IT Strategy: Page 35


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    AI raises CIO cyber anxieties

    Using third-party generative AI products without the proper controls exposes existing security gaps, McKinsey and Company Partner Jan Shelly Brown said Tuesday at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.

    By Matt Ashare • May 16, 2024
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    4 CIO styles to boost business performance

    Aligning leadership skills to an organization’s needs can accelerate results and build trust with key stakeholders.

    By Fiona Mark • May 16, 2024
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    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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    Technology executives extol the virtues of ‘old-school’ AI

    “One of our jobs as CIOs is not to get so swept up in generative AI that we don’t make use of all the tools that are available to us,” Mathematica CIO Akira Bell said, speaking Tuesday at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.

    By Matt Ashare • May 15, 2024
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    Most Gen Z tech workers say they’d consider new career opportunities

    With high dissatisfaction rates, young tech workers pointed to career development as a vital aspect of engagement and retention in a recent survey.

    By Carolyn Crist • May 15, 2024
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    Meta to shut down Workplace platform, underscoring AI focus

    Facebook's parent company will wind down the tool by 2026, giving customers the option to migrate to Zoom's Workvivo platform.

    By May 14, 2024
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    White House wants to hold the software sector accountable for security

    Federal officials are taking steps toward a long-stated goal of shifting the security burden from technology users to the companies that build it.

    By David Jones • May 13, 2024
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    Only one-third of firms deploy safeguards against generative AI threats, report finds

    Generative AI gives attackers an edge over cyber defenders, according to a survey of security experts.

    By Jim Tyson • May 13, 2024
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    Out with the old: Why it’s time to upgrade legacy network monitoring to modern observability

    The recently released EMA Network Megatrends 2024 Report highlights that the biggest challenges that network operations face are a shortage of skilled personnel, insufficient budget, and tool fragmentation.

    May 13, 2024
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    Enterprises outsource data storage as complexity rises

    An overload of operations data, ongoing business growth and expanding web analytics are pushing data estates to their limit, according to a Forrester report.

    By Matt Ashare • May 10, 2024
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    US businesses want to hire more tech workers this year, CompTIA says

    More than one-quarter of companies plan to significantly grow their IT ranks this year.

    By May 8, 2024
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    Generative AI interest now shapes talent strategy, employers say

    Talent limitations are slowing down the ability to scale the technology, leaders said, prompting organizational changes.

    By Carolyn Crist • May 8, 2024
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    IT services spend will reach $2 trillion by 2028: Forrester

    Tepid growth this year will give way to a landslide of cloud infrastructure spending driven by AWS, Microsoft and Google Cloud, the analyst firm said.

    By Matt Ashare • May 7, 2024
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    Microsoft restructures security governance, aligning deputy CISOs and engineering teams

    The company will enhance management roles under the CISO and partially tie compensation to security performance.

    By David Jones • May 7, 2024
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    Tech skills gaps put pressure on existing IT staff

    Technologists surveyed by Pluralsight said workloads have increased and projects have been abandoned as tech proficiency gaps mount.

    By May 6, 2024
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    Enterprises prep for big AI spending, but data woes prevent progress

    Modernizing IT estates will cost enterprises an average of $35.5 million this year, according to a Couchbase survey.

    By May 6, 2024
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    3 signs your team is suffering from bad service management

    Service teams worldwide are suffering from Bad Service Management (BSM) – a condition caused by outdated and expensive IT Service Management (ITSM) tools. Learn the tell-tale signs of BSM and how to overcome the affliction.

    By Edwin Wong, Head of Product, IT Solutions, Atlassian • May 6, 2024
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    Tech jobs are bouncing back as IT unemployment rate falls again in April

    The February spike in IT unemployment is steadily reversing, CompTIA said Friday.

    By May 3, 2024
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    CISA warned 1,750 organizations of ransomware vulnerabilities last year. Only half took action.

    The majority of CISA's ransomware vulnerability warning pilot alerts were sent to government facilities, healthcare and public health organizations.

    By Matt Kapko • May 3, 2024
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    Marriott gears up for another year of major tech spending

    The company expects full-year investments to reach $1 billion as digital transformation projects advance, according to its latest earnings call.

    By May 2, 2024
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    The customer data stockpile is growing. Here’s how to protect it

    Data collection and disposal practices play an important role in building and retaining customer trust.

    By Bryan Wassel • May 2, 2024
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    Retail banking turns to core modernization as cloud strategies mature

    Legacy systems rife with technical debt are blocking customer service upgrades in the industry, according to IT consulting firm Endava.

    By Matt Ashare • May 1, 2024
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    IT executives rethink data strategies as enterprises push AI adoption

    Disruptive LLM technologies drove more than half of organizations to evolve analytics operating models, elevating the chief data officer role, according to Gartner research.

    By Matt Ashare • April 29, 2024
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    Snowflake launches Arctic, an LLM focused on transparency

    The data cloud company peeled back the curtain on the open-source model’s architecture and released a “cookbook” of technical specifications.

    By Matt Ashare • April 24, 2024
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    Manufacturing, auto leaders reach the cloud, but cost woes remain

    While cloud delivers more capabilities today, its architecture, applications and funding model is more complex, Infosys' Global Head of Manufacturing Jasmeet Singh said.

    By Matt Ashare • April 22, 2024
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    United Airlines nears final mile of cloud migration

    "You don’t save the cost of moving to the cloud until you shut the mainframe down,” CFO Mike Leskinen said Wednesday.

    By Matt Ashare • April 18, 2024