CIOs brace for higher memory costs in 2027 amid global IT spend hike

“As much as CIOs are worried about the cost of AI today, it’s not going to be this low again,” said John-David Lovelock, distinguished VP analyst at Gartner.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 21, 2026

AI billing spikes threaten businesses with operational strain

More than half of businesses are failing to control AI costs amid the agentic rush, according to a report from Splunk.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 20, 2026

Tech Bytes: ServiceNow looks to boost AI agent control

This installment also looks at Workday’s autopilot agents, Broadcom’s hypervisor security offering and how Microsoft is positioning its Azure Maia chips.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 15, 2026

Getting AI-ready: AI’s impact on data center subsystems

Learn how AI changes the data center, and how to address challenges for a seamless implementation.

Oct. 12, 2026

PC shipments dropped sharply in Q3 as rising costs hurt demand

Higher costs are forcing IT leaders to hold back on purchases while supply chain shortages are pushing vendors to continue raising prices, according to Omdia.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 9, 2026

Tech Bytes: IBM, SAP band together to tackle cloud migration

Plus, Atlassian debuted a forward deployed engineering program to help enterprises expedite AI deployment.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 9, 2026

[Podcast] Exploring The Intelligent Endpoint

Discover how AI-powered PCs, Intel AMT, and Kyndryl’s managed services are reshaping endpoint management to create a smarter, more secure, and resilient workplace.

By CIO Dive's studioID • Oct. 8, 2026

AI platform sprawl undermines enterprise ROI

CIOs can play a larger role in advocating for an AI standard, leading to improved consistency and less complexity, said Scott Zoldi, chief analytics officer at FICO.

By Makenzie Holland • Oct. 7, 2026

The infrastructure gamble you can’t afford to get wrong

Flash up 400%, drives sold out through 2026. Why scarcity is permanent and how to plan around it.

Oct. 5, 2026

IBM adds deployment options to agentic platform Bob

The company rolled out a self-hosted deployment capability for AI software development as vendors move to address governance concerns.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 30, 2026

Nvidia bakes agent governance into infrastructure layer

The Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform aims to control agents but is unlikely to give enterprises full oversight, analysts told CIO Dive.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 28, 2026

Capital One’s agentic AI strategy hinges on data, platform-first mindset

Proper data context and guardrails are key to deploying AI agents at scale, said Rashmi Shetty, VP of enterprise AI at Capital One.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 28, 2026

The next AI challenge isn’t speed. It’s continuity.

Continuity, not speed, is AI infrastructure's next challenge. Can your agent pick up where it left off?

Sept. 28, 2026

McDonald’s plans $8.5B push to deploy tech, modernize operations

The 10-year investment roadmap includes scaling the company's AI-enabled ordering system, ArchIQ.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 23, 2026

1 in 4 agents run unmonitored, giving way to operational risk

AI adoption is obscuring system visibility, putting the spotlight on observability tools, according to a New Relic report.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 22, 2026

Global AI spend will nearly double in 2026 due to infrastructure demand

For CIOs, investing in AI isn’t always intentional as the technology becomes embedded across products and features, according to a Gartner analyst. 

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 16, 2026

Salesforce launches AIforce to harness agentic architecture

The connective layer links the CRM company's data, workflows and governance to third-party AI interfaces.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 15, 2026

CIOs struggle to link token spend to business outcomes

Only one out of every five dollars of enterprise token spend can be tied to tangible results, according to Accenture data.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 14, 2026

Chewy eyes $50M in annual cost savings with AI

The pet supplies retailer is deploying AI tools in customer care, pharmacy and vet services to bolster productivity as it sets its sights on agentic capabilities.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 11, 2026

Broadcom targets infrastructure complexity in automation play

VMware AI Factory lets enterprises pick preferred hardware and AI models, marking the latest vendor move to ease compute challenges.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 10, 2026

Sysco targets $500M in AI-driven cost savings

The food distributor is modernizing routing software and enhancing inventory forecasting to help cut costs over the next three fiscal years.

By Makenzie Holland • Sept. 9, 2026

Nvidia’s $12.9B Hugging Face deal could benefit enterprises

The chipmaker’s acquisition could eventually bring additional security resources and model evaluation tools to the platform, according to experts.

By Paige Gross • Sept. 3, 2026

Data center market faces all-time low vacancies despite record-breaking construction

Power capacity available for lease fell to 1.4% in the first half of 2026, even as under-construction capacity surged 25%, according to CBRE.  

By Nidhi Sharma • Sept. 3, 2026

AI adoption helps sustain confidence in the mainframe

Companies are enlisting agents to help manage the platform amid ongoing modernization, according to BMC’s annual survey.

By Paige Gross • Sept. 1, 2026

Nvidia warns of supply bottlenecks into 2028

Despite ongoing memory supply challenges, the company’s data center revenue catapulted to $89 billion in Q2 2027.

By Makenzie Holland • Aug. 27, 2026