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    How PepsiCo moves past AI pilot purgatory

    The food and beverage company focuses on "four or five big bets" and provides an internal sandbox for employee experimentation, said Athina Kanioura, EVP, chief strategy and transformation officer.

    By • June 9, 2025
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    FinOps gets a hyperscaler boost as AI, SaaS costs come into FOCUS

    AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud and Oracle expanded their support for the FinOps Foundation’s ongoing battle to tame enterprise IT spending.

    By • June 5, 2025
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    Generative AI

    Companies are pushing technology executives to leverage generative AI, a task that requires customized strategies and the necessary guardrails.

    By CIO Dive staff
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    Trump admin rebrands AI safety institute in latest oversight move

    The agency will be known as the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, aiming to serve as the "primary point of contact" for related testing and research.

    By • June 5, 2025
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    Psst, employers: AI interviewers may be alienating applicants

    Some companies are creating an ethical quandary by bringing a “wild west” mentality to AI integration in the workplace, organizational psychologist Brian Smith said.

    By Emilie Shumway • June 5, 2025
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    Beauty brands blend AI into operations

    The Estée Lauder Companies, Coty and Ulta Beauty are pushing forward on the technology to save costs, tailor communications and optimize forecasts. 

    By • June 4, 2025
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    HPE gains enterprise traction with private cloud, AI-powered servers

    One-third of the company’s AI orders were driven by enterprise-based GPU server purchases, executives said Tuesday.

    By • June 4, 2025
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    Data privacy, compliance spend rises alongside AI efforts

    U.S. businesses increased budgets by 71% to secure their data, according to a Blancco report published Wednesday. 

    By • June 4, 2025
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    Snowflake retools data cloud to fuel AI agents, expand integrations

    The company rolled out an expansive portfolio of product updates and acquired PostgreSQL startup Crunchy Data this week.

    By • June 3, 2025
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    Business leaders expect agentic AI to take over customer service

    Agentic AI will handle most customer service interactions with tech vendors in the next three years, according to Cisco projections.

    By Kristen Doerer • June 3, 2025
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    United Airlines CEO: ‘We’re probably doing more AI than anyone’

    From call centers to labor contracts, the company continues to invest and experiment with the technology, Scott Kirby said.

    By • June 2, 2025
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    3 CIO tips for modernizing legacy technology

    Tackling technical debt can feel like an uphill battle. Here's how decision-makers overcome hurdles, mitigate concerns and build momentum.

    By • June 2, 2025
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    AI drives cyber strategies, security execs say

    Basic vulnerabilities account for most cyberattacks, but security leaders say they’re more concerned about the risks of AI, Arctic Wolf research shows.

    By Eric Geller • May 30, 2025
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    Home Depot elevates CIO from within as AI adoption plans progress

    Angie Brown will lead technology strategy for the home improvement retail giant after a 27-year career with the company.

    By • May 30, 2025
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    Trump’s proposed freeze on state AI laws: What CIOs need to know

    The 10-year moratorium included in the administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act would halt the ongoing patchwork of rules while raising a flurry of regulatory questions. 

    By • May 30, 2025
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    Salesforce flags rising AI revenue, more Agentforce deals

    The provider now has 4,000 paid enterprise customers for its agentic AI platform, executives said Wednesday.

    By • May 29, 2025
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    Nvidia’s next AI move? Bringing GPUs into the enterprise

    “We're going to see AI go into enterprise, which is on-prem, because so much of the data is still on-prem,” CEO Jensen Huang said during a Wednesday earnings call.

    By • May 29, 2025
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    CIOs tackle talent strategies, org structures as AI takes hold

    Tech executives are steering ongoing enterprise transformation at a time when workforce skills and roles are in flux.

    By • May 29, 2025
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    Retailers plug in AI to optimize costs as economic pressures mount

    Ralph Lauren, Revolve Group and Williams-Sonoma are prioritizing investments in the technology amid economic headwinds. 

    By • May 28, 2025
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    Why every AI-driven development team needs an observability MCP server

    As AI takes on a larger role in software development, it must also evolve to support operations.

    By Orr Benjamin, VP of Product at groundcover • May 28, 2025
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    Salesforce reinforces its AI cloud with $8B Informatica acquisition

    The CRM provider plans to use the software company’s data governance tools to build “the most complete, agent-ready data platform in the industry,” Salesforce Chair and CEO Marc Benioff said.

    By • May 27, 2025
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    CarMax cruises into generative AI after revamping data infrastructure

    “I don’t end a day without bringing up the importance of data and data quality for AI,” said Abhi Bhatt, VP of technology — data and AI.

    By • May 27, 2025
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    Lowe’s, Home Depot tout CX wins from AI projects

    The home improvement retailers reported customer service improvements and easier information gathering as access to the technology expanded. 

    By • May 22, 2025
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    Lincoln Financial drafts former JPMorgan Chase executive as CTO

    Tom Anfuso will guide IT infrastructure strategy for the insurance and financial services firm, reporting to CIO Jennifer Charters.

    By • May 22, 2025
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    Agentic AI delivers measurable value to early adopters

    Nearly three-quarters of senior leaders believe the technology will give their company a significant competitive advantage in the coming year, PwC found.

    By • May 22, 2025
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    IT chiefs contend with AI’s seismic change

    Tech leaders at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium described sweeping transformation ahead as agentic AI enters the workforce. But data, people and security problems loom large.

    By • May 21, 2025