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

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 Makenzie Holland • Dec. 12, 2025

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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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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

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 Makenzie Holland • Dec. 11, 2025

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 Lindsey Wilkinson • Dec. 11, 2025

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 Makenzie Holland • Dec. 10, 2025

Majority of global firms plan to boost cyber spending in 2026

A report by Marsh shows companies are also focused on third-party risk mitigation.

By David Jones • Dec. 10, 2025

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

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 Makenzie Holland • Dec. 9, 2025

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

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 Roberto Torres • Dec. 8, 2025

3 tips for incoming tech chiefs from Wrench Group’s CIO

David Fritzinger preached the benefits of simplification and alignment in his first year at the home repair services company.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • Dec. 8, 2025

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

Deere CIO to retire after 28 years with the company

Raj Kalathur, who was also the president of John Deere Financial, will remain in both roles until Jan. 31, 2026.

By Nicole Laskowski • Dec. 5, 2025

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 Makenzie Holland • Dec. 5, 2025

Salesforce bets on IT automation as AI demand rises

The company's “quarter of Agentforce” stretched into the following fiscal year, with Q3 revenue for the agentic AI product surpassing $500 million.

By Roberto Torres • Dec. 4, 2025

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 Makenzie Holland • Dec. 4, 2025

Should CIOs let go of long-term planning cycles?

As businesses adapt to seismic technology shifts, leaders must find the balance between short-term responses and longer strategies.

By S.L. Fuller • Dec. 4, 2025

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 Roberto Torres • Dec. 4, 2025

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 Makenzie Holland • Dec. 3, 2025

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

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

Expedia names its first chief AI, data officer

Xavier Amatriain, a former Google executive, will don dual hats for the travel company. The move is a nod to data quality's criticality for IT initiatives.

By Nicole Laskowski • Updated Dec. 3, 2025

SAP deploys EU AI Cloud in latest push for data sovereignty

The ERP giant has been working to expand EU-based compute capacity, having pledged more than $20 billion to the effort in September.

By Makenzie Holland • Dec. 2, 2025

Congress mulls preempting state-level AI laws — again

A coalition of state CIOs is asking Congress not to “strip states of their ability to address real AI risks in their communities.”

By Ryan Kushner • Dec. 2, 2025