IT Strategy: Page 33

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    Snowflake allows admins to enforce MFA as breach investigations conclude

    Three months after an attacker targeted more than 100 customer environments, Snowflake is making it easier for existing customers to enforce MFA but isn’t requiring it.

    By Matt Kapko • July 9, 2024
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    Tech unemployment rose to nearly 4-year high in June

    A CompTIA analysis of official data shows IT unemployment reached 3.7% among technology professions, in line with a national upward trend.

    By • July 8, 2024
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from CIO Dive

    Shifts in compute infrastructure, ongoing AI adoption plans and talent challenges ruled CIO priorities in the first half of the year.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    To fill cybersecurity skills gaps, experts look to novel measures

    The pace of change is driving workforce skills gaps, and traditional learning pathways can't keep up with demand.

    By Rosalyn Page • July 3, 2024
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    AWS adds step-by-step guides to its AI assistant’s capabilities

    The company is “trying to save agents time but also lower the cognitive load,” VP of Customer Experience Pasquale DeMaio said.

    By Bryan Wassel • July 2, 2024
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    AI to take starring role in the C-suite of the future

    Executive appointments focused on AI reflect an intention to invest in the technology, West Monroe’s Casey Foss said.

    By • July 2, 2024
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    Employers, educators team up to bridge critical tech skills gaps

    Businesses can help build a broader talent pipeline by providing internships and apprenticeships, giving students the chance to grow their skills on the job.

    By • July 1, 2024
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    Microsoft alerts additional customers of state-linked threat group attacks

    The company told customers the Midnight Blizzard attacks disclosed in January were more widespread than previously known.

    By David Jones • July 1, 2024
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    HR is often left out of AI plans, despite the need for upskilling and inclusion

    Organizational leaders can play a role in aligning AI strategy with broader company goals.

    By Carolyn Crist • June 28, 2024
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    CIOs must address the IT skills gap — now

    Tech chiefs must help their companies craft a meaningful IT employment value proposition to meet staffing goals.

    By Mbula Schoen • June 27, 2024
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    Employers favor AI talent with master’s degrees

    Three-quarters of employers seek AI savvy candidates with graduate-level credentials, according to a review of job posts by National University.

    By • June 27, 2024
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    Cloud security becoming top priority for companies worldwide

    The sensitivity of data placed in the cloud and application sprawl are two factors complicating security, Thales found.

    By David Jones • June 25, 2024
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    Tech workplaces haven’t caught up to new work patterns, research shows

    Return-to-office policies don’t appear to increase office utilization as much as previously thought.

    By Carolyn Crist • June 24, 2024
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    Enterprise generative AI use

    KPMG partners with Microsoft to deploy Copilot, upgrade internal ChatGPT tool

    The firm’s Advisory Content Chat tool was built using Microsoft’s OpenAI Service and Azure AI Search.

    By • June 24, 2024
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    What CIOs can learn from the first 30 days of an AI copilot trial

    Tech leaders can gain critical information to help support wider adoption plans.

    By Jen A. Miller • June 24, 2024
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    How the NHL modernized its draft app in the cloud

    “We didn’t copy one single bit of code,” the league’s SVP of Technology Grant Nodine said. “We reimagined the database, too.”

    By Matt Ashare • Updated June 25, 2024
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    Target to roll out generative AI chatbot for store employees

    The new tool, dubbed Store Companion, is designed to answer on-the-job process questions and support store operations.

    By Nate Delesline III • June 21, 2024
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    Cyber, AI and data dominate upskilling priorities, Skillsoft finds

    The three categories align with the positions businesses are having the greatest difficulty filling, according to the report.

    By • June 21, 2024
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    Accenture banks $2B in AI deals as enterprises double down on data

    “Every other GenAI project is now leading to some data project,” Accenture CEO Julie Sweet said Thursday.

    By Matt Ashare • June 20, 2024
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    PayPal fills CTO position with former Walmart exec

    Former Walmart EVP Srini Venkatesan will replace Archie Deskus, who joined the payments firm in 2022.

    By • June 20, 2024
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    Gap taps former Mattel exec for CTO role

    CEO Richard Dickson, who also joined the retailer from Mattel last year, announced Sven Gerjets' appointment in a memo to employees.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 18, 2024
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    McDonald’s ends IBM drive-thru voice order test

    The fast food chain still sees a future for automated order taking at the drive-thru and expects to make a decision about the technology by year’s end.

    By Aneurin Canham-Clyne • June 18, 2024
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    Enterprises prioritize tech spend over cost-cutting, PwC says

    More than half of C-suite leaders said their organization is investing in new technologies, such as generative AI, according to a PwC survey. 

    By • June 17, 2024
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    Northwestern Mutual revamps senior tech leadership

    CIO Jeff Sippel will become chief strategy officer, effective July. He'll be succeeded by Christian Mitchell, previously chief customer and digital officer.

    By • June 14, 2024
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    Snowflake-linked attacks are testing the cloud’s shared responsibility status quo

    Assigning responsibility for missing security controls is tricky. The burden is collective but cloud providers need to raise minimum standards, experts say.

    By Matt Kapko • June 14, 2024

  • Broadcom trims VMware portfolio to 4 core products, plans $1B spending cut

    The company is making progress in shifting VMware's product line to a subscription-based model, Broadcom President and CEO Hock Tan said Wednesday.

    By Matt Ashare • June 13, 2024