AI & Future Tech: Page 7


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    Why Amer Sports is all in on IT modernization

    The global group of outdoor and sports brands such as Salomon and Arc’teryx will boost capital expenditures to $400 million amid ongoing infrastructure overhauls.

    By March 30, 2026
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    David’s Bridal reshapes C-suite for the AI era

    The retailer named a CTO, chief global transformation and operations officer as it works to scale technology, AI, operations and revenue

    By Tatiana Walk-Morris • March 30, 2026
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    Agentic AI

    CIOs face an enormous challenge: Fielding a technology that could forever change how enterprise work gets done.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    Cloud spend rises as hyperscalers race to meet demand

    AI infrastructure investments soared as global cloud spend reached $110 billion in the final quarter of 2025, according to an Omdia report.

    By March 27, 2026
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    Bank of America’s wealth management firms roll out AI tool

    AI-Powered Meeting Journey leans on Salesforce CRM data to gather materials, summarize meetings and provide natural language assistance to financial advisors.

    By March 26, 2026
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    Databricks unveils agentic security platform to fend-off AI threats

    The data and AI provider's launch of Lakewatch comes amid rising concerns over cyberattacks fueled by agentic AI.

    By Scarlett Evans • March 26, 2026
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    Why CIOs need to focus on AI guardrails to boost adoption

    As companies expand agentic AI use, IT chiefs know the real challenge will not be deploying the technology but managing it safely.

    By Anisha Vaswani • March 26, 2026
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    Anthropic gives Claude computer access — from a mobile device

    The new capabilities follow a pattern of enterprise companies exploring agentic AI agents in the wake of OpenClaw's rise in popularity.

    By March 25, 2026
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    AI inference costs set to plunge: Gartner

    But CIOs likely won't see any savings as model sizes go up and functionality becomes more advanced, the analyst firm said.

    By March 25, 2026
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    What to know about the current state of tech hiring

    Data depicts an unstable landscape marked by rising demand for specific skills such as AI alongside waves of layoffs.

    By March 25, 2026
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    Global banking firm HSBC introduces AI role to the C-suite

    The bank cited generative AI as a key investment area earlier this year, noting that 85% of employees have access to the technology.

    By March 24, 2026
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    FinOps expands focus to ROI, AI efficiency in cloud era

    Capital One’s FinOps team provides pivotal guidance on the firm’s AI investments — beyond just managing spend to measuring outcomes.

    By March 24, 2026
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    AI in banking ‘not a silver bullet’: analyst

    Lenders are clamoring to realize the benefits of AI, but it's “a long, expensive and risk-constrained transformation,” Wells Fargo’s Mike Mayo said.

    By Caitlin Mullen • March 23, 2026
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    Enterprises aren’t aligned on AI ROI

    Executives prioritize cost savings and efficiency, while engineers focus on innovation and strategic gains, a report from TE Connectivity found.

    By Scarlett Evans • March 23, 2026
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    Risk, readiness and resilience

    Why serious AI companies are skipping the hype hubs and landing here instead.

    March 23, 2026
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    Trump AI policy provides a look at where legislation is headed

    The White House’s AI framework provides Congress with a “wish list,” including putting courts in charge of copyright, according to one analyst.

    By March 20, 2026
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    Companies know AI is essential for cyber defense but aren’t yet seeing returns

    The maturity of organizations’ AI oversight also varies significantly, according to a new EY survey of cybersecurity leaders.

    By Eric Geller • March 20, 2026
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    Accenture grows AI skills amid enterprise talent shortage

    The IT firm and Microsoft will launch a forward deployed engineering practice, one of several initiatives it unveiled this week to help businesses scale AI.

    By March 19, 2026
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    AI success stems from better collaboration, not prompts

    Specific behaviors can separate routine AI use from impactful human-AI interaction, according to a new report.

    By Scarlett Evans • March 19, 2026
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    How AI agents will reshape digital workplace IT operations

    The rise of agentic AI tools will put governance in the spotlight and increase demand for advanced engineering skills.

    March 19, 2026
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    AI boom drives worker compensation cuts, study finds

    Both jobs and paychecks are taking a hit as companies ramp up AI spending to avoid falling behind competitors, according to the research.

    By Alexei Alexis • March 18, 2026
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    IT values AI in security, but human oversight remains key

    Integration issues and governance concerns limit AI’s effectiveness in security workflows despite widespread adoption, according to a Crogl report.

    By March 18, 2026
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    Employees say AI does more harm than good

    There’s a “growing concern about the pace of AI adoption and a clear gap in employer support,” according to a Jobs for the Future vice president.

    By Ginger Christ • March 17, 2026
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    For vendors, Nvidia GTC is now a ‘tour of dependency’

    Nvidia is "the picks-and-shovels merchant for the entire AI gold rush,” said Alan Pelz-Sharpe, founder of Deep Analysis.

    By March 17, 2026
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    What CIOs should know about agent protocols

    Agentic AI has an interoperability problem. But CIOs should still pursue deployment with an eye toward governance.

    By Clint Boulton • March 17, 2026
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    The evolution of chaos engineering: From Chaos Monkey at Netflix to reliability management in the AI era

    Now more than ever, the proactive reliability testing and management that started with Chaos Engineering is critical.

    By Kolton Andrus, CEO and Founder of Gremlin • March 17, 2026