AI & Future Tech

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    5 CIO predictions for AI in 2026

    IT leaders will look to make use of agentic systems, focus on projects with productivity gains and rethink workforce strategies next year.

    By • Dec. 16, 2025
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    Nvidia Nemotron 3 seeks to power scalable, multi-agent systems

    Nvidia’s latest generation of open models builds on the growing development of multi-agent systems and expands the company’s sovereign AI efforts.

    By • Dec. 15, 2025
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    Automation

    In search of productivity gains, IT leaders are making automation their top priority. But successful enterprise AI deployments depend on access to the right data sets.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    How Paramount flipped the script on AI adoption

    An internal roadshow of targeted use cases helped gain employee buy-in, EVP and CIO Lakshman Nathan said at the AI Summit in New York.

    By • Dec. 15, 2025
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    New general-purpose Amazon EC2 M8a instances are now available

    Built with 5th Generation AMD EPYC processors, EC2 M8a instances provide higher performance and better price performance.

    By Betty Zheng (郑予彬) • Dec. 15, 2025
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    Most AI programs are built — but few are governed: Why sovereignty is the missing link to scalable success

    Governance isn’t a barrier—it’s the very foundation upon which scalable, compliant and high-value AI rests.

    By Quais Taraki, Chief Technology Officer, EDB • Dec. 15, 2025
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    Broadcom buoyed by AI boom, steady VMware growth

    The company’s AI revenue shot up 65% year over year to $20 billion in 2025, driven by massive deals with OpenAI and Anthropic.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 12, 2025
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    Trump calls for federal policy framework preempting state AI laws

    The executive order comes as Big Tech pushes back on local AI regulation while pouring billions into building out AI infrastructure and deploying new products.

    By • Dec. 12, 2025
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    5 human readiness barriers for enterprise AI value

    CIOs must spot deeply rooted behavioral reflexes that can stall transformation, inflate costs and erode competitive advantage — if left unaddressed.

    By Gabriela Vogel • Dec. 12, 2025
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    Oracle defends infrastructure spending spree amid mounting AI demand

    The company raised its fiscal year capital investments forecast by $15 billion as its cloud backlog surpassed $500 billion.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 11, 2025
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    Enterprise AI PC adoption set to slow in 2026

    A second adoption wave is expected to hit in 2027 as enterprises shore up their AI capabilities, according to The Futurum Group.

    By • Dec. 11, 2025
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    Mary Kay blends generative, agentic AI portfolio

    The beauty company’s slower start with generative AI resulted in a clearer path for adopting AI agents, according to CIO James Whatley. 

    By • Dec. 11, 2025
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    Big tech takes steps to build open standards for agentic AI

    Anthropic said it will donate the Model Context Protocol to the Linux Foundation, a move that could ease AI agent interoperability and enterprise adoption.

    By • Dec. 10, 2025
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    Workato crafts a practical playbook for agentic AI deployment

    The orchestration platform provider used clear scripts to govern automated processes and build stakeholder trust in the technology, Workato CIO Carter Busse said.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 10, 2025
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    EU probes Google’s use of online content for AI models

    The European Commission will investigate whether Google is “distorting competition” among AI model builders through privileged access to content.

    By • Dec. 9, 2025
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    Nationwide appoints CTO amid $1.5B tech push

    Michael Carrel takes over the role from veteran IT executive Jim Fowler, who will join Lumen Technologies in January.

    By • Dec. 9, 2025
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    IBM shells out $11B for Confluent to help disparate data flow together

    The acquisition will create public and private cloud integrations to help drive generative and agentic AI adoption, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said Monday.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 8, 2025
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    BNY looks to Google Cloud for agentic AI push

    The bank will integrate Gemini Enterprise into its proprietary AI platform, Eliza. It's the latest effort from a financial services company to scale AI use.

    By • Dec. 8, 2025
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    Realizing the power of AI for content in an agentic world

    Enterprises are adopting AI at a breakneck pace, but the speed of adoption is creating new risk surfaces that hinder or even halt AI initiatives.

    By Matt Blumberg, CEO, Markup AI • Dec. 8, 2025
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    HPE gets a boost from Juniper Networks integration amid server shipment slump

    Memory chip shortages and AI project delays took a bite out of the company’s Q4 revenue growth, executives said during a Thursday earnings call.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 5, 2025
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    Microsoft 365 to include more AI tools – at a higher price

    Commercial pricing for Microsoft’s flagship subscriptions will rise 16% on average starting in July 2026 as the catalog of AI tools expands, the company said Thursday.

    By • Dec. 5, 2025
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    Snowflake deepens partnerships as customer AI use ticks up

    As enterprises seek to build AI agents, vendors are partnering to expand data access, interoperability and AI functionality.

    By • Dec. 4, 2025
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    CIOs grapple with role change amid AI influx

    Nearly 2 in 3 tech chiefs say their roles have evolved in recent years as their focus has shifted to business outcomes.

    By • Dec. 4, 2025
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    AWS pitches enterprises on frontier agents built for scale, autonomy

    IT teams stand to see the most benefit from AI that can continuously work in the background to put out fires, triage issues and monitor the tech stack.

    By • Dec. 3, 2025
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    Nike cuts CTO, chief commercial roles in leadership overhaul

    Chief Supply Chain Officer Venky Alagirisamy will become COO and oversee the technology department beginning Monday.

    By Cara Salpini • Dec. 3, 2025
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    Retailers turn to AI for marketing, merchandising

    AI investments are widespread across retail, but using the tech doesn’t automatically translate to business impacts, per a Berkeley Research Group report.

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • Dec. 3, 2025