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Software industry urged to assume risk on open source security
The Open Source Security Foundation called on commercial and non-commercial organizations that use open source software components to adopt better security practices.
By David Jones • Sept. 1, 2023 -
Microsoft unbundles Teams from 365 in Europe amid antitrust query
The company will sell Teams separately to customers in Europe as EU regulators review potentially anticompetitive practices.
By Roberto Torres • Aug. 31, 2023 -
Explore the Trendline➔
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Shifts in enterprise software use, ongoing generative AI adoption plans and budget pressures ruled CIO priorities in the first half of the year.
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Cloud interoperability remains elusive as tech stacks grow
The push to modernize the enterprise can add unwanted complexity to tangled IT ecosystems, even in the cloud.
By Matt Ashare • Aug. 31, 2023 -
Walmart rolls out generative AI-powered assistant to 50K employees
The retailer joins a growing group of large U.S. enterprises equipping workers with generative AI capabilities customized to internal systems.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • Aug. 30, 2023 -
Salesforce’s on-prem clients face cloud migration pressure: Gartner
The SaaS company raised fees for on-prem Tableau users, signaling its intention to keep shifting customers to the cloud, Gartner analysts said.
By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 30, 2023 -
How the VA CIO tackles tech debt, workflow woes
CIO Kurt DelBene is drawing on past change management experience to rethink processes and reduce technical debt.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • Aug. 28, 2023 -
Google Cloud taps Deloitte, Hitachi Energy to expand ESG toolkit
The collaborations will let organizations leverage cloud, data and analytics tools to further sustainability goals.
By Matt Ashare • Aug. 25, 2023 -
Soft skills key to the evolving workplace, survey finds
Human skills like communication, problem solving and time management remain valuable traits of prospective new hires.
By Ginger Christ • Aug. 24, 2023 -
Businesses can now fine-tune GPT-3.5 Turbo
Fine-tuning allows customers to improve steerability, reliable output formatting and tone, OpenAI said.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • Aug. 24, 2023 -
Salesforce places guardrails around how customers can use its AI
Just three pages long, the policy details what use cases Salesforce will not permit with its AI tools.
By Roberto Torres • Aug. 23, 2023 -
SaaS prices jump 12% on average: report
Microsoft and Salesforce are among the enterprise software vendors that have increased prices in the last 12 months.
By Alexei Alexis • Aug. 23, 2023 -
ChatGPT, NLP and TensorFlow top list of in-demand generative AI skills
Businesses are looking to hire generative AI freelancers to support development and adoption efforts of large language models, Upwork data shows.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • Aug. 22, 2023 -
Tech tops C-suite priorities, but ROI concerns remain
Finding value from new technology investments, such as generative AI, represent a top challenge for most executives, PwC found.
By Roberto Torres • Aug. 22, 2023 -
IBM trains its LLM to read, rewrite COBOL apps
The new watsonx Code Assistant for Z eases mainframe modernization, using generative AI to analyze, refactor, transform and validate legacy applications.
By Matt Ashare • Aug. 22, 2023 -
Security basics aren’t so basic — they’re hard
Lax security controls cause heavy damages, and security experts warn unmet basic requirements lead, time and again, to data breaches.
By Matt Kapko • Aug. 21, 2023 -
3 keys to embrace FinOps amid economic uncertainty
In a murky macroeconomic environment, FinOps can help companies regain control over cloud spending.
By Susannah Warfield • Aug. 21, 2023 -
Deep Dive
Generative AI’s momentum casts uncertainty over the future of the IT service desk
Experts wonder what role these tier one technologists will play in IT departments moving forward, even if analysts believe fears of imminent job loss are overblown.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • Aug. 21, 2023 -
AWS customers’ most common security mistake
All too often organizations are not doing least-privilege work with identity systems, according to AWS’ Mark Ryland.
By Matt Kapko • Aug. 18, 2023 -
Deloitte, Google Cloud deliver customer analytics solution for retail
The AI-based solution eases data science operations, providing companies with tools to forecast demand and optimize product pricing, the companies said.
By Matt Ashare • Aug. 18, 2023 -
Walmart’s AI push prioritizes customer experience, personalization
"Ultimately, the power of generative AI or any technology is only as good as the data that powers it," CEO Doug McMillon said Thursday.
By Roberto Torres • Aug. 17, 2023 -
McKinsey rolls out generative AI tool ‘Lilli’ to 7K employees
The company’s proprietary generative AI platform, which all employees will have access to this fall, lets workers search archival data.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • Aug. 17, 2023 -
IBM, Microsoft launch generative AI managed service
The new Azure OpenAI solution provides developers and data scientists with multiple models, including GPT and Codex tools.
By Matt Ashare • Aug. 17, 2023 -
Retail leaders struggle to find budget for emerging tech goals
Industry leaders want broader adoption of emerging technologies, but concerns over cost and finding business value stand in their way.
By Roberto Torres • Aug. 15, 2023 -
Tech job postings dipped in the first half of 2023, but talent woes persist
IT consulting firms, large banks and manufacturers remain hungry for automation, cloud and engineering expertise, Dice found.
By Matt Ashare • Aug. 15, 2023 -
PwC brings private generative AI tool to internal employees
The professional services firm is rolling out ChatPwC, a conversational generative AI tool built with OpenAI’s tech and fine-tuned with relevant data.
By Lindsey Wilkinson • Aug. 15, 2023