Microsoft AI investments raise questions about long-term strategy

CEO Satya Nadella reported rising interest in cloud and AI sovereignty, which analysts warned could lead to more selective enterprise buying patterns.

By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 29, 2026

Enterprise infrastructure still not ready for AI

Most tech leaders report feeling ill equipped to manage rising infrastructure demands as AI compute ramps up.

By Scarlett Evans • Jan. 29, 2026

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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.

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AI tools break quickly, underscoring need for governance

Security firm Zscaler said it identified severe vulnerabilities in every enterprise tool it tested — sometimes on its first prompt.

By Eric Geller • Jan. 28, 2026

Teaching employees to use AI could add up to $6.6T to US economy

Adding training to AI implementation, rather than replacing workers, could help drive the ROI companies have been missing, according to a Pearson report.

By Lara Ewen • Jan. 28, 2026

Data immaturity leads to billions in wasted AI spend

Data infrastructure issues hinder AI ROI for more than half of businesses, according to a Hitachi Vantara report published Tuesday.

By Roberto Torres • Jan. 27, 2026

EU wants Google to share its data in compliance with legislation

The European Commission directed Google to grant third-party providers the same data access as Gemini to comply with the Digital Markets Act.

By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 27, 2026

Shadow AI use is widespread in healthcare: survey

More than 40% of medical workers and administrators said they were aware of colleagues using unapproved AI tools, according to a Wolters Kluwer Health survey.

By Emily Olsen • Jan. 27, 2026

Nvidia backs CoreWeave with $2B to fuel AI infrastructure

The investment will help the neocloud vendor add five gigawatts of AI-optimized compute by 2030, the two companies said Monday.

By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 26, 2026

Clean, accurate data grows in importance as agentic AI gains momentum

“I’m sorry, you've heard this 100 times, but you’ve got to get your data right,” The Vitamin Shoppe’s Andrew Laudato said at the NRF Big Show.

By Bryan Wassel • Jan. 26, 2026

The end of the 3-tier vs. HCI trade-off

As CIOs face rising complexity, coupled with the unique demands of AI workloads, disaggregated infrastructure offers a new way to modernize without returning to operational sprawl.  

Jan. 26, 2026

AI set to boost cloud spending — again: S&P Global

Hyperscalers will increase capital spending by nearly 40% in a race to build out AI infrastructure, while enterprises wait for their investments to pay off.

By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 23, 2026

IBM takes the reins off AI deployment platform

The company’s consulting division unlocked access to an internal resource for scaling use cases across hybrid cloud environments.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 23, 2026

Sunwest Bank moves on AI in search of efficiencies

Ben Xiang, the bank’s chief technology and strategy officer, plans to use AI to automate workflows and add intelligence capabilities to extract value.

By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 22, 2026

Adobe nabs CIO from Airbnb

Lucius DiPhillips joined the software provider Tuesday. He replaces Cynthia Stoddard, who now serves as CIO at Intel.

By Roberto Torres • Jan. 21, 2026

Leaders await ‘significant’ revenue boost from AI by 2030

Investments to fuel the technology will soar over the next four years, but executives fear integration issues will hinder adoption, according to an IBM study.

By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 21, 2026

Executives shrug off AI bubble concerns, move forward with adoption plans

Most C-suite leaders intend to increase investments in the technology this year, and nearly half would do so even if there were a market collapse, Accenture found.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 21, 2026

ServiceNow, OpenAI team up to bolster enterprise AI capabilities

The new functionalities will include a speech-to-speech voice agent that can react to real-time conversation.

By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 20, 2026

Introducing Amazon EC2 X8aedz instances powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors for memory-intensive workloads

Delivering up to two times higher compute performance compared to previous generation X2iezn instances.

By Channy Yun (윤석찬) • Jan. 20, 2026

Big banks continue the hunt for AI-driven efficiencies

Executives at BNY, Bank of America and others who reported Q4 2025 earnings discussed AI investments — and when they’re hoping to see them pay off.

By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 16, 2026

Walmart: This year, AI tinkering ‘becomes transformation’

A year from now, customers will look back and realize just how much has changed about the shopping experience, Walmart’s Daniel Danker predicts.

By Cara Salpini • Jan. 16, 2026

What to expect from the AI boom this year

Global spending on AI will surpass $2.5 trillion as M&A activity gains steam and agentic tools spread across the software industry, according to Gartner’s 2026 forecast.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 16, 2026

AWS European Sovereign Cloud goes live amid vendor push for spend

Complex regulatory requirements are driving enterprises to rethink their cloud strategies, while providers offer independent control over data.

By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 15, 2026

IBM tackles cloud, AI sovereignty with new platform

Built on Red Hat's open source foundation, Sovereign Core aims to inherently provide control over the environment.

By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 15, 2026

Banks aim for agentic AI scale in 2026: report

The technology is expected to grow beyond early deployments and reach broader adoption across financial services this year, according to Accenture.

By Makenzie Holland • Jan. 14, 2026

AI demand shakes up semiconductor hierarchy

Nvidia extended its GPU dominance as Intel lost ground last year, analyst firm Gartner said.

By Matt Ashare • Jan. 13, 2026