 2025
  • A photograph of a red and yellow sign with a giant yellow "M" above a red box that says "McDonald's Billions Served."
    Image attribution tooltip
    Mario Tama via Getty Images
    Image attribution tooltip

    McDonald’s taps seasoned exec to lead data, AI

    Das Dasgupta brings 25 years of experience to the restaurant chain, most recently as chief data and analytics officer at Starbucks. 

    By • Sept. 18, 2025